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Faculty and Administration News (FAN)  

First issued in November 2009, Faculty & Administration News (FAN) is a quarterly publication of Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology. The aim of this newsletter is to share with readers the many accomplishments of ICSST's faculty and administrators.

In This Issue:

  • In collaboration with ICSST, the Archdiocese of Newark holds Diaconal Convocation on SHU’s South Orange campus, with more than 216 attending.  Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., D.D., and Dianne M. Traflet, J.D. ’88, S.T.D., serve as featured speakers.
  • ICSST’s Preaching as Hospitality Formation Program, funded by $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., launches Pauline Preaching Clinics initiative; interviews four additional priests for Wisdom Figures of Preaching series.
  • Lunches with Sheen series, collaborative effort of ICSST and SHU’s Institute for Communication and Religion, celebrates beatification of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen; invites participants to reflect on his extraordinary life, witness, and enduring relevance.
  • ICSST hosts lectures and book-signing receptions in celebration of recently published books of ICSST faculty members Reverend Joseph R. Laracy, S.T.D., and Reverend Dominic G. Ciriaco, D.Min.
  • Three new publications:  co-authored Theology and Science journal article by Reverend Joseph R. Laracy, S.T.D., and Thomas J. Marlowe, Ph.D.; Crisis Magazine article by Julie V. Burkey, D.Min.; and First Things journal web article by Reverend Monsignor Thomas G. Guarino, K.H.S., S.T.D.
  • Reverend Joseph R. Laracy, S.T.D., collaborates with Michael Buckley, M.S., on SHU Mission Partners Program project Grounding Ethical Interface Design in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition; serves as a faculty expert at panel on Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas, hosted by the University CORE.
  • Justin M. Anderson, Ph.D., leads discussion among SHU Regents, introducing critical insights from Catholic social teaching, the new papal encyclical (Magnifica Humanitas), and the Mission and Identity of Seton Hall University.
  • Reverend Monsignor C. Anthony Ziccardi, S.S.L., S.T.D., facilitates and instructs Seton Hall’s University Seminar on Mission, sponsored by the Office of Mission and Ministry and the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership.
  • Reverend Juan Gabriel Rojas-Hernández, S.T.L., for a Spanish-language retreat organized by the Archdiocese of Newark’s Hispanic faith formation program, presents two conferences exploring theological foundations of human dignity in Catholic social teaching and five pathways toward building a civilization of love.
  • At 2026 Pathways Annual Gathering sponsored by Lilly Endowment, Inc., Deacon Andrew E. Saunders, M.A. ’08, serves at Pathways Exposition, sharing with fellow grantees lessons learned, innovative approaches, and emerging insights into theological education; serves as panelist in workshop on sustainability beyond the grant cycle.
  • Reverend Mariusz Eugene R. Koch, C.F.R., M.Div., M.A., preaches at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC, on 800th anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis of Assisi.
  • Gregory Y. Glazov, D.Phil. (Oxon.), presents testimony for U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, New Jersey Advisory Committee on Antisemitism and Civil Rights.

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