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LOUS) – Aquinas Institute of Theology, Eden Theological Seminary and the Jewish Community Relations Council’s Newmark Institute for Human Relations are pleased to co-sponsor an evening of discussion and dialogue with Amy-Jill Levine, a Jewish scriptural scholar devoted to New Testament and Jewish studies at Vanderbilt University. Her presentation will center on her study of New Testament texts from a Jewish perspective. This event will take place on the evening of Sunday, September 23, and begins at 7:00 pm, at Aquinas Institute of Theology, 23 South Spring Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri 63108. This evening will be supported by free-will offerings from those present. Pre-registration is encouraged; Call 314.442.3871 or send e-mail to abaer@jcrcstl.org. Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and College of Arts and Sciences. Holding a B.A. from Smith College, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University, Professor Levine held office in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Association for Jewish Studies. Her books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus, the edited collection, The Historical Jesus in Context, and the fourteen-volume edited series, Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings. With Marc Brettler of Brandeis University, she has edited the Jewish Annotated New Testament, and she has written, with her Vanderbilt Colleague Douglas Knight, The Meaning of the Bible: What The Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach us. In 2011, Professor Levine became Affiliated Professor at the Woolf Institute: Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations at Cambridge, UK. Professor Levine combines historical-critical rigor, literary-critical sensitivity, and a frequent dash of humor with a commitment to eliminating anti-Jewish, sexist, and homophobic theologies. Aquinas Institute of Theology, Eden Theological Seminary and the Jewish Community Relations Council’s Newmark Institute for Human Relations have collaborated as dialogue partners for many years, jointly hosting a public lecture and dialogue each fall. A chapter in Will Herberg’s famous book, Protestant, Catholic and Jew, is entitled, “The Three Religious Communities: Unity and Tensions,” and says that there can be no lasting unity that does not honestly address tensions between and among Jewish and Christian discussion partners. Aquinas, Eden and JCRC are proud to have been working for Unity between our religious communities and to do so in the context of an honest, positive approach to these tensions. The annual lecture and dialogue attends to the important work needed to be done between Protestants, Catholics and Jews. Aquinas Institute of Theology is a Roman Catholic graduate school located in Saint Louis, Missouri, sponsored and administered by the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), Province of Saint Albert the Great. Offering a number of graduate degree and certificate programs, Aquinas Institute’s foundation in the Catholic faith and Dominican mission is to educate men and women to preach, to teach, to minister, and to lead. ####   Jim Hubbman Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:09:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:152 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/134/Aquinas-Faculty-Member-to-Present-at-Second-Annual-Newman-Convocation.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=69&ModuleID=402&ArticleID=134 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=134&PortalID=0&TabID=69 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/134/Aquinas-Faculty-Member-to-Present-at-Second-Annual-Newman-Convocation.aspx (ST. LOUS) – Aquinas Institute of Theology is pleased to be a co-sponsor, along with Fonbonne University, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary and the Marchetti Jesuit Endowment of Saint Louis University, of the Second Annual Newman Convocation. The Newman Convocation is a gathering of theology faculty members and students from all four institutions, and St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson will preside at the event. This event will be held at St. Francis Xavier College Church, St. Louis University, on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 7:00 pm. The 2011 gathering celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, and is titled “Opening the Windows: The Pastoral Vision of Blessed John XXIII”. The featured speaker for this evening will be Randy Rosenberg, Ph.D., the CSJ Endowed Chair in Catholic Thought at Fontbonne University, who will discuss the essential background of the accomplishments of Vatican II. Responding to his presentation will be Sr. Colleen Mary Mallon, O.P., Ph.D, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis. Lawrence J. Welch, Ph.D., Professor of Systematic Theology at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, will also offer a response to Dr. Rosenberg’s presentation. All faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate majors in the Theology departments at Aquinas Institute of Theology, Fontbonne University, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, and Saint Louis University are invited to participate in the opening procession of the Convocation. Those interested are asked to indicate their desire to do so by registering at this web page. Aquinas Institute of Theology is a St. Louis-based Roman Catholic graduate school of theology and ministry administered by the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Offering both residential and on-line degree programs, Aquinas Institute of Theology is the only Catholic institution in America to offer a Doctor of Ministry (D. Min.) degree in preaching. ####   Jim Hubbman Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:22:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:134 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/132/Rev-Mr-Dennis-Chitwood-Honored-with-Aquinas-Institutes-2011-Great-Preacher-Award.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=69&ModuleID=402&ArticleID=132 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=132&PortalID=0&TabID=69 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/132/Rev-Mr-Dennis-Chitwood-Honored-with-Aquinas-Institutes-2011-Great-Preacher-Award.aspx (St. Louis) Aquinas Institute of Theology is pleased to honor Reverend Mr. Dennis Chitwood, M.A.P.S., Deacon of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, as the 2011 recipient of its annual Great Preacher Award. The Great Preacher Award will be presented to Deacon Chitwood on Thursday, October 27, 2011, at Rose of the Hill, 2300 Edwards, in St. Louis. Aquinas Institute, run by the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), instituted the Great Preacher Award in 1995 to recognize those who by their words and actions have contributed in an outstanding way to the building up of the Catholic community. Aquinas Institute considers the Great Preacher Award a powerful means of renewing the Church and promoting good preaching while sharing its Dominican charism. The award is intended not only to sustain preachers of the Word but also to help Catholics become more attuned to hearing the Word. Born in St. Louis, Mr. Chitwood attended St. Bernadette Grade School in Lemay and Bishop DuBourg High School in South St. Louis. He attended Harris Teacher College, Washington University, and Pope Paul VI Institute of Catechetical and Pastoral Studies. In 1994, he earned a Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies (M.A.P.S.) from Aquinas Institute of Theology. Deacon Dennis Chitwood was ordained in the Archdiocese of St. Louis on January 28, 1984. His first assignment after ordination was at St. Mary Magdalen parish in South St. Louis, where he served as a pastoral associate and oversaw teen and adult formation efforts. In 1989, he began serving as a pastoral associate at Sts. Peter and Paul parish in the Soulard area. In 1994, Deacon Chitwood became director of the Catholic Newman Center and campus ministry for the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and in that leadership role he helped implement programs such as the Spring Break Alternative, Taize prayer, Hunger Awareness Week, and the Awakening Retreat. During that time, he also was director/liaison for the Catholic Charismatic Center (now Catholic Renewal Center). In 2000, Deacon Chitwood went to Curé of Ars parish in Shrewsbury, leading the young adult ministry there. In 2002, he was assigned to All Saints parish in University City, where he also worked with young adult ministry. He then took up service with Annunciation parish in Webster Groves in 2005. Currently he is in semi-retirement, serving at the parish of Sts. Peter and Paul in Soulard. In addition to his parish roles, Deacon Chitwood has also offered pastoral service for many young adult ministries, including Teens Encounter Christ, the Silver Trumpets youth ministry, which he helped to found in the 1980s, and the Upper Room young adult ministry. Mr. Chitwood was also a chaplain at St. Louis University and with the Boy Scouts of America. He taught Advanced Homiletics for deacons at Pope Paul VI Institute in St. Louis, and was an instructor of Catholic charismatic spirituality. Along with many other ministries in the St. Louis archdiocese, in 2005 he and his wife Elizabeth co-founded Genesis Ministry, which offers spiritual counseling, teaching, preaching, parish missions, and retreats. Deacon Chitwood’s service has carried him far outside St. Louis’s boundaries as well. In 1998 Deacon Chitwood joined the mission team with Renewal Ministries of Ann Arbor, Mich. With that group, he made mission trips in Ghana in 1998, Uganda in 1999, and Kenya in 2005. He is currently planning a mission trip to Costa Rica. Aquinas Institute recognizes Dennis Chitwood’s work and leadership as a preacher in both word and service, and wishes to affirm him in his ministry and hold him up as an exemplar of the power of engaging preaching. For more information or to purchase tickets for the October 27, 2011 award dinner, please contact Aquinas Institute of Theology at (314) 256-8877, or e-mail great.preacher@ai.edu. Aquinas Institute of Theology is a Saint Louis-based Roman Catholic graduate school of theology and ministry administered by the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Offering both residential and on-line degree programs, Aquinas Institute of Theology is the only Catholic institution in America to offer a Doctor of Ministry (D. Min.) degree in preaching. #### Jim Hubbman Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:09:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:132 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/127/Aquinas-Institute-to-Host-Interfaith-Event-with-JCRC-and-Eden.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=69&ModuleID=402&ArticleID=127 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=127&PortalID=0&TabID=69 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/127/Aquinas-Institute-to-Host-Interfaith-Event-with-JCRC-and-Eden.aspx (ST. LOUS) – Aquinas Institute of Theology will host an interfaith dialogue and discussion evening on Sunday, August 28, 2011. This event, Christian Anti-Semitism Today: What Is It? Where Is It? How Do We Respond?, will feature dialogue between Father John Pawlikowski and Rabbi Yehiel Poupko, and will also offer opportunity for audience discussion. Fr. John Pawlikowski is Professor of Ethics and the Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at the University of Chicago. Recognition for his work in Christian-Jewish dialogue and his study of the Nazi Holocaust led to his appointment in 1980 by President Carter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in 1980. Fr. Pawlikowski is past president of the International Council of Christians and Jews and has written a number of books focused on Christian-Jewish relations. Rabbi Yehiel Poupko is Judaic Scholar at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago where his responsibilities include interfaith activities. He recently accompanied Cardinal Francis George on a visit to Israel. He offers a Jewish perspective as a writer in Christian publications including National Catholic Reporter, Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Sojourners. Rabbi Poupko is active as an author, having written “Looking at Them; Looking at Us: A Jewish Understanding of Christian Responses to Israel” and a number of other articles on interfaith topics. Co-sponsors for this event include Aquinas Institute of Theology, Eden Theological Seminary, and the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis, Michael and Barbara Newmark Institute for Human Relations. Supporting organizations include The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, Interfaith Partnership/Faith Beyond Walls, and the Saint Louis Rabbinical Association. Pre-registration for this program is encouraged, and those attending are asked to support the event with a free-will offering. The event will be held at Aquinas Institute of Theology, 23 South Spring Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri 63108, and will begin at 7:00 pm. For more information or to register, contact Arlene Baer at the JCRC St. Louis by calling 314.442.3871 or send e-mail to abaer@jcrcstl.org. ####   Jim Hubbman Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:54:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:127 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/125/Former-Aquinas-President-is-new-Prior-Provincial-for-Dominican-Central-Province.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=69&ModuleID=402&ArticleID=125 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=125&PortalID=0&TabID=69 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/125/Former-Aquinas-President-is-new-Prior-Provincial-for-Dominican-Central-Province.aspx (St. Louis) Fr. Charles E. Bouchard, O.P., was elected Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great (Central Province) on 14 June 2011. Twenty-four representatives of the Order of Preachers traveled in June from all over the Midwest United States and from Bolivia to a meeting hosted by St. Vincent Ferrer Priory in River Forest, Illinois, for the 18th Provincial Chapter, where they elected Fr. Bouchard as Provincial, as well as electing other Dominican brothers to fill other leadership positions. Priorities for the provincial leadership team include strengthening Catholic preaching and finding ways for the order to integrate laypeople into roles of responsibility in Catholic schools, healthcare institutions, and other ministries. “If Catholic ministries are to flourish, there has to be an added value that is rooted in our heritage and spiritual tradition,” Bouchard said, “and preaching is the lifeblood of the Church. Dominicans can be a catalyst for great preaching throughout the Church. It is fundamental to what we do.” Guiding his work by these priorities, Bouchard enjoyed considerable success in St. Louis. Aquinas Institute of Theology, which he led from 1989 to 2008, grew from 55 students to more than 300. During his tenure, the school introduced the nation’s only Catholic doctoral program in preaching and the first Master of Arts degree in health care mission, a program to prepare lay leaders in Catholic health care to sustain the ministries in the context of fewer vowed religious women. The school also introduced online theological education for students in regions removed from seminaries and Catholic universities. In 2006, the graduate school moved from space it had occupied at Saint Louis University into a renovated industrial space near the campus. After leading Aquinas Institute, Bouchard became vice president of theological education for Ascension Health, the largest Catholic health care system in the United States. He worked with boards of directors, senior executives, physicians and hospital managers to form in them a deeper grasp of and commitment to the mission of Catholic health care. Bouchard joined the Dominican order in 1974 and was ordained in 1979. He earned a doctoral degree in moral theology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He has lectured, preached and written on the topics of fundamental ethics, sexual and health care ethics, and morality and public policy. Fr. Andrew Carl Wisdom, promoter of vocations for the Province, said Bouchard “will bring his abundance of creativity, vision, and energy to his role as Prior Provincial as he has to all his other ministries. His gifts align providentially with the challenges as well as wonderful opportunities awaiting the province.” ####   Jim Hubbman Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:05:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:125