Our faculty are selected from among the best scholars and teachers in the English-speaking world. Each summer we attract professors from universities and schools of theology that are highly respected for their commitment to the education and formation of ministers and leaders in the Church.
Summer 2008
Joan E. Cook, S.C., a member of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, teaches Scripture at Georgetown University. She has also served on the faculties of Washington Theological Union, Virginia Theological Seminary, St. Bonaventure University, and Florida State University. In the spring, 2009 semester she will be a Visiting Professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. Besides teaching in the St. Michael’s summer program she has also taught summer school courses in the Old Testament at Fordham University. She received her BA from the College of Mount St Joseph, Ohio, Masters Degrees from Middlebury College and Xavier University, Ohio, and her PhD at Vanderbilt University. Her book, Hear, O Heavens and Listen, O Earth: An Introduction to the Prophets (Liturgical Press, 2006) received the First Place Award for books on Scripture from the Catholic Press Assn. She has also written Hannah’s Desire, God’s Design: Early Interpretations of the Story of Hannah (Sheffield Academic Press, 1999) as well as numerous articles on biblical prayer and biblical women. She served as President of the Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society in 2007, and received the Elizabeth Ann Seton Award for Distinguished Contributions by a Woman Theologian from the College of Mount St. Joseph, OH in 2005.
Ralph Del Colle specializes in Christology, Pneumatology, Trinitarian theology and the theology of grace. His doctoral dissertation, Christ and the Spirit: Spirit-Christology in Trinitarian Perspective was published by Oxford University Press in 1994, and he contributed a chapter on the "Triune God" to the Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine. He has also published articles in scholarly journals such as Theological Studies, The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, The Journal of Pentecostal Theology, Pneuma: The Journal for the Society of Pentecostal Studies and The Scottish Journal of Theology. He is co-editor with John Webster of the International Journal of Systematic Theology. Dr. Del Colle has also served on a number of ecumenical dialogues for the Catholic Church, including the international dialogue with classical Pentecostals, the international consultation with Seventh Day Adventists, the U.S. dialogue with Reformed Churches, and he was a member of the Catholic delegation to the World Council of Churches Assembly in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1998.
Daniel Sheerin is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Classics and the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He has extensive teaching experience in a wide variety of areas and conducts research primarily in patristic and liturgical texts, medieval Latin, and texts by Erasmus and other Reformation figures. He has published several volumes and articles on Erasmus and received his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1969).
Wilfrid Harrington, O.P. is an Irish Dominican. His theological studies were taken at the University of St. Thomas, Rome, and his biblical studies at the Ecole Biblique, Jerusalem. He holds S.T.M. and L.S.S. degrees. He is currently professor of Scripture at the Dominican House of Studies, Dublin, Ireland; senior lecturer at the Milltown Institute of Theology, Dublin, and visiting lecturer at the Church of Ireland Theological college. He has taught summer school courses in the United States regularly since 1965. He has written extensively on both the Old and New Testament. His latest books are Hold on to Hope, Mark: Realistic Theologian, Luke: Gracious Theologian, Matthew: Sage Theologian, John: Spiritual Theologian and From the Presence of the Lord.
Susan K. Roll is Associate Professor of Liturgy and Sacramental Theology at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. She received her Ph.D. from the Faculty of Theology, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), where she taught liturgy and pastoral theology, and founded a Center for Women's Studies in Theology. She holds an S.T.B. from Louvain, and an M.A. in pastoral theology from Saint Bernard's Seminary, Rochester, New York. In Fall 1998 she held the Walter J. Schmitz Chair in Liturgical Studies at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and in 2000 she was a Visiting Fellow at Sarum College, Salisbury, England. She is the author of Toward the Origins of Christmas and numerous articles on liturgy, sacraments, pastoral theology and feminist theology.
Philip Keane, S.S. is a Sulpician and Professor of Moral Theology at Saint Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, MD. He received his undergraduate training at Saint Bernard's in Rochester, New York and then completed his Licentiate and Doctorate in Sacred Theology degrees at the Catholic University of America. Prior to accepting a faculty position at Saint Mary's, he taught at Saint Stephen's Seminary in Hawaii, Saint Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California and Saint Thomas Seminary in Kenmore, Washington. During his years at Saint Mary's, he has served as Vice Rector, Dean of the School of Theology and Executive Vice President. His numerous publications include several articles in theological journals and three books: Sexual Morality: A Catholic Perspective, Christian Ethics and Imagination, and Health Care Reform: A Catholic View. He serves as a medical ethics consultant to the Maryland Catholic Health Care Consortium and several Catholic hospitals and health care systems including the Bon Secours Health System.
Finola Cunnane
teaches Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry at Mater Dei Institute, Dublin City University, Ireland. She served as Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of Ferns (Wexford) and is the author of New Directions in Religious Education. She earned her Ph.D. in Church Leadership and Religious Education from Fordham University, New York. Phyllis Zagano is Senior Research Associate-in-Residence at Hofstra University. Dr. Zagano holds a B.A. from Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY, the Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and three master's degrees, in communications (Boston University), literature (Long Island University), and theology (St. John's University). She is the author or editor of eleven books in religious studies, including "Holy Saturday: An Argument for the Restoration of the Female Diaconate in the Catholic Church" (Crossroad, 2000), winner of a First Place Book Award from the Catholic Press Association and the College Theology Society Annual Book Award (2002) She has published hundreds of articles and reviews in popular and refereed journals, and her work has been variously translated into Bahasa Indonesian, Czech, Italian, and Spanish.RETREAT
Director: Martin Pable, OFM CAP
July 21-25, all day
Location: Farrell Room (Saint Edmund’s Hall 315)
Martin Pable, OFM, CAP is a native of Wisconsin. He entered the Capuchin Order and was ordained to the priesthood in 1958. He received his doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the Catholic University of America in 1965. He taught courses in Pastoral Counseling at St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee and at Sacred Heart Seminary in Hales Corners, WI. He has done extensive counseling with priests, religious and laity. He conducts retreats, workshops and continuing education programs around the country. Presently he is on the retreat staff at St. Anthony Retreat Center, Marathon, WI. Besides retreat work and spiritual direction, he is available to conduct programs in parishes, especially on topics of spirituality, evangelization, and marriage/family life. He has written two books on spirituality for men: A Man and his God and The Quest for the Male Soul and two books on evangelization: Catholics and Fundamentalists and Reclaim the Fire: A Parish Guide to Evangelization. His latest books include Prayer: A Practical Guide; and Remaining Catholic: Six Good Reasons for Staying in an Imperfect Church. He has also published many articles in the area of psychology and religion.
Previous Summer Faculty:
Rev. Eoin G. Cassidy, Ph.D. Institut Superieur de Philosopie, Paris
Rev. Michael Drumm, S.T.L. Gregorian University of Rome
Janet O. Foy, Ed.D. University of Rochester
Rev. Richard N. Fragomeni, Ph.D. Catholic University of America
Kevin Gillespie, S.J., Ph.D., Boston University
Richard M. Gula, SS, Ph.D. Saint Michael’s College, Toronto
Richard P. Hardy, Ph.D. University of Strasbourg, France
Wilfrid J. Harrington, OP, S.T.M., L.S.S. Ecole Biblique, Jerusalem
Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P., Ph.D. Catholic University of America
Edward J. Holland, Ph.D. University of Chicago
Leslie J. Hoppe, O.F.M., Ph.D. Northwestern University
Aostre Johnson, Ed.D. University of North Carolina
Philip S. Keane, S.S., S.T.D. Catholic University of America
Rev. Dermot Lane, S.T.D., Angelicum University, Rome
Elizabeth Nagel, S.S.D., Gregorian University, Rome
David Purpel, Ed.D. Harvard University
Lucien Richard, o.m.i., Ph.D. Harvard University
Susan K. Roll, Ph.D. Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Monica Verpleogen Vandergrift, Ph.D. Dusquenue University
Robert J. Wicks, Psy.D. Hahnemann Medical College
During the regular academic year, our faculty are drawn from among the members of the Religious Studies Department at Saint Michael's, and from nearby educational institutions.