CGCM Congratulates Former Visiting Researcher Jesse Ciccotti
The CGCM offers hearty congratulations to former Visiting Researcher Jesse Ciccotti on his new position.
At the start of the 2021-2022 school year, Dr. Ciccotti took up a post at Colorado Christian University as Assistant Dean of Spiritual Formation. In addition to his dean role, he will be teaching courses in Philosophy, Global Studies, and Theology.
Congratulations to you, Dr. Ciccotti, and all the best to you and to your colleagues and students at Colorado Christian University.
“A Rite for All Souls” 50th-Anniversary Commemoration
The Boston Globe has featured Mark Harvey (STH '71, GRS '83), Peter Bloom (CAS '71), and the music of the Mark Harvey Group in an article published on Oct.25, 2021. See the Boston Globe article here.
Harvey, a School of Theology alumnus, is known for his work as the director of the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra and his work on jazz as sacred music.
His ministry through music is another example of the Boston University School of Theology's rich heritage in global hymnody and sacred music. For more information on the upcoming BU STH Hymnody Mini-Conference, see this news item.
To attend the free virtual event, "A Rite for All Souls" 50th-anniversary commemoration, held on Oct. 28, 7 p.m., register at www.eventbrite.com/e/50th-anniversary-of-a-rite-for-all-souls-zoom-conversation-and-video-tickets-187825500127
Digital Symposium Commemorating the 125th Year of the Death of Seven Civilians from Leipzig Mission
Digital Symposium “Climbing High Mountains. Colonial entanglement & postcolonial reflections” 29 – 30 October, 2021.
Commemorating the 125th year of the death of seven civilians from Leipzig Mission – Karava, Mrio, and three other Chagga people, as well as the two missionaries Ewald Ovir and Karl Segebrock – at Mount Meru October 20, 1896, Leipzig Mission invites to participate in a digital symposium. Please find details in the file attached, or check our website https://www.leipziger-missionswerk.de/symposium-climbing-high-mountains.html
Kindly register yourselves by Monday October 25, 2001 at info@LMW-Mission.de to receive the link for your digital access. Participation is free of charge.
Fr Luke Veronis to Give IOTA Missiology Group Lecture on Thursday, October 28th
“Still Mining the Forgotten: Black Catholic Nuns in United States History” Lecture by Shannen Dee Williams
The Cultures of American Religion group - with co-sponsorship from the Center for Research on Global Catholicism - is excited to announce that Dr. Shannen Dee Williams Associate Professor of History at the University of Dayton, will give a talk on November 11th, 2021, at 6pm CST entitled “Still Mining the Forgotten: Black Catholic Nuns in United States History.” All are invited and encouraged to attend.
Dr. Williams chose to speak on November 11th in celebration of Black Catholic History month, and in honor of the fourth anniversary of the death of Sister Mary Antona Ebo, FSM.
Dr. Williams is a noted scholar of African American history, who has published work in the Journal of African-American History, the Journal of Africana Religions, and American Catholic Studies, as well as popular articles in America, the National Catholic Reporter, and Religion Dispatches, among others. Her talk will draw on the research for her forthcoming book, Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle (Duke, 2022).
This talk will be presented as a webinar: all attendees can register in advance here.
Also, Dr. Williams is also hosting a Zoom mentoring lunch with any interested students. The lunch will take place on November 11th, at noon CST. Please email kate.moran@slu.edu to receive an invitation.
Journal of African Christian Biography Latest Issue Pays Tribute to Prof. Andrew F. Walls
The latest issue of the Journal of African Christian Biography honors the memory of Professor Andrew F. Walls and Father Benedict Ssettuuma, Jr. It also highlights the contribution of Dr. Michael Adeleke Ogunewu to the work of the DACB both as an author and a mentor-teacher.
Visit the Journal of African Christian Biography e-journal to learn more and read the issue.
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2nd Annual Walls-Oden-Bediako Lecture in Early African Christianity
United States Catholic Mission Association Conference on Mission and Migration, October 25-29, 2021
Join USCMA’s national dialogue on how the Church – and the missionary community within the church – can be in solidarity with the immigrant, migrant, refugee, and asylum seeker. Angels Unaware – Mission with People on the Move is an opportunity for FOCUS, REFLECTION, COMMUNITY, SPEAKERS, and COMPANIONS. The schedule provides the FOCUS for 13-hours of REFLECTION over five days.
Monday, October 25th – SEE: From Noon ET to 5 pm (5 hours); Two Sessions, Networking, breaks.
Wednesday, October 27th – HEAR: From Noon ET to 5 pm (5 hours): Two Sessions, Networking, breaks.
Friday, October 29th – ACT: From Noon ET to 3:15 pm (3.5 hours): Two Sessions and Networking.
For more information and to register: Angels Unaware - Registration Flyer