{"id":60150,"date":"2026-04-13T07:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/?p=60150"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:24:39","slug":"mdiv-student-2026-faspe-ethics-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/mdiv-student-2026-faspe-ethics-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"MDiv student Bernard Hemans (’27) chosen for 2026 FASPE Ethics Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that current Master of Divinity (MDiv) student Bernard Hemans (’27)\u00a0 <\/span>is one of 14 Fellows chosen for the 2026 Clergy Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics<\/a> (FASPE). FASPE annually grants 80-90 Fellowships to graduate students and early-career professionals in the fields of business, clergy, design and technology, journalism, law, and medicine. Fellows participate in a two-week program in Germany and Poland, which uses the conduct of professionals in Nazi-occupied Europe as an initial framework for approaching ethical responsibility in the professions today. The 2026 Fellowship will take place in Germany and Poland over the course of two weeks this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are living in a fraught moment when professionals face crucial ethical choices that in some instances are reminiscent of choices professionals faced in Nazi Germany. FASPE\u2019s emphasis on examining why so many professionals made poor choices, how we might identify with their decision-making, and the horrific consequences of their choices helps to instill in professionals a rigorous and reflective approach that is valuable at any time, but particularly in a perilous moment like this one,\u201d said Noah Bookbinder, FASPE\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n

Bernard Hemans is a chaplain intern at Seafarer’s Friend, a nonprofit serving seafarers in the terminals of Boston. Drawing on seven years as a regional youth pastor and his experience founding a church in Tarkwa, Ghana, Bernard brings deep pastoral wisdom to his academic and ministerial development. He serves as a graduate assistant on the Lilly Endowments-funded project Accompanying Immigrant Christian Families Across Generations<\/i>, supporting African immigrant congregations across Boston. Bernard also serves as operations coordinator for the BUSTH Student Association and as a guest preacher at Union Congregational Church in Braintree, MA.<\/p>\n

Thinking ahead to the upcoming fellowship trip, Hemans shared, \u201cMy participation in FASPE would deepen my ethical leadership in chaplaincy and pastoral ministry while connecting me with a network of committed professionals and equipping me to serve my communities in Boston and Ghana with greater moral courage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hemans joins a diverse group of 84 FASPE Fellows across all six programs who were chosen through a competitive process that drew over 1,400 applicants from across the US and the world. FASPE covers all program costs, including travel, food and lodging.<\/p>\n

To learn more about FASPE and its programs, visit www.faspe-ethics.org.<\/a><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAbout Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE)
\nFASPE is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote ethical leadership and responsibility among professionals beginning with recognition of the influence that professionals have on all aspects of society. Its distinctive methodology examines the behavior and motivations of the professionals who enabled and enacted Nazi policies to establish the importance and urgency of self-awareness, professionalism, and ethical leadership today.<\/em><\/p>\n

Contact<\/strong>: Haley Gorda, Communications Manager
\nhgorda@faspe-ethics.org<\/a>
\n<\/span>(646) 405-5956<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that current Master of Divinity (MDiv) student Bernard Hemans (’27)\u00a0 is one of 14 Fellows chosen for the 2026 Clergy Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). FASPE annually grants 80-90 Fellowships to graduate students and early-career professionals in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12612,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[207,208,203],"tags":[395,198,251],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12612"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60150"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60206,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60150\/revisions\/60206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}