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Rev. Otto Bucher, OFM Cap
SSL, Pontifical Biblical Institute; STL, Catholic University of America

Special interest: New Testament, especially the Synoptic Gospels and Pauline literature

Publications:

  • “Week-day Homily Helps,” St. Anthony Messenger Press
  • “The Bible Today”

Memberships:

  • Catholic Biblical Association
  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • Association for Clinical Pastoral Education

Sr. Mary Carroll, SSSF
DMin., Mundelein Seminary; MA, St. Louis University; MA, Fordham University

Dissertation: “Doorways to the Divine: Meditation and Centering Prayer”

Special interest: Spirituality: Centering prayer, Meditation, Scripture themes, Franciscanism, healing and prayer, Mysticism and the Western classics, especially Teresa of Avila

Publications:

  • “Divine Therapy: Teaching Reflective and Meditative Practices,” Teaching Theology and Religion, October 2005.
  • "With Love From Calcutta and Lisieux: Letters of Mother Teresa and St. Therese," Review for Religious , July 2005
  • “Joseph: Model of Spiritual Parenting,” Review for Religious, December 2003.
  • “Jeremiah Speaks for Today,” Human Development, Winter 2002.
  • “Religious Life: A Rescue and /or a Crossing over,” Sisters Today, January 2000.
  • "The Emmaus Journey with Teresian Wisdom," Spiritual Life, fall, 2009.

Memberships:

  • School Sisters of St. Francis Pastoral Ministry Association
  • Contemplative Outreach Association, Milwaukee Chapter

Contact : (414) 425-8300 ext.7393
mcarroll@shst.edu


Sr. Marilyn Cowser, OSF
MA, Xavier University

Special interests: teaching modern dance and liturgical dance; African rituals and theology; spiritual direction

Memberships: Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers

Zabrina Decker
JCL, Catholic University; MA, Loyola University

Dissertation: The Role of Vigilance of the Diocesan Bishop with Respect to Association of the Christian Faith”

Special interests: Canon Law for religious institutes, secular institutes and societies of apostolic life

Memberships: Canon Law Society of America


Rev. Jan De Jong, SCJ
STL, Angelicum, Rome; STD, Alphonsianum, Rome

Dissertation: “A New Commandment: The Unity of Love of Neighbor and Love of God in Recent Theology.”

Special interest: Bioethics, Fundamental moral theology, Pastoral moral guidance

Publications:

  • “Martin Buber: Reaching God Through Love of Man,”
  • “Supervision and Theology in CPE,” Journal of Supervision and Training in Ministry.
  • “Clinical Pastoral Education: A Way of Theological Formation,” Journal of Supervision and Training in Ministry.

Memberships:

  • Catholic Theological Society of America
  • Association of Clinical Pastoral Education

Contact : (414) 529-6986
jdejong@shst.edu


Eva Diaz
MAPS, St. Francis Seminary

Thesis: “The Church and Undocumented Immigrants: Their Pastoral Care, Our Evangelization.”

Special interest: Parish planning and collaboration

Memberships:

  • NCLR
  • Wisconsin Catholic Task Force on Labor

Contact: (414) 425-8300, ext. 7384
diaze@archmil.org


Sr. Lucille Flores, SSM
MPS, Loyola University; MA, University of Denver

Special interests: Languages, especially Spanish; liturgy; music

Previous memberships: National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors; National Religious Vocation Conference


Rev. Raúl Gómez Ruiz, SDS
PhD, Catholic University of America; MDiv, Franciscan School of Theology;
MPA, California State University-Sacramento

Dissertation: “Lignum Crucis: The Cross in the Good Friday Celebration of the Hispano-Mozarabic Triduum.”

Special interest: Liturgical theology, Sacramental theology, Hispanic Ministry, Cultural studies, Systems analysis

Publications since 2005

Books:

  • Quinceañera: Order of the Blessing on the Fifteenth Birthday; Quinceañera: la bendición al cumplir los quince años. Liguori, MO: Liguori Press (2010).
  • Mozarabs, Hispanics, and the Cross: Hispano-Mozarabic Good Friday Liturgy. Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism Series, University of San Diego. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books (2007).
  • Languages of Worship/El Lenguaje de la Liturgia. Editor. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications/Instituto Nacional Hispano de Liturgia (2004).
  • El Cuerpo de Cristo: The Hispanic Presence in the US Catholic Church. Co-editor with Dr. Peter Casarella. New York: A Crossroad Herder Book, Crossroad Publishing Co., (1998). Re-published by American Renewal Press, Lima, OH (2003).
  • Don y Promesa, Costumbres y Tradiciones en los Ritos Matrimoniales Hispanos; Gift and Promise, Customs and Traditions in Hispanic Rites of Marriage, with Heliodoro Lucatero & Sylvia Sánchez. Washington, DC: Instituto de Liturgia Hispana; Portland, OR: Oregon Catholic Press, 1997, 2005 (2nd ed.).

Contributed Chapters & Segments:

  • “The Present and Future of Hispanic Ministry, Liturgy and Spirituality in the United States”/ “El Ministerio hispano, la liturgia y la espiritualidad.” Chapter 5 of Hispanic Ministry in the 21st Century: The Present and Future, gen. ed. Hosffman Ospino. Miami: Convivium Press, (forthcoming 2010).
  • “Mozarabic Rite.” Hispanic American Religious Cultures, gen. ed. Miguel de la Torre. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., (2009).
  • “Suggestions for Civil/Liturgical Occasions.” Preaching the Teaching: Hispanics, Homiletics, and Catholic Social Justice Doctrine, eds. Kenneth G. Davis, OFM, Conv. & Leopoldo Pérez, OMI. The Hispanic Theological Initiative Series, vol. IV. Scranton: Univ. of Scranton Press (2005).
  • “Veneration of the Saints and Beati (Chapter 6).” Commentary on the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy: Principles and Guidelines, ed. Peter C. Phan. Collegeville: Liturgical Press (2005).

Articles:

  • “Ritual and the Construction of Cultural Identity: An Example from Hispanic Liturgy,” Perspectivas, vol. 12, (Fall 2008), 9-32.
  • “Real Presence in the Subjunctive Mode,” Liturgical Ministry, vol. 16 (Summer 2007), 113-123.
  • “Liturgy qua Ritual,” New Theology Review, vol. 18, no. 4 (November 2006), 67-76.

Book Reviews:

  • The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe: Tradition and Transformation, by Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba. In The New Mexico Historical Review vol. 84, no. 2 (Spring 2009).
  • Misa, Mesa, y Musa: Liturgy in the U.S. Hispanic Church, vol. 2, comp. and ed. by Kenneth G. Davis, OFM Conv. In Worship vol. 83, no. 2 (March 2009).
  • Living Beauty: The Art of Liturgy, by Alejandro Garcia-Rivera and Thomas Scirghi. In Theological Studies vol. 70, no. 1 (March 2009).
  • La Vida Sacra: Contemporary Hispanic Sacramental Theology, by James Empereur and Eduardo Fernández. In Worship, vol. 28, no. 1 (January 2008).

Awards & Honors:

  • Inducted into Real Academia de Bellas Artes Y Ciencias Históricas, Toledo, Spain, 2009
  • Virgilio Elizondo Award for Contributions in the area of Sacramental and Liturgical Theology, Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologions of the United States (ACHTUS), El Paso, Texas, 2009
  • Hispanic Theological Initiative Book Prize, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, for Mozarabs, Hispanics, and the Cross (Orbis, 2007), 2008

Memberships:

  • Society of the Divine Savior, United States Province, Milwaukee, WI
  • Instituto Nacional Hispano de Liturgia (National Hispanic Institute of Liturgy). Past treasurer and president, past advisory board member
  • Asociación Nacional de Sacerdotes Hispanos, EE.UU. (National Association of Hispanic Priests)
  • American Academy of Religion
  • Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States. Past president
  • Subcommittee on Hispanic Liturgy, Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy, NCCB (1996-99)
  • Catholic Theological Society of America
  • North American Academy of Liturgy (NAAL)
  • Honorary Member: Ilustre y Antiquisima Hermandad de Caballeros y Damas Mozárabes de Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza de la Imperial Ciudad de Toledo, Spain

Contact: (414) 529-6977
rgomez@shst.edu


Kathleen Harty
MALS, Dominican University
MA, Marquette University

Thesis: “Jesus the Christ as Creator and Redeemer: A Study of the motive for the Incarnation”

Special Interests: Doctrinal and church history, history of printing, architecture

Memberships:

  • American Library Association
  • American Theological Association
  • Catholic Library Association
  • Chicago Area Theological Association
  • Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians
  • Wisconsin Catholic Library Association

Sr. Susan Klein, OP
MA, Incarnate Word University
BA,De Paul University

Special Interests: Hispanic spirituality

Contact: (414) 425-8300, ext. 7392
sklein@shst.edu


Rev. Thomas Knoebel
PhD, Fordham University; MDiv, St. Francis Seminary

Dissertation: “Grace in the Theology of Karl Rahner: A Systematic Presentation.”

Special interest: Systematic theology; Christology; Sacramental theology, Seminary formation for men over 30 with extensive life experience. Popular speaker at workshops, conferences, parish missions, RCIA groups and continuing education classes

Recent Publication: English Translation of De Ecclesiasticis Officiis by St. Isidore of Seville (d.636), with “Introduction.” 2008. Paulist Press.

Forthcoming Publication: English Translation of Sententiae by St. Isidore of Seville with" Introduction." 2011.

Memberships:

  • Executive Board, Midwest Association of Theological Schools
  • Governing Board, Hispanic Summer Program
  • Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo (Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Historical Sciences of Toledo, Spain), corresponding academic member
  • Editorial Advisory Board for the Ancient Christian Writers series from Paulist Press
  • Association of Theological Schools
  • National Catholic Educational Association: Seminary Division
  • National Federation of Spiritual Directors
  • National Association of Admissions Officers
  • American Academy of Religion
  • Catholic Theological Society of America
  • Archbishop’s Committee on Correct Teaching, Archdiocese of Milwaukee
  • Censor of Books, Archdiocese of Milwaukee
  • Committee on Correct Teaching – Consultant for Systematic Theology
Awards & Honors:
  • Inducted into Real Academia de Bellas Artes Y Ciencias Históricas, Toledo, Spain, 2009

Contact: (414) 529-6984
tknoebel@shst.edu


Rose Kopenec
MA, Sacred Heart School of Theology

Thesis: “Incest and the Paschal Mystery.”

Special interest: Pastoral counseling; Technology; Organization management

Memberships:


  • American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
  • Milwaukee Area Catholic Institutions of Higher Education
  • Wisconsin Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

Contact: (414) 529-6974
rkopenec@shst.edu


Dr. Richard Lux
PhD, MA, University of Notre Dame

Dissertation: “An Exegetical Study of Micah 1:8-16.”

Special interest: Christian-Jewish relations; Judaism; Holy Land study tours

Recipient of the first Imitatio Dei Award presented by the Catholic-Jewish Conference in November 2000

Fall 2005 resident scholar at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John's University

Major publications:

  • The Jewish People the Hold Land and the State of Israel: A Catholic View. Paulist Press, 2010.
  • “The Two-StateSolution: Pope Benedict XVI and Israel/Palestine,” The Catholic World, Aug.-July, 2009
  • “The Land of Israel (Eretz Yisr'el) in Jewish and Christian Understanding,” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 2008.
  • “Catholic Spirituality and the Jewish People in the State of Israel,” Institute of Judaeo-Christian Studies June 1, 1999, Conference.
  • “What is the Christian Relation to the Holy Land.” Digest of Middle East Studies, Spring 1998.
  • “Biblical Land Traditions,” The Catholic World, January/February 1991.
  • Review: New Theology Review 7 (May 1994) of J. Willebrand's Church and Jewish People, Paulist, 1992.

Memberships:

  • Advisory Committee, Holocaust Education Center, Milwaukee, Association for Jewish Education
  • National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, Vice President
  • Milwaukee Association for Interfaith Relations, Founding member
  • Catholic Biblical Association
  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • Advisory Committee, Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Relations, National Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Catholic Jewish Conference, Milwaukee

Contact: (414) 425-8300
rlux@shst.edu


Dr. Bruce Malchow
PhD, Marquette University; MDiv, STM, Concordia Seminary

Dissertation: “The Roots of Israel’s Wisdom in Sacral Kingship.”

Special interest: Old Testament, especially Wisdom Literature

Special interest: Bioethics, Fundamental moral theology, Pastoral moral guidance

Publications:

  • Social Justice in the Hebrew Bible, Liturgical Press, 1996.
  • Because He First Loved Us, CSS Publishing Company, 1982.
  • “A Manual for Future Monarchs,” Catholic Bibilical Quarterly 47, 1985.
  • “The Messenger of the Covenant in Mal 3:1.” Journal of Biblical Literature 103, 1984.
  • Numerous other articles and review

Memberships:

  • Society of Biblical Literature.

Brigid O’Donnell
MA, Mundelein College

Special interest: Catechetics especially special needs, young adults, adult formation, sacraments.

Publications:

  • “Seasons of Grace: Sacramental Preparation for Mentally Handicapped Teens and Adults,” 1991.
  • “Growing Together in Jesus: A Program for Adults with Mental Retardation,” 1984.
  • “Articles for “Faithworks” and numerous articles on special needs and young adult ministry.

Memberships:

  • National Conference of Catechetical Leadership
  • Milwaukee Archdiocesan Administrators of Catholic Education/Formation

Contact: (414) 321-0893
brigid@stmatthias-milw.org


Rev. Andre Papineau, SDS
MA, Catholic University of America; MA, University of Notre Dame

Special interest: Life transitions; Stories and storytelling based on biblical passages

Publications:

  • Homilies to Transform Hearts and Minds (Resource Publications, 2010)
  • Godawful: Connections Between Biblical Journeys and Life Transitions, Fall 2004
  • Jesus Stories for the Losers, The Lost, And The Least, October 2000
  • Jesus and the Kingdom of Nobodies, March 2000.
  • Passages on the Spiritual Journey, 1999.
  • Celebrating Life in Liturgy, May 1998.
  • Breaking Up, Down and Through: Discovering Spiritual and Psychological Opportunities in Your Transitions, 1997.
  • Holding One Another; Being Separate Together, 1996.
  • Transitions Thresholds of Spiritual Awakening, 1994.
  • Sermons for Sermon Haters, 1992.
  • Let Your Light Shine, 1990.
  • Jesus on the Mend, 1989.
  • Lightly Goes the Good News, 1989.
  • Biblical Blues, 1989
  • Breakthrough, 1988

Fr. Papineau is a well -known presenter, speaking to audiences throughout the United States on numerous topics but particularly on transitions and storytelling.

Memberships:

  • Academy of Homiletics
  • Catholic Association of teachers of Homiletics

Contact: 414) 425-8300 ext. 7193
apapineau@shst.edu


Barbara Scherrer
MST, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Special interest: Education for the gifted

Memberships:

  • Wisconsin Retired Educators Association

Contact: (414) 425-8300 ext. 7198


Rev. Robert Schiavone
MA, St. Louis University

Special interests – Parish leadership and management; marriage and family ministry

Memberships:

  • Association for Theological Field Education
  • Catholic Association for Theological Field Education
  • Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education

Dr. Steven Shippee
PhD, Marquette University; MA, University of Notre Dame

Dissertation: “Faith and History in Contemporary Catholic Christology: The Jesus of History in Balthasar and Schillebeeckx.”

Special interest: Christology; Ecclesiology; Contextual theologies; Hermeneutics

Publications:

  • “Prophetic Voices in Priestly Places: The Challenge of critical Theology in a Changing Seminary Context,” Seminary Journal. Winter 2001.

Memberships:

  • College Theology Society
  • Catholic Theological Society of America

Contact: (414) 425-8300 ext./ 7191
sshippee@shst.edu


Sally Smits
MBA, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Special interest: Strategic planning in higher education

Memberships:

  • National Association of College and University Business Officers
  • Board of Directors, Central Association of College and University Business Officers
  • Economic Development Commission for the City of Franklin, Wisconsin
  • Professional Dimensions

Contact: (414) 529-6971
ssmits@shst.edu


Rev. C. Michael Weldon, OFM
DMin, Catholic Theological Union at Chicago; MDiv, Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley; MA, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

DMin Dissertation: “Church Consolidation & Closure: Mentoring Reconciliation through Ritual"

MA Thesis: “Franciscan Spirituality and Troubadour Song"

Publications:

  • "Folding Up the Tents," New Theology Review Volume 19, Number 2, May 2006
  • A Struggle for Holy Ground: Reconciliation and the Rites of Parish Closure, Liturgical Press, Fall 2004; 2005 Catholic Press Association 3rd Place Award recipient
  • "Principals of Franciscan Liturgy," Santa Barbara Province Liturgy Committee, May 2003
  • “Can Sunday Mass Survive?" Emmanuel, December 2002
  • “Reconciliation and Parish Closure," Westfriars - Publications for the Franciscans Friars of California
  • "Syn-Notes," Pastoral Outreach, Service and the Synod. A Preparation Document for Diocesan Synod, Diocese of Phoenix

Contact: (414) 425-8300 ext. 7386
mweldon@shst.edu