Seminary Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1, Spring 2023

SJ General Editor: Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP. This issue was coordinated by Fr. Dennis Billy, CSsR

The Seminary Journal is a journal of opinion, research, and praxis in the field of seminary education and formation for priesthood within the Roman Catholic tradition.

In the Spring of 2021, the faculty of the School of Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Roland Park, Baltimore decided to embark on a common faculty writing project in collaboration with Seminary Journal. The project was coordinated by Fr. Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R. The purpose of this effort on the part of the faculty was to encourage its members in light of the new Ratio Fundamentalis from Rome (2016) and the sixth edition of the Program for Priestly Formation (approved 2019) to delve more deeply into the various academic disciplines offered at the seminary, with an eye to how those disciplines should be taught in a Catholic seminary. It was also hoped that such a project would encourage closer collaboration among the faculty, with the hope of seeing how those disciplines relate to one another and how classroom pedagogy has an impact on the con-tent being both conveyed and received. Another hope was to offer the wider seminary community in the United States and beyond insights into how classroom pedagogy might impact the integration of the various dimensions of priestly formation.

Contents:

  • “Teaching Language Skills to International Students in Catholic Seminaries and the Critical Component of Culture” 
  • “Teaching Spirituality to Beginners” 
  • “Teaching Philosophy in Today’s Seminary Context” 
  • “Teaching Liturgy in Seminary” 
  • “Teaching Scripture in a Catholic Seminary”
  • “Teaching Systematic Theology in a Catholic Seminary” 
  • “Teaching Moral Theology in a Catholic Seminary” 
  • “Teaching Canon Law in Seminary”

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Emily Hicks on her article "Teaching Language Skills to International Students in Catholic Seminaries and the Critical Component of Culture"

Rev. Lawrence Terrien, P.S.S., on his article "Teaching Spirituality to Beginners"

Dr. Peter Paul Seaton, Jr., on his article "Teaching Philosophy in Today’s Seminary Context"

Dr. James Starke on his article "Teaching Liturgy in Seminary"
Rev. Paul A. Maillet, P.S.S. Michael J. Gorman Rebecca Hancock on their article "Teaching Scripture in a Catholic Seminary"
Rev. Robert Leavitt, P.S.S., on his article "Teaching Systematic Theology in a Catholic Seminary"

Rev. Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., on "Teaching Moral Theology in a Catholic Seminary"
Rev. Phillip J. Brown, P.S.S. on his article "Teaching Canon Law in the Seminary"

 

TESTIMONIALS

“Seminary Journal (Spring 2023) is an exciting compilation of articles regarding the formation of seminarians into priests for the pastoral and intellectual care of the faithful. While these studies in spirituality, scripture, canon law, philosophy, language & culture, moral, and systematic theology are geared toward the integration of the intellectual, spiritual, human, and pastoral life of the priest, they surely also regard the life of each and every Catholic in the universal call to holiness. This issue of Seminary Journal can readily serve as a study guide for all those seeking a deeper understanding of their faith.” – Kiki Latimer, author of Home for the Homily: The Sacred Art of Homiletics and host of WCAT Radio’s “The Catholic Bookworm“

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R., D.Min., Th.D., S.T.D. (dbilly@stmarys.edu) Father Billy holds The Robert F. Leavitt Distinguished Service Chair in Theology and is Professor of Moral Theology and Spirituality at St. Mary’s Seminary & University.

Phillip Brown, P.S.S., J.D., J.C.D. (brownpj@stmarys.edu) Father Brown is President Rector and Associate Professor of Canon Law at St. Mary’s Seminary & University.

Michael Gorman, Ph.D.  (mgorman@stmarys.edu) Doctor Gorman holds The Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology and is Professor of Sacred Scripture at St. Mary’s Seminary & University. 

Rebecca Hancock, Ph.D. (rhancock@stmarys.edu) Doctor Hancock is Associate Dean of the Ecumenical Institute at St Mary’s Seminary & University and Adjunct Instructor of Sacred Scripture.

Emily Hicks, M.A., S.T.L.  (ehicks@stmarys.edu) Ms. Hicks is Assistant Professor of English and Culture and is the Director of Language Resources and Intercultural Integration at St. Mary’s Seminary & University.

Robert F. Leavitt, P.S.S., S. T.D. (rleavitt@stmarys.edu) Father Leavitt is former President Rector of St. Mary’s Seminary & University and completed twenty-seven years of service in that position in 2007. He presently serves as the France-Merrick University Professor of Systematic Theology. 

Paul Maillet, P.S.S., S.T.D. (pmaillet@stmarys.edu) Father Maillet is Director of Spiritual Life Programs and Associate Professor of Sacred Scripture at St. Mary’s Seminary & University.

Peter Paul Seaton, Jr., Ph.D. (pseaton@stmarys.edu) Doctor Seaton holds The Barbara and Richard Fisher Chair for Catholic Social Thought and is Professor of Philosophy at St. Mary’s Seminary & University. 

James Starke, Ph.D. (jstarke@stmarys.edu) Doctor Starke is Director of Liturgy and Assistant Professor of Systematic and Liturgical Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University.

Lawrence Terrien, P.S.S., S.T.D. (lterrien@stmarys.edu) Father Terrien is a former Superior General of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice and Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University.

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