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The Eucharist: A Gift for Mission
June 20-22, 2005
at the University of Notre Dame
Keynote and General Session Speaker Information
Timothy Matovina, Ph.D.
“Hunger, Fiesta and Transformation”
Tim Matovina works in the University of Notre Dame’s Theology Department
area of Theology and Culture, with specialization in U.S. Catholic and
U.S. Latino theology and religion. His publications include Tejano
Religions and Ethnicity (1995); and with Vergilio Elizondo, San
Fernando Cathedral: Soul of the City (1998) and Mestizo Worship (1998). He
was also the editor of Beyond Borders (2000) and co-editor of Perspectives:
Hispanic MInistry (1995) and Presente! U.S. Latino Catholic from
Colonial Origins to the Present (2000). In addition to his scholarly
work, Tim offers presentations and workshops on Latino Ministry and theology
throughout the United States. He is also Director of the Cushwa Center
for the Study of American Catholicism, located at the University of Notre
Dame.
Fr. M. Daniel Findikyan,
Ph.D.
“The Sanctification
and Divination of Humanity”
A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Michael Daniel Findikyan received the
M.Div. degree from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary,
Crestwood, New York, and St. Nersess Armenian Seminary in New Rochelle,
New York in 1989. Simultaneous with his seminary studies, Findikyan
earned a Master’s degree in musicology at City University of New
York. After a one year study trip to Armenia, he studied five years
in Italy, receiving in 1997 a doctorate in Liturgical Studies from the
Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. Robert Taft, S.J. directed
his doctoral thesis. Findikyan is the author of a major study of
the historical development of the Armenian Daily Office (recently published
in the series Orientalia Christiana Analecta) and was the General
Editor of Divine Liturgy of the Armenian Church with Modern Armenian
and English Translations, Transliteration, Musical Notation, Introduction
and Notes (New York, 1999). He has published numerous articles
in the area of Armenian liturgy and theology, and is a member of several
scholarly and ecumenical associations. Findikyan holds the Archbishop
Tiran Nersoyan Chair in Liturgy at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, and
lectures regularly at the University of Notre Dame and the Yale Institute
of Sacred Music. He is an ordained priest of the Armenian Orthodox
Church.
Sr. Susan Wood, S.C.L., Ph.D.
"Vinculum Caritatis: Eucharist as Bond
of Love"
Sr. Susan Wood is Professor of Theology and Associate Dean at St. John’s
School of Theology & Seminary in Collegeville, Minnesota and is a
Sister of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas. She holds a Ph.D. in systematic
theology from Marquette University. Very active in ecumenical work, she
serves on the U.S.A. Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue and has participated
in consultations on baptism, theological anthropology, and the nature
and purpose of ecumenical dialogue sponsored by Faith and Order of the
World Council of Churches and the Joint Working Group. She is an associate
editor of Pro Ecclesia, and in addition to numerous articles
she has published Spiritual Exegesis and the Church in the Theology
of Henri de Lubac (Erdmans, 1998), Sacramental Orders (The
Liturgical Press, 2000), and was the editor of Ordering the Baptismal
Priesthood (The Liturgical Press, 2003).
Daniel Sheerin, Ph.D.
"Eucharist as Medicine of Body
and Spirit"
Daniel Sheerin is Professor in the Department of Classics and Concurrent
Professor in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana.
William Cavanaugh, Ph.D.
"The Social Meaning
of Eucharist"
William T. Cavanaugh is Associate Professor of Theology at the University
of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. His degrees are from Notre
Dame, Cambridge and Duke. He is the author of the books Torture
and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body of Christ (Oxford:
Blackwell, 1998) and Theopolitical Imagination (Edinburgh: T. & T.
Clark, 2002), both of which have been published in French by Editions
Ad Solem of Geneva. He is also co-editor, with Peter Scott, of The
Blackwell Companion to Political Theology (Oxford, Blackwell, 2004).
Breakout Session Speakers
Margaret
Pfeil, Ph.D.
"The Eucharist in Dorothy Day’s Life
and Writing"
Margaret Pfeil is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology at
the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Daniel McAfee, M.A.
"Developing a Ministry to the Sick: A Parish Based
Model"
Daniel McAfee is the Director, Office for Christian Worship in Detroit,
Michigan.
Sr. Catherine Patten, R.S.H.M.,
Ph.D.
"Bond of Love: Cardinal Bernardin’s Common
Ground Initiative"
Sr. Catherine Patten is Coordinator of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative
at the National Pastoral Life Center in New York, New York.
Sr.
Joyce Ann Zimmerman, C.PP.S., Ph.D., S.T.D.
"The Communion
Rite: A History of Practice and Reverence"
Sr. Joyce Ann Zimmerman is the Director
of the Institute for Liturgical Ministry in Dayton, Ohio. She is the
founding editor of Liturgical Ministry,
adjunct professor of liturgy, and liturgical consultant.
Bob Hurd, Ph.D.
"Song Befits the Table of our God: Communion, Music
and Reverence"
Bob Hurd is a teacher, composer and workshop presenter who strives to
give assemblies clear, strong voices. His work is enriched by his
experience as a pastoral musician and liturgist. Bob’s collections
reflect the diversity of the Church; his bilingual music encourages the
asembly to sing in both English and Spanish. Bob’s liturgical
music is featured in numerous hymnals in the United States, Canada, Great
Britain and Australia. His articles have appeared in Liturgy,
Celebration, Liturgical Ministry and Today’s Liturgy. He
has contributed to two books: That They Might have Life: Power, Empowerment
and Leadership in the Church (Crossroads, 1991) and Spirituality (Michael
Glazer, Liturgical Press, 1992). Bob has served as a teacher, composer
and liturgist in various pastoral and academic settings, including the
Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley, California, the Graduate Pastoral
Ministries Program at Santa Clara University and St. Patrick Seminary,
Menlo Park, California. He lives in San Jose, California with his
wife, Pia Moriarty, who has collaborated with him on much of his bilingual
music.
Deacon William Ditewig, Ph.D.
"The Diaconate as Ministry of Service"
Deacon William Ditewig is Executive Director of the Secretariat for the Diaconate
for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, DC. He is
a deacon of the Archdiocese of Washington, DC, and he holds a Ph.D. from the
School of Theology and Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America.
He has authored several books on theology and ministry, and his articles have
appeared in The Jurist, Liturgical Ministry, Seminary
Journal, Preach, Church,
and Deacon Digest. Deacon Ditewig was a contributor to the New
Catholic Encyclopedia,
and he also contributed to and was on the editorial board of the National Directory
for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States.
He is a member of the governing board of the International Diaconate Center (Germany).
A retired Navy Commander, he speaks Hebrew, Russian and French. He is married
with four children and one grandchild.
Bishop Dale Melczek, Ph.D.
"Cathedral in the City:
Commitment to the
Poor"
Bishop Dale Melczek is Bishop of the Diocese of Gary in Gary, Indiana.
Sr. Ana Maria Pineda, R.S.M.,
S.T.D.
"Eucharist, Devotions and
Cultural Expressions"
Sr. Ana Maria Pineda was a candidate for the D.Min. degree at the Jesuit
School of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley from
1979-1985, then went to the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago for
an M.A. in Theology (1987). Five years later, she completed an
S.T.D. in Pastoral / Applied Theology from the Universidad Pontificia
de Salamanca, Spain, where her dissertation examined the Hispanic permanent
diaconate in the United States. Throughout her career, she has
complemented the academic study of Hispanic theology with involvement
in Hispanic ministry. Sr.
Pineda joined the Santa Clara University faculty in 1997 and teaches
courses on Hispanic theology. She has also served as Director of
the Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries since 1999.
