Chronicle of Faith: Paper Panels
Session 1
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Panel 1
Speakers:
S. Theresa Ahern, MSBT, M.A., Archivist, Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity, The Charism of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1931-2008.
S. Ann Harrington, B.V.M., Ph.D., Professor of History, Loyola University of Chicago, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: The Philadelphia Connection.
Moderator: Sr. Mary Louise Sullivan, MSC, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of History, Cabrini College
Panel 2
Speakers:
Patrick Hayes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, St. John’s University, Miracle Narratives in the See of Brotherly Love.
Nicholas Rademacher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Cabrini College, Living Saints: Mother Teresa and Dorothy Day at the 41st International Eucharistic Congress, Philadelphia, PA.
Moderator: Bro. Joseph Dougherty, FSC, Ph.D., Department of Religious Studies, LaSalle University.
Panel 3
Speakers:
Francis Ryan, Ed.D., Professor and Director of American Studies, La Salle University, Frances Bradshaw’s 1918 Ethnographic Study of the Philadelphia Polish Catholic Schools: A Ninety-Year Retrospective.
Eugene J. Halus, Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Politics, Immaculata University, Dennis Clark, Pluralism and Urban America, 1960-1993.
Moderator: Patrick McNamara, Ph.D., Assistant Archivist, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York.
Panel 4
Speakers:
Jennifer Schaaf, Ph.D., Lecturer in History, Penn State Abington, Francis Patrick Kenrick and the Intensification of Clerical Authority in Antebellum Philadelphia.
Mr. John Ahtes, M.A., Lecturer in History, Immaculata University, Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Irish Nationalism and the Civil War.
Moderator: Fr. Francis Berna, O.F.M., Ph.D., Director of Graduate Theology and Ministry, LaSalle University.
Panel 5
Speakers:
S. Marie Hubert Kealy, I.H.M., Ph.D., Professor of English, Immaculata University, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Immigrant Church to University.
William Watson, Ph.D., Professor of History, Immaculata University, The Sisters of Charity, the 1832 Cholera Epidemic in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut.
Moderator: S. Agnes Hughes, IHM, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Immaculata University
Session 2 (1:30 p.m.)
Panel 6
Speakers:
Fr. Francis Berna, O.F.M., Ph.D., Director of Graduate Theology and Ministry, LaSalle University, A Church in Contrast: The Graduate Program at LaSalle University.
Eugene J. Halus, Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Politics, Immaculata University, The Saint Gabriel’s System, La Salle College High School and the de La Salle Christian Brothers: A Study in Contrasting Similarities.
Moderator: Roger van Allen, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Villanova University
Panel 7
Speakers:
Richard Juliani, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Villanova University, The Parish as an Urban Institution: Revisiting Parish, Priest and People: Saving the Faith in Philadelphia’s ‘Little Italy.’
Fr. Daniel Joyce, S.J., M.Div., Assistant to the President for Mission and Adjunct Professor of Theology, St. Joseph’s University, The Development of Parish-based Urban Missiology for Ministry in the United States: The Contributions of Four Jesuits in Philadelphia, 1733-1892.
Moderator: Joseph P. Healey, Ph. L, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Immaculata University.
Panel 8
Speakers:
Vincent Marchionni, B.A., Department of History, Saint Joseph’s University, Sodalities and Ultramontane Catholicism in Philadelphia: Old Saint Joseph’s as a Case Study.
Colin Varga, B.F.A., Assistant Archivist, Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center, The Susquehannocks: Catholics in 17th Century Pennsylvania.
Moderator: Sarah Trembanis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, Immaculata University.
Panel 9
Speakers:
Katie Oxx, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Theology, Saint Joseph’s University, The Spiritual Construction of Religious Identity: St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church and Italian-American Catholicism.
Thomas F. Rzeznik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, Department of History Seton Hall University, Church Closings, Pastoral Planning and Parish Viability: Lessons from 1993.
Moderator: Nicholas Rademacher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Cabrini College.
Panel 10
Speakers:
William Watson, Ph.D., Professor of History, Immaculata University, The Sisters of Charity, the 1832 Cholera Epidemic in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut.
John Ahtes, M.A., Lecturer in History, Immaculata University, Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Irish Nationalism and the Civil War.
Moderator: John Hill, Ph.D., Professor of History, Immaculata University.