Dominican University
Dr. Claire Noonan, D.Min.
(M.Div. 1997) was appointed Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Dominican University, River Forest, IL on October 1, 2013. She is the first lay person to serve in this position. 2000s Rev. Jose Minaku-Lukoli, S.J.
(S.T.L. 2003) was appointed as provincial of the Jesuits in the Central African Province.
Br. Methodius Kuusoru, F.I.C.
Sr. Celine Songsat, I.J.S. (N.D.
Spring 2004) writing from Thailand to say “Thank you!” for the fall Bridge. Our school is K.G. Our mission is small. It is not a big school. We have 700 children with 34 teachers and 12 workers. Each one of us is hardworking. We live in the city but we are not among Catholics. We try our best to make Jesus Christ known and loved. We live simply and set a good example. Please remember us in your prayers. Erin M. Brigham (M.A. 2005, GTU Ph.D. 2010) is adjunct professor of theology and religious studies and faculty coordinator of the Joan & Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Social Thought at the University of San Francisco. She published See, Judge, Act: Catholic Social Teaching and Service Learning (Anselm Academic Press, 2013) and Sustaining the Hope for Unity: Ecumenical Dialogue in a Post-Modern World (Liturgical Press, 2012). Catherine M. Kelly (M.Div. 2006) is the secretary of the Jesuit Spirituality Apostolate of Vancouver in British Columbia, offering St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises in daily life, and facilitating monthly
gatherings for alumni of the Exercises. If you know anyone interested in doing the Exercises in the Vancouver area, contact me at JSAVancouver@gmail.com. Sr. Maryann Cantlon, C.S.J.
(M.T.S. 2008) is Coordinator for Restorative Justice for the Diocese of San Jose. On November 19, 2013, The Valley Catholic interviewed her regarding her 35 years of experience ministering in prisons as a teacher and Catholic chaplain. She also trains and supports volunteers in their ministry to the incarcerated. Jeff Gottlieb (M.A. 2008) I’m
currently in a doctoral program in religion, ethics, and philosophy at Florida State University. I’ve had the opportunity to teach undergraduate courses in religious ethics and moral problems, and human rights. I am a copy editor for the Journal of Religious Ethics. My research focuses on religion, law, and human rights, and my dissertation is entitled, “Conscience and the Free Exercise of Religion: a Historical and Philosophical Reexamination”. I hope to finish in the spring of 2015.
Anselm Academic Press
(M.T.S. 2004). I assumed a new mission as a volunteer to South Sudan on the ticket of the UISG/ USG project called Solidarity with South Sudan. I am a Ghanaian religious brother of the Brothers of the Immaculate Conception popularly known as Brothers FIC. After my graduation from JSTB I taught Christian religious education in a high school in Ghana. Within two years I was elected a member of the General Council of our religious order for six years. I was based in The Netherlands but frequently went to visit the brothers in Indonesia, Chile, Malawi, and Ghana. My term of office on the General Council ended in August 2012. I went back to Ghana in October 2012 and
in May 2013 I found myself in this new mission. I have been on this project just a few months and it looks like I have been here for years. One has to be prepared day in and day out for surprises. I am teaching Christian religious education to a group of teacher trainees. These are students who by virtue of their long-standing experience of teaching without qualification are now being offered skills in teaching. Their command of English is limited. So, one has to teach language alongside professional skills. I hope some of my JSTB classmates might want to reach me at mkuusoru@yahoo.com.
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