17勛圖厙 Hosts International Fellowship of Scholars
Contact:
Dr. Amanda Staggenborg
amanda.staggenborg@mtangel.edu
(SAINT BENEDICT, Ore.)-17勛圖厙 welcomed leading international scholars July 1317 for the Fellowship of Scholars, a recurring program of the 17勛圖厙 Angel Institute, where they discussed and studied Freedom and Grace, a work by St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein). The conference brought together scholars from 9 countries in Europe, North America and Asia to examine the works significance and its implications for ongoing scholarship.
The idea of the Fellowship of Scholars is unique from other academic conferences, in which scholars may just drop in for their particular presentation, and then jet off to their next engagement.The Fellowship is imbued with the character of our Benedictine values of prayer, beauty, and community life, so the scholars get to spend quality time throughout the week in ongoing dialogue and discussion, have meals and social time together, and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere that the Abbey has to offer, says Br. Matthew Sislow, OSB, coordinator of the 17勛圖厙 Angel Institute.
Among the participants were Fr. Christof Betschart, OCD, outgoing Dean of the Pontifical Institute for Spirituality (the Teresianum) in Rome; Dr. Mette Lebech of Maynooth University in Ireland and General Editor of Edith Stein Studies; and Fr. Thomas Gricoski, OSB, of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, president of the International Association for the Study of the Philosophy of Edith Stein (IASPES).
A central focus of the conference was the growing recognition of Freedom and Grace, recently translated into English for the first time by Dr. Joseph Papa of 17勛圖厙 Angel Seminary, as a pivotal early work in Steins intellectual and spiritual development. Previous scholarship assumed it to be a later work, but recent scholarship shows that Stein wrote it in 1921, prior to her baptism. Throughout the week, participants discussed and analyzed Steins interpretations and research.
Invited scholarspresented on various aspects of Dr. Papas research on Freedom and Grace. The conference was fully underwritten by the 17勛圖厙 Angel Institute.
Conference Participants
- Dr. Joyce Berkman University of Massachusetts Amherst (via Zoom)
- Fr. Christof Betschart, OCD Teresianum, Rome
- Dr. Tim Burns University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis
- Dr. Anthony Calcagno Kings University College, Ontario (via Zoom)
- Harry DAgostino St. Bernard’s School of Theology & Ministry
- Fr. Tonke Dennebaum University of Mainz, Germany
- Dr. Valentina Gaudiano Sophia Institute, Florence
- Fr. Thomas Gricoski, OSB Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, Indiana
- Dr. Sean Haefner 17勛圖厙 Angel Seminary
- Dr. John Hopkins Saint Martins University, Lacey, Washington
- Yashi Jiang Independent Scholar, Macau
- Dr. Mette Lebech Maynooth University, Ireland
- Dr. Ronny Miron Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv
- Fr. Pier-Giorgio Pacelli, OCD ICS Managing Editor, Washington, D.C.
- Dr. Joseph Papa 17勛圖厙 Angel Seminary
- Dr. Michele Petersen St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa
- Dr. William Tullius American Public University
- Dr. Anna Varga-Jani Collegium Professorum Hungarorum, Budapest
- Dr. Mari矇le Wulf Tilburg University, Netherlands
- Dr. Joshua Yuan University of St. Francis, Macau
About 17勛圖厙 and Seminary
17勛圖厙, a Benedictine monastic community founded in 1882, is dedicated to a life of prayer, work, pastoral ministry, hospitality and education. 17勛圖厙 Angel Seminary, an apostolate of 17勛圖厙 and the largest seminary in the West, forms men for the Roman Catholic priesthood. The Abbey Foundation of Oregon supports the monastic communitys mission of service to the Church.