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Mercy Center forges faith and service

The creation of the Mercy Center this summer has brought together the vitality of faith combined with service. Started by Campus Ministry, the center has combined service learning, social justice, the Pearson Town campus farm and the Catherine's Cupboard Food Pantry efforts under one roof. "We want to teach students not just doing things right [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:07-04:00November 30th, 2010|Categories: Fall 2010|Tags: , , |

Spring Break Workfest turns 20

This year Campus Ministry celebrates 20 years of sending students to help others in need – when they could be basking in the Florida sun or enjoying home-cooked meals. On a late afternoon in March 1992 while driving through the hills of West Virginia, Sister Michele Aronica, RSM, saw a single snowflake drift by the [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:08-04:00November 30th, 2010|Categories: Fall 2010|Tags: , |

Sister Mary de la Salle O’Donnell retires

After 49 years at Saint Joseph’s College, most of them as a history professor, Sr. Mary de la Salle O’Donnell ’47, RSM, Ph.D., has retired. She was honored during the spring semester at a reception with the Board, staff and faculty, where she gave an eloquent speech on the importance of teaching as the best [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:09-04:00August 1st, 2010|Categories: Summer 2010|Tags: , , |

Sister Mary George O’Toole switches roles

“I’m hoping all our graduates can say, ‘It was good for me to be there.’” That is the wish of Sr. Mary George O’Toole ’51, RSM, Ph.D., who is resigning as Vice President for Sponsorship and Mission Integration and taking on a part-time position as archivist for the college. Looking back on her many years [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:09-04:00August 1st, 2010|Categories: Summer 2010|Tags: , |

Talk - an interview with Father Lou Phillips

Father Louis Phillips teaches “The Reflective Educator” online for the M.S. in Education degree. This summer, he taught it on campus as well. He is the rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland, Maine, and administrator of the Portland and island parishes. A former Catholic school teacher and principal, he holds a Ph.D. from [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:10-04:00August 1st, 2010|Categories: Summer 2010|Tags: , , , , |

No ordinary summer camp

Transformational learning process changes how ancient enemies view each other At first glance, the gathering on that June morning looked like the opening of any other summer camp in Maine. Groups of teens stood arm in arm, campers and counselors sported matching green tee-shirts, and bunkmates shared lively cheers as they responded to roll call. [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:10-04:00August 1st, 2010|Categories: Summer 2010|Tags: , , |

Love, sweat and the theology of the hammer

Students pitch in to help alumnus dedicated to affordable housing for all Every year, Campus Ministry sponsors groups of Saint Joseph’s students to volunteer during Spring Break, and this time I had the privilege of seeing them in action in Westchester County, just north of New York City. “It’s a tale of two counties,” says [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:10-04:00May 1st, 2010|Categories: Spring 2010|Tags: , , , |

Reflections on a cupboard that’s never empty

Faces of Mercy nourish food pantry started by college and town Sitting at his desk amid bags and boxes filled with macaroni and tuna, not far from the stack of mixed fruit cans near the door, it’s easy to imagine Mike Blais ’09 has a job connected to food. Donations at his Campus Ministry office [...]

Jean Szilagyi ’92,’99

Giving without borders Jean Szilagyi of Conneaut, Ohio, helps to run a nonprofit organization and teaches a course on long-term care laws and regulations for the online Graduate & Professional Studies division. "I always put my students first," states Jean of balancing her teaching duties with her work for Sharing America's Resources Abroad (SARA), an [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:12-04:00November 30th, 2009|Categories: Fall 2009|Tags: , , |

In the footsteps of Paul

Biblical scholar will retrace apostle’s path Theology professor Steven Bridge received this year's faculty development grant of $12,000, which will allow him to study abroad for weeks at a time over the next three years. Next spring, Dr. Bridge will go to Jerusalem for two months where he will begin his research on the Apostle [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:12-04:00November 30th, 2009|Categories: Fall 2009|Tags: , |