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Each month, we share news of CDSP's students, faculty, alumni and campus life. We welcome your news, ideas and suggestions via email to Patrick Delahunt. Thank you, as always, for your support of CDSP.
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Juli�n Gonz�lez Named Professor of Old Testament
Joint appointment with Pacific Lutheran Seminary
For some, biblical Hebrew is an impediment to studying the Old Testament. For Juli�n Andr�s Gonz�lez Holgu�n, it was the main attraction.
"Back in my country, a pastor very dear to me said, 'Juli�n, would you like to learn Hebrew?'" said Gonz�lez, a native of Colombia. " He was and is a member of the society that is translating the Hebrew Bible into Spanish. I have always liked languages and learning languages. From there began the idea of doing something with the Hebrew Bible."
Something life-changing, as it turns out.
Gonz�lez, who recently completed his Ph.D. with honors at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, will join CDSP's faculty this summer as an assistant professor of Old Testament, a joint appointment with Pacific Lutheran Seminary.
"Juli�n offers a fresh new voice in the world of scholarship and teaching in the context of theological education," said the Very Rev. W. Mark Richardson, CDSP's dean and president, in announcing the appointment. "He is very integrative in his approach to studies in sacred texts, looking for contemporary analogies to the experience of God in the ancient Middle East."
Read more.
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Cynthia Moe-Lobeda Is New Ethics Professor
Expert in globalization, environmental crisis joins faculty
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Excellence in Ministry Scholar Named
Tamra Tucker, soon-to-be Massachusetts postulant, is community organizer
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Commencement 2015
Author James Carroll to give address. Watch online at cdsp.edu.
Author James Carroll will give the address at CDSP's 121st Commencement on May 22, 2015 at 10:30 am in the St. Margaret's Courtyard. The event is open to the public and will be broadcast live online at www.cdsp.edu. Carroll, who will be awarded an honorary doctorate, is the author of 11 novels and eight works of non-fiction and is a regular columnist for The Boston Globe. In a profile for the Spring 2015 issue of Crossings, CDSP's magazine, he said, "All of my work has been preoccupied with trying to reconcile the relationship between the Christian religion and...grotesque outbreaks of violence, especially anti-Semitism."
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Hayashi, Hodges-Copple To Receive Honorary Degrees
Commencement on May 22
The Rt. Rev. Scott Hayashi, bishop of Utah, and the Rt. Rev. Anne Hodges-Copple, bishop suffragan of North Carolina, will each receive an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree at CDSP's 121st Commencement on May 22.
Hayashi, who was elected bishop of Utah in 2010, is known as an advocate for health care, immigration reform, and respect for other faith traditions. Before becoming bishop, he was canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Chicago for five years and served parishes in Washington, Utah and California. Hayashi, who converted to Christianity at age 15, earned a certificate of theological studies from CDSP in 1984, an MDiv from Harvard Divinity School, and a bachelor's degree in social work from the University of Washington.
Hodges-Copple, who was elected bishop suffragan of North Carolina in 2013, is a 1984 graduate of the Pacific School of Religion, one of CDSP's partners in the Graduate Theological Union. Her MDiv studies included coursework at CDSP. Prior to seminary, Hodges-Copple was a community organizer. Since ordination, she has served congregations in the Diocese of North Carolina and as Episcopal chaplain to Duke University, where she received a bachelor's degree in public policy in 1979.
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Online Learning with CALL
Summer courses begin June 15
From June 15-August 3, CDSP's Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership (CALL) offers online courses for continuing education and formation:
Introduction to Anglican Worship
with the Rev. Dr. Walter Knowles
Using the 1979 Book of Common Prayer as the primary reference, students will experience and explore this way of prayer in our own worship life. Learn more and register online. with Dr. Roderick B. Dugliss
At the heart of the deacon's vocation and charism is a way of seeing the world and the church that informs prayer and action. In this class, students will explore the components of a diaconal hermeneutic and how it shapes the deacon's ministry. Learn more and register online.
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Join Us in Salt Lake City
General Convention seminary night event will honor Bishop Katharine
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San Jose Regional Gathering Includes Alums and Donors
The final event in our spring series of regional gatherings for CDSP alums, donors and friends took place on April 30 in San Jose at the home of the Rev. Maly ('94) and Allan Hughes.
President Richardson and the Rt. Rev. Mary Gray-Reeves, bishop of El Camino Real and CDSP trustee, welcomed sixty guests, including one of CDSP's most notable alums----the Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori '94.
"These gatherings were a terrific opportunity to thank our donors and alumni for their ongoing support and to talk about how CDSP is positioning itself to meet the changing needs of theological education in a changing church," said Richardson.
The host committee for the reception included Gray-Reeves, the Hughes, the Rev. Christopher and Barbara Creed, and the Rev. Rebecca Lyman and Andrew Bridges.
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The Heavens Declare the Glory of God:
a Conversation on Cosmology and Meaning
Saturday, May 9 at 5:30 pm
On Saturday, President Mark Richardson will facilitate "The Heavens Declare the Glory of God," an event for Stanford alumni who support Episcopal campus ministry to take part in a conversation between the Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus, bishop of California, and Dr. Richard McCray, retired Stanford professor of astrophysics.
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Community News
The Rev. Reagan Humber '12 is the new pastor of the House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, working alongside Pastor Nadia Bolz-Webber.
The Rev. Shannon Kelly '99 has been named The Episcopal Church's acting missioner for campus and young adult ministries. Read more.
The Rev. Matthew Seddon '12 has been called as rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas.
Faculty News
Professor George Emblom's article "Musical Formation at Church Divinity School of the Pacific" was published in the April issue of The Journal of the Anglican Association of Musicians.
In April, Academic Dean Ruth Meyers led a clergy conference for the Diocese of Oregon on "The Beauty of Holiness: Weaving a New Tapestry of Liturgy and Mission."
Professor Susanna Singer recently gave the theme address to a Gathering of Leaders in San Mateo.
The faculties of CDSP and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS) met recently to discuss how the faculty members understand and practice evangelism and how the seminaries incorporate evangelism into the curriculum.
In Memoriam
The Rev. Dirk Rinehart Pidcock '66 died in September 2014. Read his obituary.
May light perpetual shine upon him.
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