News in Jesuit Studies

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June 2017: Second Faber Symposium Held in Chicago

Barton Geger, SJ, and the Seminar of Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits host the second annual Faber Symposium from June 16-18 at Our Lady of Angels Mission in Chicago, Illinois.

 

In keeping with the efforts of George Ganss, John Sheets, Martin Palmer, and David Fleming to heed the Second Vatican Council’s call to engage in aggiornamento (the rediscovery of the Jesuits’ original charism), the Faber Symposium seeks to “cultivate a new generation of Jesuit writers.” Presenters receive feedback on current projects (dissertations, theses, and articles for publication).

 

Announced attendees at the Faber Symposium II include:

  • John Padberg, SJ, historian and writer, former chair of the Institute of Jesuit Sources in St. Louis, Missouri, and editor of the 1996 English edition of the Jesuit Constitutions.
  • André Brouillette, SJ, assistant professor of spiritual and systematic theology at Boston College, specialist in Jesuit studies.
  • Guy Consolmagno, SJ, director of Vatican observatory, writer, and current member of the Seminar of Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits.
  • Barton Geger, SJ, chair of the Seminar and editor of Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits.

 

The call for papers for Faber Symposium II can be

found here. To learn more about this annual event, please contact Barton Geger, of Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits at <bgeger@regis.edu>.

 

For free, searchable access to past issues of Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits, please visit the Jesuit Online Library.
June 2017: IHSI and Brill Publish a History of the English Province of the Society of Jesus

The Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (IHSI) and Brill have collaborated to publish The Society of Jesus in Ireland, Scotland, and England, 1598–1606: “Lest Our Lamp be Entirely Extinguished” by Thomas McCoog. As the publishers note, the volume begins at a time when “Jesuit missions in Ireland, Scotland, and England were either suspended, undermanned, or under attack.” It chronicles the attacks on Jesuits, such as Robert Persons, the succession of Queen Elizabeth I by King James VI, and the failure of the new king to fulfill his promises to Catholics. McCoog divides the book into five chapters, plus an introduction and a conclusion:

  • Chapter 1: “Apostata Jesuits, Apostata Secular Priests”: Ongoing Domestic Discontent, 1598–1600
  • Chapter 2: Peace Unattained: 1598–1600
  • Chapter 3: “Havinge holines in there mouthes but wickedness in there heartes”: English Jesuits on the Defensive, 1601–1602
  • Chapter 4: Down but Not Out: English Jesuit Setbacks, 1601–1602
  • Chapter 5: “Your Redemption is at Hand”: The Passing of the Old Regime

 

The volume is the third installment of McCoog’s history of the English Province of the Society of Jesus (the first volume appeared in 1996, on the years 1541–1588, and the second in 2012, on the years 1589–1597).
June 2017: International Symposium on Jesuit Studies at Boston College

The International Symposium on Jesuit Studies opens today at Boston College with a keynote address by Festo Mkenda, SJ, of Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa in Nairobi.

 

The event consists of five panels examining the theme of “Encounters Between Jesuits and Protestants in Asia and the Americas.”

 

In addition to Mkenda, keynote addresses will also be given by Emmett Curran (Georgetown University, emeritus) and Jorge Canizares-Esguerra (University of Texas at Austin). The full program of this year’s event can be found online.

 

The symposium is hosted by the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies. More information on past symposia can be found at the Institute’s website.