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JULY 26, 2006

The Rev. Jack D. Olive, Senior Pastor University Temple United Methodist Church Appointed as Interim Associate Dean for Ecumenical Relations.

Mark Lloyd Taylor Ph.D., Acting Dean, announces the appointment of Rev. Jack D. Olive as Interim Associate Dean for Ecumenical Relations at Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry (STM) effective August 14, 2006. Rev. Olive’s appointment was made by former STM Dean Fr. Patrick Howell SJ at the end of June 2006.

Simultaneously, Edward Paup, Resident Bishop, United Methodist Church Pacific NW Conference, made a missioning appointment. This interim extension ministry position will be half time. Concurrently, Jack will continue his responsibilities as senior pastor of University Temple United Methodist Church half time.

Rev. Olive has served churches in Walnut Grove and Prairie City, Illinois, and in Everett, Edmonds, Sumner, Mercer Island and Seattle, Washington. He is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran University.

His ecumenical involvement includes the Church Council of Greater Seattle, the American Jewish Committee, Children of Abraham Dialogue Group, Seattle Jewish Christian Clergy Dialogue Group, and founding member of findcommonground.org.

Rev. Olive has led archaeological excavations in Meiron, Gush Halav, Caesarea Maritima, Sepphoris, Yodefat, Cana and Omrit, Israel, and Sebastopol Ukraine. He currently serves as Field Director of the Macalester College Excavations at Omrit.

Affiliated with STM since the inception of its Institute for Ecumenical Theological Studies (IETS), he was a member of the IETS advisory board for the last six years, and board president for the last year. Reacting to his appointment, Rev. Olive said: “STM is a nationally recognized leader in theological education for the 21st century. There is no school whose faculty and staff I would rather join. Knowing the faculty, staff, students, volunteers and supporters as I do, I look forward to a season of joyful work together.”

June 2007

On Friday, June 1, Reverend Mike Raschko, associate professor in the School of Theology and Ministry, received the 2007 McGoldrick Fellowship, the most prestigious award the university presents to faculty. Named for SU’s former president—and selected by current president Stephen Sundborg, S.J.—the McGoldrick Fellowship includes a one-quarter sabbatical.

“I was a bit stunned when Fr. Sundborg told me about the award,” says Raschko.

“As I have reflected on the fact that it is an award given for commitment to students and to the values that underlie Jesuit education, it strikes me that those are hallmarks of the whole School of Theology and Ministry at Seattle University. I am lucky to be a part of the faculty of STM and the university where values like these are prized.”

A Roman Catholic systematic theologian, Fr. Raschko has been at SU since 1985. Raschko was named the Bertch Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology in 2005. He assists the pastor at Our Lady Queen of Peace in Issaquah and teaches throughout the Archdiocese of Seattle.

“Father Raschko represents the best of what we strive to be at Seattle University,”
says Father Sundborg. “He is as outstanding a teacher as he is a scholar. I cannot think of a more deserving McGoldrick Fellow.”

April 2, 2007

In February, 2007, Fr. Stephen Sundborg, S.J., president of Seattle University, proposed Fr. Patrick Howell, S.J. as the next Vice President for Mission & Ministry at Seattle University to the university Board of Trustees. On April 2, 2007, Fr. Sundborg welcomed Fr. Howell, as he began his work as the new Vice President for Mission and Ministry. Pat oversees Campus Ministry, Jesuit Identity, University Chaplain, and the alumni “Magis” programs, promotes the integration of the Jesuit Catholic character across the university, and serves on the Executive Team. Pat comes to this position well known to us from his recent years as Dean of the School of Theology and Ministry and as a regular religion columnist in The Seattle Times.

APRIL 21, 2006

Fr. Patrick Howell, S.J. Travels to Montana to Present Diploma

Fr. Patrick Howell, S.J. had the honor of presenting the diploma for a Masters in Pastoral Studies to Sandy Flamand of the Blackfoot Tribe in Browning, Montana. They had a wonderful blessing ceremony with drumming and chanting by the elders and then a "baccalaureate blessing" for Sandy.

After these prayer services, Fr. Howell donned his academic dean's robes, gave a little talk about the passion for theology and pastoral care that Sandy exemplified and then presented her with her diploma.

For many years, Sandy has worked in partnership with the Jesuits in the Kateri Institute to form Catholic lay ministers & catechists.

Currently Sandy is undergoing chemotherapy, but she valiantly arrived in a wheel chair and was most grateful for the celebration and all that STM had done for her. {It was mutual!} Her two sisters organized a great potluck in the Blackfeet Community College and her husband and children and grandchildren, along with friends, joined in the warm celebration.

Sandy and Fr. Howell planned it to occur during Blackfeet Indian Days, an annual celebration with parades, Indian dancing, drumming & chanting.

APRIL 13, 2006

Jesuit Father Keith Brehob, PhD joins the pastoral counseling faculty of the School of Theology and Ministry this fall.

Over the course of the next academic year, Father Brehob is slated to teach pastoral care skills, pastoral diagnosis, and one section of the pastoral counseling practicum.

Fr. Brehob has just completed his PhD in pastoral counseling at Loyola College in Maryland (Baltimore). While there, he did his doctoral internships at the Veterans’ Administration Maryland Healthcare Services facility in Perry Point, Maryland and the St. Luke Institute, a private Catholic psychiatric hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland.

He earned his MDiv at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology (Cambridge, Massachusetts). He also holds a master of arts in pastoral ministry/ pastoral counseling from Boston College and a master of social work from Indiana University.

This summer marks the first quarter that courses specific to the new pastoral counseling degree will be offered to STM students. Father Brehob, Dr. Clinton McNair, Program Director, and several adjunct professors will teach ten pastoral counseling courses this academic year.

MARCH 30, 2006

STM students share their expirences through a blog.

The blog (or diary) site was created for 5 of our students who volunteered to write about their experiences here at STM personally and academically.

It is very exciting, as we are the first department, school, or division to take advantage of this opportunity for current students to share their thoughts and ideas with perspective students.

It is a great way to market our programs as it is un-edited and un-moderated, allowing visitors to feel a sense of authenticity in the students' words.

The direct link is below, however please pass along to anyone interested in STM that they can visit our website and follow the link on the main page to the blogs. We hope to add more students over the next few months who will dedicate the time and passion to this project.

Visit the STM Student Blog, click here

Publications

The Progress ran a great story about Ron Rolheiser on April 19, 2007

STM Now Newsletter

The STM Now electronic newsletter is published monthly by the School of Theology and Ministry.

Volume 1 Issue 5 - July 18, 2007
Volume 1 Issue 4 - June 11, 2007
Volume 1 Issue 3 - April 10, 2007
Volume 1 Issue 2 - February 26, 2007
Volume 1 Issue 1 - January 29, 2007