Annual Events

Underhill Lecture in Spirituality

Rest鈥檚 Vital Place in Spirituality and the Work of Justice

Christine Firer Hinze

St. Mary of Magdala Celebration

Rereading Biblical Women

Dr. Jaime L. Waters

Pyne Memorial Presentation

Disabling Discernment: Baptism and Christian Ministry

Sarah Jean Barton

Evelyn Underhill Lecture in Christian Spirituality

This annual summer lecture was initiated in 2001 by the Boston College Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry (IREPM) and has been continued by the School of Theology and Ministry (STM).聽 The lecture is named for the early 20^thCentury mystic, Evelyn Underhill (1874-1941), a married laywoman in ministry.聽 She was the first woman invited to give a series of theological lectures at Oxford and the first to become a retreat leader in the Anglican Church.聽 Widely recognized for her classic text聽Mysticism, a comprehensive study of religious experience, Underhill authored numerous works on the Christian spiritual life.

Rest鈥檚 Vital Place in Spirituality and the Work of Justice

April 01, 2023

Christine Firer Hinze

The Mysticism of Ordinary Life: Whose Mysticism? Whose Ordinariness?

July 10, 2021

Andrew Prevot

Intimate Wilderness - Navigating the Sacred Space between Self and Other

July 13, 2019

Michele Saracino

Beyond Its Use-By Date? Pondering the Future of Faith

July 14, 2018

Rev. Richard Lennan

The Meeting of East and West: Spirituality Beyond Boundaries

July 08, 2017

Rev. Dr. John Philip Newell

Evolution and the Primacy of Love

July 16, 2016

Ilia Delio, O.S.F.

What the Outsider Sees: Teresa of Avila and the Contemplative Vision

July 11, 2015

Rt. Rev. Dr. Rowan Williams

Politics, Faith, and Prophetic Witness

July 12, 2014

Simone Campbell, S.S.S.

Ask the Beasts: Spirituality and the Evolving Earth

July 13, 2013

Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.

In the Footsteps of Mary Magdalene: A Spirituality of Evelyn Underhill

July 23, 2012

Colleen M. Griffith

Laughing with the Saints: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life

July 14, 2012

James Martin, S.J.

The Christian Meaning of Enlightenment

July 10, 2010

Richard Rohr, O.F.M.

A Spirituality for the 21st Century: Beyond the Ghetto and Assimilation

July 11, 2009

Timothy Radcliffe, O.P.

Ministry Renewal Day

Catholic Resources for Trauma Mitigation

November 17, 2023

Heather M. DuBois

A Theology for the Church's Present Moment

November 18, 2022

Richard Lennan

Thomas H. Groome, Theresa A. O'Keefe, Hoffsman Ospino, Jane E. Regan

A New Moment for Religious Education: the New Directory for Catechesis

November 12, 2021

Thomas H. Groome, Theresa A. O'Keefe, Hosffman Ospino, Jane E. Regan

Building Bridges - Conversation in a Time of Division

November 15, 2019

Theresa A. O'Keefe

Love Your Neighbor And Yourself - Practicing Well-Being in Ministry

November 09, 2018

William D. Roozeboom

Nurturing the Healing Power of Joy

November 10, 2017

Brita L. Gill-Austern

Tending Your Own Garden: A Spirituality for Active Ministry

November 04, 2016

Colleen M. Griffith

Loss, Change, and Resilience in Communities of Faith

November 06, 2015

Melissa Kelley

鈥淭o be perfect is to change often鈥�: Ongoing Renewal and Reform in the Church

November 14, 2014

Thomas H. Groome

Leadership in a Multi-Parish Setting

November 08, 2013

Mark Mogilka

New Evangelization for Today鈥檚 Parish

November 02, 2012

David B. Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., Jane E. Regan

Breaking Open the Word: Best Practices

November 04, 2011

Thomas H. Groome, Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.

Reclaiming Catholicism: Treasures Old and New

November 12, 2010

Thomas H. Groome, Margaret Eletta Guider, O.S.F.

Encountering the Risen Christ: The Primary Task of Catechesis and Pastoral Ministry

November 14, 2008

Thomas H. Groome & Jane E. Regan

Pyne Memorial Presentations: Ministry with Persons with Disabilities

Disabling Discernment: Baptism and Christian Ministry

November 02, 2023

Sarah Jean Barton

Ableism as an Affront to the Gospel

November 03, 2022

Elizabeth Antus

Living Faithfully With Mental Health Challenges: Why Theology Matters

November 04, 2021

John Swinton

Spiritual and Religious Development in Neurodivergent Children and Adolescents

November 05, 2020

Jessica Black

Hidden in Plain Sight - Spirituality, Disability, and Wholeness

November 08, 2019

Bill Gaventa

Disability and Advocacy in the Book of Job

October 04, 2018

Andrew R. Davis

From Barriers to Belonging: The Church and People with Disabilities

October 04, 2017

Erik W. Carter

The Practical Theology of Jean Vanier: Faith in a Vulnerable Community

October 13, 2016

David O. Jenkins

Families with Disabilities: Recipients or Agents of the New Evangelization?

April 11, 2014

Margaret E. Guider, O.S.F., with Maria Cataldo-Cunniff

More than Elevators: Physical Disability and the Church

March 01, 2013

Debbie Creamer

From Mental Illness to Spiritual Wisdom: A Father-Daughter Odyssey

April 27, 2012

Tom Zanzig and Barb Zanzig

Autism: Forming Faith within an Expansive Community

February 11, 2011

Susan Swanson

Autism: Forming Faith through a Community of Inclusion

February 26, 2010

Susan Swanson

A Living Sculpture of Certain Truths: Reverencing Bodies in Church and Society

April 22, 1999

Nancy L. Eisland

From Otherness to Openness: Towards a Theology of Access; What Our Perceptions and Stereotypes of Disability Reveal to Us About Our Own Understanding of Personhood and Personal Significance

March 15, 1997

Jennie Weiss Block

Images of Disability/Icons of Beauty: Learning to See the Disabled Person with the Eyes of the Heart

March 05, 1992

Rev. Thomas J. McDonnell

AIDS and the Church: A Stimulus to Our Theologizing

March 21, 1991

Jon D. Fuller, S.J., M.D.

Pyne Memorial Presentations
at Weston Jesuit School of Theology

These lectures were not video recorded.

17TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

March 13, 2008

God's Body

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Dr. Nancy Mairs

16TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

March 22, 2007

How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon and Other Things I have Learned from People with Down Syndrome

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Dr. Brian Chicoine, M.D.

15TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

February 23, 2006

Spiritual Lessons from the Dark Night of Depression

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Rev. Suzanne Guthrie

14TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

April 28, 2005

I am Joseph, Your Brother

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Rev. Joseph J. Bruce, S.J.

13TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

April 15, 2004

The Mystics Among Us: Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease as a Spiritual Experience

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Sr. Roseann E. Kasayka, O.S.F., MT-情色空间

12TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

September 26, 2002

Disability as Blessing

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Brother Rick Curry, S.J., Ph.D.

11TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

April 17, 2002

The Blind See, the Lame Walk? Texts of Terror or the DeColonizing of Disabled Bodies: From Jesus as Healer to Science as Savior

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Rev. Dr. Sharon V. Betcher

10TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

April 18, 2001

Disability, Violence, and Human Rights: Quality and Equality of Lives

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Dr. Dick Sobsey

9TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

March 30, 2000

Guts and Grace: The Spiritual Lives of People with Disabilities

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Dr. Francine Cardman and Dr. Katherine Clarke

8TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

April 22, 1999

A Living Sculpture of Certain Truths: Reverencing Bodies in Church and Society

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Dr. Nancy L. Eisland

7TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

March 26, 1998

Needle Exchange, Homosexuality, and the Church: Reflections of an AIDS Witness

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Jon D. Fuller, S.J., M.D.

6TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

March 15, 1997

From Otherness to Openness: Towards a Theology of Access
What Our Perceptions and Stereotypes of Disability Reveal to Us about Our Own Understandings of Personhood and Personal Significance

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Jennie Weiss Block

5TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

Academic Year 1996-1997

Religion and Disabilities Seminar
Weston Jesuit School of Theology

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Sr. Margaret Eletta Guider, O.S.F.

4TH ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

April 26, 1995

Religious Communities and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Philosophical and Theological Challenges.

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Rev. Vaughn J. Fayle, O.M.I.

1993-94 MARGARET E. PYNE LECTURE SERIES

Towards a Theology of Aging:
A Christian Perspective on Aging for the 21st Century

December 2, 1993

The Body-As-Subject and Aging

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听James F. Keenan, S.J.

November 18, 1993

Aging in the Ecclesial and Political Communities

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Monsignor Charles Fahey

November 4, 1993

Aging in American Society

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Rev. Dr. Suzanne Hiatt

October 21, 1993

Gerontology and Theology

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Myles N. Sheehan, S.J., M.D.

3RD ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

March 18, 1993

A Call, A Challenge, A Celebration:
Proclaiming the Presence of Persons with Disabilities in the Church

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Dr. Nancy Mehlem

2ND ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

March 4, 1992

Images of Disability, Icons of Beauty:聽
Learning to See the Disabled Person with the Eyes of the Heart

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Rev. Thomas J. McDonnell

1ST ANNUAL PYNE MEMORIAL PRESENTATION

February 6, 1991

AIDS and the Church: A Stimulus to Our Theologizing

笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听Jon D. Fuller, S.J., M.D.

Scripture Lecture in Honor of Richard J. Clifford, S.J.

Reading the Bible in the Lectionary: Gift and Challenge

March 10, 2022

Eileen Schuller, O.S.U.

The Bible and Human Rights

September 23, 2021

John J. Collins, Ph.D.

鈥淭hat They May All be One鈥� - New Testament Images of Christian Unity

April 03, 2019

Michael J. Gorman

The Spirituality of Saint Paul: Following Jesus by Imitating Paul

April 11, 2018

Rev. Frank J. Matera

Hope in a Time of Climate Change

April 06, 2017

Carol A. Newsom

Thy Will Be Done: The Function of Prayer in Mark's Gospel

March 15, 2016

Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

Angels, Demons, Cain, and the Madness of King Saul

March 26, 2014

Anne Marie Kitz

The Problem of Myth in the Hebrew Bible

March 14, 2012

Peter Machinist

Lament and Hope: The Contributions of the Biblical Lament Psalms

October 06, 2010

Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.

"Almsgiving Delivers from Death鈥�: Charity to the Poor Considered Theologically

March 25, 2010

Gary Anderson

Ethics in the Book of Job

March 19, 2009

Leong Seow

St. Mary of Magdala Day Celebration

Beginning in 2009, the School of Theology and Ministry hosts an annual celebration on or near the feast day of St. Mary of Magdala on July 22nd. Inspired by the role of Mary Magdalene in being the first to proclaim the news of Christ鈥檚 resurrection, this event includes a liturgical celebration as well as a lecture by a distinguished scholar on various topics highlighting the legacy of women in the Church.