Faculty Publications
A SEA AT DAWN
Silvia Guerra / Translated by Jeannine Marie Pitas and Jesse Lee Kercheval
Silvia Guerra (1961, Maldonado, Uruguay) is among the most influential figures in Uruguayan poetry today. This translation, a panoramic selection of poems from nine books, presents Guerra as one of Latin America’s dauntless poets of language. This tour-de-force translation engages Guerra’s stunning range of forms and tendencies—neopastoral, neobarrocoand even a fictional biography of Lautréamont—while joining the poet as she courts complexity, opacity, nothingness, and the sublime.
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Publication date: September 15, 2023
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ABBOT AELRED CARLYLE, CALDEY ISLAND, AND THE ANGLO-CATH. REVIVAL IN ENGLAND
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ART NOURISHES LIFE: SELECTED WORKS FROM THE SAINT VINCENT ART & HERITAGE COLLECTIONS
When the founder of Saint Vincent, Boniface Wimmer, OSB, arrived in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in 1846, he quickly set out to establish a monastery and school that would be immersed in the arts. Envisioning the arts as having the same status and support as science and religion, Wimmer immediately began to assemble artists, teach students, and collect art. Over the past 170 years Saint Vincent has been inspired by its founder's vision - continuing to collect art that edifies spaces on campus, provokes discussion, and engages diverse modes of thought and inquiry. "Art Nourishes Life: Selected Works from the Saint Vincent Art & Heritage Collections" traces a unique history of collecting back to the mid-19th century when artwork began arriving at the nascent community through the auspices of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. At the time of this publication, Saint Vincent counts some 4,000 works of art in its holdings ranging from ancient to contemporary in nearly all media. This full-color volume features over fifty works culled from Saint Vincent's impressive holdings. These works stand not only as a testament to Abbot Boniface and King Ludwig, but to the myriad of artists, educators, and benefactors whose determined efforts collectively acknowledge the power of art to transform its viewers and environment.
About the Authors
Andrew Julo serves as the director/curator at the Verostko Center for the Arts on the campus of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. Before relocating to Pennsylvania, Julo was formerly as a member of the curatorial staff managing the corporate art collection of Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Mo. Julo is a graduate of the University of Missouri - Kansas City (M.A.) and Saint John's University in Collegeville, Mn (B.A.).
A senior curator in the Word and Image Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Douglas Dodds is responsible for developing the Department's digital art collections, which range from early computer art to recent born-digital works. Dodds has curated a variety of exhibitions and displays at the V&A including: Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018-); Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life (2013); and Digital Pioneers (2009-10) as well as an expanded version of the Barbara Nessim exhibition for the Bard Graduate Center in New York (2014). Other V&A projects include Deciphering Dickens, an initiate that makes the Victorian author's manuscripts more accessible online. In addition, Dodds leads efforts to digitize the Department's prints, drawings, paintings and photograph collections. Douglas is a Trustee of Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books and chairs the associated Seven Stories Collection Trust.
A member of the Saint Vincent Archabbey monastic community, Br. Nathan Cochran, OSB, (1957 - 2014) served as the director of The Saint Vincent Gallery for over thirty years. Br. Nathan curated over sixty exhibitions, interpreting the art and history of Saint Vincent, including the 1986 seminal exhibition, "Gifts of a King: The Treasured Art of Saint Vincent Archabbey.
Roman Verostko, co-founder of the Algorists, identifies with first generation pioneers of computer art who create original algorithms for generating their art. Perennially interested in semiotics, philosophy, and cross- cultural exchange, Verostko's work exists at the nexus of creativity and technological innovation. Over the course of his career, Verostko's work has appeared in over a hundred exhibitions nationally and internationally, and to date, he has twenty-two published articles on subjects ranging from a 1964 paper on Abstract Liturgical art to his 1988 International Symposium on Electronic Art paper identifying the biological analogues to generative art. His work is in numerous international public and private collections.
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CIVIL RIGHTS & THE PARADOX OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
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CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & JUDICIAL SUPREMACY: JOHN RAWLS & THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN POLITICS
"Foss's careful study of the transformative intention of Rawls's political theory brings extraordinary insights to our academic debates, and to the real causes of our polarized, dysfunctional politics. The analysis of Rawls's pragmatism reveals its breathtaking goal to elevate progressive-liberal judges as epitomes of public reason, seeking to construct a rationalist, egalitarian-minded democracy to replace the framers' complex republicanism. Rawls has partially succeeded; we increasingly are ruled by living judicialism rather than the rule of law, under novel power wielded by federal courts, law professors, and lawyers. Foss gives Rawls a fair hearing, but insists we confront the arbitrary and utopian bases of this radical project, and the costs of elevating equality and constructed theory at the expense of liberty, self-government, and natural rights. Those who care about the fate of constitutional self-government, and whether utopian theories produce sustainable polities or political-social disorder, must confront this book." -Paul Carrese, Professor of Political Science, U.S. Air Force Academy
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CONVERSATIO: A JOURNAL IN THE TRADITION OF CATHOLIC, BENEDICTINE & LIBERAL EDUCATION - VOLUME 1
I write with the exciting news that the Saint Vincent Center for Catholic Thought and Culture has published its first volume of Conversatio: A Journal in the Tradition of Catholic, Benedictine, and Liberal Education.
The idea of the journal is to provide a venue for Saint Vincent faculty to write for our community. The journal includes essays, poetry, and book reviews. As you can see from the contents below, the entries are academically serious and largely interdisciplinary in nature. They are the sorts of things one would expect a liberally educated person at a Catholic, Benedictine college in Latrobe to find informative, enriching, and—well—fun. Authors come from all parts of campus. This has truly been a collaborative endeavor full of SVC charm. The journals contents include:
Essays
Nathan Munsch, OSB – “Conversatio Morum: Hallmark of Benedictine Education or Invitation to a Way of Life
Jason Jividen – “Reading Xenophon’s Cyropaedia”
Robert Bufalini – “A Commemoration of Dante Alighiere: Dante’s Encounter with Saint Benedict in Paradiso XXII”
Aaron J. Sams and Kelsey S. Sams – “The Mind of Dorothy Sayers”
Michael Robinson – “Beyond Strength: The Cosmology of C.S. Lewis”
Daniel J. Heisey – “Mister Rogers’ Miniature Neighborhood”
Symposium on E. F. Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful
Lucas Briola – “A New Society within the Shell of the Old: Reflections on Small is Beautiful and an Integral Ecology”
Justin Petrovich – “Uncertainty is Beautiful”
Zachary G. Davis – “Of Course People Matter: A Response to Small is Beautiful from a ‘Modern’ Economist”
Book Reviews
Patricia Sharbaugh – Leon R. Kass, Founding God’s Nation
Matthew A. Fisher – Luigi Gioia, O.S.B., Saint Benedict’s Wisdom: Monastic Spirituality and the Life of the Church
Edward Mazich, O.S.B. – John Henry Newman, A Benedictine Education: The Mission of Saint Benedict and the Benedictine Schools
Daniel Vanden Berk – Stephen M. Barr, Modern Physics and Ancient Faith
Reviews of Faculty Books
Steven Gravelle – Joseph Ogbonnaya and Lucas Briola, Everything is Interconnected: Towards a Globalization with a Human Face and an Integral Ecology
Sara Lindey – Jerome C. Foss, Flannery O’Connor and the Perils of Governing by Tenderness
Daniele Arcara – Michael P. Krom, Justice and Charity
Dana Winters – Eric J. Mohr and Holly k. Mohr, Mister Rogers and Philosophy: Wondering through the Neighborhood
Stacy Birmingham – Patricia Sharbaugh, Irrepressible Light: The Women of the New Testament
Ben Schachter – Bradley C.S. Watson, Progressivism: The Strange History of a Radical Idea
Poetry
Selected Poetry of Julia Snyder
Isabel Sicree, Nicole Fratrich, and Elizabeth Elin - Winners of the 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Poetry Contest
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CONVERSATIO: A JOURNAL IN THE TRADITION OF CATHOLIC, BENEDICTINE & LIBERAL EDUCATION - VOLUME 2
Conversatio is a publication of the Saint Vincent Center for Catholic Thought and Culture. It’s purpose is to provide members of the Saint Vincent community—monastery, college, and seminary—a means of sharing with one another academic essays, poetry, and book reviews related to our mission as a Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts institution. Essays focus on important books and works of art that have shaped the intellectual traditions that inform our mission. The book reviews look to recent research driven by those traditions, including books written by members of our own community.
In Volume II of Conversatio, you will find:
Essays and Poetry
Augustine of Hippo on Conversion of the Restless Human Heart
Kimberly F. Baker
Hospitality, Psalms, and Silence in a Benedictine Classroom
Catherine Petrany Briola
Reading Gregory’s The Life of Saint Benedict
Jerome C. Foss
Benedictine Spiritual Direction in Michael Novak’s The Tiber Was Silver
Daniel J. Heisey
Learning for its Own Sake: Saint Bonaventure’s Reply
Carl A. Vater
Selected Poem
Benedict Janecko, O.S.B.
Student Symposium on Listening
Introduction
Listening, Liberation, and Eudaimonia
Michael Astfalk
Making Connections
Julianna Lott
Forms of Listening and Liberation at Saint Vincent College
Elizabeth Van Pilsum
Book Reviews
Jan-Heiner Tück A Gift of Presence: The Theology and Poetry of the Eucharist in Thomas Aquinas
Lucas Briola
Mary L. Hirschfeld, Aquinas and the Market: Toward a Humane Economy
Zachary G. Davis
Margarita A. Mooney, The Love of Learning: Seven Dialogues on the Liberal Arts
Jennifer L. Koehl
Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life Koehl
Michael Krom
Bonnie B. Thurston, Shaped by the End You Live For: Thomas Merton’s Monastic Spirituality
Patricia Sharbaugh
Faculty Books
Jason R. Jividen, Claiming Lincoln: Progressivism, Equality, and the Battle for Lincoln’s Legacy in Presidential Rhetoric
John Aupperle
Elizabeth Lev, The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art
Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.
Timothy Kelly, The Transformation of American Catholicism: The Pittsburgh Laity and the Second Vatican Council, 1950-1972
Christopher McMahon
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FLANNERY O'CONNOR & THE PERILS OF GOVERNING BY TENDERNESS
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FLANNERY O'CONNOR & THE PERILS OF GOVERNING BY TENDERNESS (P)
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FLOWERS IN THE DESERT - SPIRITUALITY OF THE BIBLE
The bible is, above all other things, a record of God's love for the human race. In its words and through its stories God reveals himself and calls those who hear the word into communion with him. When we first approach the bible, however, we encounter a variety of literary styles -- histories, poetry, sagas, moral advice and visionary productions. There is often a problem of discerning the simple theme of call-and-response in all these styles, or of finding a connection in the bible to our 20th century existence. This book opens the door to the deep message the bible conveys to individual Christians today. Putting aside for a moment questions of doctrine or historical interpretation, it concentrates on the spiritual teaching of the Old and New Testaments. It begins with God's call to humanity and to each of us individually. Then it considers the human adventure of our journey through life. Finally it looks at our ultimate homecoming to the Father. The many references to biblical passages and daily life make this an invaluable book for those who want to know about the bible -- but even more, who want to live it.
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FUNDAMENTALS OF STRENGTH
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GOD'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD
"God's Knowledge of the World examines theories of divine ideas from approximately 1250-1325 AD (St. Bonaventure through Ockham). It is the only work dedicated to categorizing and comparing the major theories of divine ideas in the Scholastic period. A theory of divine ideas was the standard Scholastic response to the question how does God know and produce the world? A theory was deemed to be successful only if it simultaneously upheld that God has perfect knowledge and that he is supremely simple and one. These questions cause the Scholastic authors to articulate clearly, among other things, their positions on the nature of knowledge, relation, exemplar causality, participation, infinity, and possibility. An author's theory of divine ideas, then, is the locus for him to test the coherence of his metaphysical, epistemological, and logical principles"--
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LEADERSHIP IN MIDDLE-EARTH: THEORIES & APPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONS
Leadership in Middle-Earth explores J.R.R. Tolkien's exemplary leadership and management examples evident in his tales such as 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings', examining mentorship, team dynamics, mindfulness, servant leadership, influence and ethical leadership through solid academic theories and management practices. Readers will become familiar and comfortable with academically supported leadership concepts to adjust their own behaviors, becoming more successful in the process.
By examining leadership theories through the context of popular culture, the book encourages readers to think creatively about how they might adjust their own management approach. The series aims to bring examples, theory and methodology of leadership to life by analysing academic concepts through popular culture examples that will appeal to a broad range of readers.
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MISTER ROGERS & PHILOSOPHY (P)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which began as The Children's Corner in 1953 and terminated in 2001, left its mark on America.
The show's message of kindness, simplicity, and individual uniqueness made Rogers a beloved personality, while also provoking some criticism because, by arguing that everyone was special without having to do anything to earn it, the show supposedly created an entitled generation.
In Mister Rogers and Philosophy, thirty philosophers give their very different takes on the Neighborhood phenomenon.
● Rogers's way of communicating with children has a Socratic dimension, and is compared with other attempts to cultivate philosophy in children.
● Wonder is the origin of philosophy and science, and Mister Rogers always looked for wonder.
● Did Mister Rogers unwittingly create the Millennials by his message that everyone is special?
● What Martin Buber's I-Thou philosophy can tell us about Fred Rogers's attempt to rehabilitate children's television.
● X the Owl obsesses, Daniel Tiger regresses, Lady Elaine displaces anger, King Friday controls--how puppets can be used to teach us about feelings.
● Fred Rogers's indirect communication is key to the show, and most evident in the land of make-believe, where he doesn't make himself known.
● How Mister Rogers helps us see that the ordinary world is extraordinary, if we're willing to open ourselves up to it.
● How does Mister Rogers's method of teaching compare with Maria Montessori's?
● Fred Rogers and Carl Rogers have a lot in common: The Neighborhood is observed in the light of Rogerian therapy.
● Mister Rogers's view of evil is closer to Rousseau than to Voltaire.
● Fred Rogers gave a non-philosophical interpretation of the philosophical approach known as personalism.
● Daoism helps us understand how Fred Rogers, the antithesis of a stereotypical male, could achieve such success as a TV star.
● In the show and in his life, we can see how Rogers lived "the ethics of care."
● Puppets help children understand that persons are not isolated, but interconnected.
● Mister Rogers showed us that talking and singing about our feelings makes them more manageable.
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OR/AND: POEMS
In his famed treatise Either/Or, Christian existentialist philosopher Søren Kierkegaard suggests that our basic human condition is one of choice and freedom. But what about when we struggle to discern the right path forward, when we stumble between contradictory desires, when we want everything? Such insatiability - which the ancient Greeks called pleonexia - leads to suffering and sorrow for ourselves and others, not to mention the earth we call home. But what about when "either/or" thinking becomes too rigid in its limits? What about those moments when we see scarcity instead of the many possibilities that abound, when fear keeps us from giving and receiving our full share?
This book of poetry is an exploration of those times when it is necessary to make either/or choices as well as other times when, even if only briefly, we are able to echo Richard Rohr in affirming, "Yes, And." It is a story of stumbling in darkness and seeking light, of succumbing to sinfulness and facing consequences, of desiring deeply and bumping up against limits. It's about addiction and recovery, justice and mercy, redemption found through friendship and community. It's about seeking ways to open doors and tear down walls. Ultimately, it is about the divine grace that occasionally manages to expand our possibilities, transforming us into vessels of boundless compassion.
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PARLIAMENTARY POLITICS OF A COUNT AND ITS TOWN
Based on archival sources, this study considers political activities in Suffolk's two main constituencies over the course of the 18th century. Mining the records of an unusually rich provincial press, Sommers addresses many key questions of Hanoverian political historiography: the press, popular political expressions, women in politics, deference, and elite behavior. She focuses primarily on the second half of the century, a time marked by an increasingly sophisticated electorate that left considerable documentary evidence, to determine how politics actually developed in East Anglia, as recorded in public and private documents.
In addition to a description of the variety and nature of Suffolk politics, the work elaborates upon a number of important collateral themes. These include the appearance of intense political awareness and enthusiastic participation in popular activities among those not possessing the vote, coupled with a political use of the press that grows dramatically in scope over the course of the century. Other sections detail the sustained development of the independence of the electorate and the connection between religious affiliation and partisan identification locally, as well as that between local and national parties.
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PLACE IN THE SKY-A HISTORY OF THE ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL AIRPORT
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RENEWED EACH MORNING
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SAINT VINCENT SEMINARY FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT
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SEX LOVE & FAMILIES
2021 Association of Catholic Publishers first place award in theology
2021 Catholic Media Association Award first place award in marriage and family living Six years into the papacy of Pope Francis, Catholics are still figuring out how to respond to his image of the church as a field hospital --a church that goes into the streets rather than remaining locked up behind closed doors. Marriage and family are primary sites of the field hospital, called to meet people's need for healing and accompaniment with compassion and love. The authors of this collection --all lay, a mix of single and married, traditional and progressive Catholics --take up this work. They offer practical wisdom from and critical engagement with the Catholic tradition but avoid rehashing decades-old theological debates. Instead, their essays engage with and respond to realities shaping contemporary family life, like religious pluralism, technology, migration, racism, sex and gender, incarceration, consumerism, and the call to holiness. The result is a collection that envisions ways that families can be places of healing and love in and for the world.List of contributors:
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SIBLYS OF LONDON
claimed to restore the newly dead to life, Ebenezer himself died before he turned fifty and stayed that way despite being surrounded by bottles of the stuff. Asked to execute his will, which urged the continued manufacture of Solar Tincture, and left legacies for multiple and concurrent wives as
well as an illegitimate son whose name the deceased could not recall, Manoah found his brother's record of financial and moral indiscretions so upsetting that he immediately resigned his executorship. Ebenezer's death brought a premature conclusion to a colorfully chaotic life, lived on the fringes of various interwoven esoteric subcultures. Drawing on such sources as ratebooks and pollbooks, personal letters and published sermons, burial registers and horoscopes, Susan Mitchell Sommers has woven
together an engaging microhistory that offers useful revisions to scholarly accounts of Ebenezer and Manoah, while placing the entire Sibly family firmly in the esoteric byways of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The Siblys of London provides fascinating insight into the lives of a
family who lived just outside our usual historical range of vision.
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SO WE DO NOT LOSE HEART: BIBLICAL WISDOM FOR ALL OUR DAYS
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SUNDAY HOMILIES: YEAR A BY FR. DEMETRIUS DUMM, O.S.B. & FR. CAMPION GAVALER, O.S.B.
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SUNDAY HOMILIES: YEAR B BY FR. DEMETRIUS DUMM, O.S.B. & FR. CAMPION GAVALER, O.S.B.
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