Fall 2014 - Mount St. Mary`s University

In this Issue:
• Introduction to the New Men
• Departing Faculty
• New Director of Seminary Development
• Diocese of Arlington Celebrates 40 Years
• New Faculty
• In Memoriam
• Upcoming Events
The
DuBois
Fall 2014, Volume XIX, No. 1
www.msmary.edu/seminary
16300 Old Emmitsburg Road
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
A Newsletter for Seminary Alumni & Friends
Departing Faculty
Tyler Kline, First Theology, Archdiocese of Baltimore
Introduction to the New Men
As things got underway at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
this fall, the community celebrated new additions as well
as a number of improvements to the physical plant. Many,
however, could not help but notice another change: the
absence of several familiar faces around the seminary. This
year after more than a century of collective service, four
members of the seminary community departed for other
work or well-deserved retirement.
37
new men,
representing
19 dioceses.
Nathan Davis, Pre-Theology, Archdiocese of Baltimore
This year’s group of new seminarians arrived at Mount St. Mary’s
Seminary on August 17, and was warmly welcomed by the orientation
team led by Deacon Kyle Metzger of the Diocese of Fargo. The
orientation week included introductory talks from the rector, vice
rectors, and dean of men, in addition to tours of the National Shrine
Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes and the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Basilica, lunch at the house of Mount St. Mary’s University President
Thomas H. Powell, and social gatherings that created opportunities for
the new men to get acquainted with one another and their new home.
Classes began on August 25.
37 new seminarians attended orientation: 14 first pre-theologians, 3
second pre-theologians, 19 first theologians, and 1 fourth theologian. In
all, they represent 19 dioceses.
Dr. Powell greeting
new Seminarians:
(L) Bennett Smith
(Harrisburg) and (R)
Kyle Bartek (Lincoln)
Seminary Opening
Mass on August 21,
2014-Archbishop
William E. Lori, S’77
(Baltimore) with
Deacon Kyle Metzger
(L) and Deacon Carl
McIntosh (R)
New Director of Seminary Development
and Alumni Relations
In August, Luke Reetz started as the new director of Seminary
Development and Alumni Relations. He is a graduate of Benedictine
College, C’06, with a bachelor’s degree in business marketing. In 2007,
he became a missionary with FOCUS (The Fellowship of Catholic
University Students). He served at universities in Amhert, MA,
Pittsburgh, PA, Greeley, CO, and lastly, at Mount St. Mary’s University.
He was the FOCUS Team Director at the Mount from 2011-14. During
his time with FOCUS, he successfully raised annual funds for the focus program at the
Mount and focus conferences. He is originally from Denver, CO, and has been married
five years to his wife, Megan. They have three children, Hailey, Casey and Owen. He loves
indie music, every kind of hot sauce, and hates traveling alone. You can contact Luke at
reetz@msmary.edu or 301-447-5902.
“ I am privileged to continue to be a part of the Mount
community, after three years as a FOCUS missionary, now at
the Seminary, helping to advance the mission of the Church.
I look forward to meeting the amazing Seminary alumni and
engaging new lay supporters.”
Rosemary Mick served as secretary to the rector for
many years before she semi-retired to manage the
seminary archives. This past year Rosemary finally
decided to go into full retirement after more than
four decades of service to our seminary community.
This pillar of the community has been described
on several occasions by Rector Msgr. Rohlfs as our
“institutional memory.” Whenever a question arose
as to how a situation was handled in the past, Rosemary was
the one to call. Not to worry, even in retirement Rosemary
has given the Rector her assurance that she is little more
than a phone call away.
This September, Phil McGlade, C’70, completed his
lengthy tenure at Mount St. Mary’s. Phil, a graduate
of the Mount, served the seminary and university
community for 39 years as the Director of Seminary
Development and various University Alumni
Relations positions. His last day at the Mount was
marked by a steady flow of seminarians dropping in to
thank him for his many years of service and to wish
him the best in his much-deserved retirement.
Timothy Bennett, who served the Mount community as
a counselor for more than 20 years, retired last spring. Mr.
Bennett now has time to enjoy his favorite pastime, golf.
Ever a part of our Mount community, Mr. Bennett returned
to Mary’s Mountain this fall to take part in the Alumni
Reunion celebrations.
Luke with his wife
Megan and their
3 children, Hailey,
Casey and Owen.
Fr. Fred Miller has returned to the Archdiocese of
Newark after many years of service to the seminary
community as a professor of systematic theology.
He is currently serving as a spiritual father to the
young men in the college seminary program of St.
Andrew Hall at Seton Hall University. Fr. Miller has
continued his work giving retreats to priests and has
kept in contact with many of his former students,
who remember him for his great devotion to Our Lady, and
his lively sense of humor.
We wish them all well in their new endeavors. Our
community has certainly been enriched by their generous
service.
Seminary Open House: December 7, 2014
Upcoming
Seminary Events
Diocese of Arlington Celebrates 40 Years
2-4 p.m., tours every 20 minutes, light refreshments, Seminary
4 p.m., Holy Hour; 5 p.m., Advent Lessons and Carols
Immaculate Conception Chapel
February 6-8, 2015, Mount 2015
For more information contact Paula Smaldone, psmaldone@msmary.edu, 301-447-5780
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New Faculty
Deacon Kevin J. Dansereau, Fourth Theology, Diocese of Arlington
The Diocese of Arlington recently celebrated the 40th
anniversary of its founding on August 13, 1974. Below are a
few notes about the diocese:
Howard Jankowski, First Theology, Diocese of Fort Wayne–
South Bend
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary welcomes three new faculty
members this fall:
• Roots of Catholic faith in Virginia began in 1570 with the
blood of Jesuit missionaries, Fr. John Baptist Sequia and his
companions, who were martyred near Williamsburg.
After earning his doctorate from Regina
Apostolorum in Rome, Dr. John Mark Miravalle,
spent nine years working for the entrepreneurial
theology group, School of Faith, teaching college
students at the University of Kansas Catholic
campus center. In addition to heading the
pre-theology program, he will teach courses in
Mariology, Moral Theology, and the Formation
Seminar for pre-theologians. “I thought as a
teacher I couldn’t have a bigger impact than
teaching seminarians,” Miravalle said.
• Arlington was established in 1974 under Pope Paul VI.
• Current bishop: Bishop Paul S. Loverde (installed as third bishop
of Arlington in 1999).
• Patron saints: St. Thomas More and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
• Catholic Population: 440,000 registered Catholics in a population of approximately
3 million (15.3%).
• Includes 21 counties, 68 parishes, 6 mission churches, and 2 mission parishes in the
Dominican Republic served by 229 priests.
• Presently has 40 seminarians preparing for ordination.
• The cause of Virginia-born seminarian Frank J. Parater (1897-1920), who died during his
seminary formation in Rome, officially began in 2001.
• Keating Hall is named after the Diocese of Arlington’s second bishop, Bishop John R.
Keating, who died on March 22, 1998. Under his 15 years of leadership as diocesan
bishop, Bishop Keating ordained 82 priests.
Above, Dr. John-Mark
Miravalle’s class enjoys his
lecture; Below, Fr. Pietro
Rossotti and Dr. Miravalle
taking the Oath of Fidelity
and Profession of Faith.
Fr. John Trigilio joins the Mount
community this year as a part-time
formation advisor and spiritual
director. Fr. Trigilio is well-known for
his television series “Web of Faith” on
EWTN and is the author of several
books co-written with the seminary’s
Vice Rector Fr. Ken Brighenti. A
priest of the Diocese of Harrisburg, PA, Fr. Trigilio is
presently pastor of two parishes, Our Lady of Good Counsel
and St. Burnadette, and frequently conducts talks and
conferences at parishes throughout the country.
Seminary’s Annual Priest Retreat
The Seminary’s Annual Priest Retreat was held from June 1620, 2014. Msgr. Aloysius Callaghan, S.T.L., J.C.D., Rector, St.
Paul Seminary, Minneapolis was the Retreat Master. A total of
53 priests attended the Retreat with 31 years represented and
21 Dioceses represented.
IN MEMORIAM
Fr. James J. Murphy
Seminary Class of 1945
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
March 7, 2011
Fr. Thomas J. Kerestus
Seminary Class of 1969
Diocese of Allentown
September 17, 2014
Fr. Howard T. Clark
Seminary Class of 1957
Diocese of Wilmington
September 8, 2014
Fr. Richard J. Dair
Seminary Class of 1980
Diocese of Arlington
May 21, 2014
Fr. Peter Herhenreader
Seminary Class of 1957
Diocese of Scranton
May 15, 2014
Fr. John Markell
Seminary Class of 1984
Diocese of Pittsburgh
March 31, 2014
Father Joseph V. Messer
Seminary Class of 1961
Archdiocese of Baltimore
July 16, 2014
Msgr. John R. Pennington III
Seminary Class of 1979
Archdiocese of Washington
October 7, 2014
May they rest in peace.
Fr. Pietro Rossotti, a priest of the Priestly Fraternity of
the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, comes to the
Mount after finishing his doctoral studies in fundamental
theology at the John Paul II Institute at Catholic University
of America. Fr. Rossotti will teach courses in Cosmology,
Ecclesiology, and the Sacraments of Healing this year. His
initial impression of the Mount, he says, is that it is “a very
good place” where the evangelical phrase “everything is lived
as an attempt to live for Christ and towards Christ,” is put
into practice.
ASSOCIATION OF THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS (ATS)
RE-ACCREDITATION
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary is receiving an evaluation
committee from the Association of Theological Schools
from March 23 – 26, 2015.
Msgr. Aloysius Callaghan,
S.T.L., J.C.D.; (L) Fr.
Charles Cummings, C’64
and Fr. John Hamm, S’13
enjoying the retreat.
Correction
In the Spring 2014 issue, an
error was made in identifying
Frances A. Bittle as the first
woman to receive a master’s
degree from the Seminary.
The first woman to receive
an M.A. degree was in fact,
Ms. Sigh Buchanan, S’74. We
apologize for this error.
Anyone wishing to comment regarding the seminary’s
qualifications for accreditation by the ATS is invited to
submit comments in writing to:
The Commission on Accrediting of the Association of
Theological Schools
10 Summit Park Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1110