School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses
Submissions from 2003
(Graduate Paper) The Women's Ordination Question: An Anthropological Exploration, Elisa M. St. Clair
(Graduate Paper) Saint Ambrose's Doctrine of Purity of Heart in De Paradiso, Toppo Toshihiro Takamura
(Graduate Paper) The Lord's Prayer in the Eucharist, Sherri L. Vallee
(Graduate Paper) The Restoration of the Permanent Diaconate: A Blending of Roles, Sherri L. Vallee
(Graduate Paper) Teresa of Avila: An Examination of the Theological Significance of Her Humility, Kristin Witek
(Graduate Paper) The Bread of Life and a Hunger for Justice: A Eucharistic Reading of Luke 10:1-37, Kristin Witek
Submissions from 2002
(Graduate Paper) The Call and Response as the Basic Pattern of the Mass, Falaniko Atonio
(Graduate Paper) The Inculturation of the Samoan Reconciliation Rite into the Penitential Rite of the Liturgy of the Mass, Falaniko Atonio
(Graduate Paper) Spirit Baptism and Christian Initiation, Andrew Coval
(Graduate Paper) St. Bonaventure: The Coincidence of Opposites and Christ the Center, Andrew Coval
(Graduate Paper) The Origins of Emmaus: An Exploration of Luke 24:13-35, Lisa Cullison
(Graduate Paper) Pray Without Ceasing, Prayer of the Heart: Historical and Theological Studies of the Jesus Prayer, Pranci G. de'Ornay OCSO
(Graduate Paper) An Ongoing Formation Model for the Benedictine Nuns of the Eucharistic King, Mary Placid (Luz) Dolores OSB
(Graduate Paper) Martha and Mary: Archetypes of Integral Discipleship, Mary Placid (Luz) Dolores OSB
(Graduate Paper) Dimensions of the Monk's Self-Governance: Balancing Evagrius with Ellis, Agostino C. Fernandez OSB
(Master's Thesis) With One Voice Glorify God: Reading Romans Liturgically, Peter Funk OSB
(Graduate Paper) An Analysis of Christian Liturgical Architecture and Recent Renovation of Saint Patrick Church, McAdoo, PA, Marie Garman IHM
(Graduate Paper) The Feast of the Ascension: A Look at Its Development and Recent Liturgical Celebration, Marie Garman IHM
(Graduate Paper) The Devotional Influence of Our Lady at Fatima, Danielle A. Knott
(Graduate Paper) Trinitarian Language: A Defense of the Traditional Trinitarian Formula and a Critique of Contemporary Trinitarian Hymnody, Jeanne Marie Kohr
(Graduate Paper) New Wine into Old Wineskins - Spirit Christology, Classical Christology, and the Path of Discipleship, Frankie White
(Graduate Paper) Sensus Fidelium: Lessons from a Contested Concept, Frankie White
(Graduate Paper) Inculturation of Christian Funerals in China, Qinjing Martin Wu
(Graduate Paper) The Chinese Rites Controversy: A painful experience in the history of the liturgical inculturation, Qinjing Martin Wu
(Graduate Paper) Fourth Step of Humility in the Rule of St. Benedict, Kathleen Yeadon OSB
(Graduate Paper) Desire: Our Way to God An Examination of the Christian Anthropology of Human Desire, Elias Zaczkiewicz OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Benedictine Abbot as Model of Episcopal Authority, Elias Zaczkiewicz OSB
Submissions from 2001
(Master's Thesis) The Reasonableness and Historical Authenticity of the Doctrine of Universal Salvation, Jay P. Botten
(Graduate Paper) Monastic Formation according to the Rule of Saint Benedict, Luiz Claudio da Silva Correa OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Letters of Saint Paul, Luiz Claudio da Silva Correa OSB
(Graduate Paper) Women's Ordination: A Critical Study, Jeanne Marie Kohr
(Graduate Paper) The Ordained Priesthood: A Sacrament in persona Christi capitis, Erich Rutten
(Graduate Paper) Augustine's De Trinitate and Its Transmission into the Thought of William St. Thierry, F. Tyler Sergent
(Graduate Paper) Elements of Patristic Biblical Interpretation in Postmodern Times, Lynne W. Smith OSB
(Graduate Paper) John Calvin on Asceticism, Lynne W. Smith OSB
Submissions from 2000
(Graduate Paper) Silence in Chapters 4-7 of the Rule of St. Benedict, Theresa Hindle OSB
(Graduate Paper) Ruminating Prayer (The Way of Scriptural Meditation Based on the Early Monastic Tradition), Sung Jun Hur OSB
(Graduate Paper) Sunday Lectionary: Window into Eschatology, Wayne Jenkins SCJ
(Graduate Paper) The Movement of the Feast of Christ the King within the Liturgical Year, Wayne Jenkins SCJ
(Graduate Paper) One Holy Catholic and Charismatic Church, Lori L. King
(Graduate Paper) The Life of St. Mary Magdalene, Lori L. King
(Graduate Paper) Christological Comparisons of the Gospels of Mark and Thomas, Benjamin K. Lager
(Graduate Paper) God's Springs and Wells in a Thirsty Land, Benjamin K. Lager
(Graduate Paper) An Exegesis of Mark Chapter 13: A Study of this Markan Pericope as an Example of the Genre of Apocalyptic Literature, Michael Leonard
(Graduate Paper) Exegesis of Matthew 6:9-13: A Study of the Lord's Prayer from 'the End to the Beginning', Michael Leonard
(Graduate Paper) Evagrius' Structure of the Life of Prayer, Carmen Maier
(Graduate Paper) Identifying the Fourth Century Syrian Christians, Carmen Maier
(Graduate Paper) Humility According to Benedict and Bernard, Mary Catherine Martinez OSB
(Graduate Paper) Morally Formed by Praising God's Work of Love in Us: An Examination of Kierkegaard's Rhetoric in Works of Love, Danielle Nussberger
(Graduate Paper) Three Models of God: Heuristic Devices for Learning About the God-Human Relationship, Danielle Nussberger
(Graduate Paper) A Sacred Time and Sacred Space, Eileen O'Connell OSB
(Graduate Paper) La Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno, Shawn Priggel CSC
(Graduate Paper) The Liturgy of the Hours and the Apostolic Religious Community, Shawn Priggel CSC
(Graduate Paper) Freedom as Understood in Liberation Theology, Particularly in the Work of Jose Comblin, With a Comparrison of that Understanding to the Papal Encyclical, Veritatis Splendor, Kristopher W. Seaman
(Graduate Paper) Trinity Sunday: Its History and Theology, Kristopher W. Seaman
(Graduate Paper) Church and Empires, Elizabeth Baoying Wang
(Graduate Paper) Right or Wrong? A Historical Review of Christian Worship, Elizabeth Baoying Wang
Submissions from 1999
(Graduate Paper) Lutheran Confirmation in Eighteenth Century America, Dennis L. Bushkofsky
(Graduate Paper) Lutheran Marriage Liturgies of the Late Twentieth Century, Dennis L. Bushkofsky
(Graduate Paper) Cassian's Way of Self-Deception: Anger, Acedia and Pride, Anne Case
(Graduate Paper) "Let No Pride Be Known Among You": Humility and the Vision of God in the Writings of Pseudo-Macarius, Anne Case
(Graduate Paper) The Immaculate Conception of Mary, Joseph Cai Shao Guang
(Graduate Paper) Centering Prayer and the Apophatic Tradition, Everette Hardy
(Graduate Paper) Christ in the Rule of Saint Benedict, Theresa Hindle OSB
(Graduate Paper) Imitatio Christi in Ignatius of Antioch, Damian Humphries OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Cloud in Its Context, Damian Humphries OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Spiritual Journey of St. Benedict, Sung Jun Hur OSB
(Graduate Paper) Under Construction: A Spirituality of Work, Anne Y. Koester
(Graduate Paper) Julian of Norwich: "All Will Be Well", Kathleen M. Langer
(Graduate Paper) The Philosophical Disputations of Martin Luther, Kathleen M. Langer
(Graduate Paper) Prefer Nothing Whatever to Christ: Christ in the Rule of Benedict, Mary Catherine Martinez OSB
(Graduate Paper) A Feminist Critique of Select Structures and Relationships in The Rule of Benedict, Anne McCarthy OSB
(Graduate Paper) Benedictine Humility: Environmental Posture for the New Millennium, Anne McCarthy OSB
(Graduate Paper) Sin, Reconciliation and Eucharist: An Historical, Liturgical and Pastoral Look at the Question of "The Worthy Reception of Communion", Gerard McCormick
(Graduate Paper) A Change of Heart: New Images, Language and Spirituality for Sacred Heart Devotion in the Liturgy, Gerard F. McCormick
(Graduate Paper) The History and the Theology of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in the Catholic Tradition, Susainathan Michael
(Graduate Paper) The Use of Hindu Scriptures in the Liturgy of the Hours, Susainathan Michael
(Graduate Paper) Proposed Rite of Reconciliation During Lent for Order of Penitents with Individual Confession, Period of Penance and General Absolution, Daniel Murphy
(Graduate Paper) The Theology of Marriage and The Nuptial Blessing, Daniel Murphy
(Graduate Paper) Ancestors and Saints: Traditional Ugandan Culture(s) and Christian Faith, Stephen Onyeba
(Graduate Paper) The Minister of the Prayer and Anointing of the Sick, Stephen Onyeba
(Master's Thesis) From Orthodoxy to Heresy: A Biblical and Historical Examination of Syneisaktism in the Early Church, Gregory S. Peters
(Graduate Paper) Proclamation, Manifestation, and the Mystery of Christ: Implications for Liturgical Preaching, John M. Phillips
(Graduate Paper) The Acts of Andrew and the Rule of the Community: A Thematic Study, Ephrem Poppish OCSO
(Graduate Paper) Liturgical Catechesis: Its Place in the North American Church, Christina E. Ronzio
(Graduate Paper) The Feast of Corpus Christi: Asset or Hindrance to the Liturgical Year?, Christina E. Ronzio
(Graduate Paper) The Hesychast Tradition, from Egypt to Russia: a Journey into the Light of Christ, Erin Ryan
(Graduate Paper) Will, Love, and the Motive of the Incarnation in the Theology of John Duns Scotus, Erin Ryan
(Master's Thesis) A Study of the Life of Blessed Syncletica, Mary Schaffer
(Graduate Paper) Lectio Divina: A Source of Nourishment and Sustenance of a Monastic Vocation., Gabriel J. Ssenkindo OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Celebration of Meal in Africa: Its implications for the Eucharist., Gabriel J. Ssenkindo OSB
(Graduate Paper) Jesus' Calling of the First Disciples: Exegesis of the Gospel of Mark 1:16-20, Dennis Stein
(Master's Thesis) Nicholas of Cusa and the Poetics of Divine Ineffability, Stephen M. Szolosi
(Graduate Paper) Evagrius' Teaching on Pure Prayer: Journey toward the Place of God, Isaac Yang OSB
(Graduate Paper) Early Congregational Development in the American Benedictine Women's Experience, Kathleen Yeadon OSB
Submissions from 1998
(Graduate Paper) St. Birgitta of Sweden and the Liturgy of the Hours of the Bridgettine Order, Todd H. Charles
(Graduate Paper) On the Development of the Rosary, Sean Paul Fredsti
(Graduate Paper) The Architectural Works of Edward A. Sovik: Opening Ecumenical Dialogue, Sean Paul Fredsti
(Graduate Paper) "Jesu Dulcis Memoria" and the Influence of Bernard of Clairvaux, David Gormong
(Graduate Paper) "An Exalted King Heard a Prophet": Augustine's David as the Model Christian Penitent in Enarratio in Psalmum 50(51), Daniel Kevin Gullo