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 June 2015
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Each month, we share news of CDSP's students, faculty, alumni and campus life.  We welcome your news, ideas and suggestions via   email to Patrick Delahunt Thank you, as always, for your support of CDSP.
Jennifer Snow Named Director of Extended Learning
Experienced teacher, scholar will develop new programs, online pedagogy

 

Church Divinity School of the Pacific has named Jennifer Snow, associate for discipleship ministries in the Episcopal Diocese of California, to a dual position as director of extended learning and assistant professor of practical theology.

 

"Jennifer Snow is well positioned in background and sensibilities to take on the leadership of our extended learning program," said the Very Rev. Mark Richardson, CDSP's president and dean. "She brings a probing, analytic intellect and collaborative spirit to her work. I am delighted that she will be guiding the planning and implementation of our extended learning initiatives."

 

Snow, who holds a Ph. D. in religion from Columbia University, is the author of "Protestant Missionaries, Asian Immigrants, and Ideologies of Race in America." She has also written several articles on religion, immigration, and faith-based activism.

 

Snow, who was previously deputy director of Progressive Christians Uniting in Los Angeles, said she is excited by the opportunity both to develop CDSP's distance learning offerings and online pedagogy, and to teach in a seminary classroom.

 

"Being extended learning director will be really interesting because I love the challenge of both identifying people's needs and then finding the people who can fill them," Snow said. "I can continually meet people and say 'Oh that sounds interesting. I bet we can make a great course out of that.'

 

"For the practical theology part, I love teaching and being able to teach in a faith-based institution is very exciting to me," she added. "I am looking forward to teaching people who are deeply committed to their own faith journeys, and to creating an environment in which people's discernment is respected and is part of the classroom context."

 

Read more.

Online Learning with CALL
Summer course begins today

Summer Students on Campus
Dean Richardson Preaches at American Cathedral in Paris

The Richardsons in Paris


Earlier this month, Dean Mark Richardson travelled to Paris with his wife, Brenda, who is doing research for a new book set in Paris and Versailles. At the invitation of the Rev. Lucinda Laird, Richardson preached at three services on June 7, the principal service being a Rite 13 liturgy to acknowledge the passage into adulthood of some of the young adults in the congregation. Read his sermon online.

 

In a conversation with the chair of the Theological Education commission of the European Convocation, Dean Richardson heard strong interest in CDSP's low-residence and online education offerings for European students.

 

Dean Richardson preaches at the American Cathedral


Dean Richardson and Dean Laird
What is CDSP For?
Scholar James Carroll gives commencement address

"Perhaps the true miracle of Christian origins was in the way the good news of Jesus Christ sped across the ancient world--a fire ignited over night in the hearts of legions. Forty percent of the Roman empire's population were slaves--laborers in mines, farm workers, war captives, sex servants, the colonized, and the exploited. Together with the urban poor, they were a host of deracinated, hounded, lost and invisible underlings on whom the pyramid of the Roman empire stood.

 

"Invisible people. But not to God. 'I have seen the suffering, and I have come down to change it.'"


From James Carroll's address to the 121st Commencement of CDSP. Read the entire speech online.

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Join Us in Salt Lake City
General Convention seminary night event will honor Bishop Katharine

Traveling to the General Convention of The Episcopal Church in June? Join us in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 30----Seminary Night----for a reception, a wide selection of appetizers, cold drinks, and a chance to honor the Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori '94 as she concludes her term as presiding bishop.

 

The reception at The Alta Club, 100 E. South Temple, begins at 7 pm (for those not in legislative session) and continues until 9 pm. The Alta Club is a National Register of Historic Places landmark in downtown Salt Lake City and is a short walk from the Salt Palace Convention Center.

 

RSVP via email to the Rev. Laurel Johnston.

 

While you're at General Convention, be sure to visit CDSP at booth #425 in the exhibit hall.

Community News

 

The Rev. Reed Loy '15 has been called as assistant rector at St. Albans Episcopal Church in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Read more.

 

Clemence Yanke-Ngijoe'10, MTS has published a book of poetry titled "Gratitude:  An Act of Love and Humility." Learn more and order online. 

 

The Rev. Timothy D. Raasch '84 has been called as rector of Grace Episcopal Church in St. George, Utah. Read more.

 

St. Francis' Episcopal Church in Fortuna, California has dedicated a new window in memory of its long-time rector, the Rev. Ken Samuelson '49. Read more.

 

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