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Donald I. MacLean, S.J. Chair
Saint Joseph's University
Description of the Chair
The Jesuit Chair in the College of Arts and Sciences is named in honor of Donald I. MacLean, S.J., former president of Saint Joseph's. Members of the Society of Jesus who are accomplished teachers and scholars in the arts and sciences are eligible to apply for the position. The establishment of this chair is meant to emphasize that the University's Jesuit identity is inseparable from the finest teaching, scholarship, and collegial discourse.
Current Chair Holder
Rev. Joseph A. Brown, S.J.
Joseph A. Brown, S. J., Ph.D. a native of East St. Louis, Illinois, is a Catholic priest with an extensive academic and pastoral career. When he graduated from St. Louis University with the BA in Philosophy, he attended Johns Hopkins University, where he gained a Master's Degree in Creative Writing. After his ordination to the priesthood (1972) he taught Theater and Poetry at Creighton University for several years (eventually becoming artist-in-residence in 1978). Later, after receiving both the Master's degree in Afro-American Studies and the Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University, Fr. Brown taught at the University of Virginia and at Xavier University in New Orleans.
Presently he is a Professor and the Director of the Black American Studies Program at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Active as a lecturer in the areas of African and African American spirituality, and African American History and Culture, he also periodically serves as a liturgical consultant to a variety of communities in the U. S. In 1999, he consulted on the RENEW 2000 project, completing a five-booklet series in adult spiritual development, focusing on Black Catholic spirituality. He was appointed Congress Liturgist for both the 7th (New Orleans, 1992) and the 9th National Black Catholic Congress (Chicago,2002).
His book of poetry, Accidental Grace, was published in the Callaloo Poetry Series, in 1986. He has also published many articles on black theology and literature. His book on black spirituality, A Retreat with Thea Bowman And Bede Abram: Leaning on the Lord, was published by the St. Anthony Messenger Press, in January, 1997; and has also written To Stand on the Rock: Meditations on Black Catholic Identity, which was published by Orbis Books, in February, 1998. A collection of prayer services in the Black tradition, Sweet, Sweet Spirit, – written with the assistance of Fr. Fernand Cheri, OFM – was published by St. Anthony Messenger Press in Fall 2006.
| Office Room # | Bellarmine Room 130B |
| Phone: | x1878 |
| Email: | jbrown01@sju.edu |
Former chair holders
| Fall 1999 | Rev. Thomas M. McCoog, S.J. (Archivist of the British Province of the Society of Jesus, History) |
| Spring 2000 | Bro. Guy Consolmagno, S.J. (Vatican Observatory, Physics) |
| Fall 2000 | Rev. Kevin Burke, S.J.(Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Theology) |
| Fall 2000 - Spring 2001 | Rev. Jeff Klaiber, S.J. (Catholic University of Peru, History) |
| Fall 2001 - Spring 2003 | Rev. Patrick Samway, S.J. (Saint Peter's College, English) |
| Fall 2003 | Rev. Dean Brackley, S.J. (University of Central America, Theology) |
| Spring 2004 | Rev. Rob Faesen, S.J. (University of Leuven, Theology) |
| Fall 2004 - Spring 2005 | Rev. Alvaro Ribeiro, S.J. (Georgetown University, English) |
| Fall 2005 | Rev. G. Ronald Murphy, S.J. (Georgetown University, German) |
| Spring 2006 | Rev. Stephen Rowntree, S.J. (Loyola University, New Orleans, Philosophy) |
| Fall 2006 | Rev. Stephen Fields, S.J. (Georgetown University, Theology) |
| Spring 2007 | Rev. Raymond A. Bucko, S.J. (Creighton University, Sociology) |
| Fall 2007 | Rev. Richard A. McGowan, S.J. (Boston College, Economics) |
| Spring 2008 | Rev. Amedeus Shirima, S.J. (Arrupe College in Harare, Zimbabwe, Philosophy |
| Fall 2008 |
Rev. Thomas Massaro, S.J. |
| Spring 2009 |
Rev. Dennis Leder, S.J. |
Future Chair Holders
| Spring 2010 | Rev. Dudley Mendonca, S.J. (Sadhana Institute, Lonavla, India, Psychology) |
| AY 2010- 2011 | Rev. Bruce Morrill,S.J. (Boston College, Boston MA, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Theology |
| Fall 2011 | Rev. Jose Badenes, S.J. (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, Director of Catholic Studies, Foreign Languages &Literatures) |
| Spring 2012 | Rev. Janusz Salamon, S.J. (Jesuit University of Philosophy and Education Ignatianum, Krakow, Poland, Chair of the Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy) |
| AY 2012 -2013 | Rev. James Redington, S.J. (Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Berkeley CA, Professor of Inter-Religious Dialogue, Asian Studies, Theology) |
| AY 2013-2014 | Rev. Sahayaraj Thangasamy S.J. (Indian School Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Sociology) |
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