February 2004: Contents

New Cardinals Named; 15 from the Gregorian Consortium

His Holiness John Paul II with Tomáš Cardinal Špidlík, S.J., of the Oriental Institute.

Colloquium guests enjoyed the fireworks over St. Peter's celebrating the Beatification of Mother Teresa. St. Peter's is the illuminated dome in the background. Photo by Lucy Ball

New Cardinals Named; 15 from the Gregorian Consortium

On October 21, 2003, His Holiness John Paul II created thirty new cardinals in Rome. Fifteen of the new cardinals are affiliated with the schools of The Gregorian University Consortium.

The Papal Mass at St. Peter’s, where the new Cardinals were given their rings. Photo by Lucy Ball

Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino: President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, received his bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the Gregorian.

Francesco Cardinal Marchisano: Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and Vicar General of the Holy Father for Vatican City, received his licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Biblicum. In 1954, he received his doctorate in Theology from the Gregorian.

Attilio Cardinal Nicora: Head of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, received his doctorate in Canon Law from the Gregorian.

Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali: Archbishop of Philadelphia, received a doctorate in Canon Law from the Gregorian.

Eusebio Oscar Cardinal Scheid, S.C.I.: Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, received his licentiate and doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the Gregorian.

Josip Cardinal Bozaniæ: Archbishop of Zagreb, studied Dogmatic Theology at the Gregorian in 1979.

Rodolfo Quezada Cardinal Toruño: Archbishop of Guatemala City, received his doctorate in Canon Law from the Gregorian.

Marc Cardinal Ouellet: Archbishop of Quebec, received his doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the Gregorian.

Gustaaf Cardinal Joos: Moral theologian, received his doctorate in Canon Law from the Gregorian.

Péter Cardinal Erdö: Archbishop of Esztergon-Budapest, Primate of Hungary, taught Canon Law at the Gregorian from 1980-1986 as lecturer and from 1988 to 2002 as adjunct professor.

Tomáš Cardinal Špidlík, S.J.: Professor Emeritus at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, taught for many years at the Oriental, was for three years Dean of Oriental Sciences and first holder of the Sir Daniel and Countess Bernardine Murphy Donohue Chair in Eastern Catholic Theology. He also taught at the Gregorian, has worked with Vatican Radio and has published 140 books and 600 articles.

Jean Louis Cardinal Tauran: Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church, received his licentiates in Philosophy and Theology and a doctorate in Canon Law from the Gregorian.

Javier Cardinal Lozano Barragan: President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Healthcare Workers received his licentiate and doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the Gregorian.

Stephen Fumio Cardinal Hamao: Head of the Vatican Office for Migrants, received his doctorate in Canon Law from the Gregorian.

Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson: Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana), studied Sacred Scripture at the Biblicum. He was working with Biblicum Rector Rev. Stephen F. Pisano, S.J., for his dissertation.

Joseph Beh, Longtime Trustee, Dies

Joseph E. Beh, a longtime member of the Gregorian University Foundation Board of Trustees, died at home on August 15, 2003 of kidney failure. He was 85 years of age.

A native of Des Moines, he brought to everything he did and everyone he met an Iowan’s innate optimism and astuteness, together with a magnanimous and generous heart steeped in a deep and open Christian faith.

He attended the University of Notre Dame and graduated from Georgetown University where he was a member of the Alumni Council and the Board of Visitors of their School of Business, and later the University’s Board of Regents.

During World War II he served in the Adjutant General’s Division of the Air Transport Command of the Army Air Corps at the Washington, D.C. headquarters. After his service he worked as chief statistician for Pan American Airways in San Francisco.

In 1950 he established an accounting and then real estate, fire, and casualty agency with offices throughout the peninsula south of San Francisco. He was one of the most civic-minded of local residents. He was president of the Boys Club, Rotary Club, Exchange Club, and the Board of Realtors in the Menlo Park area.

His Church activities included President and District Governor of the Sierra Club, President of the Board of Sacred Heart School in Menlo Park, trustee of St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco and St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park.

Two distinguished honors were bestowed upon him by the Catholic Church: he was a Knight of Malta and a Knight of the Holy Sepulcher.

We express our grateful love for Joe’s inspiring and courageous service to the Board even through health challenges and we offer our condolences to Joe’s wife, Allanah Cleary Beh, and his brother, Philip, and sister, Mary, and all his family.

Rev. Stephen F. Pisano, S.J., Rector of the Biblical Institute, concelebrated Joe’s funeral Mass. Archbishop William J. Levada of San Francisco presided and Rev. Charles J. Beirne, S.J., of Lemoyne College was principal celebrant.

The Scripture passage (Proverbs 3:5) on his memorial card epitomized his faith and vision: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know."

Rev. John Blewett, S.J., Former Foundation President, Dies

Rev. John E. Blewett, S.J., fourth president of the Gregorian University Foundation, died on July 7, 2003 at St. Louis University Hospital. He had celebrated his 50th anniversary as a priest in the Society of Jesus on June 17th with his family gathered around him.

Rev. Robert F. O’Toole, S.J., president of the Foundation, presided, and Rev. John Snyder, S.J., who succeeded Fr. Blewett as Foundation president, preached at a memorial Mass in the Chapel of Our Lady at the St. Francis Xavier College Church at St. Louis University.

Born in 1922, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1940 from Fond du Lac, WI, studied Japanese from 1947 to 1950 for the Jesuits’ new work in Japan and was ordained a priest at St. Mary’s, Kansas on June 14, 1953. With a St. Louis University doctorate, he set off for Japan where he spent seven years as Professor of Education and Academic Vice-President at Sophia University, Tokyo.

In 1967 Very Rev. Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Superior General of the Society of Jesus, named him the Society’s first international Secretary for Education with responsibility for over 1,000 Jesuit educational institutions worldwide from elementary schools to graduate schools. In addition, he helped establish international networks and centers for educators.

In Rome he established and became the director of the International Center for Jesuit Education, which brought together information on all the Jesuit institutions and evolved into many other programs.

He organized symposia in Rome for Superiors General and counselors on major world questions (Allocation of Resources, 1969; Issues of Justice, 1972; Family Life Education and Population Questions, 1974). He was co-founder of Educ-International, which was a network of directors of education of 35 Catholic religious orders of women and men headquartered in Rome. In addition, he wrote more than 40 articles on Jesuit education in India, East Asia, Latin America and the United States, and articles on mass media, socio-economic development, student movements, minority education, and Jesuit-lay collaboration.

In 1972, Fr. Arrupe and Fr. Blewett asked Rev. Edward Nowlan, S.J., to establish the Gregorian University Foundation. From 1978 to 1988 Fr. Blewett worked full-time for the Gregorian University Consortium, first as Director of Development and from 1984 to 1988 as Gregorian University Foundation president. After suffering a massive coronary in 1988, he was in poor health but worked with the Institute of Jesuit Sources for seven years, editing and checking sources.

In 1990, friends of Fr. Blewett established the Rev. John E. Blewett, S.J., Chair in Theology at the Gregorian University.

We thank God for giving Fr. Blewett to us, to the Society of Jesus, and to the Church. He was a wise and gracious priest and leader and advanced the work of education throughout the world, in extraordinary ways.

Last October 19th through the 25th, Trustees and friends of the Gregorian University Foundation participated in the foundation’s annual Colloquium held in Rome at the Gregorian, the Biblicum and the Orientale.

Colloquium participants were lucky enough to enjoy the fireworks over St. Peter’s to celebrate the Beatification of Mother Teresa and attend the Papal Mass at which His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, gave rings to the newly named Cardinals. There was also a reception at the home of the United States Ambassador to the Holy See, R. James Nicholson.

Colloquium guests gather on the stairs at the Gregorian University.

The highlight of the trip was the chance to spend time with the faculties and students of each of the Gregorian Consortium schools. Each year the teachers and students are gracious with their time and energy, explaining why they’ve come from all over the world to teach and study.

On the right, Rev. Robert O’Toole, S.J., Foundation President, thanks U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, R. James Nicholson for hosting a reception for the Colloquium at his residence.

Archbishop Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. receives birthday wishes from Scott and Brooke Corrigan.

Rev. Keith Pecklers, S.J., a professor at the Gregorian, with Foundation Trustee John Halleron, his wife Becky and their daughter Katie.

Walter Reilly, Jean Maher and Foundation Trustee Michael Maher at dinner.

In the foreground is Gregorian student Rev. Stefano Del Bove, S.J. Behind him to the left, are John and Becky Halleron. To his right are Michael Gibbons along with Anne and John Ball. (That’s Ashley Gibbons peeking out at the far end of the table.)

Billie Mullen, Lucy and David Ball, and Foundation Chairman Peter Mullen enjoy a moment at Archbishop Pittau’s birthday reception.

Rev. Franco Imoda, S.J., Rector of the Gregorian, with Colloquium guest John Ball.

New Foundation Trustee Peggy Hassett and Ellen Baer at the reception in the Palazzo Colonna.

Peter Mullen shares a laugh with Archbishop Pittau.

Colloquium guest Bea Dinger with Rev. George Sullivan, S.J., Foundation Vice President, and Rev. Stephen Pisano, S.J., Rector of the Biblicum.

Rev. Hector Vail, Rector of the Oriental Institute, enjoying lunch with John Ball.

At one of the Colloquium seminars, the panel was(from left): Prof. Emanuela Zurli, a professor at the Gregorian; Prof. Joseph Sievers, Director of the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies of the Gregorian and a professor at the Biblicum; Ms. Zeynep Cebeci, a student at the Gregorian; Sister Marta Bauchwitz, N.D.S., Director of the SIDIC-ROME International Jewish-Christian Documentation Service.

Foundation Vice President Tom Trott, who makes the Colloquia happen, gets the good word from Rev. Robert O’Toole, S.J., President of the Foundation.

In a brief ceremony last May, the Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rev. Franco Imoda, S.J. presented the Bellarmine Medal to Dr. Margaret Melady, recognizing her distinguished contribution to the Church and to higher education. As Fr. Imoda noted, "Margaret Melady is the first woman to receive the Univeristy’s Bellarmine award given to graduates and benefactors for outstanding achievement."

A 1997 doctoral graduate of the University in Social Sciences and Communications, Dr. Melady recently finished her term as President of the American University in Rome. During her tenure, the American University added a program in communications, film studies and television production. Enrollment has tripled, and building expansion has begun.

Dr. Melady also served on commissions for academic congresses and other academic events for the Holy See during the celebrations of the Holy Year in 2000. During the appointment of her husband, Thomas Melady, as United States Ambassador to the Holy See, 1988-92, she was a consultant to many of the Catholic institutions in Rome in the area of public relations.

From 1993 to 1995, Margaret Melady was Assistant Professor of Communications Studies, with a specialization in public relations, at the State University of New York.

Dr. Melady is the author of numerous publications. Her book The Rhetoric of Pope John Paul II was published in 1999 in the Praeger series on historical rhetorical figures. This stands as the most significant academic analysis of the present Holy Father's innovations in public communications. She is co-author of the book House Divided: Poverty, Race, Religion and the Family of Man. In recognition of her leadership, she received the National Media Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. She has also published extensively on African culture, politics and social development. Her other books include: Idi Amin Dada, Uganda: The Asian Exiles and Léopold Sédar Senghor. Her Poésie Vivante II on African poetry reveals still another side of her interests.

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