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 Department News 

 2003-2004


  • 5/22/04 -- department graduates five (5) students with a B.A in Theology:  Kathryn Brower, Joline Frank, Bonnie Sell, Jonathan Slabek, and Meg Szewczak
  • 5/21/04 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey delivers baccalaureate sermon
  • 5/19/04 -- Dr. Larry Chapp interviewed on Bill O'Reilly's "Radio Factor" about a Vatican statement on the war in Iraq
  • 5/4/04 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey publishes op-ed piece in The Morning Call on why religion cannot be a non-issue in political campaigns (click here to read)
  • 4/27/04 -- Dr. Larry Chapp interviewed on "Kresta in the Afternoon" radio broadcast on WDEO 990 AM (Detroit)
  • 4/16/04 -- Dr. Larry Chapp featured in The Express-Times in an article on how "Candidates' politics can become a church issues"
  • 4/15/04 -- Dr. Larry Chapp makes another appearance on Fox-TV's The O'Reilly Factor to comment on the political campaign of Sen. John Kerry
  • 4/11/04 -- Dr. Larry Chapp featured in The Morning Call in an article entitled  "Jesus not hard to find in pop culture"
  • April '04 -- Dr. Rodney Howsare moderates the Baranzano Society's public forum on "The Bioethics of Beauty"
    • news article in The A.D. Times (4/8/04)
    • news article in The Express-Times (4/2/04, click here)
    • featured in Science & Theology News (6/04, click here)
  • 3/26/04 -- Dr. Larry Chapp featured in an article in The Morning Call on oil-seeping icon in local Greek Orthodox church
  • 3/22/04 -- department chairman, Dr. Larry Chapp, makes his ninth appearance on The O'Reilly Factor (Fox TV)
  • 3/12/04 -- Dr. Brian Kane featured in an article in The Express-Times on same-sex marriage as "Civil Right or Morally Wrong"
  • 3/11/04 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey publishes op-ed piece in The A.D. Times on spiritual friendship (click here to read)
  • 3/8/04 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey publishes religion article in The Morning Call on John Paul II's encyclical "Redemptor Hominis" (click here to read)
  • 3/3/04 -- Dr. Larry Chapp serves as panelist for a Center Valley Forum discussion on The Passion of the Christ
  • 2/23/04 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey featured in an article in The Morning Call about the premiere of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ movie
  • 2/16/04 -- Dr. Larry Chapp featured on CNN's Paula Zahn Now (click here for transcript)
  • 2/12/04 -- three features in The A.D. Times
  • Fr. O'Connor dedicates the Salesian Center for Faith & Culture
  • Dr. Brian Kane moderates the Baranzano Society's panel discussion on "Managing Our Mortality"; Fr. Thomas Dailey publishes news article about the event (click here to read)
  • Mr. William Saunders delivers annual Kraft lecture on "Biotechnology and the Human Future" (click here to read the lecture)
  • 2/9/04 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey and Dr. Brian Kane featured in The Express-Times (Easton, PA) story on bioethics and mortality
  • 2/4/04 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey publishes op-ed piece in The Morning Call on Mel Gibson's new film, The Passion of the Christ (click here to read)
  • January '04 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey featured as speaker for the annual Holy Name Society meeting of St. Anthony of Padua parish in Easton
    • news article in The A.D. Times (1/29/04)
    • news article in The Express-Times (1/12/04)
  • January '04 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey publishes article in Science & Theology News about the Baranzano Society's forum on the pharmaceutical phenomenon (click here to read)
  • 12/26/03 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey featured in an article in The Express-Times about the retirement of a pope
  • 11/28/03 -- Dr. Larry Chapp featured in The Express-Times news story on "The O'Reilly Factor"  
  • 11/28/03 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey publishes op-ed piece on contemplative values (click here to read)
  • 11/16/03 -- Theology faculty featured in National Catholic Register article on the mandatum (click here to read)
  • October '03 -- Fr. Thomas Dailey featured in news about the 25th anniversary of the papal election of John Paul II
    • news article in The Express-Times (10/17/03)
    • op-ed publication in The Morning Call (10/16/03) (click here to read)
  • 10/1/03 -- Dr. Brian Kane serves on Center Valley Forum panel to discuss "The Future of Same-Sex Marriage in the US"
  • 9/19/03 -- department faculty serve as members of new Baranzano Society on bioethics (click here for the website)
  • 9/5/03  --  department faculty publish op-ed pieces on debate about same-sex marriage
  • Dr. Brian Kane (click here to read)
  • Fr. Bernard O'Connor, OSFS (click here to read)
  • 9/2/03 -- department chairman, Dr. Larry Chapp, makes his eighth appearance on The O'Reilly Factor (Fox TV)

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