Apologies for the lateness of this latest post! We’ve been working with busy schedules and had a small change of staff due to graduating seniors. Thanks again for your patience. But now, for the show! This latest episode features Dr. Michael Ewing, Director of CSB|SJU Counseling & Health Promotion and CSB Health Services!

This is Dr. Ewing’s 12th Year at CSB|SJU. He received his Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of North Dakota. His previous work includes working in the Counseling Centers at the University of North Dakota, Iowa State University, and University of North Carolina Charlotte.

Dr. Ewing has worked at CSB|SJU since 1998, and has worked in college counseling since the early 1990′s. He thinks college is often a time of self-exploration and growth for students, and he enjoys the opportunities he has to work with students on a variety of issues. He is trained as a generalist and has experience working with a wide range of developmental and mental health concerns. Dr. Ewing believes counseling can help students enhance their self-understanding, coping and self-advocacy skills, and ability to form healthy relationships. His approach is collaborative, and he promotes the use of personal resources to facilitate desired change and greater well-being.

Theresa Schumacher OSB, a member of Saint Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota, has served as a teacher, campus minister, formation (novice) director and liturgy director for her monastic community. She has worked in college, parish and monastery settings. Her graduate studies are in Music from the University of Minnesota with a minor in Women’s Studies and in Liturgical Theology from the University of Notre Dame.

Currently Sister Theresa is working with various aspects of liturgy and liturgical life at the monastery which includes teaching in the monastery’s initial formation program, being a spiritual director, and presenting in programs through spiritual ministries and vocation ministry. She does consultations for parishes and monasteries and gives retreats and presentations on liturgy and liturgical spirituality at home and abroad.

Kelly Marie Prosen is a M.A. candidate in systematic theology at Saint John’s School of Theology Seminary. Her current academic  research explores the interrelationship among Christology, feminist theology, kenosis, and theological aesthetics, particularly in the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Elizabeth Johnson.  Her other academic work investigates the relationship between poetry and theology, reflecting on themes of doubt, God’s gracious relationship to the world, the sanctity of the ordinary, and the under told stories of New Testament women.

This week’s guest: Dr. Vincent Smiles!  Dr. Smiles is an undergraduate theology professor at CSB/SJU.  He teaches “Theology in the Light of Science – The Bible, Church and Gender”, “The Biblical Tradition – Paul and His Letters – Jesus and the Gospels”.  Dr. Smiles has a passion for the Scriptures, and especially Paul.  He obtained his undergraduate degree in England in Philosphy and Theology, and earned his MA at SJU with a thesis on the Gospel of Matthew.  The Dr. then went on to acquire his PhD from Fordham University where he presented a dissertation on Galatians.

Katie and Joel

Michelle and Ken

Join Peggy as she talks with Father Dale Launderville, OSB.  Fr. Dale took first vows at St. John’s Abbey in 1974 and was ordained in 1979.  He completed a PhD in Semitic Languages at the Catholic University of America in 1986 and has been teaching at St. John’s since that time.  Fr. Dale served as Dean of the SOT from 1989 to 1999 and also as Rector of the Seminary from 1992 to 1997.  His work in ancient languages directed his research toward comparative topics.  Fr. Dale has written the following books:  The Dynamics of Royal Authority in Homeric Greece, Biblical Israel, and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia (Eerdmans, 2003); Spirit and Reason: The Embodied Character of Ezekiel’s Symbolic Thinking (Baylor U. Press, 2007);  Celibacy in the Ancient World: Its Ideal and Practice in Pre-Hellenistic Israel, Greece, and Mesopotamia (Liturgical Press, forthcoming).

Guest: Emrys Anu

Emrys is a Wiccan High Priestess in two traditions, and has a passion for interfaith dialogue.  She believes our shared views far outweigh our differences and Emrys envisions a world where we stand shoulder to shoulder to build a peaceful, healthy planet.

Emrys Anu is an ordained minister with the Wiccan Church of Minnesota, the Vice President of the Upper Midwest Pagan Alliance, and founder of the Ministry of Magick: Pagan Prison Initiative.  Emrys volunteers weekly at the Minnesota Correctional Facility for Men in Rush City, MN.

Guest:  John Elsen

John is a Theater professor at St. Cloud State, and a former professional actor in New York City for 20 years.  Subjects discussed include the Media, Tiger Woods, Satan, and the role of Entertainment, all within the context of the faith journey.  For more information about John, check out his IMDB page here.

For previous episodes of the Peggy Kelly Show, please search through our archives, or click on the Peggy Kelly tag underneath the title.

Contact: pmkelley@csbsju.edu

Do you know what a healthy relationship looks like? One that honors the human dignity of all those involved?

Join Peggy as she talks with Debra Schroeder, Coordinator of Community Education for Anna Marie’s Alliance since August of 2000. Debra works on issues including relationship violence, and provides professional training on domestic abuse and its effects on the individual, community, workplace, and faith community. Debra is currently coordinating the newest civic engagement initiative of Anna Marie’s Alliance entitled: Connect: Growing a healthy relationship community.

Also joining Peggy will be Carolyn Garvin, a St. Cloud City Council member and a Connect trainer and committee member, along with CSB’s own Kerri Graske who has been assisting the Connect initiative.

Contact: pmkelley@csbsju.edu