ASSIGNMENTS FOR ARCHDIOCESE OF BALTIMORE
SECOND YEAR OF FORMATION, Class of 2019
Spring Semester, 2018
Room 102 D
DATE / ASSIGNMENT / PROFESSOR /January 20 / Liturgical Theology
John F. Baldovin, SJ and David Farina Turnbloom, Editors, Catholic Sacraments: A Rich Source of Blessings,
New York: Paulist Press, 2015
ISBN: 978-8091-4952-0
Lambert J. Leisjen, With the Silent Glimmer of God’s Spirit: A Postmodern Look at the Sacraments, New York: Paulist Press, 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8091-4437-2
Read: Leisjen, ch. 1, 2, 3 and Baldovin, pp. 3-11 / Rev. Scott Detisch
Associate Professor, Systematic Theology, St. Mary’s Seminary & University
Feb. 3 / Sacraments: Baptism
Read: Leisjen, pp. 42-54 and Baldovin, pp. 15-49 / Fr. Detisch
Feb. 10 / Sacraments: Eucharist
Read: Leisjen, pp. 54-60 and Baldovin, pp. 51-91 / Fr. Detisch
March 3 / Ancient/Medieval Church History
Thomas Bokenkotter, A Concise History of the Catholic Church (Revised Edition) Paperback – August 16, 2005
ISBN: 978-0385516136
Read chapters 1-18, = pages 7-207 / Dr. Brent Laytham
Dean, St. Mary’s Ecumenical Institute of Theology
March 10 / Sacraments: Orders & Marriage
Read: Leisjen, Chapter 9 and Baldovin, pp. 129-159 / Fr. Detisch
March 17 / Basic Preaching
Dei Verbum, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation. Vatican II, 1965 Available online at http://w2.vatican.va
Fulfilled in Your Hearing, Washington: USCCB, 1982
Available at USCCB Publishing, Publication No. 850-9
Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis, 2013 Available online at http://w2.vatican.va Read paragraphs 135-159, only
Preaching the Mystery of Faith: The Sunday Homily, Washington: USCCB, 2013
Available at USCCB Publishing, Publication No. 5-494 / Rev. Steven Roth
Adjunct Professor, St. Mary’s Seminary & University
April 14 / Patristics
Boniface Ramsey, Beginning to Read the Fathers (rev. edition) Paulist Press, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-809-147-540
Marcellino D’Ambrosio, When the Church Was Young,
Servant Books, published by Franciscan Media, 2014
ISBN: 978-1-61636-777-0 / Rev. Thomas Hurst, P.S.S.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Sacred Scripture, President-Rector,
St. Mary’s Seminary & University 2007-2016
April 28 / Pastoral Theology
Kenan Osborne, Orders & Ministry: Leadership in the World Church, Orbis, 2006
ISBN: 978-1-57075-628-3
Ben Campbell Johnson, and Andrew Dreitcer, Beyond the Ordinary, Eerdmans: 2001
ISBN: 0-8028-4773-0 / Dr. Pat Fosarelli,
Associate Dean, St. Mary’s Ecumenical Institute of Theology
May 5 / Snow Make-Up Day