Veritas - Summer / Fall 2003 Newsletter

Spring D.Min. Graduates Commissioned

Three new Doctors of Ministry were commissioned at Cor Jesu Chapel on Friday, May 9, 2003 after presenting synopses of their thesis-projects to an audience of faculty, staff, administrators, family and friends.

Their projects reflected the diversity of their ministries:

Sean DeLeis, Changing Attitudes Towards Non-Christian Religions, Especially Islam, in a Representative Group of Parishioners in a Mid-Florida Catholic Parish;

Raphael Karekatt, Catalysts of Dialogue – Heralds of Justice and the Reign of God: A Critical Assessment of the Policies and Methods Employed to Train Fransalians for Pastoral Leadership in the Contemporary Indian Church;

Mary Carter Waren, Prior Marital Bonds and the Sacraments of Initiation as Experienced Through the RCIA: Pastoral Guidelines and Theological Reflection.