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Sr. Kathy: Journey Of Vocation, Grace Logan

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper includes a compilation of sections from an interview with Sr. Kathy, a religious sister who has performed a variety of service-focused tasks in her many years with her community, and it illustrates her vocational journey.

Sr. Celia: Improving Education, Jackson Phillips

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

I interviewed Sr. Celia in January of 2018, where she discussed her life as a woman religious. The portion of the interview included in this paper involves her explanation of why she chose to become a teaching sister.

Sr. Lucy: Vocational Conflict, Cynthia Johnson

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

I interviewed Sr. Lucy in January of 2018 to explore her life experiences as a woman religious. This paper includes a portion of the interview in which she spoke about her vocational conflicts over the years, and how she overcame them.

Sr. Holy: A Calling From The Lord, Caitlyn Schaffer

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper includes a portion of an interview with Sr. Holy, a woman religious missionary who belongs to the congregation of Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, where her theological beliefs are enacted by her service to others. Within the congregation of Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, she is focused on directing the novitiate, giving spiritual direction, volunteering with the aid for women, networking with the aid for women, and taking part in a life learning center making disciples. She uses her gifts that Jesus has given her to employ her virtues in the service of others. Throughout her life she mentioned the …

Sr. Elizabeth: Education And Vocation, Maddy Cuasay

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

I interviewed Sr. Elizabeth in January of 2018 regarding her life as a woman religious. This paper includes her thoughts on vocation, her experiences as an educator, and her role as a family coordinator within her congregation.

Sr. Roseline: The Role Of The Family And Education, Autumn Loucks

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper contains the interview with Sr. Roseline, a woman religious, who works in education, and her theory as to why the number of young Catholics has declined.

Sr. Catherine: Sister For Conversation, Mary Therese Thomas

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper includes part of an interview with Sr. Catherine, a sister who has worked as an educator for over 15 years, and her views on inclusivism and the need for political conversation within the United States.

Sr. Hannah: Handling Change, Jakob Weiss

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

Sister Hannah is a woman religious I interviewed recently about her life and experiences. Our interview focused primarily on her thoughts about modern-day changes in the Catholic Church.

Sr. Ruth: Teaching Change, Riley Ferguson

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper is part of an interview with Sister Ruth, a Sister of the order of Notre Dame who has focused her adulthood on teaching youth. This paper focuses on how Sister Ruth has understood and interacts with the millennial generation.

Sr. Ginger: Changes In The Teaching World, Nicholas Roemer

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

I interviewed Sr. Ginger in January of 2018 regarding her professional and spiritual life as a woman religious. This paper includes a portion of the interview where Sr. Ginger spoke on her experiences in the education field.

Sr. Mary Janet: Work And Play As A Hospital Chaplain, Jessica Bolton

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

In December 2017, I interviewed Sr. Mary Janet, a Franciscan sister who works as a hospital chaplain. This paper includes a portion of my interview with her and her opinions on how chaplaincy has strengthened her faith and ties with her local community.

Sr. Hillery: Catholic Youth Retention, Nicholas Martinez

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

I interviewed Sr. Hillery in January of 2018 regarding her experiences as a woman religious. This paper includes a portion of of the interview where she spoke on her experience with retaining youth in the Catholic Church.

Sr. Sarah Grace: The Common Good, Caleb Wright

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper includes part of an interview with Sr. Sarah Grace from January 2, 2018. She is a women religious who has worked in education for 25 years. This paper includes a portion of the interview where she shared her perspective on the common good.

Sr. Jane: “Journeying” With God’S People, Hannah K. Griggs

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

I interviewed Sr. Jane in December of 2017 regarding her life experiences as a woman religious. This paper includes portions of the interview where she reflected on her experiences journeying with God’s people, God’s relational presence with those who suffer, and the relationship between spirituality and politics.

Sr. Cynthia: Powerful Interactions, Chloe Griffin

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

The following paper includes portions of an interview with Sr. Cynthia Gray, a Salesian Sister who has worked in the education field for over 30 years. The paper focuses on the recurring theme of the important interactions and connections of women religious, specifically Salesians, with the rest of the world.

Sr. Estelle: When In Rome, Ashley Massey

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This is a two page excerpt from an interview conducted with Sister Estelle in December 2017. She worked for twelve years in Europe representing her Union, but now that she is back in the States, she focuses on vocational work and helping people find out where they belong.

Sr. Margaret: Christians And Political Participation, Giselle Loucks

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This is an excerpt of an interview with Sister Margaret, a sister in the Salesian order, in which she discusses the role of all Christians in regards to political participation.

Sr. Judith: Community And Environmental, Abigail Brown

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper includes an interview with Sr. Judith, a woman religious who has worked with environmental issues for the majority of her time as a woman religious. It highlights what she has worked on to improve the environment and how to keep our Earth cleaner in the future.

Sr. Marie Smith: The Franciscan Spirit, Ethan William Stender Doan

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

In this paper, I will discuss my interview with Sister Marie Smith. Sister Marie is a member of a Franciscan order. She became sister in the late 1970’s and took her final vows in 1985. Sister Marie spent part of her career as high school teacher in theology and then in campus ministries. This paper focuses on her call to become a Sister.

Sr. Carol Navitski: Importance Of The Laity, Sofia Vacca

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper includes part of an interview with Sr. Carol Navitski, a woman religious and teacher. During this portion of the interview, she discussed her love for teaching, changes the Catholic Church has made over the years, and some of the challenges she believes are still prevalent today.

Sr. Colleen: Teaching As A Passion, Keridwen Mcdaniel

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper dives into some of the adventures that Sister Colleen Clair has experienced throughout her life as a Catholic educator in America and across the globe.

Sr. Rebecca: The True Value Of Women, Shelby M. Burroughs

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper includes part of an interview with Sister Rebecca, a Salesian who has worked in education for the last 10 years, and her views on the roles that women religious play in the lives of people

Augustana Seniors Fall 1883: Petrus L. Bergström, Abby Bloeser, Julia Dimoutsikos, Paloma Hernandez

Augustana Seniors Fall 1883 (Class of 1884)

Petrus Bergström was a senior at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, in the fall of 1883. His name appears in the college catalog of 1883 – 1884, along with his birthplace, the year of his birth, and a few other facts. From this start, we researched the genealogy and family history of Petrus Bergström. This paper contains a short biography of Petrus Bergström, a report on his ancestors, a report on his descendants, and some open questions for further research.

Augustana Seniors Fall 1883: Gustaf Sven Swenson, Ryan Thornton, Samuel D. Jones, Nathan Black

Augustana Seniors Fall 1883 (Class of 1884)

Gustaf Swenson was a senior at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, in the fall of 1883. His name appears in the college catalog of 1883 – 1884, along with his birthplace, the year of his birth, and a few other facts. From this start, we researched the genealogy and family history of Gustaf Swenson. This paper contains a short biography of Gustaf Swenson, a report on his ancestors, a report on his descendants, and some open questions for further research.

Augustana Seniors Fall 1883: Algott Holmén, Emily Brooks, Grace Carpenter, Morgan Collazo

Augustana Seniors Fall 1883 (Class of 1884)

Algott Holmén was a senior at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, in the fall of 1883. His name appears in the college catalog of 1883 – 1884, along with his birthplace, the year of his birth, and a few other facts. From this start, we researched the genealogy and family history of Algott Holmén. This paper contains a short biography of Algott Holmén, a report on his ancestors, a report on his descendants, and some open questions for further research.

Toward A Theology Of Transformation, Hannah Kathleen Griggs

Eddie Mabry Diversity Award

Black liberation theologians come to terms with white supremacy by collectively remembering the story of the Exodus and Jesus' crucifixion--affirming God's preference for freedom and in-the-world salvation. The particular history of white American Christianity requires a different story to provide the foundation for our social memory. As white American Christians, we have certain blind spots—blind spots created by historical and social privileges that have given white people unequal access to power and resources. The story of Zacchaeus has the potential to help reframe white Christianity’s conception of race relations in the United States, shifting from a reconciliation paradigm to a …

Rita, Rita, Tsos

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Rita Alkhaledy grew up in Sadr City, a poor suburb of Baghdad. Her father is an Iraqi Arab and her mother was Kurdish Iranian. Her mother lived in fear that she would be cast out of Baghdad as being an outsider in Iraq was frowned upon. Her father served in the Iraqi army in the 80s and was gone a great deal, leading to a strained relationship. Their relationship was mended when her mother died from cancer.

After the Iraq war, Rita and her brothers realized that their lives were in danger. They had to move from house to house …

Faith-Based Social Entrepreneurship: The Integration Of Faith And Business For Sustainable Social Impact, Christine Beech

Business as Mission Theses and Dissertations

Faith-based nonprofit organizations face myriad challenges in securing a sufficient donation base within a restricted pool of donors. This funding challenge often limits their ability to conduct their mission. To offset this challenge and model self-sufficiency, many faith-based organizations are looking to evolve into hybrid platforms that operate as faith-based social entrepreneurial ventures and manage to a triple bottom line of social good, financial impact, and spiritual mission. Yet even with the best of intentions, successfully merging a for-profit business model into a preexisting nonprofit organization often fails, even before the faith-factor is in play. This study of social entrepreneurship …

Spiritual Formation In The Graduate School Of Clinical Psychology At George Fox University, Rodger K. Bufford, Nancy S. Thurston, Kathleen Gathercoal, Marie-Christine Goodworth, Lynn H. Holt

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

At its inception, the training model in the Graduate School of Clinical Psychology (GSCP) at George Fox University was informed by the approach inaugurated at Fuller Theological Seminary School of Psychology in the 1960s. In the original model, training in Christian religion/spirituality and theology accompanied training in professional psychology. In the interim, our culture, psychological knowledge, perceived psychological needs, and training programs have changed greatly. Here we report changes in religion/spirituality (RIS) training and integration over the last two decades. We describe our current spiritual formation structure and process, and program evaluation efforts. Over the past several years the GSCP …

Transforming Organizational Climate After A Transitional Change In Leadership At The Unitarian Universalist Church Of Catawba Valley, Elizabeth Lee Braun

Education Dissertations and Projects

In the summer of 2016, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Catawba Valley saw the retirement of its long-time minister and the hiring of a quarter-time consulting minister. In the 3-5 years leading up to that, the church had been experiencing a drop in general attendance, a decrease in overall membership, minimally functioning committees, defunct committees, and low morale.

Applying Morgan’s (2006) metaphor of organizations as cultures, which shows “how organization ultimately rests in shared systems of meaning, hence the actions and interpretive schemes that create and re-create that meaning” (p. 138), and which allows organizations “another means of creating and …