Member Updates

  1. Can Gregory the Great blog & twitter? Yes he can.

    Gregory the Great’s correspondence mirrors the historical context of his day and age. The reader gets to know his views on the affairs of the world, his spirituality; how he communicated as leader of the Church, diplomat, or as friend.

    I started a blog and twitter about the 800 plus letters, using The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn, published by Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. The concept is simple: every day or so a twitter with a quote, linked to a blog which quotes the paragraph the quote can be found.

    guest

    May 4th, 2010 11:30 am | Continue Reading

  2. NAPS Constitution Amendment (for vote at 2010 meeting)

    Dear NAPS members,

    One of the topics that has been raised most persistently and with greatest passion in recent years at both the general business meetings and the meetings of the Board of Directors of NAPS is the importance of our graduate student members and the need to support that constituency effectively.  Consequently, at the 2009 business meeting of our society, the membership approved a change in our By-laws allowing for an expansion from seven to eight in the number of Directors that may be elected to the Board:  this was done to pave the way for the creation of a student representative to the Board.  It should be said that nothing prevents student members also being elected to any of the four positions for Members-at-large, though this has to my knowledge never occurred in the relatively brief history of our society.  What is desired is to secure the voice of at least one student member on the Board every year by the addition of this new position.

    Secretary-Treasurer

    March 12th, 2010 1:42 pm | Continue Reading

  3. Jeffery A. Wittung

    An editor at Baker Academic who worked with NAPS members on their publications died unexpectedly on January 10, 2010. Below is the press release from Baker Publishing Group:

    Baker Publishing Group mourns the loss of a colleague and friend, Jeffery A. Wittung. Jeff, one of Baker’s academic editors, was injured in a car accident on his way to work January 6, 2010. He passed away the evening of January 10. He leaves behind a wife, Marne, and two daughters: Ana (5) and Kate (1).

    Secretary-Treasurer

    January 16th, 2010 2:58 pm | Continue Reading

  4. Prof. Thomas Martin, O.S.A.

    On Friday, February 20, Prof. Thomas Martin, O.S.A., who was Professor of Theology and Religious Studies and Director of the Augustinian Institute at Villanova University passed away. Tom was a long-time member of the Society and an extraordinary scholar of Augustine, and his contribution to patristic studies and to NAPS was enormous.

    admin

    August 3rd, 2009 10:29 am | Continue Reading