Michael Patella, OSB
Recent classes taught: The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles (Fall 2010, Spring 2008 -- Web course) The Johannine Tradition (Fall 2009) Biblical and Archaeological Sites (Summer 2009) Pauline Letters (Fall 2008) Publications:
“Saint John’s Abbey Eyes Completion of Historic Illuminated Manuscript Project,” CMSM Bulletin. March 2006. http://www.cmsm.org/publications.shtml “Three Monks Entered the Abbey and Stayed Because…,” The Abbey Banner. Spring 2005 (5/1) 14.
“The Saint John’s Bible: Text, Metaphor, and Exegesis” CSSR Bulletin (34/1-2) Feb/April 2005, 22-26. “Is there Nothing for the Neanderthal?” Headwaters. 22/2005. 56-67. “The Theology of the Saint John’s Bible” ARTS Magazine (17/1) 2005, 20-28. “Die Saint John’s Bible,” Biblos: Beitrage zu Buch, Bibliothek und Schrift. 52/2003; 201-208. Columnist for The Bible Today (Liturgical Press) Book review: For Catholic Biblical Quarterly: Sartre, Maurice. The Middle East under Rome (trans. Catherine Porter and Elizabeth Rawlings with Jeannine Routier-Pucci; Cambridge/London: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005). Publication pending. Presentations: “The Theology of The Saint John’s Bible” at College of Saint Thomas Sacred Arts Festival, Tuesday, 7 November 2006. Participating archaeologist, Hippos Excavation, Israel, 8-13 July 2006. Monastic Institute, Saint John’s University, presentation on The Saint John’s Bible, Sunday, 2 July. Speaker, Annual Campus Ministry Liturgical Ministry Appreciation Banquet, 15 March 2006, talk entitled, “If Everyone is Right, Who is Left?” “Sacramental Vision of the World: The Saint John’s Bible and Saint Joseph Cathedral”, a talk in commemorating the Sesquicentennial of Saint Joseph Cathedral, Buffalo, New York, 27 February 2006. Festival of Scholarship and Creativity, 26 January 2006. Presentation on The Saint John’s Bible at the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, 17 January 2006. “The Making of the Saint John’s Bible” Society of Biblical Literature Meeting, 18 November 2005. “Saint John’s Bible.” Saint Bartholomew church staff retreat, 8 October 2005. Emmaus Hall, Saint John’s School of Theology·Seminary. “Lectio Divina and the Saint John’s Bible.” SOT·Sem board retreat, 20 September 2005. Ron Reimann and Diane Liemandt-Reimann. "Ghosts, Goblins and Ghouls: a Monk's Reflection" Friday Forum. 29 October 2004. Little Theater, Saint John’s University. Interviews: “Team working on first handwritten Bible since 15th century” for Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel by Judy Morgan, 16 April 2006. KNSI 1450 am “The Creative Department with Dave Phipps,” Sunday, 19 March 2006. Minnesota Public Radio, “The Book Guys” 14 March 2006. “Illuminations and Inspirations” for The Buffalo News First Sunday by Jay Tokasz, 5 March 2006, 10-12. “Diocesan Conversations with Kevin Keenan” Daybreak Productions, Diocese of Buffalo, Sunday, 26 February 2006. “Handmade Bible revives a sacred art” for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle by Marketta Gregory, Thursday, 23 February 2006. WLW-AM "WLW Morning Show” Russ Jackson, Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, 16 February 2006. WBZ-AM Boston, Massachusetts, by Jordan Rich Thursday, 2 February 2006. University Service Chair, The Committee on Illumination and Text, Saint John’s Bible, 1998- Saint John’s University Human Rights Board 2004-2006 Safe Space 101, a training session with Campus Ministry, September 2004 Prepared Theology Faculty’s Catholic Voting Statement for distribution among the CSB/SJU community, October-November 2005. Opening of “Illuminating the Word” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, 8 April 2005. Host for the 68th Annual International meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association 6-9 August 2005. |



