Felician College Commemorates the Feast of St. Francis with Lecture by Visiting Professor of Theology from Fordham University 

Lodi, NJ -- The Felician College Division of Arts and Sciences and the Philosophy Department will present the 2002 Feast of Saint Francis Lecture on Wednesday, October 9 at 4 p.m. in the Main College Building Lecture Hall on the Lodi campus at 262 South Main Street.  This year's speaker will be Sr. Judith Marie Kubicki, CSSF, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Theology at Fordham University.

Sr. Judith Marie's lecture is entitled, "Bonaventure's Theological Legacy: What the 13th Century Franciscan Intellectual Tradition Can Offer 21^st Century Catholic Higher Education."  Sr. Judith Marie Kubicki, CSSF, a Felician sister from the Buffalo Province, is Assistant Professor of Theology at Fordham University.

“We are honored to have Sr. Judith Marie as our lecturer this year," says Dr. Gerard O'Sullivan, Dean of Arts and Sciences.  "As a Felician sister she brings her lived experience as a Franciscan to bear upon her impressive scholarship."

 Sr. Judith Marie received a Ph.D. in Religion and Religious Education
from The Catholic University of America.  In 1999, Sr. Judith Marie published
"Liturgical Music as Ritual Symbol: A Case Study of Jacques Berthier's
Taize Music" (Leuven, Belgium: Peeters).  In addition to her doctoral degree,
Sr. Judith Marie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music, a Master of Arts
degree in English, and a Master's degree in Liturgical Music.

Admission to the lecture is free.  All are invited to attend.  For additional information, please contact the Felician College Division of Arts and Sciences at 201-559-6117.