Women in the World 2012

Women in the World

2012

“Feed My Shepherds”:

Spiritual Healing and Renewal

for those in Christian Leadership

The Anna Howard Shaw Center Presents:

Anna Howard Shaw

Award Recipient Banquet

March 21, 2012

9:30am to 8:30pm

“Feed My Shepherds”:

Spiritual Healing and Renewal for those

in Christian Leadership

“Devotion to social justice, persistence in

difficult circumstances, service for the common

good, and a vision of a better world” are highly

valued characteristics of transformational lead-

ers and notably, were also characteristics of

Anna Howard Shaw and the recipients of the

award given in her name. Nurturing and sus-

taining transformational gifts and ministries

comes at a cost. Over the years, the Center has

engaged in analyses of personal collective ex-

periences of women in ministry. Research and

retention studies, time and time again, reveal an

unhealthy level of spiritual malaise, often ex-

pressed as “burn out,” desert seasons, and loss of

passion for a ministerial call. Both clergy and

laity are at risk of suffering spiritual crisis due to

the stressful environments of many church con-

texts.

Shepherds need tending as much as the

sheep. This year’s Women in the World confer-

ence will name the nature of today’s crisis in

personal spirituality and reflect on the causes of

and remedies for spiritual desolation in today’s

leaders.

Boston University School of Theology

Anna Howard Shaw Center

745 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02215

617-353-3075

http://www.bu.edu/shaw/

Honoring

The Rev. Dr. Aida

Irizarry– Fernández

Rev. Dr. Fernandez was appointed to Hope

United Methodist Church in Belchertown, MA in

2010. She came from Mathewson Street UMC in

Providence, Rhode Island where she served for

two years.

From 2000 to 2003 she served as the District

Superintendent of the Metro Boston North Dis-

trict. In 2003 she was appointed to the new Metro

Boston Hope District in The New England Con-

ference where she served until 2008.

Fernandez was ordained a deacon in 1989 and

received her elder’s orders in the Southern New

England Conference in 1991. She received her

D.Min. from New York Theological Seminary in

1997, and her M.S.W. and M.Div. from Boston

University in 1989.

Her experiences include pastoral ministry,

interfaith counseling, advocacy, clinical social

work, leadership development, teaching, admini-

stration, and psychotherapy. In addition, Aida

served as a consultant to the National Hispanic

Plan for eight years.

Fernandez was reassigned for a second term

to the board of directors of the General Board of

Global Ministries. She currently serves as a board

member of the Anna Howard Shaw Center at the

BU School of Theology and as faculty for the

Curso de Estudio at Garrett-Evangelical Semi-

nary.

Directions:

Parking (“P” on map):

Warren Towers at Hinsdale St. & Commonwealth Ave.

Public Transportation (“T” on map):

Green Line, BU Central stop

Conference (“C” on map):

Photonics Building, PHO 906,

775 Commonwealth Ave

Morning Worship (“W” on map):

Marsh Chapel, 735 Commonwealth Ave.

Anna Howard Shaw Center (“S” on map):

School of Theology, STH 321

745 Commonwealth Ave.,

Boston, Massachusetts 02215

BU Faculty Lounge

775 Commonwealth Avenue, 5th floor

Schedule

9:30-11:00am…………….…………..1st Speaker

Christina Belogour

11:10am-12:00pm……………….…...…Worship

12:15-1:15pm…………...….……….....…. Lunch

1:30-3:00pm……………......……….. 2

Speaker

Aida Izarry-Fernandez

3:00-3:15pm…………………………….... Break

3:15-4:45pm………………...….….... 3

Speaker

Pamela Lightsey

4:45-5:00pm…………………….………... Break

5:00-6:00pm…………………………...….. Panel

Moderator: Mary Elizabeth Moore

6:00-6:30pm…………. Shaw Center Open House

6:30-8:30….Anna Howard Shaw Award Banquet

Anna Howard Shaw

Award Banquet

The Anna Howard Shaw Award is given

in recognition of women who embody those val-

ues expressed in the life of Anna Howard Shaw:

courage born out of Christian faith, dedication to

increased opportunities for women, devotion to

social justice, persistence in difficult circum-

stances, service for the common good, and a vi-

sion of a better world.

Past recipients have include C. Faith

Richardson, Susan M. Morrison, Jeanne Audrey

Powers, Margaret Suber Wiborg, Yolanda Pupo-

Oritz, and Katheryn Pfisterer Darr.

This year we honor the seventh recipient

of the Anna Howard Shaw Center, Aida Irizarry-

Fernandez. Anna Howard Shaw Award Banquet

will be held in conjunction with the Annual

Women in the World Conference.

Speakers and Bios

Christina Belogour

Christina Belogour received her

Masters in Divinity, with a spe-

cialty in pastoral counseling, in

1998 from Boston University. She

was ordained in 1999 and served as

associate pastor of the First Baptist

Church of Boston, an American

Baptist church. She earned a Ph.D.

in pastoral psychology from Boston University in 2007.

Her research interests include feminist and liberation

theologies as frames for understanding both appearance

discrimination and pastoral identity issues. Currently,

she works at Bay Path College as a professor of cultural

diversity, social psychology, counseling, introductory

psychology and psychology of women.

Pamela Lightsey

Pamela Lightsey is a scholar, social

justice activist, and military veteran

whose academic and research inter-

ests include: classical and contem-

porary just war theory, Womanist

theology, Queer theory and theol-

ogy, and African American reli-

gious history and theologies. Pam-

ela’s forthcoming publications include “Reconciliation,”

in Radical Evangelical, “If There Should Come a

Word” in Black United Methodists Preach! and one

work in progress, Inner Dictum: A Womanist Reflection

from the Queer Realm. She currently works at Boston

University School of Theology as Associate Dean for

Community Life and Lifelong Learning and Clinical

Assistant Professor of Contextual Theology

Mary Elizabeth Moore

Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore sees

her primary work as working with

others and contributing her small

part toward repair of the world. Her

recent books include Teaching as a

Sacramental Act, Ministering with

the Earth, and Teaching from the

Heart, plus the co-edited volumes

Children, Youth, and Spirituality in a Troubling World

and Practical Theology and Hermeneutics. She has also

written many articles on education, process and feminist

theologies, and justice and reconciliation. She currently

works at Boston University School of Theology as the

Dean and Professor of Theology and Education.

Please detach and return by March 1st.

Alternatively, you may register online at:

http://www.bu.edu/shaw/women-in-the-world-

2011/

Names of Those Attending:

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Fee

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Cost

Adult $10.00

Current BU Student Free

Lunch Free

Banquet $40.00

Parking Pass $10.00

Donation in honor

of Rev. Aida

Irizarry-Fernandez:

Total ($)

Please make checks payable

to the Anna Howard Shaw

Center.

Address is listed

under Directions.