VOL. 7 NO. 2, Fall 2013

Sisters Teach Theology at Georgian Court University While teaching music at Mount Saint Mary’s Academy in Watchung, NJ, many years ago, Sister Judith Schubert, RSM, substitute taught for an Old Testament class and found her passion, teaching Scripture.... More

Sisters Teach Theology at Georgian Court University While teaching music at Mount Saint Mary’s Academy in Watchung, NJ, many years ago, Sister Judith Schubert, RSM, substitute taught for an Old Testament class and found her passion, teaching Scripture. “I do love music, but Scripture is my life. I just love the Bible,” says Sister Judith, a professor of theology who has taught at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, NJ since 1978. “Many students here have grown up without religious affiliation or knowledge,” says Sister Judith. “But most students know that Noah is identified with the flood. I ask them to stand up, look out the classroom window, and see the world like Noah. That helps them realize that he had a limited scope of the world compared to today’s standards. I help introduce them to the Bible and I try to keep religion relevant. ” Sister Mary-Paula Cancienne, RSM, an assistant professor of theology who has taught at Georgian Court Universit Less