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Stephen Bevans, SVD

Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD, Professor Emeritus of Mission and Culture
S.T.B., S.T.L., Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame; Study: University of Cambridge

Steve Bevans is a priest in the missionary congregation of the Society of the Divine Word and Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD, Professor Emeritus of Mission and Culture.

After completing his Licentiate in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1972, he served as a missionary to the Philippines until 1981. In 1986 he received a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame and has taught at CTU since that time, officially retiring from the faculty in 2015.

He is the author or co-author of six books and editor or co-editor of eleven, including Models of Contextual Theology (2002), Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today (2004), and An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective (2009). In 2013, he edited A Century of Catholic Mission, and, in 2015, with Cathy Ross, Mission on the Road to Emmaus: Constants, Context, and Prophetic Dialogue.

He is a member of the World Council of Churches' Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.

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Books written by Steve Bevans

Contributions from Stephen Bevans, SVD
Scripture Reflection for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (January 29, 2012)

Scripture Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Psalm 98:1-2, 6-7, 7-9 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Mark 1:21-28

January 26, 2012
Scripture Reflection for Ash Wednesday (February 22, 2012)
February 21, 2012
Scripture Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent (February 26, 2012)

Scripture Readings: Genesis 9:8-15 Psalm 25: 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1 Peter 3: 18-22 Mark 1:12-15

February 24, 2012

This is the text of a talk that Steve Bevans gave on October 28, 2011 at the annual meeting of the United States Catholic Mission Association (USCMA) in Miami, Florida. It was printed in the USCMA's newsletter Mission Update as the Winter, 2011 "USCMA Paper."

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February 29, 2012
Scripture Reflection for the fifth Sunday of Lent (March 25, 2012)

Scripture Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33

March 22, 2012
Scripture Reflection for Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord (April 8, 2012)

Scripture Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Psalm 118 Colossians 3:1-4 or 1Corinithians 5:6b-8 John 20:1-9

April 5, 2012
Scripture Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (April 29, 2012)

Scripture Readings: Acts 4:8-12 Psalm 118 1 John 3:1-2 John 10:11-18

April 26, 2012
Scripture Reflection for PENTECOST SUNDAY (May 27, 2012)

Scripture Readings: Acts 2:1-11 First Corinthians 3b-7, 12-13 or Galatians 5:16-25 Sequence: “Veni Sancte Spiritus” John 20:19-23 or John 15:26-27, 16:12-15

May 24, 2012
Scripture Reflection for the Solemnity of the Birth of John the Baptist (Sunday, June 24, 2012)

Scripture Readings: Isaiah 49:1-6 Psalm 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15 Acts 13:22-26 Luke 1:57-66, 80

June 21, 2012
Scripture Reflection for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (July 29, 2012)

Scripture Readings: 2 Kings 4:42-44 Psalm 145 Ephesians 4:1-6 John 6:1-15

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July 25, 2012
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