Eloise Rosenblatt, RSM, holds an MA in Comparative Literature from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles; a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology; and a PhD in theology from the Graduate Theological Union. She did a year of graduate work at the École Biblique in Jerusalem, Israel. She has a background in higher education—as administrator at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California, and as university and graduate school professor of biblical studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, Boston College, and Santa Clara University. Her last academic post was Associate Dean of Faculty at the Graduate Theological Union. She transitioned to the field of law, and since 2008, has been a civil attorney licensed by the State of California; she conducts a private practice in family law 35 in San Jose, California. Her most recent publication is a feminist commentary on 2 Peter in the Wisdom Commentary Series published by Liturgical Press. She served as the editor of The MAST Journal from 1993 to 2025.
Eloise was working on the Vol. 30 No. 1 issue when she died, ensuring that this inaugural issue of The MAST Journal as an online publication would carry the Journal—and all who read it, write for it, and shepherd it—faithfully into the future.
Welcome to the first issue of The MAST Journal to be published online! After thirty years of publishing in the traditional format of a printed hard copy, we are reaching out to you, our readers, from this new platform. Yes, the articles can be downloaded and printed so you can have a hard copy in your hands. But there are some changes. No longer is
This issue, “Foundations of Spirituality,” comes in the midst of the flow of The MAST Journal toward online publication. The theme of this issue expresses our conviction that accommodation to the “signs of the times,” reveals that the foundations for our lives and ministries haven’t changed, even if the gears for working them are getting re-fitted.
Dear Sisters, Associates, Companions and Friends of Mercy, The inspiration for this issue of The MAST Journal, “Synod and Synodality,” was inspired by the opening of the Synod by Pope Francis almost three years ago. As this issue goes to press, the Synod on Synodality is being held at the Vatican, after a world-wide listening process. Some called this moment Vatican III. If Vatican II
Participants: Eight laywomen who have been meeting weekly as “Pete’s Pals” for 40 years. They belong to several different parishes in the San Francisco Archdiocese, but come together at a central meeting space in a Bay Area city’s civic center. Where and How Do You Personally Experience Church Today? What Joys Do You Experience? What Difficulties and Obstacles Have You Encountered? What Is Your Dream/Vision
Responses are from a women’s group lunch discussion held on June 16, 2022. What are your dreams for the Church?