Seton Hall University Presents the Fourth Annual William Noé Field University History and New Jersey Catholicism Lecture Series

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - This Spring, Seton Hall University will present the fourth annual William Noé Field University History and New Jersey Catholicism Lecture Series organized by the Monsignor William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center at Seton Hall University. This year the series explores “Restoration, Research, Writing and Renewal” through an engaging program of lectures with a variety of prominent regional scholars. Free and open to the public, all lectures take place in Beck Rooms A & B on the first floor of Walsh Library, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Avenue in South Orange. Light refreshments will be served at all events. In addition, each presentation will be broadcast live on the Internet via the Seton Hall University homepage - www.shu.edu For more information about the events listed at the end of this article, call Alan DeLozier at (973) 275-2378.

Seton Hall University’s Fourth Annual William Noé Field Lecture Series

The Fourth Annual William Noé Field Lecture Series explores “Restoration, Research, Writing and Renewal.”

Lecture Series Schedule and Presenters:

Thursday March 4th, 6 p.m.
“New Jersey Catholicism – A View from the New Jersey Turnpike and The Passionist Presence in Union City”
Father Rob Carbonneau, C.P.
Historian/Director - Passionist Historical Archives

Wednesday, March 31st, 6 p.m.
“Looking at the Art and Function of Books from the Seton Hall University Archives and Special Collections Center”
Heidi Stokes
Seton Hall University Graduate Student in Museum Professions

Tuesday, April 6th, 6 p.m.
“Researching your New Jersey Catholic Ancestors Through Family History Resources"
Kate Dodds, Archives Assistant/Genealogist
Seton Hall University Archives

Wednesday, April 14th, 6 p.m.
“A Historical Look at the Structures of the Archdiocese of Newark”
Greg Tobin
Editor and Associate Publisher of The Catholic Advocate

Tuesday, April 27th, 12 p.m.
“The Building of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart – A Family Perspective”
Liz Mitchell
Artist

The series honors the memory of Monsignor Field, Seton Hall University’s former university archivist. Monsignor Field spent his entire life integrally involved in Seton Hall, teaching, preserving and adding to its history. A 1931 alumnus of Seton Hall Preparatory School, of Seton Hall College in 1935 and Immaculate Conception Seminary in 1940, Monsignor Field was ordained a priest in 1940.

Monsignor Field served in numerous academic and administrative positions following his ordination, as an English and religion teacher at Seton Hall Prep and part-time faculty member at Seton Hall College, chair of the university’s undergraduate and graduate English departments, assistant director and director of special collections for the university libraries. He also was a dedicated member of the University’s priest community and served as a pastor of Saint Catherine of Siena church in Cedar Grove between 1967 and 1972 and Saint

Luke’s church in Ho-Ho-Kus from 1972 to 1974.
Throughout his life, Monsignor Field was a dedicated member of the University Community, giving endless support to students, the Pirate basketball team and academic programs while collecting documents and material culture of Seton Hall’s distinguished history. Monsignor Field died December 3, 2000 at the age of 84.

Founded in 1856, Seton Hall University is the nation’s oldest diocesan institution of higher education. Today, the University is made up of nine schools and colleges. One of six private universities in New Jersey and the only Catholic University in the state, Seton Hall currently enrolls nearly 10,000 students. For more information on Seton Hall University, see www.shu.edu on the World Wide Web. To access Seton Hall’s Department of Public Relations and Marketing media database, visit the University’s Web site and click on News and Events.