Sister Elizabeth Johnson Receives Arrupe Award
Presenting The University of Scranton’s Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Award for Distinguished Contributions to Ignatian Mission and Ministry, are, from left; Rev. Joseph G. Marina, S.J., president of The University of Scranton; Arrupe Award recipient Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.; and Daniel Cosacchi, Ph.D., vice president for mission and ministries.Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., the 2024 recipient of The University of Scranton’s Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Award for Distinguished Contributions to Ignatian Mission and Ministry, presented “Jesus and the Earth: Seeing Christ Through an Ecological Lens” at the award ceremony on campus.
The University of Scranton created the Arrupe Award in 1995 to recognize persons who have furthered in a significant way the Ignatian mission. Recipients are chosen both for the Ignatian vision which they bring to their ministry and their outstanding contributions to the Ignatian mission. The award is named for the late Very Rev. Pedro Arrupe, S.J., the 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus. Father Arrupe articulated a dynamic vision of the Ignatian mission and its ministry for contemporary times.
Sister Johnson, hailed by The National Catholic Reporter as “one of the country’s most prominent and respected theologians,” served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. She is internationally known for her work in systematic, feminist and ecological theology. In her 11 books and numerous articles, she has offered groundbreaking perspectives on traditional Catholic thought.
