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Communio: History
For its first decade, the retreat was titled, Vocation, Liberal Learning, and the Professions. It was originally conceived as a part of Baylor Horizons, a multi-year initiative funded by over $2.5 million in grants from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. to create new or enhance existing programs at Baylor University that support the theological exploration of vocation.
Past leaders include:
- Anton Armstrong, St. Olaf College
- Dorothy C. Bass, Valparaiso University
- Michael Beaty, Baylor University
- Amy Black, Wheaton College
- Heidi Bostic, Baylor University
- Anne-Marie Bowery, Baylor University
- Burt Burleson, Baylor University
- Paul J. Contino, Pepperdine University
- Darin Davis, Baylor University
- C. Stephen Evans, Baylor University
- Jan Evans, Baylor University
- Susan M. Felch, Calvin College
- Lee Hardy, Calvin College
- Jeanne Heffernan, Pepperdine University
- Douglas Henry, Baylor University
- Thomas Hibbs, Baylor University
- David Lyle Jeffrey, Baylor University
- Karren Kowalski, Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence
- Todd Lake, Baylor University
- Elizabeth Newman, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
- John O'Callaghan, University of Notre Dame
- Julie Pennington-Russell, First Baptist Church, Decatur, Georgia
- Charles Pinches, University of Scranton
- Mark W. Roche, University of Notre Dame
- Shirley J. Roels, Calvin College
- Mark Schwehn, Valparaiso University
- David Smith, Calvin College
- Thomas Smith, Villanova University
- David Solomon, University of Notre Dame
- Daniel Treier, Wheaton College
- Susan VanZanten, Seattle Pacific University
- Paul Wadell, St. Norbert College
- Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University
- Ralph Wood, Baylor University
Through 2012, more than 400 faculty and staff members representing over 50 academic departments and programs at Baylor have participated in this retreat. Thus, over one-third of Baylor's total faculty have engaged in this important program of reading, reflection, and conversation about the theological exploration of vocation.
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