The Josephology Society International will soon launch Josephology Studies, a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal. We welcome contributions from all topics in Josephology, especially Joseph in Scripture, Joseph in the early Church Fathers, Joseph in the liturgy, Joseph in the papal magisterium, and Joseph in the devotional piety of the faithful - as well as book reviews, music reviews, and movie reviews.

Call for Papers! Please include a short 250-word abstract at the beginning of your article and email it to JosephologySociety@gmail.com by June 15, 2025, formatted according to the Josephology Studies style guide below. Submissions should not have been previously published in English.

Bible Quotations & Abbreviations

Please use the RSV-CE, unless the essay necessitates the use of another version. If the author translates a verse of Scripture directly, the corresponding original language should be provided in a footnote. Abbreviations are as follows:

Gen
Ex
Lev
Num
Deut
Jos
Jgs
Ruth
1 Sam
2 Sam
1 Kgs
2 Kgs
1 Chr
2 Chr
Ezra
Neh
Tob
Jdt
Esth
1 Mac
2 Mac
Job
Ps
Prov
Eccl
Song
Wis
Sir
Is
Jer
Lam
Bar
Ezek
Dan
Hos
Joel
Amos
Ob
Jon
Mic
Nah
Hab
Zeph
Hag
Zech
Mal

Mt
Mk
Lk
Jn
Acts
Rom
1 Cor
2 Cor
Gal
Eph
Phil
Col
1 Thess
2 Thess
1 Tim
2 Tim
Tit
Phlm
Heb
Jas
1 Pet
2 Pet
1 Jn
2 Jn
3 Jn
Jude
Rev

I. Guidelines for Submissions

1. Papers should conform to The Chicago Manual of Style (current edition), not APA nor MLA. The USCCB style guide and the Antiphon style guide and may also be consulted.

2. Articles are unique, not published previously in English, and are the copyright property of Josephology Studies.

3. Submissions are peer reviewed by an editorial board and an advisory board of scholars with applicable expertise.

4. Email files attached in Word (.doc or .docx), rich-text (.rtf) or Pages (.pages) format.

5. Include a 250-word abstract with your submission and five keywords (e.g., Josephology, perpetual virginity, Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, Pope Leo XIII).

6. Articles may vary in length (typically 5 to 15 pages).

7. Please submit papers to JosephologySociety@gmail.com.

8. After article approval, authors will receive one additional opportunity to read through the type-set piece in order to make any final corrections. Detecting errors lies with the author.

9. Authors receive a PDF of the final work. Please advise editors if you will share your article on Academia or elsewhere.

10. If you have any questions on these instructions, please ask via: JosephologySociety@gmail.com.

11. Please advise at the same email address if you are interested in participating in the advisory board.

12. Articles may be submitted by one author or multiple authors.

II. Josephology Studies' Style Guidelines

1. Use footnotes in accord with Chicago style, not endnotes nor parenthetical references (except for biblical citations).

2. Place all bibliographical data in single-spaced, non-indented footnotes.

3. Note callouts should be positioned after punctuation.

4. Avoid quick successions of note callouts (the possibility of two or more falling on the same line of type), since they can cause serious problems for typesetting footnotes. Overly lengthy notes that will spill onto the following page should be avoided.

5. Use “vol.” rather than “v.”

6. Do not use op. cit. And do not use p. for page numbers. Simply list the numbers.

7. Always include the author’s name in the note (except where it is appropriate to use Ibid.). Subsequent references to the same work can use an abbreviated form of author, title, and page number. If a reference to the same work follows immediately in sequence, use Ibid.

8. Use Times New Roman 12-point font.

9. Avoid dots: PHD, STD, USA not PH.D., S.T.D., U.S.A. Use dots: e.g., etc., i.e., not eg, etc, ie. If end of sentence it's etc. not etc.. Dashes: hyphen (-), em dash (—), en dash (–); e.g., well-being; Joseph — the Terror of Demons — receives protodulia; 2000–2020. Scholarly journals avoid honorary titles (e.g., St., Ven., Bl., Pope, Rev., etc.) except when quoting titles or if needed to clarify who the person is or in the beginning of the article.

10. Greek and Hebrew do not need to be transliterated. Please check that the spelling and diacritical marks are correct.

11. The Catechism of the Catholic Church should be spelled out the first time and thereafter abbreviated as CCC.

12. In accord with Scripture and the CCC, JSI prefers to use "legal father" (cf. CCC 532) or simply "father" (cf. Lk 2:48) to describe Joseph's unique fatherhood instead of the term "foster father."

ADVISORY BOARD

Rev. Edward Looney, MDiv, STL

Dr. Scott Hahn, MDiv

Very Rev. Donald H. Calloway, MIC, MDiv, STB, STL

Rev. Larry Toschi, OSJ, MSTM, MDiv, MA

Rev. Boniface Hicks, OSB, MDiv, STL

Rev. Michael Ademola Odubela, OSJ, STL

Dr. Deacon Mark Miravalle, PhD, STD

Subdeacon Dennis Mifsud, BTheol, MA, STL

Dr. Joseph E.S. Uujamhan, KSG, FAEng

Mike Aquilina, MTh

Scott L. Smith, Jr., JD, MTh

Andrew Kong, JCL, LLB, BSc

Cecilia Lawrence, BS (Art)

EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor

Rev. Neil J. Roy, STL, PhD

The Research Institute for Catholic Liturgy

Associate Editor

Dr. Robert Fastiggi, MTh

Sacred Heart Major Seminary

Honorary Editor-at-Large

Rev. Joseph F. Chorpenning, OSFS, STB, STL

St. Joseph's University Press (retired)

Managing Editor

John D. Lewis, BS, ATP

University of Central Missouri (UCM)

Layout & Design Editor

Yrene Corona de Lewis, BS

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

*To read a sample scholalry article, please click here to see "The Heart of Joseph: A Synthesized Theology, History, and Devotion" in Ecce Mater Tua.

Paper Sample*