Training for Impactful Ministry
Career Planning
Assembling research and artifacts to aid in discerning one’s ministerial vocation and career options.
Assessment Tools
Self-assessments to identify and validate aptitudes and skills.
The Resume
How to write a compelling resume and cover letters that tells your story.
How to use social media to proclaim the Good News and build a network.
Job Search
How to find the right ministry placement for you.
Job Search
Basic business and non-profit mission-oriented skills.
Mission
The goal of the CTU’s Pathways in Professional Ministry program is to support the transformation of CTU students’ vocations, as evidenced by their charisms, talents, and aptitudes, into fully actualized, marketable skills for pastoral leadership in the Church (ad intra) as well as outside the Church (ad extra). The program also offers skills training for mission-driven careers in the nonprofit and business sectors. The services are available to all current students, whether on an ordination track, religious, or lay. Alumni are welcome to access the resources as they transition during their ministry careers and are invited to mentor and coach current students.
Our goal is to help students’ career planning such that every student will have a paid ministry placement waiting for them prior to graduation or be better skilled to provide pastoral leadership in their desired ministry. The Career Services program is guided by a Spirit-inspired mission culture of career readiness.
Ready to get started? Explore your ministry options or next career move.
Contact careerservices@ctu.edu to schedule an appointment.
Or reach out directly to one of our career services team:
Herb Quinde at hquinde@ctu.edu
or Gerald Doyle at gdoyle@ctu.edu.
Ministry Career Guideline
Resources
Learn about CTU's career services for ministry guidelines and checkists.
Job Listings
Jobs
Stay updated and view recent postings for ministry related job opportunities in the Chicagoland area and beyond.
Inspiring CTU Alumni
Inspiring CTU Alumni
Highlighting the work that our alumni do is a vital part of telling the CTU story, and we want to ensure we learn the stories of CTU alumni from all corners of the globe.
Career Services Events
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Lecture with Dawn M. Nothwehr, OSF, Ph.D.
Book Launch
Winter Shapiro | Shai Held – “Do Jews and Christians Love the Same Way?”
Reseeding Religious Life through the Global Sisterhood
Origins of Franciscan Spirituality (Italy Tourgrimage)
