ABOUT THE EVENT

Still Bold and Faithful:
Reflections by Pope Leo’s former teachers on his theological foundations and the trajectories of theological education today

Master of Cermonies: Professor
Richard McCarron, Associate Professor of Liturgy

Program Schedule

October 19, 2025

3:00 pm – Mass
4:00 pm – Lecture
5:00 pm – Reception

Presider:
Fr. Enzo Del Brocco, CP

Dianne Bergant, CSA
Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Old Testament Studies

Sr. Dianne, a Sister of St. Agnes of Fond du Lac, WI, served on the faculty at CTU from 1978 to 2023.  She served as President of Catholic Biblical Association of America (2000-2001) and as the Rev. Robert J. Randall Distinguished Professor of Christian Culture, Providence College, Providence, RI  (2009-2010).  She was awarded honorary doctorates  from the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, CA (2013), Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI. (2014), and the Catholic University of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria (2015).  She was an active member of the Chicago Catholic/Jewish Scholars Dialogue (1988-2017), a member of the Board of Trustees, Sacred Heart School of Theology (1983-1989), and of St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, WI (1996-2005).  She sat on the editorial boards of The Bible Today (1979-2005), Biblical Theology Bulletin (1990-2014), Catholic Biblical Quarterly (1992-2001),  New Theology  Review (1997-2003), Teaching Theology and Religion (2003-2005), and Chicago Studies (2003-2009). She has taught and lectured in various places in the United States, as well as in South Africa and Namibia, Trinidad, England and Ireland, Kiribati, Philippines, Thailand, Mexico, Nicaragua, Rome, Australia and New Zealand.

Gilbert Ostdiek, OFM
Professor Emeritus of Liturgy

Pastoral liturgy has been at the heart of Gil Ostdiek’s efforts in liturgy for over 50 years, in teaching, adult education workshops, and writing.  What he finds most intriguing are the non-verbal power of liturgical rites and liturgical space, and the spiritual meaning linking liturgy and life.  Years of translating the rites into English for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) have also honed a love for well-crafted and memorable language in our prayers.  Work in liturgy has also led Gil into the related fields of ritual studies, liturgical architecture, and catechesis, especially mystagogy for adult faith formation.  Most recently, as the forms of ministry have mushroomed and become increasingly specialized, he has been using the Emmaus story as a model for weaving these ministries together into an integrated care for Christ’s followers on their journey.
Gil, a founding CTU faculty member, is a past president of the North American Academy of Liturgy (NAAL). He has received a number of awards for his contribution to pastoral liturgy: the 1998 Michael Mathis Award from the Notre Dame Center for Pastoral liturgy, the 2007 Award from the Georgetown Center for Liturgy, the 2014 Berakah Award from NAAL, and two awards in 2016 from the Association of Catholic Publishers and the Catholic Press Association. Colleagues also published a volume of essays in his honor: Finding Voice to Give God Praise: Essays in the Many Languages of the Liturgy. Kathleen Hughes, ed. (Liturgical Press, 1998).

John T. Pawlikowski, OSM
Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics
Former Director, Catholic-Jewish Studies Program

John T. Pawlikowski, OSM,  Ph.D currently serves as Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics and of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at CTU.  He served on the CTU faculty for 48 years holding administrative positions as Acting President and Director of the M.A. program.  He taught courses on Catholic social teaching and in the area of Christian-Jewish Relations. He served four terms by Presidential Appointment on the board of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and two terms as President of the International Council of Christians & Jews.  He has authored/edited some fifteen books on Social Justice and on Christian-Jewish relations as well as some 100 articles.

A Representative from ATF Press will be attending.