Register for the 2025 World Mission Institute (WMI), an annual conference held in the spring since 1970. Each year outstanding international speakers and resource persons deal with a significant aspect of Christian mission. This year’s theme is “The Challenge of Our Age”: Migration and Mission.
Please join us for iftar, the breaking of the fast meal at sunset, in the spirit of unity and dialogue. Co-sponsored by the Catholic-Muslim Studies Program at CTU, the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and the Niagara Foundation.
The Environmental Justice Round-Table at Catholic Theological Union will bring together environmental justice advocates, faith-based organizations, and local leaders to foster dialogue and action planning around the environmental crisis. Our goal is to create a collaborative space for sharing insights, building connections, and empowering participants to take actionable steps within their congregations and communities. We […]
In recent decades, Jewish theologians, responding in part to overtures from Christians, and building on precedents recovered from their tradition, have articulated a range of Jewish theological approaches to Christianity. This lecture will review some of these approaches and attempt to develop a new one. Please join us for a reception at 6PM.
The peacemakers, those who put an end to violence, who lay down the sword, who work for harmonious relationships, who break the patterns of hatred, who love even their enemies, will be called ‘children of God,’ the ultimate blessing. These ‘children of God,’ be they Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Middle East, or we gathered here, are mandated by our great religious traditions to be peacemakers.
Truth-telling is essential for interpersonal and social healing from trauma and moral injury. It also is a perilous endeavor because if the disclosure of truth cannot be heard, believed, or understood by a listener then the wound will become worse and healing nearly impossible. The symposium looks at the perils and possibilities around various kinds […]
Catholic Theological Union (CTU) is honored to celebrate the graduating Class of 2025 at the 57th Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. CST Founded in 1968 and located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, CTU is one of the leading Roman Catholic graduate schools of theology and ministry in the […]
Join CTU for an inaugural pilgrimage to Spain. Led by expert Catholic, Muslim and Jewish scholars, this trip will explore significant religious locations throughout Spain through the lens of our interfaith leaders. *** SPACE IS LIMITED, RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY *** PRIORITY DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 The estimated cost for the eleven day trip is […]
This book is rooted in Sr. Chioma's doctoral dissertation, which emerges from a comprehensive socio-religious analysis of the evolving dynamics within Catholic congregations, particularly the decline and shift in membership. The focus of this research is on the sustainability of local religious congregations that do not maintain a presence in the Global South. This trend […]
New this year, we welcome our CTU alumni, family, and friends to our inaugural Homecoming Weekend! Celebrate with the entire CTU community taking place Friday, September 26, 2025 through Sunday, September 27, 2025. More details will be shared throughout the summer, so be sure to check this website in the coming months. We can’t wait […]
Orthopathema: A New Lens for Mission as Ministry of Reconciliation in the Decade to Come ZOOM LINK HERE Reception immediately following lecture. Pope Francis invoked the image of the Church as “field hospital” in a world that is facing ever-expanding threats to human dignity and the common good. This was a reminder that the missio […]
From grains to galaxies, “through him all things were made.” Join us for an exploration and celebration of the real presence of Christ’s Paschal Mystery that sounds and resounds throughout humanity and the entire cosmos.
The enduring wounds from violence can be destructive to the entirety of the human person, especially when borne in isolation and in forced silence. This book offers a theology of communication for participating in God’s saving work of healing wounds, building community, and facilitating social transformation through an analogy of the wound. Rooted in Jesus' […]
Please join us for a talk about the importance of interreligious studies and dialogue issues.
What if grace is more than a doctrine—it’s a way of teaching and living? This lecture explores the clash between the “pedagogies of empire,” which teach control and exclusion, and the “pedagogy of grace,” which opens space for dignity, dialogue, and transformation. Drawing from Paulo Freire and Christian theology, the lecture shows how grace becomes […]
