Harambee!
Join us for a festive afternoon celebrating the Tolton Pastoral Ministry Program at CTU.
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Upcoming Events
Sundays at CTU Lecture with Fr. John Kartje
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.
For Love of the Broken Body
Sister Chioma Ahanihu, Director of the Center for the Study of Consecrated Life, will join Sister Julia Walsh in conversation to discuss themes in Sister Julia Walsh's forthcoming spiritual memoir, For Love of the Broken Body. Possible topics include discernment and adjustment to religious life, integration into community life, the evangelical counsels, and the complexities of publicly committing […]
Deep Inculturation: Global Voices on Christian Faith and Indigenous Genius.
Contributing Authors Ferdinand Ikenna Okorie, CMF, is Vice President and Academic Dean, and Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. He is the author of Favor and Gratitude: Reading Galatians in its Greco-Roman Context (Lexington Books, 2020), and co-editor of Bible, Interpretation and Context: Reading Meaning from an African […]
Spring 2024 Shapiro Lecture with Dr. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal
It's complicated! Network analysis and Jewish-Christian relationships in the Babylonian Talmud. This talk will introduce a new set of methodological tools for understanding the connections between Jews and Christians in late antiquity. Together with a zoologist, Prof. Yossi Yovel, Bar-Asher Siegal will use network analysis, commonly used in sciences, to generate models of inter-religious […]
CSCL Spring 2024 Symposium
"Moving Along the Arc: Women and Men Religious as Agents of Reconciliation and Transformative Action Towards a More Racially Just Church and World" Together with The National Black Sisters’ Conference (NBSC), the Center for the Study of Consecrated Life (CSCL) at CTU continues the conversation about the role of consecrated religious women and men play […]
Varieties of Jewish Cultures
This panel discussion, moderated by Dr. Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah of University of Groningen, will feature experts on the Jewish communities of Iran, Yemen, and Morocco. After providing an overview of the history of Jewish life in the Middle East, Dr. Goldstein-Sabbah will facilitate a fascinating discussion that will explore the distinctive aspects of these ancient Jewish […]
Schreiter Institute 2024 Spring Symposium on Reconciliation
The global Church is entering into a culmination of a unique synodal process meant to renew global Catholicism and create a "listening Church". The presenters and attendees at this symposium will explore together how this synodal process can help bring about Pope Francis' image of the Church as an authentic "field hospital" that tends to the wounds of creation in global and local contexts. This unique gathering will convene scholars, theologians, artists, and practitioners in a public conversation about the challenges and possibilities for renewing the Catholic Church into a Field Hospital, through the Synodal process, that authentically attends to the healing of trauma and moral injury in God's creation.
“Ecclesiam Suam at 60: Dialogue and Synodality from Paul VI to Francis” Professor Amanda Osheim (Loras College)
Amanda C. Osheim, Ph.D. studies the church with a particular focus on the Holy Spirit and discernment. She is Endowed Professor of the Breitbach Catholic Thinkers and Leaders Program and Professor of Practical Theology at Loras College in Dubuque, IA. Dr. Osheim studied at University of St. Thomas and the St. Paul Seminary School of […]
Book Launch – Community of Missionary Disciples: The Continuing Creation of a Missionary Church, by Stephen B. Bevans, SVD
Longtime CTU faculty member Stephen B. Bevans, SVD has written an important new book drawing Pope Francis's call to missionary discipleship into dialogue with ecclesiology—how we understand what the Church is. Join us in this synodal season to hear Professor Bevans talk about his book as we celebrate his new missionary ecclesiology with responses from […]
Beyond Ite vos: Celebrating 800 years of Francis’s Stigmata
SCOTUS DAY EVENT Beyond Ite vos: Celebrating 800 years of Francis's Stigmata At the death of St. Francis, Br. Elias announces the miracle of the wounds of Christ (stigmata) revealed on the body of Francis of Assisi. This miracle is further revealed by writers and artists, who attempt to capture the moment of the Stigmata. […]
Leading a Catholic Organization with and for LGBTQ+ Populations | Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, CM
Longtime DePaul University president Dennis Holtschneider, CM has joined Catholic Theological Union as the Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Fellow for Catholic Leadership. Join us on September 25 at Noon for his installation as the Bernardin Fellow with a public lecture he will offer--"Leading a Catholic Organization with and for LGBTQ+ Populations." Prof. M. Therese Lysaught (Loyola-Chicago) […]
26th Annual Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD, Lecture on Mission and Culture
Annual lecture to be held on October 8, 2024 in CTU 210 B&C The Pyramid Beneath a Church: Causing Muted Signs to Speak in Inculturation Standing at the historic center of Cholula, Mexico, is a Spanish medieval Catholic church built over a decidedly larger ancient Aztec pyramid, memorializing the latter’s conquest under the power of the […]
Exploring the Contributions of Women Toward Peace, Dignity, and Justice in the Holy Land
An interreligious conversation with two important Palestinian voices, Dr. Rima Salah and Dr. Eman Abdelhadi, on the past, present, and future of women’s empowerment, peacebuilding, and the pursuit of justice and dignity in the Holy Land. Co-Sponsored by: With the Support Of: Rima Salah, PhD is Palestinian Catholic and served as a Member of the […]
Sixth Annual Paul Wattson Lecture: Global Christian Forum: Reshaping the Global Ecumenical Landscape
Speaker: The Revd Dr Casely Baiden Essamuah, Secretary, Global Christian Forum About The Paul Wattson Lecture Series This yearly lecture, sponsored by the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and Catholic Theological Union along with the Association of Theological Schools (ACTS), honors the founder of the Friars, Fr. Paul Wattson, and focuses on ecumenical and interreligious […]
Sundays at CTU Lecture with Sr. Donna Markham,
OP, PhD
"Perspectives on Leadership from a Woman Leader" Following Mass, join us for a lecture by Sr. Donna Markham, OP, PhD, CTU Fellow in Catholic Leadership Toward Global Healing. As the first woman President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, Sr. Donna led nine years of transformative growth, expanding services to over 15 million vulnerable people. […]
Fall Shapiro Lecture
What Bible, Whose Bible: Studying the Scripture of Others “The” Bible does not exist. Different religious communities have different Bibles, with different books, in different orders, and different languages—and this matters. How can we be fully sensitive to these when we study the scriptures of others? By reflecting on The Jewish Annotated New Testament and […]
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Romero Scholars Program
November 9, 2024 CTU will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Romero Scholars Program on Saturday evening, November 9, 2024. Please join us for a festive celebration which will include a fabulous Latin dinner and music. 5:30 pm Reception 6:30 pm Dinner & Program […]
In Good Faith – GEN Z Challenging Organized Religion
Speakers: Anna Levin Rosen, Anna Levin Rosen serves as the Rabbi and Executive Director at UChicago Hillel. Having served UChicago Hillel for 14 years, Anna’s work is part of the fabric of the University. With a passion for Jewish life and social justice, Anna has served as a guest educator for a spectrum of organizations […]
Presidential Search Listening Session
Dear Friends, You have now heard that our President, Barbara Reid, OP, will be passing the torch as president and will turn her focus again to biblical scholarship as a CTU faculty member at the end of this academic year. A search committee to find her replacement as president has been formed, with representatives drawn […]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Register to join this year’s celebration of the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. continues as a reminder that “trouble don’t last always.” In a speech, Dr. King stressed the need for continuous action despite the challenges when he said: “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. […]
Lecture with Dawn M. Nothwehr, OSF, Ph.D.
Following Mass, join us for the 2025 Dr. Barry Rankin Lecture on God´s Creation by Dawn M. Nothwehr, OSF, Ph.D., The Erica and Harry John Family Professor Emerita of Catholic Theological Ethics at CTU. Mass 3pm - 4pm Lecture 4pm - 5pm Reception 5pm - 6pm Presider: Very Rev. Anthony Pizzo, O.S.A., Prior Provincial for […]
Book Launch
Join us in celebrating the book Evolving Methodologies in the Study of Spirituality (Leuven: Peeters, 2023), edited by Rossano Zas Friz De Col, SJ and Gilberto Cavazos-González, OFM. This book, a collection of talks in either Italian or English at an international gathering of scholars and students of Theology, is a significant contribution to Spiritual […]
Winter Shapiro | Shai Held – “Do Jews and Christians Love the Same Way?”
Winter Shapiro Lecture Synopsis: Do Jews and Christians Love the Same Way? For centuries, Christian anti-Judaic prejudice insisted that whereas Christianity is about love, Judaism is about ... something else, like law, or justice, or obedience. Rabbi Shai Held's new book argues that Judaism, no less than Christianity, is a religion of love. And yet Judaism […]
Reseeding Religious Life through the Global Sisterhood
As the Center celebrates its 10th year we invite you to a book launch. The Center for the Study of Consecrated Life which celebrates its 10th year was founded to support research and publications regarding contemporary issues in religious life today. CSCL sponsors programs and events that bring together men and women religious from around the world […]
Origins of Franciscan Spirituality (Italy Tourgrimage)
A study Tourgrimage is part tour, part pilgrimage and part of a course. In that spirit, we will visit several of the shrines dedicated to the memory of the original members of the three orders of the Franciscan family.
The Spiritual Lives and the Witness of Black Catholic Holy Men and Women
The lecture will be presented by Dr. C. Vanessa White, OFS, Associate Professor of Spirituality and Ministry, Director of the Certificate in Black Theology and Ministry GONNA MOVE WHEN THE SPIRIT SAY MOVE: The Spiritual Lives and the Witness of Black Catholic Holy Men and Women, is an inspiring Black History Month gathering honoring the […]
Nostra Aetate at 60: Imagining Muslim-Christian Relations for the Next 60 Years
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Celene Ibrahim, PhD Religious Studies and Philosophy / Spiritual Life Team, Groton SchoolDr. Celene Ibrahim is a multidisciplinary scholar specializing in Islamic intellectual history, gender studies, and ethics. She is best known for the monograph Women and Gender in the Qur'an (Oxford University Press, 2020), which won the Association of Middle East […]
Harambee!
Join us for Harambee, Catholic Theological Union’s annual fundraising event dedicated to supporting the Augustus Tolton Pastoral Ministry Program. “Harambee,” a Swahili word meaning “Let us pull together,” beautifully reflects the spirit of unity, collaboration, and shared purpose that underpins this special evening.
The Tolton Program is a transformative initiative that empowers Lay Black Catholic men and women to serve their communities through ministry. This program provides academic, personal, spiritual, and professional preparation to meet the unique needs of Black Catholics, whether in predominantly Black Catholic spaces or other communities.
Hesburgh Renewal Program
Join us for the Hesburgh Renewal Program, a curriculum-centered, community-based, holistic program that fosters both personal and professional renewal and provides continuing formation. This Continuing Education program is crafted for those who have served the Church in ministry, but is open to anyone looking for a theological update. The program components include scripture, theology, liturgy, […]
2025 World Mission Institute by LSTC, McCormick Theological Seminary, Catholic Theological Union
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.
Annual Interfaith Iftar Dinner-2025
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.
Pathways Environmental Justice Round-Table
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 […]
Spring Shapiro Lecture | A Jewish Theology of the Church
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.