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SUMMARY:Italy 2025: A Jubilee Trip of Hope & Creation
DESCRIPTION:  \nItaly 2025: A Jubilee Trip of Hope & Creation\nhttps://ctu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Updated_CTU%20Italy%202025.mp4\n\n\n*** REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED ***\nThe estimated cost for the ten day trip is $6\,500 with a $1\,500 single supplement. This price includes: \n\n– all lodging (based on double occupancy—all in 5-star deluxe hotels or best available level)\n– half-board (breakfast and dinner)\n– all land travel in air-conditioned coaches\n– entrances to religious facilities\, museums\, guides and gratuities\n\n  \nIt does not include international transatlantic air travel\, lunches\, additional beverages with meals or additional gratuities (hotel/local tour leader/bus driver). We will suggest some good connections for departure and arrival and leave the purchase of the transatlantic ticket to each individual.  Please reserve your spot below or contact Laura Ruiz for additional information at lruiz@ctu.edu or 773.371.5415. \nITINERARY
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/fall-rome-travel/
CATEGORIES:CTU,Event,Travel
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SUMMARY:Estate Planning 101
DESCRIPTION:Estate gifts are a powerful way to protect your loved ones and create a lasting legacy here at CTU. Whether you’ve already created your estate\, are interested in learning how to setup an estate gift\, or have other questions – please join us for a call on November 13th\, from 12pm – 1pm. \nAn estate gift to CTU presents a win-win opportunity to leave your mark at CTU. \n\n◘ Create a Lasting Legacy. An estate gift of any size is quite often the most straightforward way for members of the CTU family to realize their charitable goals at CTU and provides an avenue for alumni\, family\, and friends to impact CTU beyond what would be possible during their lifetimes.\n◘ Enjoy Attractive Benefits. An estate gift presents more than a few attractive benefits for CTU donors\, including but not limited to:\n\n◘ Direct a gift of any amount while retaining control of your assets during your lifetime.\n◘ Create an outright gift from your estate entirely free from federal estate taxes\, permitting CTU to utilize the full amount of your gift.\n◘ By transferring your retirement assets to CTU directly upon your death\, your estate may claim a charitable estate tax deduction. Neither your estate nor your heirs will have to report any taxable income from the distribution. CTU will keep 100% of the IRA assets and apply them to a charitable purpose you choose.\n\n\n\nJoin us on November 13\, 2025 for a 1hr discussion how you can leave a legacy at CTU\, while leveraging all of the advantages of making an estate gift. We’ll discuss bequests\, best language to share with your legal and tax advisors\, and IRA gifts. \nLooking forward to seeing you soon! \nIf you’ve already included CTU in your estate plans\, let us know!
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/estate-gift/
CATEGORIES:CTU
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SUMMARY:Black Catholic History Month Prayer Service Honoring the "Seven" African Americans on the Road to Sainthood
DESCRIPTION: \nHONORING THE “SEVEN” AFRICAN AMERICANS ON THE ROAD TO SAINTHOOD\n “Prayer\, Justice\, and Peace”\n CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL UNION\nSPONSORED BY THE AUGUSTUS TOLTON MINISTRY PROGRAM AND CTU’S LITURGICAL TEAM AND LITURGICAL ASSEMBLIES
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/black-catholic-history-month-prayer-service-honoring-the-seven-african-americans-on-the-road-to-sainthood/
CATEGORIES:CTU
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SUMMARY:Celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Romero Scholars Program
DESCRIPTION:November 8\, 2025\nCTU will celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Romero Scholars Program on Saturday evening\, November 8\, 2025. Please join us for a festive celebration which will include a fabulous Latin dinner and music. \nBy Sponsoring a table at this year’s Corazon de Romero event\, you’re not only supporting our Romero Scholars\, but also enjoying the benefits of community and engagement at this year’s event. Sponsorship levels and benefits are as follows: \n\nSan Oscar Arnulfo Romero: Table for 8 + 6 Raffle tickets\nNuestra Señora de Guadalupe: 6 Dinner Tickets + 6 Raffle tickets\nSan Martin de Porres: 4 Dinner Tickets + 6 Raffle tickets\nSanta Rosa de Lima: 2 Dinner Tickets + 6 Raffle tickets\nSanto Toribio Romo Gonzalez: 2 Dinner Tickets\n\nSorry\, this event is full and can’t accept new registrations. \nDownload Sponsorship Form \n  \n \n\n5:30 pm          Reception\n6:30 pm          Dinner & Program\n8:00 pm          Dancing\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFor thirty years\, CTU’s Oscar Romero Scholars has been preparing Hispanic/Latin@ men and women for professional ministry and as leaders among the Hispanic community in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The program offers them a full tuition scholarship for a graduate degree in theology and a formation program that seeks to have them inspired by the life and ministry of St. Oscar Romero. For more than half of that time\, the scholars have hosted an annual event inviting family\, friends\, and other supporters to help raise funds for these scholarships. \nThis year\, the Romero program has doubled the number of scholars in the program by offering for the first time in our history one of our degrees in Spanish. \nLocation\nCatholic Theological Union\n5416 South Cornell Avenue\nChicago\, Illinois 60615 \n  \nPlease call 773.371.5415 for more information.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/romero25/
CATEGORIES:Romero Program
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SUMMARY:Fall Shapiro Lecture - Ranana L. Dine Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Ranana L. Dine Ph.D. \n“Surely Bury: Jewish and Catholic Law\, Responding to Suicide\, and the Work of Catholic-Jewish Studies” \nWhen it comes to tricky questions of ethics and law\, Jewish and Catholic traditions at times converge\, and at times develop distinct approaches. In the history of Jewish and Catholic responses to suicide both patterns emerge. Both Judaism and Catholicism historically denied religious burial and funeral rites to those who had committed suicide on theological grounds. As modern conceptions of mental illness and pastoral care developed however\, both moved towards holding more compassionate responses to suicide\, including allowing religious burial. The ways each tradition changed its legal practice surrounding suicide reveals differences in Jewish and Catholic legal method\, and open the door to potentially contrasting responses to the legalization of physician-aid-in-dying (currently being debated in the Illinois State Senate). The comparison between Jewish and Catholic law regarding burial after suicide can help us think through the larger work and methods of Catholic-Jewish studies. Thus the talk will conclude with a discussion of how the study of Judaism\, and particularly deep ethical issues within it\, can illuminate developments in Catholic studies (and vice versa) and how that work will inspire the future program for the Catholic-Jewish studies program at Catholic Theological Union.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/fall-shapiro-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Catholic-Jewish Studies Program (CJSP),CTU
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SUMMARY:Seventh Annual Paul Wattson Lecture: Grace as Pedagogy: Theology\, Critical Theory\, and the Struggle Against Empire
DESCRIPTION: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 a practice of resistance and renewal\, empowering communities to live differently. Together\, we will imagine how the church and academy can embody grace as a way of learning\, leading\, and witnessing in a world marked by injustice.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/grace-as-pedagogy-theology-critical-theory-and-the-struggle-against-empire/
CATEGORIES:CTU
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SUMMARY:Decolonizing Interreligious Studies and Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Decolonizing Interreligious Studies and Dialogue\nWhat have been historically colonial ways of doing interreligious studies and dialogue? Why is it important to recognize such frameworks? How do we shift both interreligious studies and dialogue toward decolonial approaches? Join us for a discussion with two leading scholars\, who work on the theory and practice of decoloniality\, to respond to the aforementioned questions and discuss ways to move forward. \n  \nOludamini Ogunnaike\, PhDAssociate Professor of African Religious Thought and Democracy\, University of Virginia \n  \nOludamini Ogunnaike\, PhD is Associate Professor of African Religious Thought and Democracy at the University of Virginia. His research examines the philosophical and artistic dimensions of postcolonial\, colonial\, and pre-colonial Islamic and indigenous religious traditions of West and North Africa\, especially Sufism and Ifa. He also works on the Philosophy of Religion\, African Philosophy\, Anthropology\, Decoloniality\, Race\, and the modern state in Africa. Ogunnaike is the author of Deep Knowledge: Ways of Knowing in Sufism and Ifa\, Two West African Intellectual Traditions (2020)\, winner of the Outstanding First Book Prize of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)\, and Poetry in Praise of Prophetic Perfection: West African Madīḥ Poetry and its Precedents (2020). \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nK. Christine Pae\, PhDProfessor of Religion/Ethics and Women’s and Gender Studies\, Denison University \nK. Christine Pae\, PhD is Professor of Religion/Ethics and Women’s and Gender Studies and Chair of the Religion Department at Denison University in Ohio. Trained as a social ethicist\, Pae teaches and researches ethics of peace and war\, transnational feminist ethics and theologies\, spiritual activism\, and U.S. military prostitution industries in Asia. Her emerging research is the global alliance of Christian Zionism. She is the author of A Transpacific Imagination of Theology\, Ethics\, and Spiritual Activism: Doing Feminist Ethics Transnationally (2023) and the co-editor of Embodying Antiracist Christianity: Asian/American Theological Resources for Just Racial Relations (2023) and Searching for the Future in the Past: Reclaiming Feminist Theological Visions (2024). \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSyed Atif Rizwan\, PhDHost Assistant Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies\, Director of the Catholic-Muslim Studies ProgramChair\, Department of Intercultural Studies and Ministry at CTU \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThis event will be available ONLY online. \nCo-Sponsored By\n \n 
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/decolonizing-interreligious-studies-and-dialogue/
CATEGORIES:The Catholic-Muslim Studies Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T113000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Analogy of the Wound
DESCRIPTION: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’ praxis of healing\, this theology can assist in recognizing\, understanding\, and interpreting the harmful residue that remains in the aftermath of violence to repair human dignity and work for the common good. The author weaves together insights from methods of contextual theologies\, the wisdom of Black and Womanist Theologies\, Korean diaspora theologies of ‘han’\, psychologies of trauma and moral injury\, and the Catholic tradition of analogy to arrive at a unique synthesis: moments of salvation can be found in carefully communicating woundedness in the midst of building beloved community. Although the dissimilarities in our woundedness may always be greater than our similarities\, the similarities convey truth and meaning and hold the possibility of the church living as Christ’s wounded and resilient Body. We aid each other’s healing in right relationship. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\nKevin Considine\,\nKevin Considine’s scholarship explores interpersonal and social reconciliation through naming\, understanding\, narrating\, and participating in God’s work of healing the wounds of the “sinned-against” through intercultural perspectives. He interprets woundedness as a form of analogical connection for understanding the wounds of others and participating in God’s work of healing the wounds and their effects in individuals\, groups\, and societies.Considine earned a B.A. in English from Vanderbilt University in 2002 and his first employment post-graduation was in social work and youth development with The Atlantic Street Center in Seattle\, WA. He earned a M.A. in Theology (’08) from CTU under the mentorship of Robert J. Schreiter and continued his studies in systematic theology at Loyola University Chicago\, completing his doctorate of philosophy in 2013 with an investigation of Catholic understandings of salvation by connecting of the soteriology of Edward Schillebeeckx with Korean and Korean-American philosophies and theologies of “Han” using a method of intercultural hermeneutics. Before coming to CTU\, he was Assistant Professor of Theology at Calumet College of St. Joseph\, a theology teacher at Marian Catholic High School\, and an adjunct professor at Catholic Theological Union.Considine is a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America. His first book\, Salvation for the Sinned-Against\, focused on reinterpreting Catholic doctrines of salvation. He has written chapters in several edited collections and his scholarly essays have appeared in Interreligious\nStudies and Intercultural Theology\, Horizons\, Tijdschrift voor Theologie\, New Theology Review\, Open Theology\, and Black Theology: An International Journal and he has contributed to several periodicals and journals that include the National Catholic Reporter\, and U.S. Catholic. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSr. Karen Elliott\, C.PP.S.\,\nSister Karen Elliott was born and raised in Dayton\, Ohio. She attended Julienne High School (now Chaminade-Julienne). She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Education with an emphasis on Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders from Wright State University in 1977\, a Master’s degree in Theology from St. Michael’s College in Colchester\, Vermont\, in 1993\, and a Doctor of Ministry degree with a concentration in Sacred Scripture from Barry University in Miami\, Florida in 2004. In 1980\, she became a member of the Sisters of the Precious Blood in Dayton\, Ohio. Sister Karen has ministered as a teacher\, Director of Religious Education\, a youth minister\, and an athletic director. She has led numerous retreats and has taught a variety of adult education classes on the Scriptures throughout the United States and Canada. Sister Karen has served as a faculty presenter on Sacred Scripture in the Lay Ministry Formation Program and a homiletics assessor for the Permanent Diaconate Program in the Diocese of Toledo. Sister Karen is the author of the book\, Women in Ministry and the Writings of Paul\, published in 2010 by Anselm Academic. Additionally\, in 2012\, Sister Karen had the opportunity to be a visiting professor for the Sisters of Charity of St. Anne in Mumbai\, India. In July 2015\, Sister Karen gave two presentations to the Australian Catholic University’s Campus Ministry Team\, who gathered in Melbourne. She is a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Catholic Biblical Association of America. In a non-theological aspect of her life\, Sister Karen was inducted into the Dayton Amateur Softball Commission’s Hall of Fame in September 2006 in recognition of her softball career.\n\n\n\n\nStephen Bevans\,\nStephen Bevans is a priest in the missionary congregation of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) and Louis J. Luzbetak\, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture\, Emeritus at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He is the author or editor of twenty-one books\, among which are Models of Contextual Theology\, An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective\, and\, with Roger P. Schroeder\, Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today. From 2014 until 2022 he was a member of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/book-launch-analogy-of-the-wound/
CATEGORIES:Bernardin Center
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SUMMARY:Hesburgh Renewal Program
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe program components include scripture\, theology\, liturgy\, spirituality\, and psychology. All modules are presented from a pastoral perspective to help participants reflect upon their past ministry experience as they plan for their future mission.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/hesburgh-renewal-program/
CATEGORIES:CTU
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250301T160000
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SUMMARY:Harambee!
DESCRIPTION:Harambee at CTU\nSaturday\, March 1 | Noon – 4 PM\nCatholic Theological Union\n5416 S Cornell Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60615 \nPurchase Tickets\nDownload Sponsorship Form\nJoin 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. \nThe 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. \nThe legacy of Fr. Augustus Tolton\, the first publicly recognized Black Catholic priest in the United States\, lives on through the dedication of the program’s participants who are actively pursuing theological studies at CTU. CTU stands apart in theological education\, offering courses in Black Theology\, Black Spirituality\, and a specialized Certificate in Black Theology\, ensuring that Black Catholic traditions and perspectives are celebrated and nurtured. \nYour presence at Harambee directly supports the Tolton Program\, helping to fund scholarships and other resources that enable future leaders to answer the call to ministry and continue Fr. Tolton’s legacy of resilience\, hope\, and service. Together\, let us pull together and build a stronger future for the Church and the communities we serve.\nWe invite you to join us for an evening of celebration\, inspiration\, and community. \nEvent Highlights: \n\nInspirational stories from Tolton Scholars\nRecognition of the program’s impact and legacy\nOpportunities to make a difference through your support\n\nLet us pull together to strengthen the future of Black Catholic ministry! \n  \nThis year’s Honoree is Sr. Jamie Phelps\nSr. Jamie T. Phelps\, OP\, PhD\, in 1959 was one of over forty postulates (the only African American) who entered the Adrian Dominicans. She was a professor at Catholic Theological Union (CTU). She also was the Director at the Institute of Black Studies at Xavier University in New Orleans. She has written many theological essays and articles. Sr. Jamie has edited Black and Catholic: The Challenge and Gift of Black Folk and Stamped with the Image of God: African Americans as God’s Image in Black with Cyprian Davis\, OSB. She has also worked with U.S. and local Bishops as a consultant on their pastorals on racism and in dialogue on sexism in the church. She is retired and resides at the Adrian Dominican Mother House in Adrian\, Michigan.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/harambee-2/
CATEGORIES:Tolton Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T190000
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SUMMARY:Nostra Aetate at 60: Imagining Muslim-Christian Relations for the Next 60 Years
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE SPEAKERS \n\nCelene Ibrahim\, PhD\nReligious 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 Women’s Studies book award. Ibrahim is also the author of Islam and Monotheism\, an accessible primer on Islamic theology (Cambridge University Press\, 2022). Ibrahim is a trusted voice on Islam\, interreligious relations\, and religion in the public sphere for media outlets\, including most recently a Netflix docudrama entitled Testament: The Story of Moses (2024). \n  \n  \nHeather Miller Rubens\, PhD\nExecutive Director and Roman Catholic Scholar\, The Institute for Islamic\, Christian\, and Jewish Studies (ICJS);\nDr. Miller Rubens is responsible for advancing the organization’s vision to build an interreligious society in which dialogue replaces division\, friendship overcomes fear\, and education eradicates ignorance. Some of her recent publications include: Afterword in A Sacred Argument: Dispatches from the Christian\, Jewish\, and Muslim Encounter (2024); “Developing Theologies of Encounter: Eva Fleischner\, Fratelli Tutti\, and the Unfolding Legacy of Nostra Aetate” in Pluralizing Dialogue: Insights\, Actions\, and Implications in Eva Fleischner’s Judaism in German Christian Theology since 1945 (2024); and “Interreligious Origin Stories: To Begin\, and to Begin Again” in With the Best of Intentions: Interreligious Missteps and Mistakes (2023). Rubens is an experienced teacher\, public speaker\, facilitator\, and scholar- practitioner of interreligious learning and dialogue.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/nostra-aetate-at-60-imagining-muslim-christian-relations-for-the-next-60-years/
CATEGORIES:The Catholic-Muslim Studies Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T180000
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SUMMARY:The Spiritual Lives and the Witness of Black Catholic Holy Men and Women
DESCRIPTION: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 \nGONNA 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 legacies of seven remarkable Black Catholics on the path to sainthood: \nVenerable Pierre Toussaint\, Venerable Henriette DeLille\, Venerable Augustus Tolton\, Venerable Elizabeth Lange\, Fr. Martin DePorres Ward\, Servant of Go\, Servant of God Julia Greeley\, and Servant of God Thea Bowman \n  \n  \nA reception will follow\, providing an opportunity for conversation and refreshments before evening classes. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nctu.zoom.us/j/95611784676?pwd=FpCcdAkVN39fIKsNfrTl1G8SI0XsUy.1 \nMeeting ID: 956 1178 4676\nPasscode: 739455
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/the-spiritual-lives-and-the-witness-of-black-catholic-holy-men-and-women/
CATEGORIES:CTU
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250221T000000
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SUMMARY:Origins of Franciscan Spirituality (Italy Tourgrimage)
DESCRIPTION:This study Tourgrimage begins at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday\, February 13\, 2025 and ends after supper on Friday\, February 21\, 2025. You must travel on or before February 12\, 2025\, to arrive on time and depart on or after February 22\, 2025. \nA 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 tourgrimage will take place in Franciscan Rome\, Inspirational Assisi and Evangelical Rieti. \nThis itinerary is designed to help us experience the spirituality and art of the Franciscan tradition. For this reason\, we have prepared an itinerary to help us get the most out of our time in Italy. \nThe cost of the program for auditors is $3\,350 plus airfare. \nThe cost of the program for CTU students is $2700 plus 1.5 credit tuition and plus airfare. \nThe program cost includes shared accommodations\, a half pension (breakfast plus 1 meal) in Rome\, a full pension (breakfast plus 2 meals) in Assisi\, ground transportation\, and museum tickets. \nTHE CTU IN ITALY VIDEO \n  \nABOUT THE PROFESSOR \nBr. Gilberto Cavazos-González\, OFM is a Tejano\, a Friar Minor (Franciscan) and Professor of the Theological Study of Christian Spirituality. He taught for 15 years at the Catholic Theological Union before moving to Rome to work at the Pontifical University Antonianum (PUA). In March of 2020 he became the pontifically appointed Secretary of the Pontificia Academia Mariana Internationalis (PAMI). In June of 2022 Pope Francisco freed him from his position with PAMI so that he could return to CTU as Professor of Spirituality and the John Duns Scotus Chair of Franciscan Spirituality. \nGilberto lived in Rome for almost 15 years\, first as a doctoral student in the 1990s and\, more recently\, working for the PUA\, the PAMI and the OFM general curia. Besides being a Franciscan\, he is a Franciscanologist who specializes in the spirituality of Clare and Francis of Assisi as expressed in their own writings. \nGilberto has published several books\, beginning with Greater than a Mother’s Love: The Spirituality of Francis and Clare of Assisi. He recently co-edited a book called Evolving Methods for the Study of Spirituality (Peeter’s 2023). He is completing a book on the Marian Spirituality of Sor Juana de la Cruz Vasquez Gutierrez\, a Spanish Franciscan sister who was a mystic\, a pastor and a preacher to royalty\, prelates\, nuns and her parishioners in the early 1500s. Friar Gilberto organizes and preaches retreats and workshops for the Franciscan family. As a result\, he is writing a spiritual formation book focusing on the five pillars of Franciscan/Clarian Spirituality. \nHe is currently working on a book on the Marian Spirituality of Sor Juana de la Cruz Vasquez Gutierrez\, a Spanish Franciscan sister who was a mystic\, a pastor and a preacher to royalty\, prelates\, nuns and her parishioners in the early 1500s.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/origins-of-franciscan-spirituality-italy-tourgrimage/
CATEGORIES:Travel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T190000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
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SUMMARY:Reseeding Religious Life through the Global Sisterhood
DESCRIPTION:As the Center celebrates its 10th year we invite you to a book launch. \n\nThe 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 to dialogue about the realities and changes of religious vocation.\n\n10 Years\n\n\n\nThe story of religious life over the centuries displays two enduring qualities: constancy and change. God’s love is constant\, as is the changing state of the human condition lived on earth\, our common home. Each generation of religious is faced with reading the signs of the times to faithfully navigate the intersection of constancy and change. In this event\, a few of the sister authors share perspectives on their rich heritage while continuing to till the soil of religious life with their encounters\, transforming and deepening their charismatic identity with each conversation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/book-launch-reseeding-religious-life-through-global-sisterhood/
CATEGORIES:Center for the Study of Consecrated Life (CSCL),CTU
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
CREATED:20241212T225955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T223827Z
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SUMMARY:Winter Shapiro | Shai Held - "Do Jews and Christians Love the Same Way?"
DESCRIPTION:Winter Shapiro Lecture Synopsis:  \nDo Jews and Christians Love the Same Way? \nFor 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 is not just Christianity avant la lettre\, and so there are some key differences in the ways Jews and Christians tend to think and talk about love.  In this lecture\, we’ll consider some of those crucial differences: divergent understandings of human nature\, of the relationship between love and law\, of the relative priority of the particular and the universal\, and of the ideal of loving our enemies.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/winter-shapiro-shai-held-do-jews-and-christians-love-the-same-way/
CATEGORIES:Bernardin Center,Catholic-Jewish Studies Program (CJSP)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T133000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
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SUMMARY:Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the book \nEvolving 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 Theology and Spirituality Studies\, offering fresh perspectives and innovative methodologies. \nDate: Monday February 3\, 2025\nTime: 12-13:30 (in Chicago) 19-20:30 (in Rome)\nFor time in your area please check the Time Zone Converter. \nIt has been over 5 years since professors of Spirituality and Spiritual Theology gathered for the Evolving Methodologies Conference\, organized by the international committee of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality (SSCS) and the Forum dei Professori di Teologia Spirituale in Italia (FPTSI). The Conference (25-28 September 2019) was sponsored by the OFM Pontificia Università Antonianum and had 38 speakers from all five continents: Africa\, America\, Asia\, Europe and Oceania.\nThe speakers\, representing 16 different nations and multiple cultures and Christian denominations\, brought a rich diversity of perspectives and ideas. These professors were chosen from over 70 proposals because they are at the “cusp of the development of the scholarly enterprise and the definition and understanding of” (5) the sister disciplines of Spirituality and Spiritual Theology.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/book-launch/
CATEGORIES:Bernardin Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T170000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
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SUMMARY:Interreligious Iftar (Breaking of the Fast Dinner)
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URL:https://ctu.edu/event/interreligious-iftar-breaking-of-the-fast-dinner/
CATEGORIES:CTU
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T180000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
CREATED:20241220T172835Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture with Dawn M. Nothwehr\, OSF\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION: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. \nMass 3pm – 4pm\nLecture 4pm – 5pm\nReception 5pm – 6pm \nPresider:\nVery Rev. Anthony Pizzo\, O.S.A.\, Prior Provincial for the Midwest Augustinians \n  \n  \nDawn M. Nothwehr\, OSF\, Ph.D \nVery Rev. Anthony Pizzo\, O.S.A
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/sundays-at-ctu-lecture-with-dawn-m-nothwehr-osf-ph-d/
CATEGORIES:Sundays at CTU
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T170000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
CREATED:20241216T214606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241216T214700Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
DESCRIPTION: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. If you can’t walk\, then crawl\, but whatever you do\, you have to keep moving forward.” \nRegister Here \n 
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-celebration/
CATEGORIES:CTU
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T180000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
CREATED:20241104T130208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241104T222806Z
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SUMMARY:Presidential Search Listening Session
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, \nYou 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 from the Board of Trustees\, CTU Corporation Members\, the faculty\, students\, Life Trustees\, and donors. \nThe first task of the search committee is to craft a description of the role of the president in 2025 and beyond\, recognizing that the role has changed in some subtle and not-so-subtle ways since the date Sr. Barbara took office. \nTo inform that process\, the search committee has elected to convene a listening session based on the synodal model\, Conversations in the Spirit. Participants will come together to pray\, share\, and listen to one another\, inviting the Holy Spirit to guide us along the way. \nThe session will take place on Tuesday\, November 19\, from 4:00-6:00 pm (Central time). You are invited to participate in this facilitated listening session either in person at CTU or on Zoom. \nWe value all voices that wish to contribute to a definition of the role of CTU’s president at this point in the 21st century. I am sure Sr. Barbara’s announcement has evoked reflections of her many accomplishments and challenges during her tenure. We want to channel and distill those reflections as we journey to seek her successor. \nI look forward to seeing many of you at the session. \nTom Brown \nChair\, CTU Board of Trustees
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/presidential-search-listening-session/
CATEGORIES:CTU
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
CREATED:20240924T172934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T172017Z
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SUMMARY:In Good Faith - GEN Z Challenging Organized Religion
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\n\n\nAnna Levin Rosen\,\nAnna 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 in Chicago including Mishkan\, Anshe Emet\, Spertus and Interfaith Family. Committed to social justice\, Anna served as a community organizer with JCRC in Boston and Fairmount Temple in Cleveland. Anna has a Rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati\, where she earned Masters degrees in Hebrew Letters and Educational Administration. She was the recipient of a Dean’s research grant for her thesis project entitled: Thinking Outside the Tzedakah Box. She received her BA from University of Virginia in Religious Studies\, Anthropology\, and Jewish Studies. Anna enjoys travel and spent two years living in Israel. Currently Anna loves exploring Chicago with her husband Tal and her children Joshua\, Eliezra\, Amiel\, and Ezekiel.\nLearn more …\n\n  \n\n\nKaren Ross\, PHD\,\,\nKaren Ross\, PhD (she/her/ella) is a graduate program director\, theology and ethics professor\, and yoga and mindfulness instructor. She currently works as the director of the Pathways@CTU program\, which seeks to engage and empower young people- especially those from marginalized communities- in co-creating the church of tomorrow. She received her PhD in theology and ethics from Loyola University Chicago. Her teaching and research focuses on feminist ethics and Catholic sexuality education\, particularly of young women and girls.\nLearn more …\n\n  \n\n\nSheikh Yousef Wahb\nShaykh Yousef Wahb is an Islamic Law Instructor at the University of Windsor’s Faculty of Law and a Family Law Author for LexisNexis Canada. He holds an LL.M from Windsor Law\, an MA from the University of Chicago Divinity School\, and a Bachelor’s in Islamic Studies from Al-Azhar University in Egypt. Shaykh Yousef is also a co-founding board member of Green Ummah\, a founding board member of the University of Windsor Muslim Chaplaincy\, and an Islamic Compliance Advisor at Beneficent. Currently\, Shaykh Yousef is pursuing his PhD in Islamic Law at the University of Chicago Division of Humanities.\nLearn more …
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/gen-z-challenging-organized-religion/
CATEGORIES:Bernardin Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241109T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241109T220000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
CREATED:20240925T122649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241107T215209Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Romero Scholars Program
DESCRIPTION:November 9\, 2024\n\n\n\n\n  \nCTU 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.\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n5:30 pm          Reception\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6:30 pm          Dinner & Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8:00 pm          Dancing\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nFor thirty years\, CTU’s Oscar Romero Scholars has been preparing Hispanic/Latin@ men and women for professional ministry and as leaders among the Hispanic community in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The program offers them a full tuition scholarship for a graduate degree in theology and a formation program that seeks to have them inspired by the life and ministry of St. Oscar Romero. For more than half of that time\, the scholars have hosted an annual event inviting family\, friends\, and other supporters to help raise funds for these scholarships. \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nThis year\, the Romero program has doubled the number of scholars in the program by offering for the first time in our history one of our degrees in Spanish. \n\n\n  \n  \nLocation\nCatholic Theological Union\n5416 South Cornell Avenue\nChicago\, Illinois 60615 \n  \nPlease call 773.371.5415 for more information. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-romero-scholars-program/
CATEGORIES:Romero Program
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241103T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241103T173000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
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SUMMARY:Fall Shapiro Lecture
DESCRIPTION:What Bible\, Whose Bible:  Studying the Scripture of Others \n“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 The Bible With and Without Jesus\, Dr. Brettler will explore how we may maintain our own beliefs and commitments while still being attentive to others. \n 
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/2024-fall-shapiro-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Catholic-Jewish Studies Program (CJSP),CTU,Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241027T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241027T180000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
CREATED:20240910T175957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T192303Z
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SUMMARY:Sundays at CTU Lecture with Sr. Donna Markham\, OP\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:“Perspectives on Leadership from a Woman Leader”\nFollowing Mass\, join us for a lecture by\nSr. 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. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMass 3pm – 4pm\nLecture 4pm – 5pm\nReception 5pm – 6pm\nPresider:\nFr Brian Barrons MM\, Rector\nMaryknoll Fathers and Brothers Formation House \n 
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/sundays-at-ctu-lecture-with-sr-donna-markham-op-phd/
CATEGORIES:Sundays at CTU
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241023T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241023T200000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
CREATED:20240924T174409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T174454Z
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SUMMARY:Sixth Annual Paul Wattson Lecture: Global Christian Forum: Reshaping the Global Ecumenical Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:\nThe Revd Dr Casely Baiden Essamuah\, Secretary\, Global Christian Forum\n\n\nAbout The Paul Wattson Lecture Series\nThis 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 dialogue and understanding as an important part of the mission to which Fr. Paul devoted his life. \n\n  \nLocation \n\n\n\n\nCatholic Theological Union \n5416 South Cornell Avenue \nChicago\, Illinois 60615 \n\n\n\n\n  \n \nClick here to learn more about the Friars of the Atonement \n  \n 
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/sixth-annual-paul-wattson-lecture/
CATEGORIES:CTU
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241008T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241008T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
CREATED:20240722T213716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T185506Z
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SUMMARY:Exploring the Contributions of Women Toward Peace\, Dignity\, and Justice in the Holy Land
DESCRIPTION: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. \nCo-Sponsored by: \n\nWith the Support Of: \n\n\n\n\n\nRima Salah\, PhD is Palestinian Catholic and served as a Member of the United Nations High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations and as the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General\, U.N. Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). In addition\, Dr. Salah has had a distinguished career with UNICEF. Her service includes: Deputy Executive Director for UNICEF (2004-2007\, 2011-2012)\, Regional Director for West and Central Africa (1999-2004). As a highly effective advocate for the rights of children and women in armed conflict and post-conflict situations\, she contributed to Security Council (SC) Resolution 1612 on child rights violations and Security Council (SC) resolution 1325 Women\, Peace\, and Security. \n\n\n\n\nEman Abdelhadi\, PhD is Palestinian Muslim and Asst. Professor in the Dept. of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago. Her research interests investigate the possible ways in which religion influences everyday life\, including political and economic outcomes. She investigates this question from multiple angles using mixed methods. One set of projects examines when\, where and how religion matters for women’s participation in the public sphere through paid employment. Another set focuses on the relationship between religious orthodoxy and political conservatism in the United States. Dr. Abdelhadi’s research has been published in Social Forces\, Socius\, and other social science publications.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/exploring-the-contributions-of-women-toward-peace-dignity-and-justice-in-the-holy-land/
CATEGORIES:Catholic Theological Union and Lewis University Present:,CTU,The Catholic-Muslim Studies Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T180000
DTSTAMP:20260511T012624
CREATED:20240911T155924Z
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SUMMARY:26th Annual Louis J. Luzbetak\, SVD\, Lecture on Mission and Culture
DESCRIPTION:Annual lecture to be held on October 8\, 2024 in CTU 210 B&C \nThe Pyramid Beneath a Church: Causing Muted Signs to Speak in Inculturation\nStanding 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 cross. In the art of inculturation\, the sign of the “vanquished pyramid” and its resonances in postcolonial cultures of the Global South\, kindle the interpretive impulse to drill down on anthropological and religio-cultural layers that had been silenced by the sentence of colonial missionary history. What are some creative analytical approaches in a contextual theologian’s tool chest to cause muted signs to speak anew? The apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia (2020) advocates for a “renewed inculturation” where the Church is admonished to listen to ancestral wisdom\, the voices of the elders\, and the rich stories of the original communities. This study proposes a semiotic moment toward Pope Francis’ reconciling vision of inculturation. \n_______ \nAntonio D. Sison\, CPPS\, is Professor of Systematic Theology and Culture\, and Vatican Council II Chair of Theology\, at Catholic Theological Union. His latest authored books are The Art of Indigenous Inculturation: Grace on the Edge of Genius (Orbis Books\, 2021) and Deep Inculturation: Global Voices on Christian faith and Indigenous Genius (as editor and contributor; Orbis Books\, 2024). \n“The Pyramid Beneath a Church: Causing Muted Silence to Speak Inculturation”\n4:00 p.m. — Welcome and acknowledgement of the indigenous people of the land by Roger Schroeder\n4:05 p.m. – Welcome by Ferdinand Okorie\n4:08 p.m. – 45-minute lecture by Antonio Sison\n4:55 p.m. – Q&A\n5:15 p.m. – closing and reception \nParking is available\, Admission is free\, This event is also on zoom
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/26th-annual-louis-j-luzbetak-svd-lecture-on-mission-and-culture/
CATEGORIES:CTU
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SUMMARY:Leading a Catholic Organization with and for LGBTQ+ Populations | Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider\, CM
DESCRIPTION: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) and Rev. Michael Trail (St. Thomas the Apostle) will respond to Father Holtschneider’s remarks. In person and online. \nPlease bring a lunch. Drinks\, sides\, and salads will be provided. \n  \n\n\n\n\nRev. Dennis Holstchneider CM is a Vincentian priest and the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Fellow of Church Leadership at Catholic Theological Union. He is chancellor and former president of DePaul University and served as chair of the board and then COO for Ascension\, the nation’s largest Catholic health system. Most recently\, he was president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities\, serving the nation’s 200+ Catholic institutions of higher learning.  \n\n\n\n\n\nM. Therese Lysaught\, PhD\, is Professor at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics at Loyola University Chicago\, Stritch School of Medicine. Her scholarly work integrates the fields of theology\, medicine\, bioethics\, and global health. Her books include: A Prophet to the Peoples: Paul Farmer’s Witness and Theological Ethics (2023)\, Biopolitics After Neuroscience: Morality and the Economy of Virtue (2022)\, Catholic Bioethics and Social Justice: The Praxis of US Healthcare in a Globalized World (2019)\, On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives on Medical Ethics (2012). She is the Editor of the Journal of Moral Theology and a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. \n\n\n\n\n\nFr. Michael Trail\, is a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago ordained by Cardinal Blase Cupich in May 2016. Currently\, he serves as pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. A native of Detroit\, Michigan\, Fr. Trail attended Loyola University Chicago for undergrad obtaining a bachelors in Philosophy in 2012. He earned a Masters of Divinity from The University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in 2016.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/leading-a-catholic-organization-with-and-for-lgbtq-populations-rev-dennis-h-holtschneider-cm/
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SUMMARY:Beyond Ite vos: Celebrating 800 years of Francis's Stigmata
DESCRIPTION:SCOTUS DAY EVENT\nBeyond Ite vos: Celebrating 800 years of Francis’s Stigmata \n​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.\nThis miracle is further revealed by writers and artists\, who attempt to capture the moment of the Stigmata.\nWe will focus our thoughts on two versions of the Stigmata: that of Br. Leo and that of St. Bonaventure as painted by Berlinghieri and Giotto.
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/beyond-ite-vos-celebrating-800-years-of-franciss-stigmata/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240916T163000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - Community of Missionary Disciples: The Continuing Creation of a Missionary Church\, by Stephen B. Bevans\, SVD
DESCRIPTION: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 three scholars. Copies of the book will be available for sale and Professor Bevans will sign copies during a public reception where free hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be available. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\nStephen Bevans is a priest in the missionary congregation of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) and Louis J. Luzbetak\, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture\, Emeritus at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He is the author or editor of twenty-one books\, among which are Models of Contextual Theology\, An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective\, and\, with Roger P. Schroeder\, Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today. From 2014 until 2022 he was a member of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism. \n\n\n\n\n\nCatherine E. Clifford is Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Saint Paul University\, Ottawa. She holds a PhD (Theology) from the University of St Michael’s College\, Toronto\, and a Licentiate (STL) from the University of Fribourg\, Switzerland. \nHer teaching\, research\, and publications are focused in the areas of ecclesiology\, ecumenism\, and the history of the Second Vatican Council. \nCatherine’s recent publications include the collection\, Vatican II at 60: Re-Energizing the Renewal (Orbis\, 2024)\, and The Oxford Handbook on Vatican II\, co-edited with Massimo Faggioli (Oxford\, 2023). Catherine is a delegate from the North American region to the General Assembly of the International Synod: For a Synodal Church in Mission. \n\n\n\n\n\nRobin Ryan\, CP\, Ph.D. is a Passionist priest who teaches Systematic Theology and serves as the Director of the Master of Arts in Theology Program at Catholic Theological Union. He received his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from The Catholic University of America. He is the author of numerous articles and recordings on theological and spiritual topics. He edited and contributed to the book Catholics on Call: Discerning a Life of Service in the Church (Liturgical Press\, 2010) and co-edited with Stephen Bevans Priesthood in Religious Life: Searching for New Ways Forward (Liturgical Press\, 2018). He is the author of God and the Mystery of Human Suffering: A Theological Conversation Across the Ages (Paulist Press\, 2011)\, Jesus and Salvation: Soundings in the Christian Tradition and Contemporary Theology (Liturgical Press\, 2015)\, and Gazing on His Face: A Christ-Centered Spirituality (Paulist Press\, 2020). He is a contributor to and English-language editor of the Diccionario de la Pasión de Jesucristo (Madrid\, San Pablo\, 2015). And he is the author of the forthcoming book Life is Changed\, Not Ended: An Introduction to Eschatology (Paulist Press\, 2024).  \n\n\n\nRespondents: \n\n\nStan Chu Ilo (DePaul)\nCatherine E.Clifford (St. Paul)\nRobin Ryan\, CP
URL:https://ctu.edu/event/book-launch-community-of-missionary-disciples-the-continuing-creation-of-a-missionary-church-by-stephen-b-bevans-svd/
CATEGORIES:Bernardin Center
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