This presentation will overview the mostly unreconciled histories of slavery and segregation in U.S. women’s religious life as well as some notable attempts to make reparation for the enduring sin of anti-Black racism and exclusion within Catholic boundaries. Participants will also individually and collectively imagine what Catholic reparation for slavery and segregation should look like […]
From September 30 – October 15, 2023, CTU President, Sr. Barbara Reid, OP, will lead the group on a tour of holy places in Greece and Turkey, such as Thessaloniki, Corinth, Ephesus, Cappadocia, and Istanbul. We hope you can join us. The cost of the 14 night 15-day land portion is $6,100 with $1,300 single supplement. Download the Greece […]
Where is the Center of World Christianity Today? The Five Frontiers of Mission and Theology This lecture contests some of the settled claims about the shifting center of Christianity from the West to the Global South, particularly that Africa is the new center of Christianity. The lecturer engages some of the new methodologies for […]
A Movie Screening Presented by the Bernardin Center in partnership with Pathways@CTU Wonderfully Made: LGBTQ+R(eligion) To fight for greater LGBTQ+ acceptance while overlooking or ignoring religion is to miss the root of the problem. Wonderfully Made: LGBTQ+R(eligion) is storytelling with a purpose at its finest, featuring interviews with leading advocates of LGBTQ+ Catholics, exploring the […]
Probing our Ecumenical Journey with a Pan African, Women of Faith, Multigenerational Lens The lecture will honour and probe the ancient and modern leadership of Pan African Women of Faith in the Christian movement of unity, justice, and mission in a forthcoming book by the lecturer. The lecture will focus on a multi-generational framework […]
You are beloved by God, exactly as you are. Join us online and in-person at Catholic Theological Union for a liturgy honoring the sacredness of the LGBTQ+ community. October 25, 2023 | 6:30 pm Catholic Theological Union 5416 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago Room 210 Sponsored by the Pathways@CTU living-learning community. Learn more about the Pathways […]
2023 Fall Shapiro Lecture ■ The Shapiro Lecture will be offered Virtually ■ Lecture will begin at 2:00 pm CT. ■ Please register below to receive the meeting link
Please join us for an interreligious conversation with Dr. Zahra Ayubi, PhD and Sr. Barbara Reid, OP. Zahra Ayubi, PhD is Associate Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College. She specializes in women and gender in premodern and contemporary Islamic ethics and has published on gendered concepts of ethics, justice, and religious authority, and on Muslim […]
CTU will celebrate the Romero Scholars Program on Saturday evening, November 4, 2023. 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 8:00 pm Dancing For more than […]
The Franciscan vision of the economy, which had a remarkable development during the 13th-15th centuries, remains relevant today. This fact was recently recognized by Pope Francis when he convened a world meeting of young economists in Assisi, entitled “The economy of Francesco,” (online: Nov. 19-21, 2020) to promote a more fraternal economic system, more attentive […]
