CTU NEWS
In Shades of Franciscan Brown, A Lesson on the Rainbow of Love
November 8, 2024
Meet the sisters in the Together Program
October 29, 2024
October 28, 2024
CTU + Lewis University Partnership
September 1, 2024.
The spiritual work of racial justice pilgrims.
August 1, 2024
CTU Leadership Wins Big at Catholic Media Awards.
July 1, 2024
Former DePaul President Joining CTU
May 10, 2024
Catholic Theological Union Names New Vice President for Development
January 11, 2024
CTU Alumnus Named a Cardinal by Pope Francis
July 14, 2023
Catholic Theological Union Announces New Faculty Appointment and Promotions
September 10, 2021
Catholic Theological Union Expands Interfaith Governance
September 2, 2021
Welcome Back Students and Faculty
August 6, 2021
July 28, 2021
May 11, 2021
A call for Peace from Sr. Barbara Reid, OP
May 11, 2021
CTU Elects First Female President
November 15, 2020
COVID UPDATE: CTU Spring and Summer Schedule
October 12, 2020
Catholic Theological Union Announces New Faculty Appointments
August 24, 2020
August 5, 202
COVID UPDATE: Letter on CTU Fall Schedule
July 31, 2020
CTU in the MEDIA
Santa Juana’s Marian sermons reveal her pastoral heart
Prof. Gilberto Cavazos-Gonzalez, OFM., John Duns Scotus Chair of Franciscan Spirituality, Professor of Christian Spirituality (Studies)
January 2, 2024
Keeping Christmas joy alive in our preaching—even amid war, violence and poverty
Preach: The Catholic Homilies Podcast Featuring Sr. Barbara Reid, OP
December 18, 2023
CTU to use grant to examine what makes a homily effective
Michelle Martin | Staff Writer
December 14, 2023
USCCB reacts to announcement of new cardinals (Cardinal-designate Robert F. Prevost)
Carol Glatz/CNS
July 9, 2023
How cosmology can enrich religious life
Sr. Laurie Brink, O.P., Professor of New Testament Studies, Catholic Theological Union
May 19, 2023
Sr. Barbara E. Reid, O.P., President, Catholic Theological Union
March 15, 2023
Multifaith community mobilizes to preserve creation ahead of COP15 biodiversity summit
John T. Pawlikowski, OSM – Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics
December 6, 2022
Passionist Fr. Donald Senior was a true friend, committed to mission
Sr. Barbara Reid, OP – President, Catholic Theological Union
December 5, 2022
Catholics must embrace anti-racist discipleship and practice
Kevin Considine – Director, Robert J Schreiter, CPPS Institute for Precious Blood Spirituality Adjunct Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology
August 2, 2022
Rev. Donald Senior dead at 82; headed Catholic Theological Union
Mitch Dudek, Staff reporter
November 9, 2022
Cold Stats, Complicated Stories – Baseball on the field is never ‘context-neutral’
Gilberto Cavazos-González, OFM John Duns Scotus Chair of Franciscan Spirituality Professor of Christian Spirituality
August 2, 2022
Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous Canadians opened door to reconciliation
Kevin Considine – Director, Robert J Schreiter, CPPS Institute for Precious Blood Spirituality Adjunct Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology
August 2, 2022
The books U.S. Catholic writers have enjoyed this month, including “Who’s Black and Why?”
Kevin Considine – Director, Robert J Schreiter, CPPS Institute for Precious Blood Spirituality Adjunct Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology
July 28, 2022
Scholars to address interpreting Scripture through the Church at Summer Scripture Conference
June 6, 2022
One of the conference’s faculty speakers
Father Donald Senior, C.P., President Emeritus, Chancellor and Professor, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago
When a celebrity becomes a bishop: Will Barron set aside Word on Fire for his new diocese?
June 3, 2022
Professor of public theology and director of the Bernardin Center
at Catholic Theological Union
Precious Blood Sister Professes Perpetual Vows
May 11, 2022
The Catholic Church and the Role of Women in Church Leadership
April 8, 2021
– Sr. Barbara Reid, Op and C. Vanessa White, DMin
Local professor receives grant for project on science and homiletics
March 24, 2021
– Edward Foley, Capuchin
Could President Biden’s Catholic Faith Be a Tool for Healing America?
February 1, 2021
– Steven P. Millies, PhD, Director, Bernardin Center
US Government Sees Wave of Catholic Leaders
January 24, 2021
– Steven P. Millies, PhD, Director, Bernardin Center
The church teaches that purpose of government is the common good. Period.
January 20, 2021
– Rev. Daniel Horan, OFM
January 20, 2021
– – Steven P. Millies, PhD, Director, Bernardin Center
Spiritual Practices and the Role of Catholic Faith in Public Life
January 20, 2021
– – Steven P. Millies, PhD, Director, Bernardin Center
Joe Biden’s very Catholic Cabinet
January 19, 2021
– – Steven P. Millies, PhD, Director, Bernardin Center
Turn to St. Angela of Foligno for spiritual guidance in the new year
January 6, 2021
– Rev. Daniel Horan, OFM
Biden administration’s climate agenda reflects spirit of Laudato Si’
December 9, 2020
– Rev. Daniel Horan, OFM
Documentary ‘maɬni’ is a meditative immersion in Chinook Indian worldview
December 8, 2020
– Bro. Antonio D. Sison, CPPS
The dead and the living deserve better than rushed reconciliation
November 18, 2020
– by Carmen Nanko-Fernández
November 12, 2020
– Steve Millies, PhD
Pope Francis’ support for civil unions is a call to justice — and nothing new
October 26, 2020
– Steve Millies, PhD
Relationship leads us to peace: Three key Franciscan themes in ‘Fratelli Tutti’
October 4, 2020
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM
About That Title…What Francis Might Mean by ‘Fratelli Tutti’
September 24, 2020
– Carmen Nanko-Fernández
Previous School Years
CTU NEWS
CTU Statement Against Racism, Prejudice and Injustice
June 18, 2020
COVID UPDATE: CTU Fall 2020 Course Planning
June 17, 2020
National Day of Mourning and Lament
May 30, 2020
May 21, 2020
COVID UPDATE: CTU Coronavirus Statement
May 1, 2020
April 27, 2020
COVID UPDATE:CTU Coronavirus Statement
April 20, 2020
CTU Easter Letter from the President
April 8, 2020
COVID UPDATE: CTU Coronavirus Statement
April 3, 2020
COVID UPDATE: CTU Coronavirus Statement
March 27, 2020
COVID UPDATE: CTU Coronavirus Statement
March 23, 2020
January 18, 2020
The Catholic Vote in 2020 Spring Lecture Series Open to the Public
December 5, 2019
Catholic Theological Union Now Offers Four Degrees Completely Online
September 16, 2019
Messenger of Peace. A Franciscan Ministry for Performing Arts
October 14-19, 2019
CTU Student Vicente Del Real received the Bishops Quarter Award
October 17, 2018
Together program builds bonds among new religious
August 30, 2018
Lilly Endowment awards $1 million grant to Catholic Theological Union
February 13, 2018
CTU’s Statement of Solidarity with our DACA Brothers and Sisters
September 6, 2017
Statement on the Recent Violence in Charlottesville
August 14, 2017
Steven P. Millies Named New Bernardin Center Director
July 12, 2017
Kristine Veldheer Named New Library Director
July 11, 2017
Colleen Kennedy Named New Chief Development Officer
March 21, 2016
CTU in the MEDIA
To maintain her calm, this Catholic sister tweets prayers to @POTUS
June 26, 2020
– U.S. Catholic & Sr. Susan Francois, CSJP MA ’15
June 12, 2020
– Arturo J. Bañuelas, M.T. Dávila, Miguel H. Díaz, Carmen Nanko-Fernández
I can’t breathe because God can’t breathe
– Anne Arabome
When will the US bishops address the evil of systemic racism head-on?
June 10, 2020
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM
¿Dios Bendiga Whose América? Resisting the Ritual Theologizing of Nation
June 5, 2020
– Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology
If COVID-19 frightens you, you should be terrified by climate change
May 27, 2020
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM
Panelists admit sacramental life is hard without the dimension of touch
May 21, 2020
– Catholic News Service
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ offers hope-inspiring water
May 16, 2020
– Bro. Antonio D. Sison, CPPS
Theologians concerned over bishops’ plans for 10-person pandemic Masses
May 12, 2020
– National Catholic Reporter
US Catholic magazine unpublishes two articles critical of Cardinal Dolan
May 7, 2020
– National Catholic Reporter
We are suffering a crisis of imagination in the church and world
April 29, 2020
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM
God makes a way’: African American parishes respond to COVID-19 disparity
April 29, 2020
– National Catholic Reporter
Interreligious Relations Must Become Imperative, Not a Sidebar
– John T. Pawlikowski
Unless our nation agrees about morality, laws will fall short
April 23, 2020
– Steven P. Millies, U.S. Catholic
Women religious model the Christian ecological vocation
– Sr. Dawn M. Nothwehr, OSF
As the suffering of many weighs on me, I’m learning to pray again
April 15, 2020
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM
What Thomas Merton can teach us about the coronavirus pandemic
April 10, 2020
– Steven P. Millies, U.S. Catholic
The church after coronavirus: Crisis exposes what is essential
April 2, 2020
– National Catholic Reporter
For the love of God (literally), stay home, be safe and pray
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM
A new way to think about the ‘consistent ethic of life’
March 31, 2020
– Steven P. Millies, U.S. Catholic
Communion of saints, an important tenet of our faith, can help during coronavirus times
March 18, 2020
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM
AJC Chicago Celebrates Shabbat with Seminary Students
March 16, 2020
Catholic schools slow to accept cultural significance of black hair
February 20, 2020
– Sarah Salvadore, National Catholic Reporter
Integral ecology requires a larger ‘seamless garment’
February 19, 2020
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM, National Catholic Reporter
Rethinking politics: A better path to faithful citizenship
February 14, 2020
– Steven P. Millies, U.S. Catholic
Good intentions, right representation and writing latinidad
February 11, 2020
– Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, National Catholic Reporter
An Interview with Sister Mary Frohlich, RSCJ
January 26, 2020
– Gordon Nary, Profiles in Catholicism
Talk to explore depictions of biblical women in scripture, art, and St. John’s Bible
January 29, 2020
– Record Online
The ecological significance of the Eucharist
January 22, 2020
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM, National Catholic Reporter
Our poisoned policy overlooks our common home: American professor – the B.C. Catholic
January 9 , 2020
– Mag Viralv
In ‘American Utopia,’ a welcome reminder that hope abounds
January 6, 2020
– Steven P. Millies, U.S. Catholic
Christmas is for all God’s creatures
December 24 , 2019
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM, National Catholic Reporter
Q & A with Sr. Lucianne Siers, training religious in formation and interculturality
November 26, 2019
– Global Sisters Report
30 years later, the Berlin Wall offers enduring lessons on peace
November 4, 2019
– Steven P. Millies, U.S. Catholic
St. John Henry Newman would approve of synod’s final document
October 30 , 2019
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM, National Catholic Reporterv
A legacy of Latin@́s theologizing on borderlands
October 18, 2019
– Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, National Catholic Reporter
Graduates earn 76 degrees, certificates from Catholic Theological Union at Chicago
August 29, 2019
– Illinois Business Daily
Catholic Theological Union at 50: educating church ministers since the Second Vatican Council
July 12, 2019
–Chicago Catholic
Sneakers are never just sneakers
July 12, 2019
– Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, National Catholic Reporter
A View from the City: Creation, Recreation, y la Nueva Creación
July 12, 2019
– Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology
Confronting the ‘monarchy of fear’ with spiritual resistance
June 12, 2019
– Rev. Daniel P. Horan, OFM, National Catholic Reporter
The risky business of doing ‘mercifying’ theology
June 11, 2019
– Carmen Nanko-Fernández, National Catholic Reporter
Start a new church? Women deserve better than wise cracks
June 10, 2019
– Steven P. Millies, U.S. Catholic
June 6, 2019
– Religion News Service
‘Ulam:Main Dish’ celebrates Filipino cuisine
June 1, 2019
– Antonio D. Sison, CPPS, National Catholic Reporter
The politics of baseball, from Fenway Park to the South Lawn
May 14, 2019
– Carmen Nanko-Fernández, National Catholic Reporter
Science and Theological Education: Reports from the Field
May 1, 2019
–Scott C. Alexander, Religious Studies News
Q&A with Sr. Maria Cimperman, director of Center for Consecrated Life
January 29, 2019
– Global Sisters Report
A saint of the quotidian in Alfonso Cuarón’s film ‘Roma’
January 12, 2019
– Antonio D. Sison, CPPS, National Catholic Reporter
New grant initiative supports programs to reinvigorate pastoral leaders
June 28, 2018
– National Catholic Reporter
