Catholic Theological Union

Catholic Theological Union

Latin: Unio Catholica Theologica
Motto	Preparing effective leaders for the Church, ready to witness to Christ's good news of justice, love, and peace.
Type	Private, Seminary
Established	1968
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Endowment	$44 million (2015-2016)
Chancellor	The Reverend Donald P. Senior, C.P., S.T.D.
President	The Very Reverend Mark R. Francis, C.S.V., S.L.D.
Dean	Regina Wentzel Wolfe, Ph.D.
Academic staff	23 full-time, 8 part-time, 11 adjunct, 4 visiting
Postgraduates	ca. 304
Location	Chicago , Illinois , USA
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Association of Chicago Theological Schools (ACTS), Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS), DePaul University, Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas, University of Chicago Divinity School
Website	www.ctu.edu

Catholic Theological Union (CTU) is a Roman Catholic graduate school of theology in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. It is one of the largest Roman Catholic graduate schools of theology in the English speaking world and trains men and women for lay and ordained ministry within the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded in 1968, when three religious institutes united their separate theology programs to form one school. The institution has since gained the sponsorship of twenty-four religious communities. CTU is run and staffed by religious men, religious sisters, and lay men and women. International students constitute nearly one third of the student body.

Notable current faculty

• Carmen Nanko-Fernández, scholar of Hispanic Theology and Ministry
• Richard Benson, CM
• Steven P. Millies
• Eileen D. Crowley
• Gilbert Ostdiek, OFM
• Scott C. Alexander, scholar of Islamic Studies
• Dawn Nothwehr, O.S.F., scholar of eco-theology
• Laurie Brink, O.P., scholar of the New Testament
• Antonio Sison, C.P.P.S., scholar of systematic theology
• Barbara E. Reid, O.P., scholar of the New Testament and feminist theology
• Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S., scholar of systematic theology, inculturation, reconciliation and forgiveness, and Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P.
• C. Vanessa White, scholar of Black Catholic Studies
• Donald P. Senior, C.P., scholar of the New Testament
• vanThanh Nguyen, S.V.D., scholar of the New Testament
• Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., scholar of systematic theology
• Leslie J. Hoppe, O.F.M., scholar of the Old Testament

Notable former theologians and faculty

• Stephen B. Bevans, the previous president of the American Society of Missiology
• John Dominic Crossan, noted scholar of the New Testament
• John Jefferson Gros, F.S.C., noted scholar of Christian ecumenical studies (Adjunct Faculty Member)
• Kevin J. Madigan, noted scholar of church history
• Wayne Robert Teasdale, noted scholar and practitioner of interreligious dialogue (Adjunct Faculty Member)
• Dianne Bergant, C.S.A. scholar of the Old Testament
• John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M., scholar of social ethics

Publications

• New Theology Review (NTR)
• Theophilus: The Student Journal of Catholic Theological Union

External links

• Official website