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Winter 2021 We hope you enjoy this quarterly alumni update. Read on to learn about upcoming online events, alumni services and other alumni news. Visit the alumni page for all the full stories and news. As always, please keep us posted on your ministry highlights at alumni@ctu.edu.

ALUMNI ONLINE RETREAT JUNE 12 Please save the date for Saturday, June 12, when CTU will proudly present this year’s alumni retreat and prayer service. Our retreat speaker this year is Megan DeLeon, MAPS ’19, a Chicagoland funeral director. She will bring her unique perspective on what it means to accompany people as a minister, and how that is changing with the uncertain world we live in now. Read more here.

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HISTORIC VATICAN ROLE FOR HESBURGH ALUMNA On February 6, Pope Francis appointed Sr. Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ as Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops. Sr. Nathalie is a member of the Xavière Sisters, Missionaries of Jesus Christ, in France and she participated in CTU’s Hesburgh Sabbatical Program in 2019. Read more.

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15 new updates! Our 4,500+ alumni are setting the world on fire in ministry settings and in academic pursuits. We are proud to share their news here with you. Add your information here

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TEXT “CTU” TO 58052 CTU has just released a new mobile texting app to expand its outreach to prospective students. Anyone who texts “CTU” to 58052 will learn more about our bold and faithful community of scholars. Please share this code with your colleagues or anyone interested in CTU. Read more.

SUMMER@CTU REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Now more than ever, we need to come together for study and reflection to create meaningful faith-based and pastoral responses to changing global and ecclesial realities. Did you know that CTU has a special alumni reduced fee for summer audit courses? See full course listing here.

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FIND YOUR FELLOW ALUMNI ON LINKEDIN

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Here is one way to stay connected with your fellow alumni and follow their vocational journeys. Follow CTU here and click the “See alumni” button.

NEW DATES FOR 2021 BIBLE LAND TRIPS Rev. Donald Senior, CP, President Emeritus and Professor of New Testament, is leading two special Bible Land Tours in the fall of 2021. To learn more about each trip, go to our travel page here.

Where do you, your smartphone, and your faith meet?

Do you use any Catholic apps? What’s the go-to app for your spiritual life? We would like to know. Tell Alumni Relations what your favorite Catholic app is and why. You’ll hear about some of the top results in the next edition of the Alumni ENews.

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CTU Events

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The Problem with the Bible: What Early Christian Reading Habits Taught the Rabbis about the Hebrew Bible Mar 1 | 7 pm CST

Dr. Rebecca Wollenberg from the University of Michigan will explore early rabbinic stories about the Bible-reading habits of their Christian contemporaries—and the more abstract media lessons that these stories came to derive about the problems inherent to the process of conveying information through sacred text. RSVP

The Augustus Tolton Lecture Revival: African-American Storytelling and Intergenerational Catechesis Mar 3 | 4:30 pm CST

Roman Catholic catechetical endeavors need a makeover.

Using My Story-Your Story as a method of intergenerational catechesis, timone davis, DMin '11 will describe how African-American storytelling revives faith.

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In Good Faith Mar 16 | 7:30 pm DST

Jews, Christians, and Muslims Sharing Perspectives on Issues that Matter to Our Faith Communities and to Our World is an initiative of the Bernardin Center at Catholic Theological Union in partnership with First Analysis Institute of Integrative Studies. RSVP

Faculty Spotlight

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As of Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021, four of the last seven featured homilists at Catholic Women Preach have come from CTU. They include Chrissy Zaker, DMin ‘12 (January 31, Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time) and Kim Lymore, MDiv ‘03 (February 7, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time). Read more.

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Alumni Services CAREER RESOURCES FOR ALUMNI & STUDENTS View all recent ministry-related employment opportunities, both nationally and in the Chicagoland area.

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ACADEMIC JOB POSTING Xavier University of Louisiana, under the auspices of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies, has launched an initiative for the study of Black Catholic Holiness in the diaspora. A joint position with the IBCS and XULA Department of Theology has been authorized.

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ACADEMIC JOB POSTING Mission Educator – Promoter Chicago and Houston The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers share the Good News of God’s love by accompanying and serving people on the margins throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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Young Adults, Hispanic Leaders, Catechists and Teachers.

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