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A GR A DUAT E SCHOOL OF T H EOL OGY A N D M I N IST RY
SPRING 2019
Dialogue is the Key: Bernardin Center Continues to Bring Cardinal’s Ministry to the World “There’s a great hunger in the world for two things,” says Dr. Steve Millies, director of The Bernardin Center at CTU. They are “an ability to overcome divisions, and an understanding of what human life is really about.” Now in his second year as director, Millies believes The Bernardin Center can help feed these hungers. Inspired by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, the late Archbishop of Chicago, and the Center focuses on four of his ministerial priorities: the Catholic Common Ground Initiative, interreligious dialogue (especially among Christians, Jews, and Muslims), reconciliation and peacemaking, and the promotion of a consistent ethic of life. For Millies, dialogue is the thread that runs through each of these priorities that best captures Bernardin’s legacy.
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Lifelong Brothers: With Christ, With Each Other, With the Encountered World For three days in October, more than forty Franciscan brothers gathered at CTU for a symposium on lifelong formation for Franciscan men. Participants included Friars of the Atonement, Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, TORs, OFM, OFM Conventual and OFM Capuchin friars from across the U.S. and some brothers from Europe. The gathering was sponsored by the Duns Scotus Chair in Spirituality, which for two decades has initiated scholarship and education in support of the Franciscan charism, and included two public lectures along with internal presentations, processes and discussions. Rev. Ed Foley, OFM Cap, holder of the Duns Scotus Chair for the past ten years, conceived of bringing together Franciscan brothers on this occasion, coordinated the symposium and is currently editing a book based on the papers and presentations.
“For Cardinal Bernardin,” he says, “dialogue — among different faiths, within the church, about all the issues affecting human life — was the key to living
Rev. Michael Perry, OFM, the current minister general of the Order of Friars Minor, opened the conference with a public lecture, exploring the Gospel of Mark as a text that contains accessible wisdom about the lifelong journey of religious life and discipleship. He declared, “In order to be passionate and faithful missionary disciples, we must embrace a way of living the Gospel that can actually render our hearts malleable, revitalize the quality of interpersonal relationships — a quality fraternal experience of life that is life-giving,
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Rev. Richard Rohr, OFM, gives the keynote of a Bernardin Center co-sponsored symposium on Thomas Merton at CTU in December.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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Interreligious programs at the heart of The Bernardin Center for half a century
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Forward in Faith: the Founding of CTU celebrated at a special anniversary Sunday at CTU
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Fifty at 50 Inspiring CTU Alumni and their stories
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Rev. Mark Francis, CSV
The last several months have raised important questions about how we are preparing ministers — especially priesthood candidates—for service in the Church and world. The “summit” on clerical sex abuse called by Pope Francis raised concerns that traditional seminaries, conceived after the Council of Trent in the 16th Century — were no longer effectively fulfilling their role. These seminaries, usually located in rural areas, away from cities, were set up to create a quasi-monastic atmosphere where the individual seminarian was encouraged to focus on his intellectual development and his personal growth in holiness.
Catholic Theological Union was founded 50 years ago with a different vision inspired by a different Council — Vatican II. It is for that reason that priesthood candidates learn alongside lay men and women. While encouraging a healthy development of spiritual life in the context of a rigorous academic program, this process is seen as something best done in the company of a variety of people preparing to minister to the Church and the world. In this setting, candidates for priesthood learn to respect the perspectives and opinions of lay ministers in the Church and are better able to meet the demands of the people of our day who are seeking a Church that is dialogical, inclusive, and respectful of the talents and gifts of all the baptized, both men and women. Thanks to the generosity and foresight of families like the Crowns and the Ryans who have established the chair in Catholic Jewish Studies, this insistence on dialogue also extends to people of other faiths with whom our graduates will be living and working after they receive their diplomas. The programs of CTU’s Bernardin Center bring together faithful from the three Abrahamic religious — Jews, Christians and Muslims — to bring to bear the wisdom of their respective traditions on issues that affect the larger society. In doing so, the walls of fear and distrust are broken down and bridges of empathy and understanding are built that allow genuine friendships to develop. Future leaders of the Church — whether as pastors of parishes, prison chaplains, teachers and school administrators — benefit from this diverse community of learning that at CTU encompasses students from over 40 different countries. CTU is also profoundly marked and enriched by the particular charisms of the various religious communities that make up the Union. We were honored to host a meeting last Fall of several of the communities that follow the Franciscan tradition of religious life. It is in gatherings such as these that the action of the Holy Spirit is most apparent in the particular way with which each community is interpreting the legacy of the poverello from Assisi, thus enabling the Franciscan charism to touch the lives of an ever-widening range of people. This issue of Logos reflects the dynamism and optimism of CTU’s particular approach to ministerial formation. Our efforts to bring forth new generations of priests and lay ecclesial ministers are made possible by the generosity of the religious communities that make up the Union and by the benefactors who share our dream of a Church that does not rest behind walls of complacency but one which ventures out to meet the women and men of our world with words and deeds of hope and love. P
Founding Faculty Member Receives Legacy Award from U.S. Holocaust Museum In October 2018, Rev. John Pawlikowski, OSM, received a Legacy Award from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in front of a gathering of more than 2,300 supporters at a luncheon commemorating 25 years since the Museum’s opening. He was honored for his commitment to the Museum and to the cause of Holocaust remembrance. A Servite priest, Pawlikowski is professor of social ethics, co-founder of CTU’s CatholicJewish Studies Program, and a leading figure in the Christian-Jewish dialogue. President Rev. Mark Francis, CSV, remarked that, “John’s witness in improving Catholic-Jewish relations has long been an inspiration for us at CTU.” Fr. Pawlikowski is a founding member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and until 2012 was the chair of its Committee on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust. P Photo credit: Lynn Renee Persin for U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Franciscan brothers gathered at CTU in Fall 2018 for the Duns Scotus symposium on lifelong formation of Franciscan men. Sr. Meg Guider, OSF, presented and Sr. Margaret Carney, OSF, facilitated the three-day symposium.
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and transform our apostolic/missionary outreach into a collaborative, two-by-two experience capable of reflecting a model of discipleship that is forged ‘on the road’ of daily shared life.” The symposium participants also heard from Sister Meg Guider, OSF, Associate Professor of Missiology and Chair of the Ecclesiastical Faculty at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry, and member of the Duns Scotus advisory board. She reminded the group that it was only after the Lord gave Francis brothers that the Poverello focused on the Gospel form of life. Taking as her text the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30), Sr. Meg reflected, “There are those servants who are faithful yet fearful about losing the little they have been given and overly cautious to their own detriment. There are those servants who are creative, doubling the portion that they have received, but ever-conscious of being endowed with less than others. And, there are those servants who, in their exercise of fidelity and creativity with what they have been given and what they have received are neither afraid of risk-taking nor constrained by the human tendency to be diminished by comparisons.”
“…committed as we are to the spirit of our itinerant tradition, we must be advocates personally and collectively for starting with the voices and experiences of those previously ignored or overlooked.” — RE V. DAN HOR AN, OFM
Rev. Dan Horan, OFM, Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at CTU, spoke on “Liquidity and the Abyss: Lifelong Theological Formation for U.S. Franciscans.” Fr. Dan focused on contemporary theological trends, challenges and hopes that need attention in forming Franciscan men today, especially a theology of authenticity and the meaning of the human person.
“As Franciscans concerned with lifelong theological formation, committed as we are to the spirit of our itinerant tradition, we must be advocates personally and collectively for starting with the voices and experiences of those previously ignored or overlooked. We must be open to renewing our sense of theological anthropology that is true to our Christian faith but also is capacious enough to hold the experiences of LGBTQ persons, women of color, the poor and outcast, and all others as much as it has for the Euro-American, white, male cleric. In the final presentation, Rev. John Corriveau, OFM Cap., former minister general of the Capuchin Order and recently retired bishop of Nelson, British Columbia offered his passionate call to “A Brotherhood of Missionary Disciples.” To a large audience of friars, including many brothers in initial formation from the various Franciscan communities in and around Chicago, Fr. John pointed out, “In Francis we see the true meaning of conversion which is defined, not by what we leave behind, but by what we embrace! The conversion of Francis was his embrace of Jesus Christ. The consequence of his conversion was the abandonment of his life as the playboy of Assisi. In Francis we also see that conversion is not a once-and-for-all affair! His conversion continued throughout life. At the end of his life he exhorts himself and all of us: ‘Let us now begin, brothers, because until now we have done nothing!’” The symposium was facilitated by Sr. Margaret Carney, OSF. Former director of the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University and then President of that University, Sr. Margaret wove Franciscan sources, stories and poetry throughout the event. The Liturgy of the Hours, celebrated each day with music, texts and prayers in nine different languages, reflected the diverse heritages and ministry experiences of the symposium participants. P
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out the second Vatican Council’s call on the Church to ‘turn toward the world.’ He saw cultivating dialogue as an ongoing ministry that joins the ministry of service to become the inspiration for how we can all live together, finding our way to embodying caritas, Christian love.” A network of vibrant partnerships allows The Bernardin Center to engage what Millies calls “a better conversation — nationally and globally” within the Church and with the world beyond the Church. The Center’s programs collaborate with and are amplified by partnerships with the Archdiocese of Chicago as well as various ministry sites that interact with Catholics on Call or with our Catholic-Muslim Studies Program. Together with Loyola University’s Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage and the Chicago Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society, the Bernardin Center co-sponsored a symposium on Thomas Merton. Richard Rohr, OFM, spoke to a full house at CTU to kick off the two-day event, just as James Martin, SJ spoke last spring to another packed room at a Bernardin Center event about his book about LGBT people in the church, Building a Bridge. The “In Good Faith” gathering of Jews, Christians, and Muslims is an annual event, open to the public, featuring moderated conversations that promote understanding. This year, the Catholic Common Ground Initiative offered a webinar event with an expert panel in anticipation of the Catholic bishops’ unprecedented February meeting on the clergy sexual abuse crisis, the first such global summons by a pontiff. The webinar panel, “Can the Bishops Find Common Ground?” included Dr. Nichole Flores, University of Virginia; Dr. Richard Gaillardetz, Boston College; and Dr. Carmen Nanko-Fernández, director of CTU’s Hispanic Theology and Ministry Program.
“In a country where the church is changing, Bernardin Scholars are mediating that change.”
Steven Millies, PhD, moderates discussion following the December 2018 lecture by Richard Rohr, OFM, as part of the Bernardin Center’s two day conference, “’Disappear from View?’ Thomas Merton Fifty Years Later, and Beyond.”
In November 2018, the CTU community gathered to mark the anniversary of Cardinal Bernardin’s death and to celebrate the more than two-decade long legacy that lives on through the Bernardin Center. Going forward, Millies will offer a course each year on Cardinal Bernardin for Bernardin Scholars and others. As he graded the course’s first term papers, he found “a wonderful richness in those papers that explore Cardinal Bernardin’s life and the relationship between his devotion to prayer and the way that he approached people in the world.”
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In addition to an active commitment to dialogue, The Bernardin Center under Steve Millies’s direction continues to deepen its commitment to service. Over the last two decades, promising ministerial students have been selected as Bernardin Scholars, preparing for ministry in a cohort, entering into a rigorous and communal period of study, discernment, and reflection. This leadership development program involves an apprenticeship with senior-level CTU faculty focused on one of the Cardinal’s signature issues. Currently more than 100 Bernardin scholar alumni have come through the program, and Millies sees them as the Cardinal’s embodied legacy. Recently, Bernardin Scholar alumnus Ryan Lents (Director of the Office of Human Dignity and Solidarity for the Archdiocese of Chicago) spoke on Chicago Public Radio about the immigration crisis. Another alumna is Claire Noonan, Vice President of Mission and Ministry at Dominican University, where Latino/a ministry responds “to the arrival and ascendance” of Latino/a Catholics at Dominican as in Chicago and the nation. “In a country where the church is changing,” says Millies, “a Bernardin Scholars are mediating that change.” For more Bernardin Scholar alumni stories, see the 50@50 feature on page 10.
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Steve Millies knows that approach better than most. Raised in the Archdiocese of Chicago while Bernardin was leading it, Millies studied in Washington, DC and taught in South Carolina where he came into contact with the Cardinal’s family, himself tracing the path of the Cardinal’s earthly life. His appointment as the director of The Bernardin Center is thus “the product of extraordinary coincidences.” Millies acknowledges this, then adds, “To have the opportunity to come to this work at a time when so much of what Pope Francis has to say and the way he’s leading the global church today aligns so closely with Cardinal Bernardin’s priorities is beyond exciting. My hope is to graduate the Cardinal’s legacy from memory into a charism we can transmit generations beyond where we are today.” P
An update on two integral programs of the Bernardin Center at CTU: Catholic Common Ground Initiative and Catholics on Call.
In September 2018, the CATHOLIC COMMON GROUND INITIATIVE (CCGI) held the annual Bernardin Award and Murnion Lecture at Catholic Theological Union. The Bernardin Award was presented to Sr. Doris Gottemoeller, RSM, one of the founding members of CCGI. In response to receiving her award, Sr. Doris described her personal journey as a “centrist” and its impact on her life’s work towards creating common ground, “Being on neither on the right or the left, being a centrist, so to speak, is not a position of weakness. Being a centrist means the ability to go deeper. Taking…from either side, but going deeper and reaching higher. And that’s what it means to be a centrist.” Sr. Doris’ model is surely needed in our world today. Meaningful dialogue is not proving that one is right and the other is wrong. Rather, dialogue invites each of us to look from both sides of the conversation and understanding that this is where the true conversation begins. Following the award ceremony, Rev. Thomas Nairn, OFM, delivered the 2018 Murnion Lecture titled, “The Consistent Ethic of Cardinal Bernardin and the Integral Ecology of Pope Francis: Calls for a ‘Wider Moral Vision.’” Fr. Nairn began his lecture by referencing Cardinal Bernardin’s lecture at Saint Louis University, in March of 1984, “Life is both sacred and social…And therefore, that the church needs to protect the right of life of the most vulnerable while supporting the right to life of the most powerless, whether that really can be a consistent ethic.” The challenge that Cardinal Bernardin presented in 1984 of a consistent moral ethic is still a challenge in our church today.
Sr. Doris Gottemoeller, RSM, (top) accepts the annual Bernardin Award recognizing her unique contribution to the achievement of common ground in the church. Rev. Thomas Nairn, OFM, (bottom) delivers the 2018 Murnion Lecture.
In February 2019, as Pope Francis called all of the presidents of the world’s various conferences of Catholic bishops to Rome for the meeting on the clergy sexual abuse — the first such global summons by a pontiff — CCGI offered an expert panel in a webinar format. The panel was titled “Can the Bishops Find Common Ground?” and featured Dr. Nichole Flores, University of Virginia, Dr. Richard Gaillardetz, Boston College, and Dr. Carmen Nanko-Fernández, Catholic Theological Union. Rev. Michael Place, the chair of the CCGI National Advisory Committee moderated the panel. Dr. Flores and Gaillardetz are members of the CCGI National Advisory Committee. Dr. Gaillardetz voiced his hopes for the synod in Rome “to balance out questions about policing and reporting with a much more probing analysis of the clerical roots at the heart of this culture.”
In seeking to help Catholics understand what was at stake, the panel identified the differences at work among the world’s bishops, differences that originate in different legal and cultural circumstances as well as different opinions about church teaching and discipline. The webinar can be viewed in its entirety at catholiccommonground.org.
Each summer, CATHOLICS ON CALL hosts a four-day program at CTU for young people to discover God’s call in their lives, and explore the possibility of a life of service in the Church. This past summer, twenty-two participants gathered in Hyde Park from New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Arizona, New Mexico, and the local Chicago area. Fr. Dan Horan, OFM, Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Spirituality at CTU, challenged the young adult participants to explore of the anticipated October 2018 Synod on Young People, and provided analysis, implications, and practical insights in anticipation of this historical synod. Later in the fall, CTU hosted the annual Catholics on Call Partner Conference bringing together campus ministers, vocation directors, volunteer directors, and others who minister to young adults to learn and discuss best practices for supporting young adult men and women in their vocational discernment. At the September 2018 conference, more than 90% of the Partner attendees were participating for the first time, a harbinger of hope for a Church in crisis. For more information on the annual Catholics on Call programs, go to catholicsoncall.org. P
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We know that CTU can be a model of greater understanding, mutual esteem and collaboration between Muslims and Catholics…
Dr. Syed Atif Rizwan, Assistant Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Associate Director of the Catholic-Muslim Studies Program, in class.
A Major Gift for CTU’s Catholic-Muslim Studies Program As part of its “Forward in Faith” capital campaign, Catholic Theological Union recently received an exceptionally generous gift from a family of Muslim philanthropists to strengthen CTU’s unique and innovative Catholic-Muslim Studies Program. “We know CTU can be a model of greater understanding, mutual esteem, and collaboration between Muslims and Catholics, and be the role model for faithbased people,” said a spokesperson from the family. “As the national conversation around Islam grows increasingly fraught, coarse, and driven by fear and misinformation, the good work being done in the Catholic-Muslim Studies Program is even more important than ever.” CTU’s Catholic-Muslim Studies Program began in 1999 with a gift from James and Catherine Denny, one of the first such programs in the world. On a CTU sponsored trip to the Holy Land, long before the crisis triggered by 9/11, these friends of CTU recognized the importance of fostering mutual respect and dialogue between Christians and Muslims. With the appointment of Scott C. Alexander, PhD as its founding director, the program was launched. Students of CTU, most of whom will minister in societies with long, and often checkered histories of Christian-Muslim relations, have the opportunity to learn about the traditions and practices of Islam directly from Muslim adjunct instructors such as Dr. Ghulam-Haider Aasi and Prof. Inamul Haq (Elmhurst College) who, working closely with Prof. Alexander for well over a decade, have dedicated so much of their remarkable wisdom and talent to the program. Of equal importance are the opportunities CTU students have to learn from, and build lasting relationships of mutual respect, trust, and deep friendship with, their Muslim student colleagues whose contributions to the overall effectiveness of the program continue to be inestimable. One of the great blessings of this major gift has been the realization of a long-established program goal with the appointment of Syed Atif Rizwan, PhD as Assistant Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Associate Director of the program. Dr. Rizwan, who earned his doctorate in Islamic Studies from University of California, Los Angeles, teaches Introduction to Islam: Faith, History, and Modernity this semester to introduce students to the diversity of religious beliefs and practices of Islam. As Prof. Alexander notes, “Dr. Rizwan is an outstanding young scholar-teacher who brings an extraordinary degree of erudition, dedication, and energy to the program and to the wider CTU community. Building on the rich legacy of our Muslim adjunct professors, Dr. Rizwan offers his students and faculty colleagues a whole set of new and exciting opportunities for ministerial development and personal transformation, not just by learning about Islam, but by learning from Muslims.” Along with this new faculty appointment, the increased support for the program has enabled it to provide additional scholarships for Muslim students who also want to learn firsthand about Christianity. Currently, three Muslim students have received funds to pursue graduate theological studies at CTU. Another new feature is the Beloved Community Internship Initiative which provides participating CTU students with supervised experience as leaders in interreligious and intercultural dialogue. Interns commit 300 hours of service at partner institutions in Chicago’s Marquette Park neighborhood, including the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken, Southwest Organizing Project, St. Rita Cascia Parish, and the Maria Kaupas Center. As CTU president, Fr. Mark Francis, CSV, notes, “This tremendous gift will enhance CTU’s commitment to inter-religious dialogue, which is an integral part of the church’s mission as a sacrament of healing, reconciliation, and solidarity in a world torn by the ravages of poverty, violence, hatred, indifference, and environmental degradation.” P
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Fifty Years of Jewish Studies at CTU — A Renewed Commitment CTU was one of the first Catholic schools of theology in the world to include a program in Jewish studies as an essential part of its training of future priests and ministers. The Jewish scholar, Rabbi Hayim Perelmuter, was a charter member of CTU’s faculty, joining the school at its opening in 1968 and partnering with Fr. John Pawlikowski, OSM, the founding director of the new program. Since its inception, this pioneering program has offered an array of lectures, workshops, and courses, that acquaint Catholic students and the wider public with the history and traditions of Judaism, the matrix from which Jesus and Christianity itself emerged. At the heart of the program is the Crown-Ryan Chair in Jewish Studies, established almost two decades ago on Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2001 by the prominent Chicago families of Lester and Renée Crown and Patrick and Shirley J. Ryan. The collaboration of these two families, one Jewish and the other Catholic, embodies the spirit of CTU’s program. Lester Crown noted, “Together with the Ryans, we wanted to do something as far as bridging the relationship between Catholics and Jews. Teaching both priests and Catholic lay leadership is very important.”
In October 2017, Dr. Malka Zeiger Simkovich, an outstanding Jewish scholar, was appointed as the Director of Catholic-Jewish Studies and the holder of the Crown-Ryan Chair in Jewish Studies, succeeding Rev. John Pawlikowski, OSM. At the same time, as part of CTU’s “Forward in Faith” capital campaign, the Crown and Ryan families “doubled-down” on their original investment, expanding the Chair to a full-time role at CTU and helping to support its expanding programs. These include the annual Shapiro Lecture Series which brings outstanding Jewish scholars to CTU and provides a positive and safe environment for the ongoing dialogue between Christian and Jews. In addition to the Shapiro lectures, the annual Rabbi Dr. Hayim Goren Perelmuter Conference brings together Jewish and Christian scholars from around the world to intensify the Catholic-Jewish dialogue and to explore in depth the intersection of Jewish and Catholic literature, history and theology. The April 2019 Perelmuter Conference will be the second presented in partnership with the University of Notre Dame (UND) and explore the theme, “Many Rooms: Space and Sanctity in Judaism and Christianity.” The conference will conclude with the Spring Shapiro Lecture, “Art and Sanctity,” featuring Steven Fine, director of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies and a cultural historian of ancient Judaism.
“Together with the Ryans, we wanted to do something as far as bridging the relationship between Catholics and Jews. Teaching both priests and Catholic lay leadership is very important.” — LESTER CROWN, 2001
Close collaboration with key Jewish organizations such as the American Jewish Committee and the Jewish Federation, and with the local Jewish community in Chicago, are integral to CTU’s program. In May 2019, Dr. Simkovich is planning at CTU a month dedicated to the study of the Holocaust, with a lecture, a visit to the Illinois Holocaust Museum, and an encounter on campus with a survivor. The Catholic Jewish studies program at CTU also works in close partnership with another Bernardin Center program in CatholicMuslim Studies, fostering dialogue and mutual respect among the three Abraham faiths. At a time of rising anti-Semitism and currents in our society that want to build barriers of suspicion and division, the Jewish Studies program at CTU reflects a long-standing commitment to create a world of mutual respect and understanding. We want to form future priests and ministers of the Gospel that work for authentic peace. For the support of friends such as the Crown and Ryan families that help make this mission a reality, we are eternally grateful. P
Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program, in class with seminarians and lay students.
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Carol Marin (right, at podium), award-winning journalist and television commentator, is joined on stage with the panelists.
“Blessed be CTU — its past, its present, its future, for it is the hope of the Church.” — CAROL MARIN
Forward in Faith: The Founding of CTU On October 28, 2019 scores of CTU community members gathered in Hyde Park to experience a multimedia celebration recalling the year of CTU’s founding, the school’s defining spirit and the initiatives and events that shaped the core values of this remarkable place. Carol Marin, a dear friend of CTU and award-winning journalist and television commentator, narrated the walk through the history of CTU’s founding years to the present day. The panel was animated by stories from key members of CTU’s history, Rev. Gilbert Ostdiek, OFM, Rev. John Pawlikowski, OSM — both members of the founding faculty — and Rev. Donald Senior, CP, long-serving president. The presentation began with the tumultuous days of 1968 — one of those years that deeply marked the history of the world and of this country and the Church. From the bold steps of founding a unique model of seminary education through to the current day, the story of CTU’s history was brought to life through anecdote and interview. P
Find more anniversary features and videos at: ctu.edu/50th-anniversary
THIS WAS THE YEAR and this was some of the turbulent atmosphere when three religious communities — the Franciscans, the Servites and the Passionists — decided to launch a new and bold initiative: the founding of a school of theology that would implement a unique model for seminary education. They were committed to building a future together that they could not do separately.
Fr. Don Senior (top left), Chancellor of CTU and professor of New Testament. He joined the CTU faculty in 1972 and in the 1987 began a long tenure of 23 years as CTU’s president. Fr. John Pawlikowski (top right), professor emeritus of ethics at CTU and the founder of the school’s ground-breaking Catholic-Jewish Studies program. Fr. Gil Ostdiek (bottom right), professor of Liturgy, served early on as the Academic Dean of CTU.
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IDEALLY THERE SHOULD BE A COMPANION VOLUME TO THIS HISTORY OF CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL UNION. IT WOULD BE ENTITLED “APOSTLES AND MARTYRS,” AND IT WOULD TELL THE STORY OF THE GRADUATES OF CTU AND THEIR WORK IN MINISTRY. INTERESTING AS THE ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPING PROGRAMS OF THE SCHOOL MIGHT BE, THE ULTIMATE COMMENTARY ON CTU IS THE LIVING DOCUMENT, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE PREPARED FOR MINISTRY AT CTU AND ARE NOW SERVING IN THE FIELD. Rev. Paul Bechtold, CP, Catholic Theological Union of Chicago, The Founding Years
On the occasion of Catholic Theological Union’s 50th Anniversary, a call was made for nominations to recognize the important contributions that have been made by CTU graduates in theology and ministry. Nominations were received from far and wide, from scores of individuals — faculty, alumni, and community members — sharing the vital and inspirational work that our alumni have accomplished across the globe. There are countless alumni embodying CTU’s vision to be a transformative force in the Church and world. We are delighted to share a sampling of our outstanding alumni in a two-part series of 50 inspiring profiles here and in the Summer 2019 edition of Logos.
SUSAN ABRAHAM | MA ‘95 VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, PACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION After completing her Masters of Arts degree in theology, Susan, a native of India, has gone on to a very distinguished academic career, earning a ThD from Harvard Divinity School, and now academic dean and professor of theology at the Pacific School of Religion. Through her expert teaching and many publications, Susan has alerted students to the realities of the global church and the need for justice and mutual respect across cultures and racial and economic boundaries. Her early immersion in the global and mission context of CTU has shaped a remarkably productive vocation as teacher and scholar.
JOE BOLAND | MA ‘07 VICE PRESIDENT FOR MISSION, CATHOLIC EXTENSION Joe began his career as a caseworker at Catholic Charities Chicago and has a Master of Public Service Management from DePaul University. Awarded a Bernardin scholarship, he earned a Masters degree in theology from CTU. Joe now serves as Vice President of Mission for the Catholic Extension Society, a major national Catholic organization that supports the mission of the Catholic Church in marginalized communities across the United States. Most recently Joe has been leading Catholic Extension’s critical work in support of hurricane relief in devastated Puerto Rico.
SALVATORE CARZEDDA, PIME | MDIV ‘77 After his graduation from CTU in 1977, Salvatore was assigned to the Philippines. Amongst his fellow religious, Salvatore was playfully called “Mouth of Gold” because his voice was clear and strong. He worked with the Silsilah Movement, an NGO dedicated to building interreligious dialogue between Christians and Muslims in Zamboanga City, a commitment that involved risk because of the acute tensions in the region. Salvatore paid for his commitment with his life. He was shot on his way home from a meeting — one of several CTU graduates to earn the title of a genuine martyr for the Gospel.
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CHERYL CATTLEDGE | MDIV ‘11 DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS MINISTRY, CHRIST THE KING JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL After earning her Master of Divinity degree at CTU and completing the Augustus Tolton Scholars Program, Cheryl became Campus Minister at the newly established Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School on the west side of Chicago. Her work combines high school campus ministry, religious education, and her passion for fostering an authentic Christian spirit in the entire school. Her Peer Ministry Program provides the students at CTK the opportunity to develop leadership skills and to serve God within their peer community.
SUSAN FRANCOIS, CSJP | MA ‘15 LEADERSHIP TEAM, CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF PEACE Susan has used her theological training as a Master of Arts in theology graduate to engage in public media on behalf of the gospel. In addition to serving on the leadership council for her religious community, she is a regular columnist for the National Catholic Reporter’s Global Sisters Report. And recently she has been publishing her “Dear @POTUS...” #DailyTweet series. In no more than 280 characters, the “Dear @POTUS...” tweets express a prayer she has for the President of the United States in light of that day’s or week’s events and motivated by the perspective of Catholic Social Teaching.
GRAHAM GOLDEN, OPRAEM | MDIV ‘15 DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP AND RELIGIOUS VOCATION, SANTA MARIA DE LA VID ABBEY NOVICE MASTER, SANTA MARIA DE LA VID ABBEY PASTOR, OUR LADY OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, ALBUQUERQUE A member of the Norbertine Community of New Mexico, Graham completed a dual degree program with CTU and the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, an in-depth preparation for his life-long commitment to social justice. He was the 2016 recipient of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development’s Cardinal Bernardin Award for his dedication and commitment to social justice. He previously worked at the Catholic Foundation in his native archdiocese of Santa Fe. He now serves as pastor of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
JEFFREY HALLER, OFM | MDIV ‘91
KERMIT HOLL, OSC | MDIV ‘90
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The ministry of Brother Jeffrey Haller, OFM, embodies the missionary and global spirit of CTU. From 1991 to 2005 he worked in China as a member of a new missionary project initiated by the Franciscans, where he taught English in four different universities in the People’s Republic of China. He later taught at the major seminary in Vietnam, worked on a reconciliation project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and taught in Bangkok, Thailand. He is currently assigned to Istanbul, assisting the flood of refugees in Turkey and promoting reconciliation among Muslims, Jews and Christians.
During his life as a member of the Crosier religious community, Kermit has drawn on his CTU training to serve in a variety of positions within society and the church. He was a Navy chaplain for three years and then was involved in teaching high school. Because of his pastoral experience, his religious order has consistently turned to Kermit for leadership roles in his own community, as a prior and councilor, and on various international commissions.
SU HOOD | MTS ‘84 GUARDIAN AD LITEM Su began her life in ministry when she joined the Volunteer Missionary Movement and spent time in Kenya. Upon her return to England, she was invited to the United States by Edwina Gateley to head the Volunteer Missionary Movement USA. During this time Su also pursued her studies at CTU. Under her leadership VMM-USA grew, and lay leaders were formed and sent to South America. After retiring from this position Su focused her ministry and presence in the Community Mental Health organization in Grand Rapids, Michigan where she was highly respected. Presently Su is a Guardian ad Litem — advocating in the courts for those who need a voice.
DAVID KELLY, CPPS | DMIN ‘09, MDIV ’03
BETH KNOBBE | MA ‘07
PRECIOUS BLOOD MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES, RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
After many years of dedicated service to incarcerated young men, and others striving to steer clear of incarceration, Fr. Dave was one of the founders of the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, which over the last 18 years has grown immensely. Drawing on his advanced study as a Doctor of Ministry graduate Fr. Dave has led that expansion to include job skills training, restorative justice efforts, community support projects, and peace building initiatives.
Beth Knobbe was enjoying a successful career in business when she felt the call to devote her life to ministry. After earning her Master of Arts degree at CTU, she served for several years as campus minister at the Sheil Center, the Catholic campus ministry program at Northwestern University. She now holds a leadership position with Catholic Relief Services, the international agency that channels the generosity of Catholic donors to the world’s most desperate needs. Beth’s ministry embodies the deepest values of CTU’s own mission.
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KIM LAMBERTY | DMIN ‘10 CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES, DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY AND MISSION ENGAGEMENT For several years Kim Lamberty was touched by the people of Haiti. In 2006, she founded an initiative called Just Haiti, an organization that sells coffee in the fair-trade solidarity market. After completing her D.Min degree at CTU, Kim joined Catholic Relief Services, working as a senior advisor to projects in Haiti. Her main responsibility now is educating college students, faculty, and staff about the Catholic social justice tradition and the ways they can live out those values through the work of CRS.
JOHN THOMAS LANE, SSS | MDIV ‘92 PASTOR, SAINT PASCHAL BAYLON CTU graduate, Fr. John Thomas Lane belongs to the Blessed Sacrament religious community. For all of his priestly life, he has served in parish ministry — in Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, Houston, and now most recently as pastor of his home parish of Saint Paschal Baylon, Highland Heights, Ohio. Drawing on his own rich experience in parish life, John also writes a regular column on pastoral ministry for Emmanuel Magazine, the national journal sponsored by the Blessed Sacrament community.
RYAN LENTS | MA ‘18
JUDY LOGUE | MA ‘98 ROBERT WHEELER | MAPS ‘98
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND SOLIDARITY, ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO Before beginning his studies at CTU, Ryan served as the Program Director of Amate House, a young adult service and leadership development program sponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago. Ryan worked with Amate House for seven years, accompanying young adults as they completed an experience of fulltime volunteer service, intentional community, and faith/leadership formation. In 2016, while still in studies at CTU, he moved to his current role as the director of the Office of Human Dignity and Solidarity for the Archdiocese of Chicago, an office that supports parish social ministries such as respect life, peace and justice, and immigration ministries.
In 1993, at the request of then president Donald Senior, Judy Logue was invited to design an innovated formation program for CTU lay students. Later Bob Wheeler joined with Judy to develop the Emmaus Formation for Ministry Program as a spiritual formation program that complements CTU’s academic formation and prepares lay women and men for leadership and ministry in today’s Church. Both Judy and Bob are CTU graduates, who brought to their formation ministry years of professional experience in parish ministry as well as in education, business and law. They continue to be supporters of CTU and have given the school a lasting legacy of excellence.
PATRICIA MURRAY, IBVM | MA ‘05, DMIN ‘11
CLAIRE NOONAN | DMIN ‘10
LIBIA PAEZ-HOWARD | MDIV ‘03
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF SUPERIORS GENERAL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
VICE PRESIDENT FOR MISSION AND MINISTRY AT DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO, LIFELONG FORMATION COORDINATOR, VICARIATE III
Doctor of Ministry graduate Sister Pat Murray, IBVM, exemplifies the quality of leadership needed in the global church today. Before coming to CTU, Sister Pat Murray, IBVM, worked in peace building in Ireland. Later she was the founding executive director of Solidarity with South Sudan, fostering the collaboration of more than a hundred religious orders working to rebuild the educational, medical, agricultural and pastoral infrastructure of the newly independent South Sudan. She is now the executive director of the International Union of Superiors General (the organization of leadership of women’s religious institutes) in Rome.
Claire Noonan brings more than two decades of experience in university ministry, adult faith formation, and social justice education to her work as Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Dominican University. In this capacity, she codirects the university’s work in interfaith cooperation and interfaith studies. She earned her Ecumenical Doctor of Ministry degree at CTU with a concentration in spirituality. In addition to her leadership at Dominican, Claire is also an accomplished author and a frequent speaker at local and national gatherings.
A native of Venezuela, Libia arrived in the United States in 1987 as a volunteer with the Sinsinawa Dominicans, serving as a catechist and a Catholic school aid at Epiphany Peace School on Chicago’s west side. For over 30 years Libia and her husband Tom (also a CTU graduate) have served the Archdiocese in various capacities. The Paez-Howard family celebrate their faith at Good Shepherd Parish in Chicago’s Little Village community. Libia has translated her pastoral skills in practical ways, inspiring countless Hispanic women to achieve certification and later to be hired as either part-time or full-time DREs at parishes.
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JOSÉ ALBERTO PIMENTEL GUSMÀN, MCCJ | MDIV ‘98, MA ’99 VICE PROVINCIAL SUPERIOR AND PARISH ADMINISTR ATOR OF HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH, SOUTH CENTR AL LOS ANGELES Studying at CTU opened the doors for José to continue his studies in Rome and Egypt. He holds a Licentiate degree in Islamic Studies. José has served as a missionary priest with the Comboni missionaries in Egypt, Sudan, and Mexico doing parish work as well as teaching at the Saint Paul Major Seminary of Khartoum.
EZECHIELE RAMIN,MCCJ | MDIV ‘79 MART YR Called a “Martyr of Charity” by Pope John Paul II, CTU graduate Ezechiele Ramin’s cause for beatification is open since his death. Before being ordained a priest, he participated in mission trips amongst Native American communities in South Dakota, Baja, California and Mexico. This spurred him to join the Comboni Missionaries in 1972 and he was ordained in 1980. Ezechiele was assigned to Brazil where he worked among the poor and landless in situations of poverty, injustice and death. He fought for peaceful solutions to the conflicts among the campesinos and the landowners, being always at the side of the poorest. That commitment cost him his life; he was assassinated on July 24th, 1985, in Cacoal, Rondônia, Brazil.
CHRISTINE RILEY | MDIV ‘08 PROJEC T COORDINATOR, HOMELESS SERVICES DIVISION, CIT Y OF CHIC AGO’S DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND SUPPORT SERVICES DIREC TOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUC ATION, ST. MARTIN DE PORRES C ATHOLIC CHURCH Participating in CTU’s Augustus Tolton Scholarship Program changed Christine’s life. She credits the program with enabling her to integrate her professional and spiritual lives in a holistic way. Today she is a project coordinator for the Homeless Services Division of Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services, while also serving as part-time director of religious education at St. Martin De Porres Catholic Church. Christine remains active with CTU as chair of the Augustus Tolton Advisory Board and on CTU’s Forward in Faith capital campaign steering committee.
JOHN SSENYONDO, MCCJ | MA/MDIV ‘91
KATE WILLIAMS | MA ‘16
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SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR, GIA PUBLICATIONS
Comboni Missionary, Fr. John Ssenyondo takes his place as one of several authentic martyrs who are alums of CTU in its brief history. A native of Uganda, John ministered to the persecuted indigenous peoples in the Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Mexico. In April 2014 he was kidnapped by armed men as he returned home from celebrating a wedding and his remains were later discovered in a mass grave. Fr. John’s life is a compelling witness of the gospel values of justice and courage.
While serving as a music minister in her home parish in Evanston, Illinois, Kate was awarded a Bernardin scholarship and pursued a Master’s degree at CTU to deepen her appreciate of the church’s liturgy. A talented musician in her own right, Kate was recently named senior managing editor of sacred music at GIA Publications, a leading source for sacred and choral music and educational resource materials. Along with her love of shaping sung prayer with GIA’s finest composers, she serves as a music minister in the Archdiocese of Chicago, following her passion to serve in multicultural, multigenerational communities.
VICTORIA YEUNG | DMIN ‘08 DIREC TOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUC ATION IN THE DIOCESE OF HONG KONG After Victoria completed the DMin at CTU she taught at Holy Spirit Seminary for several years in Hong Kong. For the last several years she has been the Director of Religious Education in the Diocese. Not only does Victoria serve the Hong Kong community. She also works with priests and lay people from Mainland China, together with Fr. Peter Choy of the diocese. They offer theological updating and work for reconciliation between the underground church in China and the official church.Victoria embodies CTU’s commitment to mission and reconciliation. Chicago, following her passion to serve in multicultural, multigenerational communities.
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A The Augustus Tolton Scholarship and Ministry Program celebrated Martin Luther King Day with a service featuring Sr. Anita Baird, DHM reflecting on her 20+ years in ministry focused on racial justice.
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B Rev. Jerry Bleem, OFM, introduced the Prayer and Devotion, Franciscan Art, Franciscan Artists juried exhibit at the fall Sunday at CTU. C In November, the Center for the Study of Consecrated Life at CTU hosted the second gathering of its ongoing initiative on Interculturality, sponsored by The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. D At our fall Sunday at CTU, Rev. Dan Horan, OFM, explored the meaning, significance and application of Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation titled Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and be Glad). E CTU’s student community group, Witness, lead a Rosary of Healing for all those affected by the tragic killing at Mercy Hospital, Chicago in November.
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PRESENTATIONS / PUBLICATIONS Scott Alexander, PhD, has been promoted to full Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations. He holds a MA and PhD from Columbia University. He is chair of the Theological Education Committee of the American Academy of Religion and a regular consultant on Catholic-Muslim relations for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Sr. Jaruko (Joanne) Doi, MM, is Assistant Professor of Intercultural Studies and Ministry. She holds an MA in Theology from the Pacific School of Religion and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from the Graduate Theological Union. She ministered in Perú from 1983 to 2012 before coming to Chicago as Formation Director for the Maryknoll Sisters.
The following list includes a representative sample of some of the amazing scholarly work that CTU’s faculty is doing: Rev. Dan Horan, OFM, published the book, Reading, Praying, Living Pope Francis’s Rejoice and Be Glad: A Faith Formation Guide. (Liturgical Press, 2019). Rev. Roger Schroeder, SVD, led a two-week workshop on interculturality, in Rome, which was sponsored by the International Union of Superiors General (UISG). One hundred and eighty Sisters from 45 religious congregations from around the world participated in this program. Ann McGowan, PhD, published the book, The Pilgrimage of Egeria: A New Translation of the Intinerarium Egeriae (Liturgical Press, 2018).
Sr. Laurie Brink, OP, PhD, has been promoted to full Professor New Testament Studies. She is Chair of the Biblical Literature and Languages Department and teaches courses on the Gospels, Letters of Paul, Acts of the Apostles, and Early Christian Literature. Her current research and pedagogical interests are contextualization and hermeneutics.
Rev. Ferdinand Okorie, CMF, is in his second year as a Beginning Scholar in New Testament Studies. He is a CTU Alumnus receiving both an MDiv and an MA in Theology with a concentration in Biblical Languages and Literature from CTU. He holds a PhD in New Testament and Early Christianity from Loyola University Chicago.
Br. Ton Sison, CPPS, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, was honored to receive an invitation to the Royal Palace in Amsterdam to attend the annual Prince Claus Awards. Sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This year’s laureates include Kidlat Tahimik, national artist of the Philippines and the father of Filipino independence . Kidlat’s work was the case study of Br. Ton’s doctoral research at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, which he completed in 2004. Sr. Laurie Brink, OP, has been award a Sabbatical Research Grant by the Louisville Institute to investigate the role of Scripture in the New Cosmology. Engaging a collaborative research model, her project intends to create a hermeneutical lens for Women Religious that respectfully holds in tension Scripture and the New Cosmology.
Regina (Gina) Wentzel Wolfe, PhD, has been promoted to full Professor of Catholic Theological Ethics. Gina’s scholarly interests focus on leadership and social and economic justice issues, particularly as they impact women. She is writing a book on the topic of poverty alleviation and is currently serving as Interim Vice President and Academic Dean.
Rev. Enno Dango, CP, joined CTU as a Beginning Scholar in Intercultural Theology and Ministry for the 2018-2019 year. A CTU alumnus, he received both an MDiv and an MA in Theology with a concentration in Christian and Muslim Relations from CTU. He recently obtained his PhD in Qur’anic and Islamic Studies and World Religions from the University of Notre Dame.
Syed Atif Rizwan joins us part-time as Assistant Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Associate Director of Catholic-Muslim Studies. He received an MA in Islamic studies from Claremont Graduate University and recently completed his PhD in Islamic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
IN LOVING MEMORY Very Rev. Michael J. Glastetter, OFM Conv., formerly of Peoria, Illinois, died unexpectedly on September 30, 2018, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Michael attended the University of Notre Dame, graduating with a B.A. in Theology in 1992 and from CTU with an MDiv in 1998.
CATHOLIC MEDIA CONTRIBUTORS Rev. Dan Horan, OFM, (left) and Carmen Nanko-Fernández (center) are writing regular columns for National Catholic Reporter. Dan discussing politics, culture and theology in his bimonthly columns. Carmen, in her second year, is creator and an author for Theology en la Plaza, a monthly series of columns featuring four theologians writing from distinctly Latin@ perspectives on matters impacting church and society.
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ALUMNI NEWS Anne Arabome, SSS, DMin ’11, Cynthia “Sam” Bowns, MDiv ’12, and Melissa Carnall, MDiv ’15, each contributed reflections to Visions and Vocations, a work of The Catholic Women Speaks Network, published by Paulist Press in 2018. Cynthia “Sam” Bowns, MDiv ’12, contributed to an international publication by Paulist Press entitled: Shared Visions: Women Responding to God’s Call. The book is only available in Europe at the moment. Additionally, with her husband Deacon Loren Bowns, Sam will lead a weekend retreat for St. Benedict’s and St. Andrew’s Parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago in April 2019. Jim Donohue, CR, MA ’88, has co-authored Moral Vision: Seeing the World with Love and Justice with David McCarthy, both on faculty at Mount St. Mary’s University. The book was published by Eerdmans Publishing Company. Fr. Donohue is currently the Knott Professor of Theology at Mount St. Mary’s University and the Vicar Provincial of the Ontario-Kentucky Province of the Congregation of the Resurrection.
Susan M. Pudelek and Very Rev. Thomas A. Baima, Vicar for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Archdiocese of Chicago, meet Pope Francis as part of the Buddhist Catholic Vatican Dialogue in 2015.
Edwina Gateley, CTU ’81, was a recipient of the Prophet of Peace Award from the Order of Saint Benedict, Erie, Pennsylvania, in February 2019. Additionally, the Volunteer Mission Movement, founded by Edwina in England in 1969, celebrates its 50th Anniversary in 2019. VMM has sent over 4,000 lay missioners to 26 countries.
Fr. Cedric Pisegna, CP, MDiv ’90, has published his 22nd book: The Sacred Quest, about prayer. His Lenten mission will air on EWTN the Sundays of Lent at 2:30 pm ET. His television program “Live with Passion!” airs on TBN Sundays at 7 am ET.
Robert Gordon, DMin ’11, is a contributing author to the new publication Catholic Bioethics and Social Justice (Liturgical Press 2018). He has served as a hospital chaplain for the past 30 years. Albert Haase, OFM, MDiv ’82, published his tenth book, PRACTICAL HOLINESS: Pope Francis as Spiritual Companion, an exploration of the apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate as well as his fifth DVD, The BE Attitudes: Ten Paths to Holiness through Paraclete Press. www.AlbertOFM.org Facebook: Albert Haase, OFM Luma Khudher, OP, MA ’07, participated in a private meeting with Charles, the Prince of Wales, in England this past October. Prince Charles spoke of his conversation with Sr. Luma during an ecumenical service at Westminster Abbey, “to celebrate the contribution of Christians in the Middle East.” Sr. Luma spoke to Prince Charles about her congregation’s work in the rebuilding of the Christian communities of Iraq.
Susan M. Pudelek, MDiv ’96, attended the 2018 Parliament of the World Religions in Toronto, Canada, November 1-7, 2018 as a panelist in the presentation “She Said What?! Women’s Wisdom in Buddhism and Christianity” with the Buddhist Catholic Vatican Dialogue group from Chicago. Susan’s current ministry position is as Coordinator of Interreligious Relations in the Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Archdiocese of Chicago. Debbie Tatum, MAPS ’12, was appointed the Director of Development for Franciscan Health Foundation for the Northern Division in Crown Point, Indiana, working to advance the mission of compassionate care on behalf of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. Franciscan Health, formerly Franciscan Alliance, is a healthcare system serving Indiana and parts of Illinois. It operates 14 hospitals and employs over 18,000 full- and part-time employees. Jason Welle, OFM, MDiv ’09, was part of the initial group comprising the first Vatican Athletic Team. Jason is a lifelong athlete, having competed in high school and college football and still an active participant in several marathons.
PRAYER AND DEVOTION Franciscan Art, Franciscan Artists
Betti Pettinati-Longinotti
Clothed Splendor Henry Schroeder
From September to December 2018, THE MARY FRANCES AND BILL VEECK GALLERY featured a juried exhibition: Prayer And Devotion: Franciscan Art, Franciscan Artists. From the tradition of the Christmas crèche to art inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si, which quoted St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures, there has been a longstanding relationship between Franciscans, Franciscan spirituality and the arts. This exhibit brought together work by Franciscan artists and work from artists that use Franciscan themes. Mounted in conjunction with the school’s 50th anniversary, acknowledging the Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) as one of the three founding religious communities of the school, and enhancing an October symposium focused on Franciscan lifelong formation, the show’s title comes from the Franciscan rule of 1223. Its fifth chapter states the friars are to “work faithfully and devotedly so that…they do not extinguish the Spirit of holy prayer and devotion to which all temporal things must contribute.” P St. Francis of Assisi with Cross Sister Kay Francis Berger OSF
Fractal Fusion: Winter’s Canticle Stella DeVenuta, OSF
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On April 24, Catholic Theological Union will host its annual Blessed are the Peacemakers Trustee Dinner at the Hilton Chicago.
Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ
Rev. John J. Wall
Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ, who has worked for over 30 years to spark meaningful and necessary dialogue about the abolition of the death penalty, will receive CTU’s Blessed are the Peacemakers award. In addition, CTU will award Rev. John J. Wall, with the Diakonia award, honoring him as an exceptional model of “pastor” to the Church here in Chicago and across the country through Catholic Extension. P
Anniversary Celebration Mass to be Held May 5 Please join us at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church on Sunday, May 5, 2019, for Catholic Theological Union’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Mass. Mass begins at 3:30 pm, with Cardinal Blase J. Cupich presiding. Guests are invited to arrive at 2:45 pm for an organ prelude featuring works by J.S. Bach, Bridge, Bélier, Grigny and Matthias. A celebration and building dedication will immediately follow Mass at 5416 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago. For more information, please visit ctu.edu/events. P
Logos is published twice a year with information for alumni, donors, and friends of Catholic Theological Union. PUBLISHER EDITORS Rev. Mark R. Francis, CSV Colleen Kennedy Kellene Urbaniak