Catholic Theological Union is proud of all our programs and people, but some make us want to brag just a little bit more: 

Faculty

36 full-time dedicated teachers, prolific authors, and ministers of the Gospel, including President Donald Senior, C.P., appointed to the Vatican’s Pontifical Biblical Commission; Dianne Bergant, C.S.A., columnist for America magazine; Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S., widely respected expert in reconciliation; John Pawlikowski, O.S.M., president of the International Council of Christians and Jews. 

Innovative curriculum

The CTU degree programs curriculum models the interrelatedness of the various theological and ministerial disciplines and interweaves theory with practice. The result is a holistic graduate theological education that prepares women and men for effective ministry in an increasingly global society. 

Bechtold Library

Holds 150,000 volumes, including 500 current periodicals. Special collections in mission studies, history of religions, homiletics, religious education, Christian art, Morenna, religious life, and Franciscan studies. 

Bernardin Center

Continues the work of the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin through an array of programs (scholarships, lectures, conferences, symposia) in reconciliation and peacemaking, interreligious dialogue, and the consistent ethic of life. 

Study abroad

Our renowned biblical faculty lead annual trips to Israel/Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, and Greece, as part of a 30-year tradition of study and travel in the lands of the Bible. 

Endowed faculty chairs

Bishop Francis X. Ford Chair in Mission and Culture, Crown Ryan Chair in Jewish Studies, Harry and Erica John Family Chair in Catholic Ethics, Louis J. Luzbetak S.V.D. Chair in Catholic Missiology, Vatican Council II Chair in Theology. 

Religious life

CTU is entrusted with the theological education for 32 men’s religious communities. One in every six religious order priests ordained in the United States today is a CTU graduate. 

3,500 graduates

Serve in churches, schools, prisons, hospices, and social service agencies in 48 states and 68 countries. 

Internationally-renowned lecturers

Illuminate issues of faith, theology, and ministry through the Bernardin Memorial Lecture, Rabbi Hayim Perelmuter Conference, Catholic-Muslim Studies Conference, Shapiro Lectures, Luzbetak Mission Lecture, Tolton Lecture, Hispanic Ministry Lecture, Life Ethics Symposium, World Mission Lecture 

Peacemakers award

Honors leaders in peacemaking and reconciliation, including Israel’s Lea Rabin, Nobel laureate John Hume of Northern Ireland, Queen Noor of Jordan, the Vatican’s Cardinal Walter Kasper, filmmaker Steven Spielberg, and Jean Vanier. 

Young Catholic Leaders

The Peacebuilders Initiative and Catholics On Call programs serve high school, college, and post-college age young people, opening their hearts and minds to a life of service in the church.