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  • 02/08/2024 1:29 PM | Stephanie Wong (Administrator)

    Villanova U. is again accepting applications for our Graduate Resident Ministry program.  If you know of current seniors or recent alums who may be discerning a path in ministry, please consider suggesting it to them.  It offers mentoring in a variety of ministry experiences partially tailored to the interests of each student while also providing full-tuition for a 48-credit M.A. in Ministry and Theology, room & board for 2 years, and a $12K/year living stipend.  The deadline for priority consideration is February 1st, but applications received in March and April will still be considered.

  • 01/30/2024 2:08 PM | B. Kevin Brown

    Last year the CTSA Board recommended that, following the publication of this year's volume of the CTSA Proceedings, I begin to share with the CTSA membership some of the Proceedings readership data that I share with the Board in my semi-annual editor's reports. Please find readership data for November and December 2023 below. As a reminder, every volume of the CTSA Proceedings is available online at https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ctsa/issue/archive.

    Readership Data For November 
    2023

    Readership Data for December 2023

  • 01/10/2024 11:57 AM | Anonymous

    John Sheveland, editor,  Theology in a Post-Traumatic Church

    https://orbisbooks.com/products/theology-in-a-post-traumatic-church?_pos=1&_sid=72f402fd5&_ss=r

    Richard Gaillardetz, Ecclesiology for a Global Church: A People Called and Sent, revised edition 

    https://orbisbooks.com/products/9781608339952?_pos=1&_sid=0d3867a69&_ss=r

    Ilia DelioThe Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole

    https://orbisbooks.com/products/9781608339921?_pos=1&_sid=b59d139de&_ss=r

    Daniel HoranEngaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism

    https://orbisbooks.com/products/9781626985445?_pos=1&_sid=2f387ba6f&_ss=r

    Rosemary CarbineNevertheless, We Persist: A Feminist Public Theology

    https://orbisbooks.com/products/nevertheless-we-persist-a-feminist-public-theology?_pos=1&_sid=43b825489&_ss=r

    Leo GuardadoChurch as Sanctuary: Reconstructing Refuge in an Age of Forced Displacement

    https://orbisbooks.com/products/9781626985407?_pos=1&_sid=a34e6a87e&_ss=r



  • 01/05/2024 2:26 PM | Erin Lothes Biviano

    On behalf of the American Meteorological Society Committee on Spirituality, Multifaith Outreach, and Science (COSMOS), you are invited to: Bridging Spirituality, Faith, and Science for Weather and Climate Resilience: A Community Gathering, February 1st from 11am-2pm ET at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, with lunch: https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2024/program-events/networking-and-events/events/cosmos-community-gathering/This is a free and in-person only event (you do not have to register for the Annual Meeting to attend).

    Contact: Erin Lothes or 

    Carlos J. Martinez, PhD, organizer

    AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow | National Science Foundation

    carlosjaviermartinez.com

    @carlonimbus

  • 01/04/2024 5:50 AM | Hosffman Ospino (Administrator)

    The Formación Continua team at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry extends an invitation to participate in the upcoming Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Toward a Constitutively Synodal Church, which will take place during March 2024. You can register now! (follow the link above). The course is an effort to invite Catholics throughout the world to learn more about synodality and prepare more intentionally for the Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops this year.

    The project is firmly supported by major Catholic networks and organizations, several conferences of Catholic bishops, and theologians working in various academic institutions worldwide. The course will be offered simultaneously in seven languages, without cost and asynchronously. The previous two MOOCs on synodality developed by this team engaged more than 100,000 people in all continents. 

    Instructors/Speakers include Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, Timothy Radcliffe, OP, Piero Coda, Arturo Sosa, SJ, James Keenan, SJ, Gilles Routhier, Rafael Luciani, Alphonse Borras, Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, Catherine Clifford, Hosffman Ospino, Serena Noceti, Phyllis Zagano, Dario Vitali, César Kuzma, Maria Cimperman, RSCJ, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ, Carlos Schickendantz, Myriam Wijlens, Agenor Brighenti, among several others.

    For any questions about the course, please reach directly to Dr. Rafael Luciani (rafluciani@gmail.com), theological consultant for the Synod on Synodality. Share the information with others who may be interested.

  • 12/15/2023 3:40 PM | Julia Brumbaugh

    In an article published today, CTSA divestment leaders Dan DiLeo and Erin Lothes share the story of the CTSA’s journey to work with the investment company Aperio Group, which specifically aligns with the bishops’ value screens and includes a robust fossil fuel screen. The article is a valuable resource for advocating to our institutions the need for urgent divestment action on this critical whole-life issue, and it shows that it is possible to align investment portfolios with Catholic moral priorities, with the critical issue of Climate Justice at the fore.  Please consider scheduling a meeting with decision-makers at your institutions to share this great news and to consider similar divestment action.

    The impetus for fossil fuel divestment originated as a grassroots effort by CTSA members. The ad hoc Fossil Fuel Divestment Review Committee led the charge to this success. Now reconstituted as the Climate Justice Committee, on which I serve, together with Dan DiLeo, Chair, and Matthew Shadle, we will continue support the integration of our shared theological work in service to our common home.  

    Catholic teaching and US bishops' investment guidelines demand divestment. CTSA shows how. | National Catholic Reporter (ncronline.org)

  • 12/14/2023 11:42 AM | Anonymous

    The International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (INSeCT) will be meeting in Rome in 2024. As preparation for their gathering, they are collecting insight and research activities of members from the respective societies. The current INSeCT research project theme is "Decolonizing Theologies, Decolonizing the World." Linh Hoang, OFM, is CTSA’s new representative to INSeCT. He welcomes feedback and information from our membership. 

    Please access the survey via the following linkhttps://forms.gle/raQJeb5BYBw4Qmg37 .

    Your input is invaluable in shaping the comprehensive global presentation envision for INSeCT’s general assembly. The deadline for completing this survey has been extended to January 10, 2024.



  • 12/12/2023 12:03 PM | Julia Feder

    The Center for the Study of Spirituality at Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, IN) is hosting an online, interdisciplinary reading group for scholars to discuss Judith Herman's Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice this spring semester.  We will be meeting for three Fridays beginning on January 12th at 1pm EST.  


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    If you are interested in participating, please complete this registration form.  I will follow-up with more details in the new year.  Please feel free to extend this invitation to interested colleagues as well as your doctoral students.  

    We are also delighted to announce that the Center will be hosting a live webinar with Prof. Herman on Friday, March 8th at 7pm EST.  The webinar will offer attendees the opportunity to ask Prof. Herman questions about her research.  You do not need to attend the reading group in order to attend the webinar, though we hope that you will join us for both.


  • 12/07/2023 6:11 PM | Kathleen Bellow

    Announcing the Institute for Black Catholic Studies

    Summer Session: June 30-July 2024.

    Established in 1980, the IBCS is a school of pastoral theology and ministry that meets in the summer on the campus of Xavier University of Louisiana. During the three-week semester, students are immersed in Black Catholic studies supported by a rich community life of prayer, worship, and culture. The Institute offers two tracks: the ThM Degree Program and the Continuing Education and Enrichment (C&E) Programs. For more information, refer to the 2024 Brochure at  file:///C:/Users/kdbellow/Downloads/2024-IBCS%20brochure%20(3).pdf, go to the IBCS website https://www.xula.edu/ibcs/ or call the Institute office at 504/520-7691.


  • 11/29/2023 3:12 AM | Karen Kilby

    Durham University’s Centre for Catholic Studies, in partnership with the Franciscans Families of the UK and Ireland, are pleased to announce registration is now open for the forthcoming international conference:

    The Franciscan Tradition: Retrieval and Innovation

    The Second International Franciscan Studies Conference.

    Tuesday 12 – Thursday 14 March 2024

    Durham, UK

    Confirmed speakers include:

    Margaret Carney, OSF (St Bonaventure University)

    Johannes Freyer, OFM (University of San Diego)

    Mary Beth Ingham, CSJ (Loyola University Maryland)

    John McCafferty (University College Dublin)

    William Short, OFM (University of San Diego, and Collegium Sancti Bonaventurae, Rome)

    Giuseppe Buffon, OFM (Pontifical Antonianum University)

    The draft conference schedule, and registration details can be found at https://tinyurl.com/354528pr 

    The standard conference package including registration, refreshments, and conference meals is £190.  (Reduced student package at £160.)  Details of accommodation options are available on the website. 

    Registration closes on 18 February 2024.

    Please direct any queries about this conference to Brian Casey – brian.j.casey@durham.ac.uk  


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