The mission of the Catholic Studies Program is to foster engagement with Roman Catholic intellectual life in all its depth and breadth – e.g., material and spiritual, personal and social, moral and artistic, religious and secular, philosophical and theological – throughout all parts of the Loyola community (students, faculty, staff, and administrators).
CSP programs include:
- The Catholic Studies Minor
- Lectures and Panel Discussions
- Film Series
- Cultural Immersion Programs
- Family Masses and Dinners
Fall 2021 Course Offerings
- CL 313 History of Christmas
- HN 203 The Human Drama: Renaissance to Modern
- HS 313 History of Christmas
- TH 216 Ignatius and the Jesuits: History and Spirituality
- TH 265 World Christianity
- TH 266 Christian Theology and World Religions
- TH 302 Ethics: Economics and Ethics in the Catholic Tradition
- TH 316 Ethics: Catholic Spiritual Life in the U.S.
- TH 362 Hope, Death and the End of the World
- TH 385 The Theological and Religious in International Cinema
Spring 2022 Course Offerings
- AH 312 The Renaissance in Italy
- CL 324 The Persecution of Christians in the Roman World
- CL 350 Prophets and Peacemakers
- HN 202 The Human Drama: Medieval World
- TH 203 The Catholic Church: Life and Thought
- TH 216 Ignatius and the Jesuits: History and Spirituality
- TH 265D World Christianity
- TH 301 Ethics: Theology and the Ethics of Hospitality
- TH 302 Ethics: Economics and Ethics in the Catholic Tradition
- TH 350 Prophets and Peacemakers
- TH 399 Contemporary Catholic Intellectual Life
Fall 2022 Course Offerings
- AH 313 Renaissance Art in Northern Europe
- CL 313 History of Christmas
- HN 203 Human Drama: Renaissance to Modern
- HS 313 History of Christmas
- HS 381D Search for the Divine: India
- HS 383 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador
- PL 355 Philosophy of History
- TH 209 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador
- TH 216 Ignatius and the Jesuits: History and Spirituality
- TH 266 Christian Theology and World Religions
- TH 301 Theology and the Ethics of Hospitality
- TH 310 The Ethics of War and Peace
- TH 316 Conversations and Controversies in Catholic Ethics and Morality
- TH 338 Theology of Thomas Aquinas
- TH 381 Faith in Film: Apostles Creed