Category: MLTS News

Coming in Fall 2025! A 3-part series sponsored by Global Connections Office, Unitarian Universalist Association, and LIGHT at Meadville Lombard Theological School How do individuals and congregations wield power through money practices and what can wealth look like in a post-imperial, global faith? What are the monetary obligations and responsibilities of each member, minister and…

For years the honey badger has served as an unofficial mascot for students. It’s been a source of memes and comfort. And it’s a rare mascot, indeed. While many schools have taken on the role of bulldogs, eagles, and tigers, the honey badger may be one of the least popular mascots. But why a honey…

Meadville Lombard is pleased to announce the establishment of a new cooperative MDiv arrangement with Hartford International University for Religion and Peace (HIU). Students in Hartford’s Master of Arts in Interreligious Studies may take courses at HIU (either remotely or in person) and transfer them to MLTS as part of our MDiv curriculum. David D.…

A newsletter from President Ortega Dear Meadville Lombard Community, It is my hope that you and your loved ones are doing well. Today, I am writing to share some exciting news from Meadville Lombard. After months of a rigorous search process, it fills me with joy to announce that we have hired our new Assistant…

A newsletter from President Ortega Dear Meadville Lombard Community, The fall foliage colors in Chicago have been magnificent this year. I pray you are well and able to enjoy the wonder that Mother Nature brings to us. In late August, we welcomed our students to our new campus for the first time. The Fall 2022 Convocation…

Effective April 1, 2022, Joy Berry will serve as Interim Director of the Fahs Collaborative. Joy has served as Assistant Director since 2017 with Dr. Mark Hicks, Angus MacLean Professor of Religious Education, and Founder and Director of the Fahs Collaborative.   “Mark and I have collaborated wildly in the sacred work of our shared…

[This reflection was shared as the Closing Blessings for students at our Spring 2022 Convocation on January 24, 2022.] In life, we will cross many thresholds. The counting of our days on this earth begins with a crossing of thresholds, from wombs to arms, and we catch our first breaths, and we utter our first…

Meadville Lombard’s new lifelong-learning hub Meadville Lombard Theological School is pleased to announce the founding of what we are tentatively calling the Leadership Institute for Justice, Healing, and Liberation. The Institute will be the hub of our lifelong-learning programs that we are developing. These co-curricular programs will include opportunities for clergy and professional continuing education as…

At a special meeting of the Board called in March 2021, the Meadville Lombard Leadership Team — President Ortega, Vice President Lightsey, and Vice President Redman — recommended that Meadville Lombard enter a 12-year lease for space in the 180 N. Wabash building. This was not a decision arrived at lightly, as we have enjoyed…

A logo is a powerful tool for the sighted population. It is said that 90% of information transmitted to the brain of a sighted person is visual, and visuals are processed 60,000 times faster than text. Visual branding can create moods, evoke emotions, and tell stories of the institution in a nanosecond.  Meadville Lombard unveiled…