Loyola University Chicago

THEA Institute

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Introducing THEA Fellowship

We envision participants who use their God-given gifts to work for social-ecological transformation and to encounter God’s creation with a spirit of awe and wonder.

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Healing Earth

Healing Earth

Welcome to Healing Earth, a free, online environmental science textbook.

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Healing Earth
<em>Healing Earth</em> co-editors meet Pope Francis and accept Vatican award for innovative online textbook

Healing Earth co-editors meet Pope Francis and accept Vatican award for innovative online textbook

SES Founding Dean Nancy Tuchman, PhD and Theology Professor Michael Schuck, PhD traveled to Rome to accept the Expanded Reason Award in the teaching category for their work on the Healing Earth textbook, which forms the foundation for THEA.

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Vocational Discernment

Youth Theology Network

THEA is a proud member of the Youth Theology Network (YTN), a national network of programs for high school students at colleges, universities, and theological schools. YTN programs identify, ignite, and cultivate the gifts of a new generation of Christian leaders who will make an impact in the world.

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Theology of Healing Earth in Action

Welcome to the Theology of Healing Earth in Action (THEA) Institute, an innovative program at Loyola University Chicago dedicated to environmental sustainability, faith, and theology.

We are excited to introduce a new program for the 2021-2022 academic year: THEA Fellowship. The Fellowship is a program for Chicago-area high school students for academic year 2021-2022. To learn more, see the Fellowship section in the navigation bar above. Prospective high school Fellows: APPLY NOW!

The THEA Summer Institute, THEA's original program, offers high school students the opportunity to learn about environmental justice and grow in their spirituality while spending a week living at one of the greenest campuses in the nation.

Summer Institute students live on campus and learn from expert theologians and scientists, including the founding dean of Loyola's School of Environmental Sustainability. The program seeks to promote leadership and cultivate a new generation of pioneers who will lead integrated lives of faith and justice, empowering them to respond to contemporary social challenges. The summer Institute offers a holistic and diverse experience which invites students to discover and discern their gifts and vocation while fostering Ignatian values of love for others, creativity, and prayer.

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