2025 AGM Registration Open

Dear CBA Member:
 
The Eighty-Seventh International Meeting of The Catholic Biblical Association will be held as a hybrid meeting, in-person on the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University Chicago and virtually via Zoom, August 2-5, 2025 (Saturday-Tuesday). 

Registration is now open at this link: https://www.catholicbiblical.org/meetings/2025-agm/register.  You will need to login to the CBA website to access the registration site. If you have forgotten your password, you may request a password reset link be sent to your email address by clicking on the “Forgot Password?” link on the login form. For detailed instructions on how to reset your password, click here.

• Onsite/In-Person Participation
  • Early Registration fee (until June 1st, 11:59 PM CDT): $200 
  • Registration fee (June 2nd – June 11th, 11:59 PM CDT): $275 
     
• Virtual Participation
  • Early Registration fee (until June 1st, 11:59 PM CDT): $125
  • Registration fee (June 2nd - July 25th, 11:59 PM CDT): $200
  • Those registered for virtual participation will have access to Zoom links for all sessions.
     
• In an effort to reduce the financial burden on members who wish to attend, CBA is subsidizing the registration fees. The actual cost to run the meeting is $454 per person.
   
• For detailed registration instructions: click here

• You must read and agree to adhere to the CBA Meeting Policies including granting permission to CBA to record and broadcast your likeness.(applies to both in-person and virtual participation).  
   
• REGISTRATION CLOSES VERY EARLY THIS YEAR!
  LUC requires registration information 45 days in advance of the AGM.
  Registration closes at 11:59 pm CDT on JUNE 11th for In-Person participation and on JULY 25th for Virtual participation.

REFUND POLICY
Email your registration confirmation to the CBA Office (cba-office@cua.edu) with a refund request ON OR BEFORE JUNE 12th for in-person or JULY 26th for virtual.

• After May 15: 75%
• After June 4: 50%

In-Person Participation

• After June 8: 25%
• After June 11: 10% 
• After June 12: 0% 

Virtual Participation

• After July 5: 25%
• After July 18: 10%
• After July 26: 0% 

MEAL PLANS and HOUSING:

• Fees: For fees and complete information on meal plans and housing, click here.
   
• When registering, the meal plans and housing options are only available to those who already have selected “In-Person” registration.
• Meal Plans: This year there will be two meal plan options: 9 meals (Saturday dinner -Tuesday lunch) and 6 meals (Saturday dinner – Tuesday lunch, no breakfast). When registering, click on the plus sign to the left of Meal Plans, then check the box next to the meal plan of your choice.

• Housing: There is limited onsite housing offered on a first come, first served basis.
  • There are two room occupancy options:
    • Single Occupancy (1 bed, 1 linen package)
    • Double Occupancy (2 beds per room. Fee includes 1 bed, 1 linen package. (The CBA Office will do its best to accommodate requests for particular roommates, but cannot guarantee that it will be possible).
  • Each of the two options are available for the 3 nights of Saturday, August 3 – Monday, August 2 (check out on Tuesday).
    • A very limited number of rooms are available for stays of 4 and 5 nights.
    • Neither Friday nor Tuesday nights are available for 1 night or 2 nights stays.
  • When registering, click on the plus sign to the left of your room occupancy choice, then check the box next to the number of nights that you plan to stay.

PROGRAM
The meeting schedule is posted on the 2025 AGM Event website. From the Schedule, you may click on the links to view more information on the Task Forces, Continuing Seminars, and Research Reports (The Research Reports page is in progress). Zoom links will be posted to each of these pages. At that point, only those who have registered for the meeting will have access to those pages. Once the program and abstract booklets are completed, links to download the pdf versions will be posted to the website.

Registrants are encouraged to also sign up for a Task Force or Continuing. For over 50 years, these elements have been an integral part of CBA annual general meetings, permitting members to focus on a topic over the course of days and years. When registering, select only one from either the Task Forces or the Continuing Seminars since these sessions run simultaneously (Sunday – Tuesday, 8:45 – 10:45 am Central Daylight-Saving Time). The Continuing Seminars and Task Force options will remain locked until you commit to either an In-Person or Virtual registration.

Task Forces
There will be three Task Forces this year, as follows:

• The New Feminist Biblical Criticism
  Carol J. Dempsey, O.P., University of Portland
  Sarah E. Kohles, O.S.F., Briar Cliff University
  Eloise M. Rosenblatt, R.S.M., Independent Scholar
• Addressing Representations of Jews and Judaism in Catholic Exegesis, Homiletics, and Catechesis
  Co-conveners: Chris Seeman, Walsh University
  Linda S. Harrington, Independent Scholar
• Baptism in Paul’s Letters 
  Co-conveners: Michael P. Barber, Augustine Institute
  Timothy M. Milinovich, Dominican University IL
  Isaac Augustine Morales, O.P. , Providence College

Continuing Seminars
 One new Continuing Seminar is offered this year for a total of eight:

• Divinity in Ancient Israel
  Co-conveners: Andrew Davis, Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry 
  Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, College of the Holy Cross
  Garrett Galvin, O.F.M., Franciscan School of Theology
• Hebrew Poetry
  Convener: Joseph E. Jensen, Georgetown University
• The Deuterocanonical Books
  Co-conveners: Francis M. Macatangay, University of St. Thomas in Houston
  Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edward's University
• The Gospel and Letters of John
  Co-conveners: Peter Judge, Winthrop University
  Mary Kate Birge S.S.J, Mount Saint Mary's University & Seminary
• Paul's Letters
  Co-conveners: Timothy Milinovich, Dominican University 
  Brian Lee, Loyola University Chicago
• Isaiah and the Twelve
  Co-conveners: Joachim Markus Eck, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
  Richard J. Bautch, St. Edward's University
• Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins
  Co-conveners: Archie T. Wright, The Catholic Biblical Association of America
  Angela Kim Harkins, Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry 
  Ronald Herms, Fresno Pacific University
• Theological Exegesis
  Co-conveners: Antonio Portalatín, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
  Ahida Pilarski, Saint Anselm College

 Liturgies

• All who are interested in volunteering for our liturgical services (singers, readers, greeters, etc.) please complete the form at https://www.catholicbiblical.org/news/agm-litmin before JULY 1^st.  

I hope you can join us in Chicago, and if not, via Zoom. It promises to be an exciting event.

May God Grant us Shalom/Salaam,
Archie Wright
Executive Director