Oblate School of Theology is a Catholic graduate school for theological studies and spirituality in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1903 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.[2] Louis Studer, OMI, has served as its president since July 2024.[3][4]
Oblate is home to three institutes: the Sankofa Institute for African American Pastoral Leadership, the Pastoral Formation Institute, and the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Spirituality.[5] The school offers the only fully-funded PhD in Christian Spirituality in the United States, founded by Ronald Rolheiser.[6]
Campus
Oblate School of Theology has a 41-acre campus amidst groves of trees in the Shearer Hills neighborhood of San Antonio. The Whitley Theological Center, Oblate Renewal Center, Immaculate Conception Memorial Chapel, O'Shaughnessy Library, Pat Guidon Center, Lourdes Grotto & Guadalupe Tepeyac, Benson Theological Center, Southwestern Oblate Historical Archives, Labyrinth of the Little Flower, and the Last Supper are all found on the campus.[2]
Notable faculty
Philip Sheldrake being interviewed by David Pocta
Ronald Rolheiser, author of The Holy Longing and The Shattered Lantern
Philip Sheldrake, scholar in the multi-disciplinary field of spirituality
Daniel Horan,[7] columnist for the National Catholic Reporter, scholar of Franciscan spirituality
Notable alumni
Stephen Jay Berg (M.Div., 1999), Bishop of Pueblo[8]
