Can We Simulate the Dead? A Symposium on Technology, Grief, and the Afterlife

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 | 5:30 – 7:15 pm
Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall | 1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637

Paul Scherz, University of Notre Dame
Joseph E. Davis, University of Virginia
Laurie Zoloth, University of Chicago
Cassandra Sever, Lumen Christi Institute

In Lumine Network Public Symposium

Rehumanizing Education in the Age of AI

Friday, November 6, 2026 | 3:00 – 5:30 pm
International House at the University of Chicago | 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637

Melanie Barrett, University of Saint Mary of the Lake
William H. J. Hubbard, University of Chicago Law School
Emily Lynn Osborn, University of Chicago
David Albertson, University of Southern Caifornia

American Idol(s): The False Gods That Threaten Our Freedom

Tuesdays, October 6 – November 10, 2026 | 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Gavin House | 1220 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, Lumen Christi Scholar-in-Residence

Suffering and Everyday Life

Thursday, October 8, 2026 | 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Gavin House | 1220 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Joseph E. Davis, University of Virginia
Paul Scherz, University of Notre Dame

Reading Course

A Poetry Salon

Fridays, October 16, 23, 30, November 13, 2026 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Gavin House | 1220 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Austin Walker, Lumen Christi Institute (leader)

Latin Language Reading Group

The Psalms in Latin

Fridays, October 9 – November 13, 2026 | 10:00 – 11:00 am
Gavin House | 1220 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Student Reading Group

Lord of the Rings

Mondays, October 12 – November 16, 2026 | 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Gavin House | 1220 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Graduate Reading Group

Do We Still Remember What a University is For? Reading Boyagoda’s Lords of Serendipity

Wednesdays, October 14 – November 4, 2026 | 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Gavin House | 1220 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Undergraduate Reading Group

Purgatorio

Wednesdays, October 14 – November 18, 2026 | 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Gavin House | 1220 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637

A Visit to Nowhere: Reading Thomas More’s Utopia

Biweekly Thursdays, October 15 – November 12, 2026 | 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Gavin House | 1220 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Daniel Wasserman-Soler, Lumen Christi Institute
Giovanni Giorgini, University of Bologna

2026 Bollandist Lecture

Canonizing Canines?: A Dog ‘Saint’ and Medieval Christians

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 | 5:00 – 7:15 pm
Loyola Academy | 1100 Laramie Ave, Wilmette, IL 60091

Fr. Stephen Molvarec, SJ, Boston College

2026 Kolber Lecture

Affirming the Human Person in the Age of AI: A Novel Approach

Thursday, November 5, 2026 | 5:00 – 7:30 pm
The University Club of Chicago | 76 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603

Randy Boyagoda, University of Toronto
Michael Murphy, Loyola University Chicago (interlocutor)

Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network

St. Louis Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network Dialogue

Thursday, October 22, 2026 | 5:00 – 8:30 pm
Saint Louis University School of Law | 100 N Tucker Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63101

Welcome Back Social

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Gavin House | 1220 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Film Club

Kurosawa Film Club

Friday, October 9, 2026 | 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Gavin House | 1220 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Monastery Visit

The Lay Catholic as Prophet, Priest, and King

Saturday, November 14, 2026 | 5:00 – 7:30 pm
Monastery of the Holy Cross | 3111 S Aberdeen St, Chicago, IL 60608

Fr. Peter Funk, OSB, Monastery of the Holy Cross

Newman Forum Winter Conference

A How-To Guide for Life

Saturday, February 13, 2027 | 9:30 am – 2:30 pm
Mundelein Seminary | 700 Principal Ave, Mundelein, IL 60060