REGISTER BELOW
Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students. For more information, please contact Margaux Taffet at newmanforum@lumenchristi.org.
Is there a “Catholic” way to read literature? To watch baseball? To pray? To use AI? As you prepare for college and life as an adult, join us at Mundelein for a day full of short “how-to” guides to doing the big and the small, the serious and the silly, as a Catholic.
For the 2026 Newman Forum Winter Conference, high school students will gather at University of St. Mary of the Lake to discover the fascinating realities of everyday and misunderstood scientific, historical, literary, and religious. Participants will pick three 20-minute “lightning round” presentations, eat lunch, meet with presenters, and end the day with a half-hour of guided Adoration.
Schedule/Program
- 9:00 am: Registration (Dining Hall, Building B)
- 9:30 am: Opening Prayer & Welcome (Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Building A)
- 9:45 am: Break
- 10:00 am: Lighting-Round #1 (Classroom Building, Building N)
- 10:30 am: Break
- 10:45 am: Lighting-Round #2 (Classroom Building, Building N)
- 11:15 am: Break
- 11:30 am: Lighting-Round #3 (Classroom Building, Building N)
- 12:00 pm: Lunch (Dining Hall, Building B)
- 1:00 pm: Office Hours (Dining Hall, Building B)
- 1:45 pm: Break (Go to the Chapel)
- 2:00 pm: Adoration & Closing Remarks (Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Building A)
- 2:30 pm: End
Cost
Early Bird Individual Ticket (purchased by Jan. 15): $15
Standard Individual Ticket (purchased between Jan. 16–Feb. 5): $30
Group Ticket (10+ tickets): $10/person
If you are purchasing 9 tickets or fewer, please select the “Individual Ticket” option. For groups of 10 or more, please select the “Group Ticket” option.
In either case, please indicate the number of participants you are registering and record the name of each registrant. For example, if you are registering a group of 30, be sure to select 30 tickets under the “Group Ticket” option.
Please note: Everyone must be pre-registered for this event by name. If a participant arrives who has not been registered by name, they will not be able to attend the conference.
If you are a teacher bringing a group, you are eligible to apply for our Teachers Fellowship Program. Email Margaux Taffet (mtaffet@lumenchristi.org) to learn more.
This event is cosponsored by University of Saint Mary of the Lake.