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SUMMARY:Saint Louis Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:This event is by invitation only. For more information\, please contact Geoffrey Zokal at gzokal@lumenchristi.org. \nThe Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network (CCJRN)\, an initiative of the Lumen Christi Institute\, will host an invite-only evening dialogue with dinner at the Saint Louis University School of Law to bring together those responsible for our criminal justice system and those most directly impacted by it: survivors of crime and returning citizens. The program will open with an optional Mass. \nThe event will feature a panel of key players from the criminal justice system and be followed by round table conversations. The roundtable conversations enable encounters among those who play key roles in our criminal justice system (including prosecutors\, defense attorneys\, judges\, corrections officials\, and law enforcement) with those persons impacted by the criminal justice system (including the formerly incarcerated\, victims of crime\, and their families). 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/saintlouisdialogue/
LOCATION:MO
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Newman Forum Summer Institute | There and Back Again: The Adventures of Heroes\, Saints\, and Pilgrims
DESCRIPTION:Newman Forum for High School Students\n2026 Summer Institute\n“There and Back Again: The Adventures of Heroes\, Saints\, and Pilgrims”\nAugust 5-9\nUniversity of St. Mary of the Lake\nAPPLY HERE\nSAMPLE SCHEDULE\nRegistration Deadline: July 3rd\, 2026 | $450\nEarly Bird Registration Discount: May 31st\, 2026 | $250 \n  \nCourse Description\nSt. Augustine once wrote that we should “so seek as if we should find\, and so find as if we were going to go on seeking.” Join us on the beautiful grounds of Mundelein Seminary for a week of exploring the Western and Catholic intellectual tradition as we examine together the rich theme of the journey. Our texts will be drawn from the Bible\, Greek Mythology\, and Christian literature\, theology\, and spirituality from the Medieval Era to the modern day. In our expedition together—alongside the likes of such adventurers as Odysseus\, Augustine\, Dante\, Bonaventure\, Teresa of Avila\, and Don Quixote—we will consider what it means to set out as sojourners and pilgrims longing for a true homeland in which we’ve never lived\, to act heroically in the face of a broken world\, and finally to return home to God\, accepting the call to be saints. As Pope Francis has said\, all Christians are “people on a journey”: how can these biblical\, literary\, and theological narratives of journeying and pilgrimage help us to understand better our own holy journeys toward the fullness of time\, when God shall be all in all (1 Corinthians 15:28)? \nHigh school students (including rising freshmen and recently graduated seniors) are welcome to apply for this 5-day seminar.  Mornings will consist in academic seminars and small group\, and afternoons will focus on these themes through team-building activities. \nApplications are open until June 29th. Within two weeks of submitting their application\, students will be informed of their admission decision.  At that time students or their parents can request scholarship consideration.  By July 15\, students will be sent a handbook\, welcome packet\, syllabus & readings\, and waiver forms.  Students will be able to request a roommate at that time. The Newman Forum will try (but cannot promise) to accommodate all roommate requests.  Students will be housed in two-bed units in the USML Conference Center. Males and females will be housed in different wings of the Conference Center.\n\nTime is allocated in the Summer Institute schedule for private reading. Students do not need to prepare in advance.  Students will be taught to use the Shorter Christian Prayer breviary to pray morning and night prayer.  Mass is held daily and Confession will also be offered.\nFor more information\, please email NewmanForum@LumenChristi.org \n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/newman-forum-2026-summer-institute-there-and-back-again-the-adventures-of-heroes-saints-and-pilgrims/
LOCATION:University of St. Mary of the Lake\, 1000 E Maple Avenue\, Mundelein\, IL\, 60060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum,Conference
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SUMMARY:Chicago Criminal Justice Reform Network Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:The Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network (CCJRN)\, an initiative of the Lumen Christi Institute\, will host an invite only evening dialogue with dinner in Tully Hall at Saint Ignatius High School to bring together those responsible for our criminal justice system and those most directly impacted by it: survivors of crime and returning citizens. The program will open with an (optional) Mass at the Church of the Holy Family at St. Ignatius.  \nThe event will feature a panel of key players from the criminal justice system\, and be followed by round table conversations. The roundtable conversations enable encounters among those who play key roles in our criminal justice system (including prosecutors\, defense attorneys\, judges\, corrections officials\, and law enforcement) with those persons impacted by the criminal justice system (including the formerly incarcerated\, victims of crime\, and their families).  \nFor more information contact Geoffrey Zokal at gzokal@lumenchristi.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/chicago-criminal-justice-reform-network-dialogue/
LOCATION:St. Ignatius High School\, 1076 Roosevelt Rd.\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Faculty Colloquium with Bernard McGinn on In the Eagle’s Wake
DESCRIPTION:This event is by invitation only. For more information contact Geoffrey Zokal gzokal@lumenchristi.org  \nThe Lumen Christi Institute will host a faculty colloquium in honor of the prolific work of Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago) and to discuss his new book In the Eagle’s Wake. The half‑day colloquium offers an opportunity both to engage with an important recent contribution to scholarship and to honor McGinn’s long and illustrious career. \nA complementary book will be provided in advance to all participants to facilitate preparation for the colloquium. \nInitial remarks will be given at the outset of each session by Kevin Hart (Duke University) and David Albertson (University of Southern California)\, followed by responses from Professor McGinn. Engaged participant conversation will be moderated by Erin Walsh (University of Chicago) in each session. \nFollowing the event\, a lunch will be served in honor of Dr. McGinn. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Divinity School and Crossroads Publishing.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/faculty-colloquium-with-bernard-mcginn-on-in-the-eagles-wake/
LOCATION:University of Chicago
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: A Michigan Conversation on Criminal Justice
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the Diocese of Lansing and the Michigan Catholic Conference\, the Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network is hosting an evening event entitled “Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: A Michigan Conversation on Criminal Justice.” Rooted in Catholic Social Teaching\, this program brings together individuals actively working within the criminal justice system and those directly impacted by it–returning citizens and survivors of crime.\n\n\nRegistration Link\n\n\nFor more information\, contact CCJRN@Lumenchristi.org\n\n\nThis event is intended for those working in or impacted by the criminal justice system.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/doing-justice-and-loving-mercy-a-michigan-conversation-on-criminal-justice/
LOCATION:Saint Mary Cathedral Parish Hall\, 220 N Walnut St\, Lansing\, MI\, 48933\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250806
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SUMMARY:Newman Forum Summer Institute | Encountering Transcendence: Truth\, Beauty\, and Goodness in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nRegistration for the Newman Forum Summer Institute is currently full. All new applications will be placed on a waitlist. \nRegistration Deadline: June 15th\, 2025 | $450\nAttendance Fee: EXTENDED to May 22nd\, Early Bird Registration | $250 \nThis project was made possible through the support of In Lumine Tuo: Expanding and Sustaining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Nationwide (grant #63614) from the John Templeton Foundation and the generous support of our donors. \nCosponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations Office and The University of Saint Mary of the Lake at Mundelein Seminary. \n\n“Wherefore if the goodness\, beauty\, and sweetness of creatures are so alluring to the minds of men\, the fountainhead of the goodness of God Himself\, in comparison with the rivulets of goodness which we find in creatures\, will draw the entranced minds of men wholly to itself.”  \n-Thomas Aquinas\, Summa Contra Gentiles\, II.2.3. \n“A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it\, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.”  \n\n–Simone Weil\, Gravity and Grace \nWhat is Real? Where might we look to find it? And if we do find it\, what will it be like to experience it? \nIn this 5-Day Summer Institute\, high school students are introduced to college-level philosophy and theology through an investigation of the three “transcendentals” (truth\, goodness\, and beauty). Notre Dame professors Jay and Jennifer Newsome Martin will lead students through a discussion of Plato\, Aristotle\, Augustine\, Bonaventure\, Aquinas\, Newman\, Ratzinger\, von Balthasar\, and relevant biblical texts. Throughout\, we will investigate the role Truth\, Goodness\, and Beauty play in the life of the Christian. \nWe balance academic excellence with spiritual formation. Students learn how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours together\, attend Daily Mass\, and reflect on the vocation to which God is calling us. We also balance work and play. Mornings are for lectures and discussion; afternoons and evenings for excursions including an art tour and workshop at St. Gregory’s in Andersonville \nDraft itinerary may be found HERE. \nTestimonies\n“I now have an entire community backing me up\, and I feel empowered to set forth into college strong in my Faith and bring it into my everyday life.” \n“Even if I don’t know exactly where I am on my pilgrimage\, I know that I’m on my way to Christ.” \n“Lumen Christi’s Newman Forum has created and developed a program that we wish every Catholic high school student could attend\, not only to help begin them on their own intellectual and spiritual journeys\, but also to have a staggering amount of fun\, too. The thoughtful balance of intellectual\, spiritual\, and social activities in the gorgeous natural setting of the Mundelein Seminary campus made this event the highlight of our son’s year…” \n-Jenny and Jay Martin\, Professors of Theology at Notre Dame (and high school parents!) \n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/newman-forum-summer-institute-encountering-transcendence-truth-beauty-and-goodness-in-the-catholic-intellectual-tradition/
LOCATION:MO
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SUMMARY:10th Conference in Economics and Catholic Social Thought: Polarization\, Social Cohesion\, and the Economy
DESCRIPTION:This conference will bring together leading thinkers in economics\, theology\, and ethics to explore how principles derived from Catholic social teaching\, such as solidarity\, human dignity\, and “the preferential option for the poor”\, might operate within local and national economies to contribute towards a greater common good. \nSession I: 5 years after Fratelli Tutti\n· David Cloutier (University of Notre Dame)\n· Ursula Nothelle-Wildfeuer (University of Freiburg)\n· Moderator: Fr. Martin Schlag (University of St Thomas) \nSession II: The impact of the economy on social cohesion\n· Nils Goldschmidt (University of Siegen and Weltethos Institute\, Tübingen)\n· Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago)\n· Moderator: Tom Kohler (Boston College) \nSession III: Global solidarity\, migration\, and the economy\n· George Borjas (Havard Kennedy School)\n· Christopher Gohl (Weltethos Institute at the University of Tübingen)\n· Moderator: Kirk Doran (Notre Dame) \nSession IV: Importance of solidarity within economies\n· Paola Sapienza (Stanford University)\n· Holger Zaborowski (University of Erfurt)\n· Moderator: Andrew Yuengert (Pepperdine) \nThis event is cosponsored by the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization\, the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago\, and the Alliance for the Social Market Economy. \nThis event is by invitation only. For more information contact gzokal@lumenchristi.org 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/10th-conference-in-economics-and-catholic-social-thought-polarization-social-cohesion-and-the-economy/
LOCATION:MO
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:2024 Annual Meeting of the In Lumine Network
DESCRIPTION:INVITATION ONLY \nThe In Lumine Network\, consisting of thirteen independent institutes for Catholic Thought located at top research universities throughout the U.S.\, will hold its annual best practices meeting October 17th-18th at the Study Hotel at the University of Chicago. The meeting will be held in conjunction with Baylor University’s meeting of Christian study centers and institutes for Catholic thought on the topic of developing moral communities within higher education. This is the 3rd annual in-person meeting for the In Lumine Network. The 2 day event will bring together leaders from various Catholic institutes and Christian study centers for workshops and panels on how these institutes and centers can best achieve their missions today at secular universities. The event will also offer an opportunity for fellowship\, communal prayer\, and participation in the liturgy among the attendees. \nWhile the annual meeting is by invitation only\, there will be a public panel titled “Virtue\, Moral Formation\, and the University” on Thursday\, October 17th from 5:00pm – 6:30pm. \nThis event is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-2024-annual-meeting-of-the-in-lumine-network/
LOCATION:The Study Hotel\, 1227 E 60th St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Conference
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