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SUMMARY:Mythmaking and the True Myth - A Conversation with Martin Shaw
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.  PLEASE CONTACT MARGAUX TAFFET (MTAFFET@LUMENCHRISTI.ORG) IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PUT ON THE WAIT LIST.\n5:00pm: Cocktail reception | 6:00pm: Dr. Shaw’s presentation & storytelling | 6:45pm: Audience Q&A and conversation | 7:15pm: Book signing and close \nOpen to the public. Registration required (includes a copy of Martin Shaw’s newest book). For questions\, please contact Margaux Taffet mtaffet@lumenchristi.org. \nLecture Description\n\nThere’s an old Irish belief that if you aren’t wrapped in a cloak of story you will be unprepared for what the world will hurl at you. You remain adolescent at just the moment a culture worth its salt requires you to become a real\, grown\, human being.  \nWe live in a myth-impoverished age and that such poverty has left us vulnerable to stories that may not wish us well. Myths from antiquity are vivid in describing the conditions of life.  \nChristianity goes a step further in providing the most extraordinary example of how to live that life. Working out of examples from Arthurian and fairy tale motifs\, acclaimed mythographer Martin Shaw will show how\, if ‘all true is God’s truth’\, profound Christian resonances can be found in many mythic traditions.  \nHow do stories assist us in the making of a real human being? In troubled times how could we forge a deeper life? Join the Lumen Christi Institute as it welcomes Dr. Martin Shaw for an event celebrating the release of his new book Liturgies of the Wild.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/mythmaking-and-the-true-myth-02-05-2026/
LOCATION:The Graduate in Evanston\, 1625 Hinman Ave\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural Forum
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SUMMARY:Myth\, Patterns & the Promise of a Quest - An Evening with Martin Shaw
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER BELOW\n5-6:00pm: Welcome reception  | 6-6:45pm: Storytelling/presentation | 6:45-7:15pm: Discussion | 7:30pm Close and Book Signing \nCosponsored Dr. Torie’s Dental Shoppe and Manic Meadery/Gnosis Brewery \nOpen to the public. Registration required (includes a copy of Martin Shaw’s newest book). For questions\, please contact Margaux Taffet mtaffet@lumenchristi.org. \nLecture Description\n\nThe stories we remember do not begin with a day that was like the one before. They begin most often with an abrupt break from familiar patterns. They disrupt stagnation and suddenly we are in the grip of a new and sometimes startling adventure. \nIn this talk acclaimed mythographer Martin Shaw will balance both theory and experience\, whilst exploring the inner-rhythm of an old story and how they relate to traditional rites of passage. In fact he will argue that Christianity is itself fundamentally initiatory\, and designed to bring vocation and quest crashing into the life of believer. Have we subdued its challenging invitation? \nJoin the Lumen Christi Institute and St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church as they welcome Dr. Martin Shaw for an event celebrating the release of his new book Liturgies of the Wild.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/lecture-myth-patterns-the-promise-of-a-quest-2-3-2026/
LOCATION:Private Home\, 1501 Oriole Dr\, Munster\, IN\, 46321\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural Forum
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SUMMARY:Magis Lecture | Why Do We Need Saints and Miracles?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\n5:00 Mass  | 5:30 Drinks & Hors d’Oeuvres  | 6:30 Lecture  | 7:30 Close \nCosponsored by the Bollandist Society\, St. Ignatius College Prep. Supported by the Fr. Paul V. Mankowski\, S.J.\, Memorial Fund for Jesuit Scholarship at Lumen Christi.  This project is 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. \nFree and open to the public. Registration required. For questions\, please contact Margaux (Killackey) Taffet mtaffet@lumenchristi.org. \nLecture Description\nTwo of the most significant features of Catholic Christianity are its focus on holy men and women and the miracles ascribed to them.  What is it that makes saints and miracles so significant?  What difference does this characteristic of Catholicism make\, not just for its history\, but for us\, here and now?  Asking such questions is absolutely necessary for Catholics\, and in this talk we will explore why this is so.  Please join the Lumen Christi Institute\, the Bollandist Society\, and St. Ignatius College Preparatory School for this lecture delivered by Yale scholar\, Carlos Eire. \nAbout the Magis Series\nThe Magis Series on Faith and Reason is a partnership between the Lumen Christi Institute\, St. Ignatius College Prep\, and Loyola Academy to bring accessible yet sophisticated lectures on the Church’s intellectual tradition to the broad lay public. The event is open to everyone from high school students to retirees. Anyone who desires a lively entrée into the mind of the Church is welcome and encouraged to attend; no affiliation with either high school is needed.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/magis-lecture-why-do-we-need-saints-and-miracles/
LOCATION:Saint Ignatius College Prep\, 1076 W Roosevelt Rd\, Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:Magis Lectures,Cultural Forum
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SUMMARY:"In the One\, we are One": Christian Unity and the City of God - Ever Ancient\, Ever New: The Sources of Pope Leo XIV | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
DESCRIPTION:The West Suburban Catholic Culture Series\n\nEver Ancient\, Ever New:\nThe Sources of Pope Leo XIV\nREGISTER HERE\n\n  \nSeptember 10th:\n“In the One\, we are One”: Christian Unity and the City of God\nSchedule: 6:30 p.m. Drinks | 7:00 p.m. Dinner\, Lecture\, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. End \nLECTURE DESCRIPTION \nIn the City of God\, Augustine eloquently speaks about “two cities” that are divided by their two loves. In God’s city\, there are angels and humans united in their love of God. In the earthly city\, there are demons and humans united in their devotion to their own wills. For Augustine\, the city of God on earth is the Church\, but in this life it is a church which intermingles citizens of the two cities. It is a church on pilgrimage which longs to be fully united and secure with the heavenly city of God. But even now\, in the Eucharist and in the miraculous intercession of the saints\, the Church can achieve a foretaste of the unity it will experience in heaven.  \n  \n(Business casual attire encouraged. For questions\, please email Margaux (Killackey) Taffet at mkillackey@lumenchristi.org). \n  \nSERIES DESCRIPTION \nSince the election of Pope Leo XIV on May 8\, 2025\, Catholics and non-Catholics alike have wondered what kind of a Pope he would be. Perhaps the best perspective on that question may be found in two of his most consequential decisions\, both of which were highlighted in his first remarks from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.  \nFirst\, at the age of 22\, Robert Prevost entered the Augustinian order.  As “a son of St. Augustine\,” he is guided by the spirituality of that great 5th century Western Doctor of the Church whose thought has shaped Catholic doctrine and philosophy since that time. Augustine lived in a time of intense political upheaval as the mighty Western Roman Empire was falling.  Old things of seemingly invincible splendor were collapsing.  And the new thing of Christianity was transforming the world at an astonishing pace.  \nSecondly\, in choosing the name Leo\, our new Pontiff consciously placed himself in the line of several consequential popes of that name. The most recent\, Leo XIII\, Pope from 1878 through 1903\, is celebrated for his seminal writings on contemporary Catholic social doctrine. The best known of these\, Rerum Novarum\, references the “new things” facing the Church and the world in the wake of decades of technological\, political\, intellectual and religious revolution.  \nThe new Pope’s first remarks following his election hinted at the trajectory of his papacy by tapping into two deep wells of patristic and papal teaching.  In this\, the sixth season of the West Suburban Catholic Culture Series\, our speakers will explore some of the most significant writings of St. Augustine and Pope Leo XIII in light of the influence they may have on the new Pope’s priorities. Like both of these men\, this Pope faces a time of roiling social change.  Like them\, he faces a world in which old things are passing and new things are afoot.  These sources may help us understand how Pope Leo seeks to carry the Church forward in a world such as ours.   \n  \nCALENDAR \nSeptember 10: “In the One\, we are One”: Christian Unity and the City of God \nJared Ortiz (Van Kley Professor of Religion and Department Chair\, Hope College; Founder and Executive Director\, St. Benedict Institute at Hope College) \nOctober 15: Our Hearts are Restless: Augustine’s Confessions and Modern Anxiety \nScott Moringiello (Associate Professor in Catholic Studies\, DePaul University; Scholar-in-Residence at St. Gregory Hall) \nNovember 12: Unless You Believe\, You Will Not Understand: Augustine’s Theory of Education \nErika Kidd (Associate Professor\, Catholic Studies\, University of St. Thomas) \nMarch 18\, 2026: On New Things: Rerum Novarum and the Foundations of Catholic Social Thought \nSpeaker To Be Announced \nApril 15\, 2026: The Kingdom of Heaven is like a Mustard Seed: Development in Catholic Social Thought \nSpeaker To Be Announced \nMay 13\, 2026: The Gospel’s Response to the “Fatigue of Living” \nSpeaker To Be Announced
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/wsccs/
LOCATION:Ruth Lake Country Club\, 6200 South Madison Street\, Hinsdale\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia,West Suburban Series,Cultural Forum
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SUMMARY:A Catholic Vision of Art: Beauty - The Highway to God - A Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\n(Business casual attire encouraged. For questions\, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org). \nSchedule: 6:30 p.m. Drinks | 7:00 p.m. Dinner\, Lecture\, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. End \nMay 14: A Catholic Vision of Art: Beauty – The Highway to God\nSarah Crow (Saint Xavier University | St. Gregory’s Hall)\n\n“In everything which gives us the pure authentic feeling of beauty there is really the presence of God…all art of the highest order is religious in essence”  \n– Simone Weil  \n\nBeautiful art reflects the glory of the living\, incarnate God\, Jesus Christ\, whether or not explicitly religious in subject matter. Art is not only an instrument and expression of culture\, but also has a prophetic capacity to “prepare the way for the Lord” and transform the hearts of those who encounter it. This lecture will look at great works of art\, both sacred and secular\, and demonstrate how they can lead us to God. \nSERIES DESCRIPTION \nWestern culture owes a great deal to Christianity\, but Christianity does not require any culture\, as a culture\, to be built with Christian materials. This does not reflect a weakness or defect in Christianity. It is a consequence of its genius. Christianity can and should inform every human undertaking. In this series\, we’ll explore various arenas where human existence is played out and discover how Christianity can transform them. Our point of departure is Remi Brague’s reflection “From What is Left Over\,” which takes as its inspiration Pope Benedict’s “The Roots of European Culture.” \n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/a-catholic-vision-of-culture-in-the-21st-century-west-suburban-catholic-culture-series-4/
LOCATION:Ruth Lake Country Club\, 6200 South Madison Street\, Hinsdale\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia,West Suburban Series,Cultural Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250509T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250509T130000
DTSTAMP:20260511T103034
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SUMMARY:What Can We Say About God? An Interview with David Novak on God-Talk
DESCRIPTION:11:15am Doors Open | 11:45am Welcome\, Blessing\, Lunch is Served   |   12:00pm Interview   |   1:00pm End  \nREGISTER HERE\nThe dress code and parking information for the University Club is here.\nFor questions\, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org. \nThis event is copresented by the Regenstein Foundation.  It is cosponsored by Public Discourse\, the Tikvah Fund\, and Spertus Institute. \n\n\nDavid Novak\, one of the most distinguished Jewish theologians in the world\, offers a new interpretation of how the Jewish people and the Jewish tradition talk about God. What does the Torah say about God? How does the God of the Torah talk about Himself? And how does the God of the Torah talk about human beings? The book traces the history and theology of God-talk in Judaism\, and how it remains relevant\, now more than ever\, and speaks directly to contemporary issues such as human rights. \n\nJoin us over lunch as Melanie Barrett\, professor of moral theology at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, interviews David Novak on his new book on God-talk in Judaism.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/what-can-we-say-about-god-an-interview-with-david-novak-on-god-talk/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
CATEGORIES:Downtown Lectures,Cultural Forum
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SUMMARY:"Listening in on 'The Great Conversation'" | The University of Chicago in the 1940s — 1960s
DESCRIPTION:PRIVATE EVENT\, BY INVITE ONLY\nFor questions\, please email David Strobach at dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. \n\nWhat was college life like at the University of Chicago at mid century? Atomic fission was being achieved under Stagg Field; the intensive four-year Core Curriculum was in full swing; and world-historical scholars like Friedrich Hayek\, Leo Strauss\, and Hannah Arendt were on faculty. The eminent political philosopher (AB ’47) Ralph Lerner and renowned theologian David Novak (AB ’61) will reflect on their undergraduate years at the college\, the role the University played in their intellectual journeys\, and the place of religious belief in the life of the mind. \nThey will be joined by John Boyer\, longtime Dean of the College\, professor of history\, and author of The University of Chicago: A History; and Danny Wasserman\, Executive Director of the Lumen Christi Institute and College alumnus (’05). Boyer and Wasserman will provide historical and contemporary perspective to the evening’s discussion.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/listening-in-on-the-great-conversation-the-university-of-chicago-in-the-1940s-1960s/
CATEGORIES:Cultural Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250424T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250424T203000
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SUMMARY:Christianity\, Culture\, and Sport: From Play to Virtue - A Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\n(Business casual attire encouraged. For questions\, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org). \nSchedule: 6:30 p.m. Drinks | 7:00 p.m. Dinner\, Lecture\, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. End \nApril 24: Christianity\, Culture\, and Sport: From Play to Virtue\nClark Power (University of Notre Dame)\nI was his delight day by day\, \nPlaying before him every moment\, \nplaying in his inhabited world\, \ndelighting in Adam’s offspring. \nProverbs 8:30-32 (trans. Brown\, 2012: 28-29) \nDrawing on Brown’s exegetical exploration of Wisdom’s paideia in the Book of Wisdom\, I explore the relationship between Christianity and culture (following Remi Brague) with a focus on sports and more specifically youth sports. I argue that sports is play and as such fosters children’s development of the theological and cardinal virtues. In childhood as well as adulthood\, sports should lead us to a transcendent joy that is rooted in freedom\, love\, and hope for the future of the human community. \nSERIES DESCRIPTION \nWestern culture owes a great deal to Christianity\, but Christianity does not require any culture\, as a culture\, to be built with Christian materials. This does not reflect a weakness or defect in Christianity. It is a consequence of its genius. Christianity can and should inform every human undertaking. In this series\, we’ll explore various arenas where human existence is played out and discover how Christianity can transform them. Our point of departure is Remi Brague’s reflection “From What is Left Over\,” which takes as its inspiration Pope Benedict’s “The Roots of European Culture.” \nSPRING SCHEDULE \nMay 14th at Ruth Lake Country Club (6200 S Madison St\, Hinsdale\, IL 60521):  \nA Catholic Vision of Art: Beauty – The Highway to God \nSarah Crow (University of St. Xavier | St. Gregory’s Hall) \n\n“In everything which gives us the pure authentic feeling of beauty there is really the presence of God…all art of the highest order is religious in essence”  \n– Simone Weil  \n\nBeautiful art reflects the glory of the living\, incarnate God\, Jesus Christ\, whether or not explicitly religious in subject matter. Art is not only an instrument and expression of culture\, but also has a prophetic capacity to “prepare the way for the Lord” and transform the hearts of those who encounter it. This lecture will look at great works of art\, both sacred and secular\, and demonstrate how they can lead us to God.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/a-catholic-vision-of-culture-in-the-21st-century-west-suburban-catholic-culture-series-3/
LOCATION:Butterfield Country Club\, 2800 Midwest Rd\, Oak Brook\, IL\, 60523\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia,West Suburban Series,Cultural Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250404T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250404T192000
DTSTAMP:20260511T103034
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SUMMARY:The Prince and Father of Music: Palestrina at 500
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\nThe quincentennial of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is an occasion to recognize the outstanding legacy of this talented musician not only in realm of sacred music but also in the history of composition more broadly. In an 80-minute concert presentation without intermission\, Schola Antiqua explores an array of Palestrina’s sacred choral works\, ranging from hymn and psalm settings to motets and spiritual madrigals. In-concert commentary illuminates Palestrina’s central role as conservator of Catholic plainchant and the ‘perfect art’ of imitative counterpoint. \nSchedule:\n5:00-5:30pm     Reception\n5:45-7:15pm     Concert\n7:15-7:20pm     Compline\n7:20pm             End
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/the-prince-and-father-of-music-palestrina-at-500/
LOCATION:Loyola Academy McGrath Family Performing Arts Center\, 3455 Illinois Rd\, Wilmette\, IL\, 60091
CATEGORIES:Schola Antiqua,Cultural Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250320T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250320T203000
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SUMMARY:A Philosophy of Work\, Leisure\, and Catholic Culture - A Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\n(Business casual attire encouraged. For questions\, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org). \nSchedule: 6:30 p.m. Drinks | 7:00 p.m. Dinner\, Lecture\, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. End \nMarch 20: A Philosophy of Work\, Leisure\, and Catholic Culture\nPaul Blaschko (University of Notre Dame)\nIn his well-known and influential essay\, Leisure: The Basis of Culture\, Josef Pieper claims that we in modern western society have come to inhabit a “world of total work\,” and that an essential precondition for escape is recapturing a more ancient notion of “leisure” (in Greek: scholê\, in Latin: otium). \nWhile much has been said in support of this claim\, especially in Catholic intellectual circles\, the focus has typically centered on the nature of leisure\, which much of this dialogue takes as the starting point. In this lecture\, Prof. Blaschko\, who studies the philosophy of work at Notre Dame\, will proceed in a different direction\, asking “What kind of culture\, and what kind of work culture\, would we create if we wanted to incorporate genuine leisure into our lives?” \nSERIES DESCRIPTION \nWestern culture owes a great deal to Christianity\, but Christianity does not require any culture\, as a culture\, to be built with Christian materials. This does not reflect a weakness or defect in Christianity. It is a consequence of its genius. Christianity can and should inform every human undertaking. In this series\, we’ll explore various arenas where human existence is played out and discover how Christianity can transform them. Our point of departure is Remi Brague’s reflection “From What is Left Over\,” which takes as its inspiration Pope Benedict’s “The Roots of European Culture.” \nSPRING SCHEDULE \nMarch 20: On Work\nPaul Blaschko (University of Notre Dame) \nApril 24: A Catholic Vision of Sports\nClark Power (University of Notre Dame) \nMay TBD
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/a-catholic-vision-of-culture-in-the-21st-century-west-suburban-catholic-culture-series-2/
LOCATION:Butterfield Country Club\, 2800 Midwest Rd\, Oak Brook\, IL\, 60523\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia,West Suburban Series,Cultural Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250211T170000
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SUMMARY:Magis Lecture | Faith\, Belief\, and Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\n5:00 Mass  | 5:45 Drinks & Hors d’Oeuvres  | 6:30 Lecture  | 7:15 End \nCo-presented by St. Ignatius College Prep.  \nFree and open to the public. Registration required. For questions\, please contact Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org. \n“Believers are also thinkers: in believing\, they think and in thinking\, they believe.” So said St. Augustine of Hippo\, in contrast to our typical assumption that belief and knowledge are opposites\, with belief associated with religious faith and knowledge with scientific thinking. In actual practice\, though\, there are many of instances of belief in science and many claims of knowledge in religion. In this talk Fr. Adam Hincks\, S.J. (University of Toronto) will present knowledge and belief as interlocking rational activities and explore how they relate to religious faith. \nAbout the Magis Series\nThe Magis Series on Faith and Reason is a partnership between the Lumen Christi Institute\, St. Ignatius College Prep\, and Loyola Academy to bring accessible yet sophisticated lectures on the Church’s intellectual tradition to the broad lay public. The event is open to everyone from high school students to retirees. Anyone who desires a lively entrée into the mind of the Church is welcome and encouraged to attend; no affiliation with either high school is needed.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/magis-lecture-faith-belief-and-knowledge/
LOCATION:Saint Ignatius College Prep\, 1076 W Roosevelt Rd\, Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:Magis Lectures,Cultural Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241120T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241120T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T103034
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SUMMARY:The Story of Catholic Education: Renewing our Schools\, Renewing our Culture - A Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
DESCRIPTION:The West Suburban Catholic Culture Series Fall 2024\nA Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century\nREGISTRATION\n(Business casual attire encouraged. For questions\, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org). \nSchedule: 6:30 p.m. Drinks | 7:00 p.m. Dinner\, Lecture\, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. End \nNovember 20th:\nThe Story of Catholic Education: Renewing our Schools\, Renewing our Culture\nMichael Naughton (University of St. Thomas)\nIf we do not know where we come from\, it is hard to know what role we play. Dr. Michael Naughton provides a compelling narrative of Catholic education that draws upon our personal\, institutional\, and cosmic stories. This narrative gives us a vision both to see our current educational challenges more clearly\, and to act with confidence and creativity to renew the mission and culture of our Catholic schools. \nSERIES DESCRIPTION \nWestern culture owes a great deal to Christianity\, but Christianity does not require any culture\, as a culture\, to be built with Christian materials. This does not reflect a weakness or defect in Christianity. It is a consequence of its genius. Christianity can and should inform every human undertaking. In this series\, we’ll explore various arenas where human existence is played out and discover how Christianity can transform them. Our point of departure is Remi Brague’s reflection “From What is Left Over\,” which takes as its inspiration Pope Benedict’s “The Roots of European Culture.” \n  \nCALENDAR \nSeptember 25: What is Catholic Culture?\nJennifer Newsome Martin (University of Notre Dame) \nOctober 16: Literary Traditions and the Pursuit of Truth: A Culture of Humility\nEmily Austin (University of Chicago) \nNovember 20: The Story of Catholic Education: Renewing Our Schools\, Renewing Our Culture\nMichael Naughton (University of St. Thomas) \nFebruary 27: Journalism and Catholic Culture – CANCELLED\nJD Flynn (The Pillar) \nMarch 20: On Work\nPaul Blaschko (University of Notre Dame) \nApril 24: A Catholic Vision of Sports\nClark Power (University of Notre Dame)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/a-catholic-vision-of-culture-in-the-21st-century-west-suburban-catholic-culture-series-5/
LOCATION:Ruth Lake Country Club\, 6200 South Madison Street\, Hinsdale\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia,West Suburban Series,Cultural Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241114T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241114T191500
DTSTAMP:20260511T103034
CREATED:20241003T161418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T160144Z
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SUMMARY:Magis Lecture | Technology\, Liturgy\, and the Work of Human Hands
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \n5:00 Mass  | 5:45 Drinks & Hors d’Oeuvres  | 6:30 Lecture  | 7:15 End \nCo-presented by Loyola Academy.  \nFree and open to the public. Registration required. For questions\, please contact Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org. \nTechnology always pushes the limits of our thinking and challenges us morally. In this presentation\, we will see that our difficulty with evaluating the morality of technology is because technology sits very close to human identity. Human culture just is technology. Technology/culture is produced by us\, but it in turn comes to produce human identity. If this is true\, what do we make of the work of human hands as Christians? \nAbout the Magis Series\nThe Magis Series on Faith and Reason is a partnership between the Lumen Christi Institute\, St. Ignatius College Prep\, and Loyola Academy to bring accessible yet sophisticated lectures on the Church’s intellectual tradition to the broad lay public. The event is open to everyone from high school students to retirees. Anyone who desires a lively entree into the mind of the Church is welcome and encouraged to attend; no affiliation with either high school is needed.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-11-magis-lecture-technology-liturgy-and-the-work-of-human-hands/
LOCATION:Loyola Academy McGrath Family Performing Arts Center\, 3455 Illinois Rd\, Wilmette\, IL\, 60091
CATEGORIES:Magis Lectures,Cultural Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241024T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241024T193000
DTSTAMP:20260511T103034
CREATED:20241003T161422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241203T174119Z
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SUMMARY:Christian Martyrdom in the Reformation Era: Reflections on Salvation at Stake (1999) after Twenty-Five Years
DESCRIPTION:5:00 p.m. Mass.\nLecture & reception to follow \nCosponsored by the Bollandist Society\, St. Ignatius College Prep. Supported by the Fr. Paul V. Mankowski\, S.J.\, Memorial Fund for Jesuit Scholarship at Lumen Christi. \nFree and open to the public. Registration required.  \nIn Reformation Europe\, several thousand Christian men and women were executed for their religious beliefs. Brad Gregory told their stories and analyzed the implications in Salvation at Stake\, his ground-breaking 1999 book comparing how Catholic\, Protestant\, and Anabaptist martyrs understood themselves. His book has been acclaimed widely and has shaped how many historians now write about religious belief and practice. In this lecture\, Prof. Gregory will reflect on the themes of his research on Christian martyrdom\, especially in light of more recent developments that point to why the study of history and martyrdom continue to be relevant today.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-christian-martyrdom-in-reformation-era-reflections-on-salvation-at-stake-1999-after-twenty-five-years/
LOCATION:Saint Ignatius College Prep\, 1076 W Roosevelt Rd\, Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:Cultural Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241016T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241016T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T103034
CREATED:20241003T161435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T191333Z
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SUMMARY:Literary Traditions and the Pursuit of Truth: A Culture of Humility - A Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
DESCRIPTION:The West Suburban Catholic Culture Series Fall 2024\nA Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century\nREGISTRATION\n(Business casual attire encouraged. For questions\, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org). \nSchedule: 6:30 p.m. Drinks | 7:00 p.m. Dinner\, Lecture\, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. End \nOctober 16th:\nLiterary Traditions and the Pursuit of Truth: A Culture of Humility\nEmily Austin (University of Chicago)\nThe challenges of our times can make Christians feel embattled and besieged. But the Catholic intellectual tradition\, at its best\, equips us to look with openness for the Truth\, incarnate in the world around us. In this lecture\, Prof. Emily Austin will share her perspective as a classicist\, reading within a literary tradition. To read within a tradition requires patience and attentiveness\, allowing each text to teach you how to read anew. She will argue that a Catholic literary culture requires—and fosters—humility. The pursuit of Truth is most productively sought\, in a literary context\, within a community of friends \nSERIES DESCRIPTION \nWestern culture owes a great deal to Christianity\, but Christianity does not require any culture\, as a culture\, to be built with Christian materials. This does not reflect a weakness or defect in Christianity. It is a consequence of its genius. Christianity can and should inform every human undertaking. In this series\, we’ll explore various arenas where human existence is played out and discover how Christianity can transform them. Our point of departure is Remi Brague’s reflection “From What is Left Over\,” which takes as its inspiration Pope Benedict’s “The Roots of European Culture.” \n  \nCALENDAR \nSeptember 25: What is Catholic Culture?\nJennifer Newsome Martin (University of Notre Dame) \nOctober 16: Literary Traditions and the Pursuit of Truth: A Culture of Humility\nEmily Austin (University of Chicago) \nNovember 20: The Story of Catholic Education: Renewing Our Schools\, Renewing Our Culture\nMichael Naughton (University of St. Thomas) \nFebruary 27: Journalism and Catholic Culture – CANCELLED\nJD Flynn (The Pillar) \nMarch 20: On Work\nPaul Blaschko (University of Notre Dame) \nApril 24: A Catholic Vision of Sports\nClark Power (University of Notre Dame)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-catholic-culture-series/
LOCATION:Ruth Lake Country Club\, 6200 South Madison Street\, Hinsdale\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia,West Suburban Series,Cultural Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T103034
CREATED:20250530T193319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T143235Z
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SUMMARY:What is Catholic Culture? - A Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
DESCRIPTION:The West Suburban Catholic Culture Series Fall 2024\nA Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century\nREGISTRATION\n(Business casual attire encouraged. For questions\, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org). \nSchedule: 6:30 p.m. Drinks | 7:00 p.m. Dinner\, Lecture\, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. End \nSeptember 25th:\nWhat is Catholic Culture?\nJennifer Newsome Martin (University of Notre Dame)\n  \nSERIES DESCRIPTION \nWestern culture owes a great deal to Christianity\, but Christianity does not require any culture\, as a culture\, to be built with Christian materials. This does not reflect a weakness or defect in Christianity. It is a consequence of its genius. Christianity can and should inform every human undertaking. In this series\, we’ll explore various arenas where human existence is played out and discover how Christianity can transform them. Our point of departure is Remi Brague’s reflection “From What is Left Over\,” which takes as its inspiration Pope Benedict’s “The Roots of European Culture.” \n  \nCALENDAR \nSeptember 25: What is Catholic Culture?\nJennifer Newsome Martin  (University of Notre Dame) \nOctober 16: Literary Traditions and the Pursuit of Truth: A Culture of Humility\nEmily Austin (University of Chicago) \nNovember 20: The Story of Catholic Education: Renewing Our Schools\, Renewing Our Culture\nMichael Naughton (University of St. Thomas) \nFebruary 27: Journalism and Catholic Culture – CANCELLED\nJD Flynn (The Pillar) \nMarch 20: On Work\nPaul Blaschko (University of Notre Dame) \nApril 24: A Catholic Vision of Sports\nClark Power (University of Notre Dame)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-09-catholic-culture-series/
LOCATION:Ruth Lake Country Club\, 6200 South Madison Street\, Hinsdale\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia,West Suburban Series,Cultural Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240828T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240828T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T103034
CREATED:20241003T161458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T180223Z
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SUMMARY:Heart Speaks to Heart: John Henry Newman on Faith\, Reason\, and Holiness
DESCRIPTION:Registration has been closed\n(If you would like to be put on a waitlist in case we receive a cancellation\, please email mcorona@lumenchristi.org) \nEach year\, the West Suburban Catholic Culture series presents sophisticated yet accessible lectures drawn from the treasure house of the Church’s intellectual tradition. These lectures explore contemporary themes and issues by presenting faithful Catholic teaching in a way that avoids the acrimony of the culture wars. \nAs a capstone to the 2023-2024 series on Faith and Reason\, the Lumen Christi Institute will hold an intimate dinner-time lecture at its headquarters on the University of Chicago Campus. Associate Director and Scholar-in-Residence Austin Walker will discuss the thought of St. John Henry Newman\, one of the most influential and sophisticated modern Catholic thinkers. Dr. Walker will take us through Newman’s famous and insightful account of how we discover\, assent to\, and communicate the truth and beauty of the faith. \nDoors will open and cocktails will be served at 6:30 pm. Dinner and the lecture begin at 7:00 pm. The evening will conclude by 8:30 pm. The format will be the same as  we follow at Ruth Lake Country Club; the one difference is that we at Lumen Christi will have the joy of hosting you.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-08-heart-speaks-to-heart-john-henry-newman-on-faith-reason-holiness-austin-walker/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:West Suburban Series,Cultural Forum
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