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SUMMARY:Faculty Colloquium on They Flew by Carlos Eire
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 with Carlos Eire on his book They Flew: A History of the Impossible. Remarks will be given by Richard Kieckheffer (Northwestern University) and Barbara Newman (Northwestern University) with responses followed by Carlos Eire. The colloquium will be moderated by Father Andrew Summerson. 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/faculty-colloquium-on-they-flew-by-carlos-eire/
LOCATION:The Catholic Theological Union\, 5416 S Cornell Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60615\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia
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SUMMARY:A History of the Impossible: Carlos Eire on They Flew
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER BELOW \n5:30 Lecture | 6:20 Response | 6:45 Audience Q & A | 7:00 End \nThis event is open to the public\, registration is required\, please contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org for any questions. \n \nThis event is co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Divinity School and the Workshop on the Early Modern World. \nLevitation. Bilocation. Witchcraft. Demonic Possession. \nEurope in the early modern era was simultaneously the site of Kepler\, Newton\, Copernicus–and of eyewitness accounts of levitating saints and nocturnal witches’ sabbats. \nIn his history of the impossible\, award-winning historian Carlos Eire mines the firsthand accounts and archival evidence of the miraculous and demonic.  How did an increasingly skeptical and scientific culture account for events deemed impossible by its leading intellectuals? What does this say about the supposed boundaries between the natural and supernatural that marked the transition to modernity? \nIn this lecture\, Carlos Eire will explore the major themes of They Flew and ask: what makes something impossible? And is there more to reality than meets the eye? \nUniversity of Chicago Divinity School professor Kirsten Macfarlane will offer a response and engage Eire in a conversation about They Flew. Audience Q&A will follow. \n  \nThis 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. \n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/carlos-eire-on-they-flew/
LOCATION:Swift Hall 3rd Floor Lecture Hall\, 1025 E 58th Street\, Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia
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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:The Vocation of the Patristic Theologian: Teaching Nicaea
DESCRIPTION:This event is open to graduate students and faculty. For more information and to receive the registration link contact gzokal@lumenchristi.org  \nThis forum invites graduate students and scholars of patristics to reflect on the nature of the craft and its relationship to contemporary theological studies\, the academy\, and church today. A panel of scholars will speak to this topic in reference to the teaching of Nicaea in commemoration of the 1700th anniversary. What does the teaching of this council\, its creed\, its attendant historical context and reception\, communicate about the essential character of the Patristic theologian? \nThis reception and forum\, following the annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society\, is co-organized by the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at the Loyola University of Chicago\, the Pappas Patristic Institute\, Baylor Institute for Faith and Learning\, the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies\, and The Lumen Christi Institute. \nFeatured Speakers                 \nKhaled Anatolios\nUniversity of Notre Dame \nLewis Ayres\nPontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas – Angelicum\, Rome \nPaul Blowers\nMilligan University \nMichael C. Magree\, S.J.\nBoston College \nErin Walsh\nUniversity of Chicago \n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/the-vocation-of-the-patristic-theologian-teaching-nicaea/
LOCATION:Lewis Towers\, Loyola University of Chicago Water Tower Campus\, 111 E Pearson St\, Chicago\, 60611\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250514T203000
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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:20250508T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250508T180000
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SUMMARY:Maimonides on Christianity and Islam
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\nFor questions\, please email David Strobach at dstrobach@gmail.com. \nCosponsored by the Regenstein Foundation\, University of Chicago Medieval Studies Workshop\, University of Chicago Divinity School\, The Catholic-Muslim Studies Program at Catholic Theological Union\, and Seldon Institute. \nWhat did Maimonides say about Christianity and Islam? How would Al-Ghazali or Thomas Aquinas have responded to him?  \nThis symposium will be a thought-experiment in interreligious dialogue.   \nDavid Novak (University of Toronto) will begin by explicating Maimonides’ position. Yousef Casewit (University of Chicago) will put on the persona of Al-Ghazali to reply. And Matthew Levering (University of St. Mary of the Lake) will reply as if he were Thomas Aquinas. A conversation moderated by James Robinson (University of Chicago) and an audience Q-and-A will follow. \nIn biblical times\, the religious divide between the Jews and the Gentiles was straightforward: the Gentiles worship a variety of “other gods” (polytheism); the Jews alone worship the One and Only God\, the Creator of the universe (monotheism). But with the rise of Christianity and Islam\, there are now two peoples claiming to worship the same God as do the Jews. How did Maimonides accept these claims\, yet cogently affirm the superiority of Judaism?
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/maimonides-on-islam-and-christianity/
LOCATION:Kent Hall\, Room 120\, 1020 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250424T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250424T203000
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CREATED:20250324T192412Z
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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:20250404T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250404T123000
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SUMMARY:Faculty Colloquium on The Uses of Idolatry
DESCRIPTION:This event is a colloquium on William T. Cavanaugh’s (DePaul University) book The Uses of Idolatry\, which offers a sustained and interdisciplinary argument that worship has not waned in our supposedly “secular” world. Rather\, the target of worship has changed\, migrating from the explicit worship of God to the implicit worship of things. Cavanaugh examines modern idolatries and the ways in which humans become dominated by our own creations. \nJ. Michelle Molina (Northwestern University) and Fr. Patrick Gilger\, S.J. (Loyola University Chicago) will offer remarks on the book followed by responses from William Cavanaugh. The event will be moderated by Scott Moringiello (DePaul University). \nThis event is by invitation only. If you would like more information or would like to request to attend\, please contact Geoffrey Zokal at gzokal@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/faculty-colloquium-on-the-uses-of-idolatry/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250327T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250327T183000
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SUMMARY:Polarization\, Social Cohesion\, and the Economy
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE for IN PERSON \nREGISTER HERE for ONLINE  \n\n\nFor more information\, contact gzokal@lumenchristi.org   \nWith polarization on the rise around the globe\, scholars have pointed to a broader fragmentation of social cohesion. Economics\, sociology\, theology and philosophy offer different entry points for exploring these problems. How might we better understand this global moment? This marks the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’s social encyclical\, Fratelli Tutti\, which sought not only to diagnose these problems\, but to also offer moral responses for all people of good will. How might principles derived from Catholic social teaching\, such as solidarity\, human dignity\, and “the preferential option for the poor” operate within local and national economies to contribute towards a greater common good? \nThis event is on Thursday March 27th\, 2025\, from 5:00 to 6:30 PM and is free and open to the public. Attendees should enter via the South Dorchester Avenue doors.  \nThis event is cosponsored by the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization (CREDO)\, the International House Global Voices Program\,\, the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago\, and the Alliance for the Social Market Economy.  \nPersons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact International House in advance of the program at (773) 753-2274 or email i-house-programs@uchicago.edu \n \n \n \n  \n \n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/polarization-social-cohesion-and-the-economy/
LOCATION:International House at the University of Chicago\, 1414 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia
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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:20250227T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250227T174500
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SUMMARY:Gender\, The Body\, and Holiness in the Middle Ages
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nCo-sponsored by the University of Chicago Divinity School\, Medieval Studies Workshop\, and Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. For more information\, contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. \nThis event will be a symposium on Rachel Smith’s (Villanova University) book\, Excessive Saints: Gender\, Narrative\, and Theological Invention in Thomas of Cantimpré’s Mystical Hagiographies. Rachel Smith will outline the major themes of her work. Then\, Willemien Otten (University of Chicago)\, Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago)\, and Barbara Newman (Northwestern University) will respond. Ryan Coyne (University of Chicago) will moderate the conversation. \nHow does the gendering of images work to render Thomas of Cantimpré’s portraits of holy women vivid\, compelling\, desirable? How is gender undone in his hagiographies\, its expectations countered? How does gendering the saint work together with other elements of Thomas’s theology of sanctity? How is the hagiographer gendered in relation to the saint? In what ways might we see the limits of gender as a category of analysis in Thomas’s hagiographical works? How does gendering work in the context of vitae that use apophatic strategies to compose their saintly subjects?
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/gender-the-body-and-holiness-in-the-middle-ages/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, First Floor Common Room\, 1025 E 58th St\,Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250130T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250130T173000
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SUMMARY:The Human Person and Biotechnology: Artificial Intelligence and its Limitations
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE for IN PERSON\nREGISTER HERE for ONLINE\nArtificial intelligence is increasingly interfacing with all aspects of human life\, raising particular ethical challenges in medicine and biotechnology. The ethical challenges of AI must be grounded in the limits of the discipline it is applied to. Medicine has seen amazing advances in the last few decades\, but these advances also raise questions about limits\, especially in living patients. We must ask: What are the limits of medicine and biotech – and how does this translate into limits on the use of AI in these fields? This public panel will serve to explore what the limits in medicine and biotech are and what role the wisdom of the Christian tradition can play in forming them. \nStudents and faculty are also invited to join us on Friday\, January 31\, for a master class on Technology\, Culture\, and Virtue\, with Professors Jeffrey Bishop. Readings will be provided to registrants \n  \nFor more information\, contact gzokal@lumenchristi.org \nThis event is cosponsored by the Program on Medicine and Religion at the University of Chicago\, and the Albert Gnaegi Center at Saint Louis University. This 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/the-human-person-and-biotechnology-artificial-intelligence-and-its-limitations/
LOCATION:Knapp Center for Biological Discovery Room 1103\, 900 E 57th street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Lectures & Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241120T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241120T203000
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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:20241107T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241107T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044413
CREATED:20241003T161420Z
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SUMMARY:On the Dignity of Society: Catholic Social Teaching and Natural Law
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nFor more information\, contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. \nCo-sponsored by the Catholic University of America Press.  \nRussell Hittinger has long been one of the world’s leading scholars of Catholic social teaching and natural law theory. His most recent book\, On the Dignity of Society\, presents the fruit of his mature thinking on fundamental issues in Catholic political thought. Rooted in Thomistic philosophy and natural law theory\, but also animated by his study of St. Augustine and thus sensitive to historical contexts and arenas for moral and theological disputation\, Hittinger articulates the deepest principles of the Church’s social teaching and sheds considerable light on their historical applications. At this event\, Profs. Mary Hirschfeld and R. H. Helmholz will discuss Hittinger’s latest work\, and the event will conclude with a response from Prof. Hittinger. \nOn Saturday\, Russ Hittinger and Scott Roniger will lead a master class titled “What Is a Society? On the Coherence of Catholic Social Thought from Pope Leo XIII to Pope Francis.“
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-11-on-the-dignity-of-society/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, First Floor Common Room\, 1025 E 58th St\,Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241017T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241017T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044413
CREATED:20241003T161434Z
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SUMMARY:Virtue\, Moral Formation\, and the University
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE FOR IN-PERSON \nREGISTER HERE FOR LIVESTREAM \nOpen to students and faculty. For more information\, contact gzokal@lumenchristi.org. \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. \nAs scholars such as Julie Reuben have documented\, there has been a decline in the mission of moral formation of students over the history of US higher education and this role of the university is no longer to be taken for granted. What role\, if any\, does the university play in the moral formation of its students? Is moral formation beyond the bounds of its mission or is it inescapable? What virtues are formed in the modern university? This public panel\, part of the Annual Meeting of the In Lumine Network\, will serve to provide a broad conversation about the role of the university in regard to virtue and moral formation. \nImage courtesy of: Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center\, University of Chicago Library
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-virtue-moral-formation-and-the-university/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241016T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241016T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044413
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:20241011T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241011T163000
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CREATED:20241003T161445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T194104Z
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SUMMARY:The Boldness of Belief and Timidity of Technology: A Symposium on Gratitude\, Creation\, and the Technological Mindset
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM LIVESTREAM \nREGISTER HERE FOR IN-PERSON \nOpen to students and faculty. For more information\, contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. \nThis event is cosponsored and supported by the University of Chicago John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought. It is also cosponsored by The Point Magazine. This 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. \nIn his Introduction to Christianity\, Joseph Ratzinger saw that at the root of the “technological mindset” was an anxiety about how man can come to know the world.  Ratzinger contrasted the technological orientation to the world with an orientation of belief. Belief was not incomplete or provisional knowing\, but a trustful standing upon and loyalty to that which is given by Creation. \nIn this symposium\, Matt Crawford and Mark Shiffman will come together to discuss the problem of virtue in light of Ratzinger’s distinction. Crawford will begin by exploring how the virtue of gratitude often eludes us under a technological mindset. A better approach is to boldly entrust oneself to that which one cannot make or fully grasp. \nMark Shiffman will respond by using this same distinction between technocracy and givenness to and explain the difference between optimism and hope. Melanie Barrett will also offer comments. \nOn Saturday\, Matt Crawford and Mark Schiffman will lead a Master Class on Max Scheler’s work\, Ressentiment.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-standing-on-what-is-given/
LOCATION:Social Sciences\, Tea Room\, 1126 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044413
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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