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SUMMARY:Winter Newman Forum Conference for High School Students: Back to the Future!
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER BELOW\nPresented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students. This conference is cosponsored by the University of Saint Mary of the Lake at Mundelein Seminary\, and the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office. For more information\, please email Margaux Taffet at newmanforum@lumenchristi.org. \nWhat is the relationship between the past and the present? And how can this relationship prepare us for our future? How do we think about the past in a world fixated on the new? If our world is constantly changing\, what does it mean to profess eternal truths? \nOn February 21\, 2026\, the Newman Forum’s “Back to the Future!” conference will gather high school students at the University of St. Mary of the Lake to discover the fascinating realities of everyday and misunderstood scientific\, historical\, literary\, and religious topics.  Students will meet with presenters and discuss the wonders of science\, the lessons of history\, the beauty of literature\, and the mysteries of faith. \nStudents will get to pick three 20-minute “lightning round” presentations.  Presentation roster can be found here. \n\nPROGRAM\n\nRegistration\nWelcome & Opening Prayer\nLightning Round Talks by invited professors and graduate students from the University of Chicago\, Notre Dame\, and other Universities\nLunch at the USML dining hall\nOffice Hours to engage with the faculty and learn about their interest\, research\, and school\nEucharistic Adoration\n\nCOST\n$15 by Friday\, January 30 | $30 after Friday\, January 30th \n$10/participant for groups over 10. \n  \nPlease register a group of 9 or fewer using this “Individual Ticket” option.  Indicate the number of participants you are registering\, and record their names. \nFor a group of 10 or more\, please register using this “Group Ticket” option. Indicate the number of participants you are registering\, and record their names.  For example\, if you are registering a group of 30\, be sure to select 30 tickets. \nPlease 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.  For questions\, please email Margaux Taffet at newmanforum@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2026-02-21-back-to-the-future/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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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:IL
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SUMMARY:Winter Newman Forum Conference for High School Students: What Really Happens When...
DESCRIPTION:INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION \nGROUP (10+) REGISTRATION \nPresented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students. This seminar is cosponsored by the University of Saint Mary of the Lake at Mundelein Seminary\, and the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office. Email newmanforum@lumenchristi.org for any questions. \nWhat really happens when Chat-GPT does your homework? When you try to live forever? When a child is born with disabilities? When statues weep and paintings bleed? When the universe seems completely random?  \nOn March 1\, 2025\, the Newman Forum’s “What Really Happens When…” conference will gather high school students at the University of St. Mary of the Lake to discover the fascinating realities of everyday and misunderstood scientific\, historical\, literary\, and religious topics. Students will meet with presenters and discuss the wonders of science\, the lessons of history\, the beauty of literature\, and the mysteries of faith. \nThe conference will have three sessions of “lightning-round” talks\, where students can choose a talk based on their own interests. Then\, after lunch\, we will hold “Office Hours\,” where students can bring their own questions to the presenters in an informal environment. We will close with Eucharistic Adoration. \nTo see all the talks and titles\, click here. \nPROGRAM\n\nRegistration\nWelcome & Opening Prayer\nLightning Round Talks by invited professors and graduate students from the University of Chicago\, Notre Dame\, and other Universities\nLunch at the USML dining hall\nOffice Hours to engage with the faculty and learn about their interest\, research\, and school\nEucharistic Adoration\n\nCOST\n$10 by Wednesday\, February 5th | $20 after Wednesday\, February 5th \nDiscounts available for groups over 10.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/winter-newman-forum-conference-for-high-school-students-what-really-happens-when/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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SUMMARY:Newman Forum Summer Institute | Mystery and Reality: The Eucharist in Catholic Thought\, Art\, and Life
DESCRIPTION:Over six days\, high school students will be introduced to college-level study through an investigation of the theology and artistic depictions of the Eucharist. Notre Dame professors Jay and Jennifer Martin will lead students through a discussion of thinkers like Ignatius of Antioch\, Thomas Aquinas\, and Joseph Ratzinger along with biblical texts.  \nWe balance academic excellence with spiritual formation. Students learn how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours\, attend Daily Mass\, and reflect on their vocation. We also balance work and play. Mornings are for lectures and discussion\, afternoons and evenings for excursions and fun. \nThis year we will take part in the 2024 Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis\, leaving Friday afternoon and returning early Sunday morning.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/newman-forum-summer-institute-mystery-and-reality-the-eucharist-in-catholic-thought-art-and-life/
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SUMMARY:Winter Newman Forum Conference for High School Students: What Really Happened At…
DESCRIPTION:What really happens if we genetically engineer humans to thrive on Mars? What really happened at the medieval inquisition? What really happens when you see the face of God? \nDiscover the fascinating reality behind misunderstood topics by engaging with college professors and graduate students to discuss the wonders of science\, lessons of history\, beauty of literature\, and mysteries of faith.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/winter-newman-forum-conference-for-high-school-students-what-really-happened-at/
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SUMMARY:Newman Forum Summer Institute | There and Back Again: The Adventures of Pilgrims\, Heroes\, and Saints
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SUMMARY:Winter Newman Forum Conference for High School Students: Science\, Science Fiction\, and God
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URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/winter-newman-forum-conference-for-high-school-students-science-science-fiction-and-god/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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SUMMARY:Newman Forum Summer Institute | Truth\, Beauty\, and Goodness: The Transcendentals in Philosophy and Theology
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URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/newman-forum-summer-institute-truth-beauty-and-goodness-the-transcendentals-in-philosophy-and-theology/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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SUMMARY:Big Questions and Catholic Scientists: A Science and Religion Fair for High School Students
DESCRIPTION:Open to all high school students\, parents\, and teachers. Students attend for FREE (and all adult admission fees are waived if accompanied by at least one student.) \nIn partnership with the Soceity of Catholic Scientists and the McGrath Institute for Church Life. Cosponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations Office and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary.  \n \n\nWant to learn from accomplished Catholic scientists about the harmony of faith and science? Interested in the Big Questions on the frontiers of scientific discovery? Then come to this Science and Religion Fair on February 5th at the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary. \nAttendees will get to learn from distinguished scientists who embrace both the Catholic faith and modern science\, following the example of St. Albert the Great\, patron saint of science. \nConference Highlights Include: \n\nOne 25-minute Opening Talk on Science and Faith\, and Cosmology and Extraterrestrial Life.\n\nMany have claimed that modern science and Christian faith are fundamentally at odds and have historically been in conflict. Professor Stephen Barr\, President of the Society of Catholic Scientists\, will show how a better understanding of Catholic teaching\, of science and of history paint a very different picture. \n\n\nA choice of multiple ‘Lightning Round’ Talks on crucial topics: \n\n“Is the Universe Made for Life?” (Stephen Barr\, President\, Emeritus Professor of Physics\, University of Delaware): In recent decades physicists have discovered that many features of the fundamental laws of physics are “just right” to make life (including complex living things such as ourselves) possible. These are sometimes called “anthropic coincidences.” Do these show that the universe was made with us in mind? Or does the “multiverse” idea explain them? Or possibly both?\n“What is a human being and when does life begin?” (Maureen Condic\, Assoc. Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy\, Univ\, of Utah School of Medicine): The questions of who is a human being and when does a human being arise during the process of human development have profound implications for society\, for medicine and for the law.\n“Earthquakes\, their Consequences\, and the Jesuit Pioneers of Seismology” (Natasha Toghramadjian\, 4th year graduate student\, Harvard University): The great earthquake of 1755 obliterated the Catholic city of Lisbon and caused many to question their faith.  It also spurred the creation of the science of seismology\, often called “the Jesuit Science” because of the pioneering work of Jesuit missionaries who set up the first seismic stations in many areas of the globe.  This talk will tell about the remarkable history of earthquakes and their consequences and the speaker’s own field work on three continents.\n“Wonder in Science and Faith” (Chris Stoughton\, Senior Scientist at Fermilab): Dr. Stoughton will talk about wonder and the approach of scientists to their work\, both in historical examples and through the witness of contemporary scientists.\n“Evolution and Creation: A Catholic Perspective” (Sr. Stephen Patrick Joly\, O.P.\, Ph.D.\, Lansing Catholic HS): For some\, the scientific theory of evolution is seen as incompatible with a God who has knowingly and purposely fashioned us. But\, as s Pope Benedict XVI stated\, creation and evolution represent “two complementary — rather than mutually exclusive — realities.”  This talk will guide participants to see the harmony between evolutionary biology and the Catholic faith.\n“Modern Science\, the Catholic Church\, and the Galileo Affair” (Cory Hayes\, Professor of Philosophy and Theology\, St. Joseph Seminary College): Beginning with Copernicus and ending with St. John Paul II\, Dr. Cory Hayes will examine the trials of Galileo\, the major players involved and the issues that were at play in his 1633 condemnation by the Inquisition\, overcoming misconceptions and deepening our understanding of the lessons it has for us today.\n“Extraterrestrial Life and the Catholic Faith” (Tim Dolch\, Assistant Professor of Physics at Hillsdale College.): How likely are rational ET creatures  to exist? How do scientists search for them? What theological questions would their existence raise?” \n\n\nBig Questions/Ask-a-Scientist Poster Session\n\nAttendees will have an opportunity to meet Catholic scientists one-on-one and ask them about their fields of science\, career paths\, the big unsolved questions in their areas of science\, being a Catholic in science\, and anything that they are curious about.  The scientists they will meet will be a varied group: young and old; male and female; experimenters and theorists; and in many areas of research. Students interested in STEM subjects and teachers interested in renewing their own understanding will dialogue about high-impact topics\, including: genetics\, mathematics\, materials science\, evolutionary biology\, superstring theory\, cosmology\, environmental science\, neuroscience and brain research\, and much more.  \n\n\n\n  \n\nSchedule: \n9:00am – 9:45am: Breakfast and Registration \n9:45am – 10:00am: Opening Prayer\, Welcome & Introduction \n10:00am – 10:45am: Keynote “Science and the Catholic Faith” (Stephen Barr\, President\, Society of Catholic Scientists) \n10:45am – 11:00am: Break \n11:00am – 11:30am: Lighting Round Talks #1 \n11:30am – 12:30pm: Lunch \n12:45pm – 1:15pm: Lighting Round Talks #2 (with optional adoration in Conference Center Chapel) \n1:15pm – 1:25pm: Break \n1:30pm – 2:00pm: Lighting Round Talks #3 (with optional adoration in Conference Center Chapel) \n2:00pm – 2:15pm: Break \n2:15pm – 3:30pm: “Big Questions/Ask-a-Scientist” Poster Session \n3:30pm: Closing Remarks and Prayer \n  \nLearn more about this and other Newman Forum events on the Newman Forum website. \n\n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-science-and-religion-fair-mundelein/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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SUMMARY:How to Run Away From Home: Preparing for College as a Catholic
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations Office and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary. \n  \n\n\n \nYou’ve been told since you started school that you need to go away to college. Leave home\, get an education\, and begin “adulting.” \n\n\n \nEveryone has a “guide” for the journey: Kaplan\, Fiske\, US News\, Princeton Review\, and so on. \n\n\n \nBut if you’re looking for an account of how to leave home in order to find it\, you won’t find a better guide than Scripture\, believe it or not. The Bible can be considered one big story of leaving home in order to find it\, along with the hazards and holy moments along the way. It’s inspired countless Christians to journey\, to search\, to become pilgrims. \n\n\n \n>> Don’t make a decision about where you’ll go or who you’ll be in college without considering this conference. << \n\n\n \nJoin us as we explore the theme of “leaving home” in Scripture\, literature\, and history. From Genesis to Revelation\, we’ll explore how the theme of “leaving home” is developed and elaborated. Then\, we will look at the life of St. Anthony the Great\, who decided to leave home and go to the desert simply by hearing the Gospel. \n\n\n \n  \nHow should you leave home? Come find out. \n\n\n\n\n \n  \nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n \nOpen to all high school students. \n  \nSchedule: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n9-9:30am Registration and Grab-and-Go Breakfast \n\n\n \n9:30-9:45am Welcome and Opening Prayer \n\n\n \n9:45-10:15am Lecture #1 on Salvation History \n\n\n \n10:15-10:30am Q&A #1 \n\n\n \n10:30am-11:15am Break and Game \n\n\n \n11:15-11:45am Lecture #2 on the life of St. Anthony \n\n\n \n11:45am-12:00pm Q&A #2 \n\n\n \n12:00pm-1:00pm Grab-and-Go Lunch & Discussion Group \n\n\n \n1-1:30pm Eucharistic Adoration \n\n\n \n1:30-2:30pm Reflection Time \n\n\n \n  \nCost: $20. Scholarships are available. Parents and teachers who bring students can attend for free. \n(Learn more about this and other Newman Forum events at the NEW! Newman Forum website: www.newmanforum.org)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-11-how-to-run-away-from-home-preparing-for-college-as-a-catholic-jared-ortiz-fr-andrew-summerson-s-th-d/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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SUMMARY:2021 Newman Forum Summer Institute
DESCRIPTION:In-person summer experience for high school students exploring truth\, goodness\, and beauty at Mundelein Seminary \nPresented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students and incoming college freshman only. This seminar is cosponsored by the University of Saint Mary of the Lake at Mundelein Seminary\, and the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office.  \n\nDRIVING QUESTIONS\n“It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities\, and then by gradual progression raising questions about the greater matters too…”   -Aristotle\, Metaphysics 982b \n“The Christian remains the guardian of that metaphysical wonderment which is the point of origin for philosophy and the continuation of which is the basis of its further existence. Wonderment is constantly on the point of turning into a marveling at the beauty of existence as a whole…”    \n-Hans Urs von Balthasar\, The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics\, Volume V\, The Realm of Metaphysics in the Modern Age \nPhilosophy begins in wonder: How can I explain what I see\, put words to what I feel\, or communicate what seems inexpressible?  \nLooking out at the world\, one wonders: Is there some order to the universe and to my soul? Or is it all random?  \nWe wonder most of all about the true\, the beautiful\, and the good: Is there such a thing as Truth? Beauty? Goodness?  There must be\, but so many people disagree! How can one talk about the reality of concepts that seem so hotly contested? \nOVERVIEW\nIn this 4-Day Summer Institute\, high school students will be introduced to the disciplines and distinct methodologies of philosophy and theology through college-level lecture and discussion of the three “transcendentals” of truth\, goodness\, and beauty. Figures under consideration will include Plato\, Aristotle\, Augustine\, Bonaventure\, Aquinas\, Newman\, Ratzinger\, von Balthasar\, as well as relevant biblical texts. \nWe will balance academic formation with spiritual formation\, focusing on themes of discernment\, vocation\, and the practices that comprise an intellectually informed and responsible life of faith. In addition to a balance of the spiritual and intellectual\, we will also balance work and play. Mornings will be devoted to lectures and discussion\, with afternoons and evenings filled with excursions and fun programming (including a trip to Six Flags!) \n>> CLICK HERE TO APPLY << \nApplications are now closed. Check back next Spring 2022 for information on the 2022 Summer Institute! \n\nSCHEDULE\n\n\n\n    \n   THURSDAY\, JULY 8 \n    Day 1 — Student Arrival \n4:00pm Check-In (Building E\, Main Entrance) \n\nRoom assignments\nTime to settle in\n\n5:00pm Welcome Mass (Building E\, Chapel) \n6:00pm Dinner (Building B\, Dining Hall) \n7:00pm  Icebreakers & House Rules (Building N\, Classrooms) \n8:00pm  S’Mores (Fire Pit) \n9:00pm Night Prayer (Building E\, Chapel)\n    \n   FRIDAY\, JULY 9 \n    Day 2 \n7:30am Morning Prayer (Building E\, Chapel) \n8:00am Breakfast (Building B\, Dining Hall) \n9:30am Morning Class (Building N\, Classooms) \n\n30 min. Philosophy lecture\n30 min. Theology lecture\n15 min. Q&A each\n\n11:00am Small Discussion Groups (Building N\, Classrooms) \n12:00pm Leave Mundelein for Six Flags \n7:00pm Leave Six Flags to Return to Mundelein \n8:00pm Night Prayer (Building E\, Chapel)\n\n\n  \n   SATURDAY\, JULY 10 \n   Day 3 \n7:30am Morning Prayer (Building E\, Chapel) \n8:00am Breakfast (Building B\, Dining Hall) \n9:30am Morning Class (Building N\, Classrooms) \n11:00am Small group (Building N\, Classrooms) \n12:00pm Lunch (Building B\, Dining Hall) \n12:45pm Break \n2:30pm Outdoor Games (Ball Fields) \n4:00pm Vocation Talks (Mundelein Grounds) \n6:00pm Dinner (Grab-N-Go\, Building B\, Dining Hall) \n9:00pm Night Prayer (Building E\, Chapel)\n   \n  SUNDAY\, JULY 11 \n  Day 4 — Student Departure \n8:00am Breakfast (Building B\, Dining Hall) \n8:30am Morning Class (Building N\, Classrooms) \n10:00am Farewell Mass (Building E\, Chapel) \n11:00am Brunch (TBD) \n12:00pm Small group (Building N\, Classrooms) \n12:45pm Big group (Building N\, Classrooms) \n1:30pm Students depart\n\n\n\nSafety & Wellness Information:\nMundelein Seminary’s COVID-19 procedures at the time of the Summer Institute will be consistent with State Guidelines for outdoor and indoor group gatherings. Complete information regarding protocol will be circulated to all accepted students as the Institute nears. \nSingle occupancy accommodations are available to all accepted students. To the extent that you are comfortable\, accepted students are encouraged to select “Double Occupancy” come registration time. This will assign each student a roommate to bunk with for the duration of the Institute. Siblings will room together. Male and female students are assigned to separate floors\, and there are no communal bathrooms. Nightly curfew will be strictly observed. There will be one adult chaperone for every three students\, with a balanced number of male and female chaperones. \nArriving to the Institute late and/or leaving early will not be permitted. \nFurther information about allergies\, medical concerns\, dress code\, etc. will be made available to accepted students upon registration.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-newman-forum-summer-institute/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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SUMMARY:Human Rights and Human Wrongs: The Catholic History of Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students. This event was made possible by a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute\, and is cosponsored by the University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, Mundelein Seminary\, and the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office. \nYou can email Austin Walker or Madison Chastain with any questions or concerns! \nOnline Schedule \n9:30 Opening Prayer & Welcome \n9:45 1st Lecture \n10:20 1st Q&A \n10:45 Break \n11:00 2nd Lecture \n11:35 2nd Q&A \n11:45pm Online Breakout Discussion Groups \n12:30pm Conclusion \n\nWhat makes something right?  What makes something wrong? What is a “right\,” and why ought it be respected? What happens if two people’s rights come into conflict? What is justice? Why (and how) ought it be pursued?The Newman Forum is excited to continue its yearly tradition of day-long academic conferences during the Autumn and Winter Quarters. \nOn Saturday\, November 14\, the Newman Forum will host a conference about the relationship between rights\, justice\, and–the theme we’ve chosen for our year–human dignity. Professor Paolo Carozza will introduce us to the development of the earliest human rights tradition by Spanish Dominicans in the 16th century\, and chart the course of its expansion into our contemporary language of human rights and social justice\, which fails to achieve its ends when it loses the Catholic understanding of human dignity. It can seem to us that the Catholic Church is new to topics of justice and rights\, but not only were Catholics some of the first to develop the language of rights and justice\, but the Catholic understanding of human dignity is pivotal to our contemporary pursuit of a just society! \n\nThis November\, our fall conference will be a hybrid event. IN-PERSON REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. \nHigh school teachers and youth ministers are encouraged to bring online groups. If they so desire\, they will be given their own virtual discussion room after the lectures to discuss the content with their students. Otherwise\, your students can be assigned to a group led by one of our trained graduate-student discussion leaders. A separate pre-event prep meeting is offered to teachers who would like it. \nIn-Person Schedule \n9:00 Grab-and-go breakfast (Coffee Room) \n9:30 Prayer and Welcome (Chapel) \n9:45 1st Lecture (Chapel) \n10:20 1st Q&A (Chapel) \n10:45 Break & Snack (Coffee Room) \n11:00 2nd Lecture (Chapel) \n11:35 2nd Q&A (Chapel) \n11:45 Transition to Eucharistic Adoration (Chapel) \n12:10pm Grab-and-Go Lunch (Coffee Room) & Discussion Groups (Breakout Rooms) \n1:00pm Final Q&A (Chapel) \n1:30pm Closing Prayer (Chapel) \nThere will be mandatory health screenings at the start of the in-person experience. Masks will be required at all times during the day\, except for when students are eating. Refusal to wear a mask or follow appropriate social distancing protocols will be grounds for removal from the event\, as it will violate the Newman Forum’s contract with Mundelein Seminary.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-11-human-rights-human-wrongs-catholic-history-of-human-rights-paolo-carozza-austin-walker/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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SUMMARY:Creation: Artistic & Divine
DESCRIPTION:This event was open to high school students\, parents\, and teachers. \nCo-sponsored by Mundelein Seminary\, the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office\, Relevant Radio\, and the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. This program was made possible in part by a gift from the Paluch Family Foundation and a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. \nFollow us on Instagram for updates about the event. \n\nPhysics tells us how the universe is ordered\, but can it tell us why? How are the laws of physics like a baseball rulebook? And why should we expect the universe to operate according to regular laws anyway? \nIf God created all things at the beginning of time\, what are artists doing when they “create” a beautiful work of art? Can one thing be more beautiful than another? How are beauty and art related to God? \nJoin us on February 15\, 2020 at the University of Chicago as Professors Stephen Barr (Physics\, U of Delaware\, President of Society of Catholic Scientists) and Jennifer Newsome Martin (Theological Aesthetics\, Notre Dame’s Department of Liberal Studies) help high school students from throughout the region investigate the physics of creation and the theology of creativity. \nContact Austin Walker for more information or with questions. \n\nDay Schedule \n8:30   Breakfast and Registrations (Swift Hall Common Room) \n9:00   Introductions and Prayers (Swift Hall 3rd Floor Lecture Hall) \n9:15   Icebreaker \n9:30    Lecture: Steve Barr with Q&A (35 min lecture\, 15 min Q&A) \n10:20   Break \n10:30   Lecture: Jenny Martin with Q&A (35 min lecture\, 15 min Q&A) \n11:30   Lunch and Discussion Groups (2nd and 3rd Floor Swift Classrooms) \n1:00   Adoration \n1:30   Discussion/Q&A among Barr\, Martin\, and Students
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-02-creation-artistic-divine-stephen-m-barr-jennifer-newsome-martin/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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SUMMARY:How NOT To Get Away with Murder
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students. \nThe book of Genesis is one of the most interesting and difficult books of the Bible. And there is so much more to it than meets the eye.  For example: \nWhen the snake approaches Eve for the first time\, he asks her: “Did God really say\, ‘You shall not eat from any of the trees in the garden’?”  But that isn’t what God said at all.  He told Adam\, “You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden except the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”  Already\, the snake has changed God’s command in order to make God appear unjust. God says: all but one. The snake says: none at all\, right?  Eve is in trouble–she wasn’t there when God gave Adam the original command. She hadn’t been created yet.  If she heard the command at all\, she heard it second-hand from Adam.  As you can see\, the snake is very devious.\n\nThis 90-minute seminar will investigate this and other passages in the 3rd and 4th chapters of Genesis.  By reading the text closely and paying attention to what is (and isn’t) there\, we will discover a whole new complexity to the relationship between God\, the first four humans\, and the snake.  Not only is God revealed as imminently just and merciful\, but also as a very acute observer of human psychology!\n\nResources from the seminar are drawn from Joseph Ratzinger’s (Pope Bendict’s) In the Beginning…’: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall.\n\nThere is no charge for the seminar\, but a good-will donation of $10 is encouraged.\n\nOn February 15\, the Newman Forum will host a day-long conference for high school students on “Creation: Artistic & Divine.”\nIMAGE: The First Mourning by William-Adolphe Bouguereau\, 1888 courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-01-how-not-to-get-away-with-murder-austin-walker/
LOCATION:St. John Cantius Church\, 825 N Carpenter St\nChicago\, IL 60642\, Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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SUMMARY:The Making of a Modern Saint:  John Henry Newman on Faith and Education in a Secular Age
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by Mundelein Seminary\, the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office\, and the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. This program is made possible in part by a gift from the Paluch Family Foundation and a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. \nFollow us on Instagram for updates about the event. \n\nHave you ever wondered why you go to school? Or what the point of it all is? What goes into making a big decision? And how do you fit together everything you know–or even the past with the future? \nJohn Henry Newman will be canonized on October 13th. On October 19th\, we’ll celebrate his life and thought. \n\n\nIn the morning\, Dwight Lindley from Hillsdale College will talk about\, “Conversion\, the Key to Newman’s Life and Thought.” Newman understood his own conversion to be a gradual realization of what his most-deeply held principles required of him–it wasn’t some shallow “emotional” feeling. And Newman’s understanding of conversion helped him to give an account of the Church’s development over time (and how that development is both similar to and different from Darwinian evolution!).\n\nIn the afternoon\, Dave Deavel from University of St. Thomas will tell us about Newman’s idea of education. He will help us ask what a true education is. What does it mean to seek “knowledge for its own sake”? What does it mean when Newman describes the whole of knowledge as a “circle”? How do all the “subjects”—biology\, history\, philosophy\, theology\, and the rest—in the circle fit together? What unites them? Does theology have to be part of true education? How does “being educated” relate to my career? We’ll talk about all this and more in this lecture.\n\nThere will also be food\, games\, outdoor competitions\, and a prize for the winners.\n\n\nSCHEDULE \n9:00am Registration and Breakfast\n10:00am Welcome & Introductions\n10:15am Opening Prayer\n10:30am Prof. Lindley lecture on Newman’s life and times\n11:45am  Lunchtime discussion group\n1:00pm Outdoor activity\n2:15pm Prof. Deavel lecture on Science\, University\, and Liberal Education\n3:30pm Discussion Groups\n4:30pm Mass (optional)\n5:45pm Pizza Party (optional)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-10-making-of-a-modern-saint-john-henry-newman-on-faith-education-in-a-secular-age/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190223T100000
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SUMMARY:Science\, Creation\, & the Catholic Imagination
DESCRIPTION:Listen to the lectures as podcast episodes. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page\, iTunes channel\, Stitcher\, TuneIn\, ListenNotes\, Podbean\, Pocket Casts\, and Google Play Music. \nTo view photos of the conference\, visit Lumen Christi’s Facebook page. \nHave you ever wondered if science and religion can co-exist? Or whether it is rational (or irrational) to believe in God? How can the story of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis be reconciled with the Big Bang? Or with evolution? What does The Lord of the Rings have to do with Jesus? And what exactly is hillbilly thomism? \nThe intellectual tradition of the Catholic Church has been asking (and answering!) questions of this kind for two thousand years. If you are interested in discussing these questions with college professors\, graduate students\, and other high schoolers from all over Chicagoland\, register below. \nSponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute\, the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office\, Relevant Radio\, St. Ignatius College Prep\, the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame\, Fenwick High School\, and the Theology Club. This program is made possible by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. \nOpen to current high school students. Breakfast\, Lunch and Dinner are included. For any parents and chaperones who will be present\, an optional lunchtime event will be held nearby at Gavin House (1220 East 58th Street) at 12:00pm.  Lunch will be provided.  If you are interested in participating in this lunchtime event\, please indicate it on the registration page. Need-based scholarships are available upon request. Please contact us with any questions about this program. \nA day-long conference for high school students to provide an introduction to the Catholic vision of intellectual life and culture. Students will listen to lectures by expert scholars\, participate in break-out group discussions\, meet and socialize with other high school students\, and attend mass. More info\, including a detailed schedule will be available soon. \nTENTATIVE SCHEDULE \n\n\n\n9 – 9:45 | Registration and Breakfast in Swift Common Room \n9:45 – 10 | Opening Prayer \n10 – 11 | Session 1: Lecture on Faith and Reason with Prof. Meghan Sullivan \n11 – 11:15 | Break \n11:15 – 12:15 | Session 2: Lecture on Cosmology and Creation with Fr. John Kartje \n12:30 – 1:15 | Lunchtime discussion session \n1:30 – 2:30 | Session 3: Lecture on the Catholic Imagination with Prof. Michael Murphy \n2:45 – 3:15 | Scavenger Hunt* \n3:15 – 4:15 | Afternoon discussion session \n4:30 – 5:30 | Mass in Bond Chapel (this anticipatory mass fulfills the Sunday obligation) \n5:30 – 6:30 | OPTIONAL closing reception \nParents and chaperones are invited to a lunchtime discussion with Dr. Chris Baglow of Notre Dame’s Mcgrath Institute for Church Life\, to be held at Gavin House (1220 E. 58th St).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-02-science-creation-catholic-imagination/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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