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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: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: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/
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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/
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CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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SUMMARY:Newman Forum Summer Institute | There and Back Again: The Adventures of Pilgrims\, Heroes\, and Saints
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URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/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: 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/
LOCATION: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/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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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 | 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: 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 | There and Back Again: The Adventures of Heroes\, Saints\, and Pilgrims
DESCRIPTION:Newman Forum for High School Students\n2026 Summer Institute\n“There and Back Again: The Adventures of Heroes\, Saints\, and Pilgrims”\nAugust 5-9\nUniversity of St. Mary of the Lake\nAPPLY HERE\n\nRegistration Deadline: June 29th\, 2026 | $450\nEarly Bird Registration Discount: May 15th\, 2026 | $250 \n  \nCourse Description\nSt. Augustine once wrote that we should “so seek as if we should find\, and so find as if we were going to go on seeking.” Join us on the beautiful grounds of Mundelein Seminary for a week of exploring the Western and Catholic intellectual tradition as we examine together the rich theme of the journey. Our texts will be drawn from the Bible\, Greek Mythology\, and Christian literature\, theology\, and spirituality from the Medieval Era to the modern day. In our expedition together—alongside the likes of such adventurers as Odysseus\, Augustine\, Dante\, Bonaventure\, Teresa of Avila\, and Don Quixote—we will consider what it means to set out as sojourners and pilgrims longing for a true homeland in which we’ve never lived\, to act heroically in the face of a broken world\, and finally to return home to God\, accepting the call to be saints. As Pope Francis has said\, all Christians are “people on a journey”: how can these biblical\, literary\, and theological narratives of journeying and pilgrimage help us to understand better our own holy journeys toward the fullness of time\, when God shall be all in all (1 Corinthians 15:28)? \nHigh school students (including rising freshmen and recently graduated seniors) are welcome to apply for this 5-day seminar.  Mornings will consist in academic seminars and small group\, and afternoons will focus on these themes through team-building activities.  For more information\, please email NewmanForum@LumenChrisit.org \n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/newman-forum-2026-summer-institute-there-and-back-again-the-adventures-of-heroes-saints-and-pilgrims/
LOCATION:University of St. Mary of the Lake\, 1000 E Maple Avenue\, Mundelein\, IL\, 60060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum,Conference
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