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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\nRegistration Deadline: June 29th\, 2026 | $450\nEarly Bird Registration Discount: May 31st\, 2026 | $250 \n  \nCourse Description\nSt. Augustine once wrote that we should “so seek as if we should find\, and so find as if we were going to go on seeking.” Join us on the beautiful grounds of Mundelein Seminary for a week of exploring the Western and Catholic intellectual tradition as we examine together the rich theme of the journey. Our texts will be drawn from the Bible\, Greek Mythology\, and Christian literature\, theology\, and spirituality from the Medieval Era to the modern day. In our expedition together—alongside the likes of such adventurers as Odysseus\, Augustine\, Dante\, Bonaventure\, Teresa of Avila\, and Don Quixote—we will consider what it means to set out as sojourners and pilgrims longing for a true homeland in which we’ve never lived\, to act heroically in the face of a broken world\, and finally to return home to God\, accepting the call to be saints. As Pope Francis has said\, all Christians are “people on a journey”: how can these biblical\, literary\, and theological narratives of journeying and pilgrimage help us to understand better our own holy journeys toward the fullness of time\, when God shall be all in all (1 Corinthians 15:28)? \nHigh school students (including rising freshmen and recently graduated seniors) are welcome to apply for this 5-day seminar.  Mornings will consist in academic seminars and small group\, and afternoons will focus on these themes through team-building activities.  For more information\, please email NewmanForum@LumenChristi.org \n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/newman-forum-2026-summer-institute-there-and-back-again-the-adventures-of-heroes-saints-and-pilgrims/
LOCATION:University of St. Mary of the Lake\, 1000 E Maple Avenue\, Mundelein\, IL\, 60060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum,Conference
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