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SUMMARY:Economics and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:Apply here\nNow in its ninth year\, this seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and (junior) faculty in economics\, finance\, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought\, starting with the human person\, dignity\, freedom\, subsidiarity\, solidarity\, and the common good\, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory\, firm and business ethics\, wages\, markets\, globalization\, poverty\, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant economics texts. \nThis seminar is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute; the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization; the De Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture; the Kellogg Institute for International Studies; and the the Institute for the Scholarship in the Liberal Arts\, College of Arts and Letters\, University of Notre Dame. \nFormat: There will be two sessions each day\, featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar-style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. In the final sessions\, we will discuss how the material can be applied to each student’s particular area of interest. \nLocation:  The seminar will take place at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend. \nParticipants will arrive on August 2 and will depart on August 5. \nThere are no registration or tuition costs to the seminar. \n\nAll participants will be provided with accommodations and meals.\nPartial travel reimbursement funds are available as awarded to offset travel costs.\n\nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students and faculty in economics\, finance and related fields.\nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application form\, including:\nAn updated CV.\nA brief statement interest no longer than 750 words.\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. \nFifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the seminar is filled. For fullest consideration\, apply by April 6\, 2026 \nPlease direct any further questions to seminars@lumenchristi.org \n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/economics-and-catholic-social-thought-a-primer-2/
LOCATION:University of Notre Dame\, Notre Dame\, IN 46556\, Notre Dame\, IN
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION:Apply here\n“The Lumen Christi Institute will host its second week-long seminar for recent PhDs interested in the Catholic intellectual tradition. In this seminar\, participants will read\, analyze\, and discern continuities and discontinuities in Catholic social thought from the late 19th century to the present. Lectures\, seminar reports\, and discussion will focus on original sources (encyclicals and other magisterial documents)\, beginning with Rerum novarum (1892) and concluding with Caritas in veritate (2009) and Evangelii Gaudium (2013). This intensive course is multi-disciplinary\, since this tradition of social thought overlaps several disciplines in the contemporary university including political science\, political philosophy\, law\, economics\, theology\, and history. The seminar is an opportunity to meet 12 to 15 promising scholars working in different academic fields\, all with interests tied to Catholicism. \nThis seminar is our 2026 annual postdoctoral/early career scholar seminar.\nThere are no seminar fees and reading materials are provided. LCI will cover accommodations and most meals. Additionally\, participants travel expenses will be reimbursed  up to $500. \nApplicants must have received the Ph.D. no earlier than January 2022. Ph.D. candidates will be considered and must complete the Ph.D. by seminar (July 1\, 2026). \nThe seminar will begin with Vespers\, followed by a welcome dinner on Sunday\, August 2 and conclude the evening of Friday\, August 8.” \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.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/catholic-social-thought-a-critical-investigation/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:"From Ancient Wisdom to Person-Centered Care": Historical\, Philosophical\, and Theological Foundations of Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:Apply here\nAnselm House & Lumen Christi Institute present: \n“From Ancient Wisdom to Person-Centered Care”: Historical\, Philosophical\, and Theological Foundations of Healthcare”\nAugust 4-August 8\, 2026 \nAt a time when many learners in the health sciences feel stretched thin\, morally conflicted\, or uncertain about who they are becoming\, we have created a space for the hungry and the weary to slow down\, ask deeper questions about the professions they are entering\, and deepen their moral and spiritual perspectives as they seek purpose in the healing arts. \nFrom Ancient Wisdom to Person-Centered Care is a 4.5-day immersive experience for graduate-level health sciences learners—especially medical and nursing students—who want time and space to reflect on the deeper meaning of medicine\, faith\, and vocation amid the realities of modern healthcare. \nDuring the first 2.5 days\, participants will gather around shared meals\, interactive lectures\, seminar-style discussions\, and unhurried conversations with faculty to explore foundational texts from the Judeo-Christian tradition and its philosophical partners. Readings range from ancient Greek and Hebrew sources through figures such as Galen\, Hildegard of Bingen\, and Maimonides. Together\, we will wrestle with enduring questions that continue to shape clinical practice today: What does it mean to care for the whole person? What is the clinician–patient relationship really for? How do calling\, character\, and conscience matter in healthcare? These questions will be explored in conversation with ancient wisdom and carried forward into contemporary contexts. \nAs the seminar unfolds\, learners will also be introduced to modern philosophical and theological accounts of personhood\, attending carefully to how the promise and pressure of contemporary medicine—especially where efficiency\, technology\, and institutional demands collide with deeply held values—can be navigated with integrity and hope. \nThe experience culminates in a day-and-a-half symposium with the noted physician and philosopher Daniel P. Sulmasy. His work on spirituality in healthcare will enliven participants’ imaginations as they engage him in an intimate setting with one of the leading voices at the intersection of medicine\, ethics\, and faith. \nHosted at the University of Minnesota\, the program also includes time to explore local art and culture\, participate in worship at congregations or parishes of one’s choosing\, and build community with peers who seek to become clinicians formed not only by competence\, but by wisdom. \nIf you are a graduate-level health sciences student who has ever wondered: \n\nWhat is medicine and healthcare ultimately for?\nHow can I live my faith and values with integrity in healthcare?\nHow do I navigate moral conflict\, burnout\, or disillusionment as a clinician in training?\nWho am I becoming through this work—and who do I hope to be?\n\n—this experience may be for you. \nThe seminar will be led by Professors Jon C. Tilburt\, M.D. (Mayo Clinic)\, Evan Beacom (University of Minnesota Twin Cities) & Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) \nLOCATION AND FORMAT\nThis is a fully in-person experience; no virtual option is available. Attendance for the full program is required. Learners interested in attending only the final 1.5-day symposium may find more information at www.Anselmhouse.org. \nThe seminar will be held at Anselm House at the University of Minnesota between Tuesday August 4th and Saturday August 8th. \nQUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION\nThe seminar is an opportunity to meet 15 promising scholars training in the medical fields at the graduate or resident level. There are no seminar fees and reading materials are provided. Accommodations and most meals will be provided. Additionally\, participants will be reimbursed travel expenses up to $350. \nApplication Information: \n\nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application\, including:\n\nAn updated CV/resume.\nA brief statement of research interest related to seminar theme no longer than 750 words.\nAn academic letter of recommendation that speaks to the applicants academic qualifications and ability to participate in a collaborative learning seminar format.\n\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Fifteen participants will be admitted to this seminar.\nApplications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the seminar is filled. For fullest consideration\, apply by April 6\, 2026.\n\nThis seminar is made possible by Anselm House and the support of the Lumen Christi Institutes grant\, In Lumine Tuo: Expanding and Sustaining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Nationwide (grant #63614) from the John Templeton Foundation\, and the generous support of donors. \nLearners interested in attending only the final 1.5-day symposium may find more information at www.Anselmhouse.org. \nContact us with any questions at seminars@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/from-ancient-wisdom-to-person-centered-care-historical-philosophical-and-theological-foundations-of-healthcare/
LOCATION:Anselm House (University of Minnesota)\, 720 Washington Avenue SE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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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\nSAMPLE SCHEDULE\nRegistration Deadline: July 3rd\, 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. \nApplications are open until June 29th. Within two weeks of submitting their application\, students will be informed of their admission decision.  At that time students or their parents can request scholarship consideration.  By July 15\, students will be sent a handbook\, welcome packet\, syllabus & readings\, and waiver forms.  Students will be able to request a roommate at that time. The Newman Forum will try (but cannot promise) to accommodate all roommate requests.  Students will be housed in two-bed units in the USML Conference Center. Males and females will be housed in different wings of the Conference Center.\n\nTime is allocated in the Summer Institute schedule for private reading. Students do not need to prepare in advance.  Students will be taught to use the Shorter Christian Prayer breviary to pray morning and night prayer.  Mass is held daily and Confession will also be offered.\nFor 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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SUMMARY:How to Pray as a Catholic | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
DESCRIPTION:How to Live\, Move\, and Be as a Catholic\n2026-2027 Series\n  \nREGISTER BELOW\n6:30 p.m. Doors Open  |  7:00 p.m. Dinner  |  7:30 p.m. Lecture and Q&A  |  8:30 p.m. Close \nBusiness casual attire encouraged. For more information\, please contact Margaux Taffet at mtaffet@lumenchristi.org. \nIn the ancient world\, religious adherents were set apart by special dress\, diet\, and customs. Yet in the 2nd century Letter to Diognetus\, the anonymous writer observes that Christians didn’t distinguish themselves from other people by a special abode\, a special language\, special attire\, or a special diet.    \nChristians are truly a people “set apart” and sanctified\, but what distinguishes the Christian people if not the traditional makers of culture? Catholics cook with a wide variety of spices and ingredients; attend all kinds of schools; are drawn to different kinds of art and music; and wear all kinds of clothes. Catholic life and worship looks very different in France from what it looks like in Rwanda\, which in turn differs from Catholicism in Japan\, the United States\, or Poland.   \nTo be Catholic – which means “concerning the whole” – means that everything about our lives relates back to our Faith. Yet it also means that there is a dynamic interaction between our Faith and the circumstances of our lives. To “cook as a Catholic” means something important\, something deeply connected to our innermost being\, but it is not a rigid set of procedures or list of prohibited foods. \nFor the 2026-2027 West Suburban Catholic Culture Series\, we would like to invite you to join us in considering how to view the “ordinary” elements of our lives through the wisdom and tradition of the Catholic Church – but without reducing the wisdom and tradition of the church to a single method or fashion. Lectures this year will consider how to live in that tension with imagination\, discernment\, and with that “peace which surpasseth all understanding.”  \n  \nSeptember 23:\nHow to Pray as a Catholic\nHave you wondered about how to pray — whether to recite a traditional prayer or just say what is on your mind? whether to sit\, kneel or stand? whether to pray silently or aloud? The wide range of self-help books related to prayer suggests that many people today are looking for guidance. This is not new. Even before the printing press developed in the fifteenth century\, Catholic writers published books to assist both lay people and clergy with their prayer lives. This talk will provide an overview of Catholic prayer traditions in the Middle Ages and the Reformation era. It will focus on the work of one Dominican friar from Spain — Louis of Granada (1504-1588) — who made it his life’s work to help his fellow Catholics to pray. Though they lived centuries before us\, the spiritual writers of the Middle Ages and Reformation still can teach us how to pray as Catholics.   \n  \nFall Calendar\nSeptember 23: How to Pray as a Catholic | Daniel Wasserman-Soler\, Lumen Christi Institute \n October 28: How to Grieve as a Catholic | Cassandra Sever\, Lumen Christi Institute \nNovember 18: How to Read Literature (and Life) as a Catholic | Joshua Hren\, St. Irenaeus Institute \n  \nSpring Calendar\nMarch 10\, April 14\, May 12 \n  \nRegistration Form
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/wsccs-sep-2026/
LOCATION:Ruth Lake Country Club\, 6200 South Madison Street\, Hinsdale\, IL
CATEGORIES:West Suburban Series,Cultural Forum
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