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Winter Newman Forum Conference for High School Students: What Really Happened At…
Newman Forum
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? Discover 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.
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Newman Forum Summer Institute | Mystery and Reality: The Eucharist in Catholic Thought, Art, and Life
Newman Forum
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. We 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. This year we will...
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Winter Newman Forum Conference for High School Students: What Really Happens When…
Newman Forum
University of Saint Mary of the Lake 1000 East Maple Avenue Mundelein, IL 60060, Mundelein, ILWhat 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?
On 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.
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Newman Forum Summer Institute | Encountering Transcendence: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Newman Forum
Jay Martin, University of Notre Dame | Jennifer Martin, University of Notre DameAPPLY HERE Registration for the Newman Forum Summer Institute is currently full. All new applications will be placed on a waitlist. Registration Deadline: June 15th, 2025 | $450 Attendance Fee: EXTENDED to May 22nd, Early Bird Registration | $250 This 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. Cosponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations Office and The University of Saint Mary of the Lake at Mundelein Seminary. “Wherefore if the goodness, beauty, and sweetness of creatures...
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Winter Newman Forum Conference for High School Students: Back to the Future!
Newman Forum
University of Saint Mary of the Lake 1000 East Maple Avenue Mundelein, IL 60060, Mundelein, ILIs there time in heaven? Did the Medieval world make modern science possible? Was St. Augustine anxious? What would Aristotle say about post-modern art? High school students are invited to join the Lumen Christi Institute for a half day conference on the nature of time and the relationship of the past and present.
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Newman Forum Summer Institute | There and Back Again: The Adventures of Heroes, Saints, and Pilgrims
Newman Forum
University of St. Mary of the Lake 1000 E Maple Avenue, Mundelein, IL, United StatesJay Martin, University of Notre Dame | Jennifer Martin, University of Notre DameAll rising high school freshman through recent high school senior graduates are welcome to apply for this multi-day long seminar and leadership program. In the mornings, Jennifer and Jay Martin, professors at the University of Notre Dame, will lead the students through classic texts, and in the afternoons they will participate in activities which will help integrate these themes.
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Winter Newman Forum Conference for High School Students: A How-To Guide for Life
Newman Forum
Mundelein Seminary 700 Principal Ave, Mundelein, ILREGISTER BELOW Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students. For more information, please contact Margaux Taffet at newmanforum@lumenchristi.org. Is there a “Catholic” way to read literature? To watch baseball? To pray? To use AI? As you prepare for college and life as an adult, join us at Mundelein for a day full of short “how-to” guides to doing the big and the small, the serious and the silly, as a Catholic. For the 2026 Newman Forum Winter Conference, high school students will gather at University of St. Mary of the Lake to...
