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Reading Groups
Event Series Latin Vulgate Reading Group

Latin Vulgate Reading Group

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

St. Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible was used exclusively by the Western Church for centuries; its significance for the Roman Catholic tradition cannot be overstated. In this group, we will work through sections of the Vulgate in order to appreciate its beauty and practice our Latin. For the first session, no preparation is necessary; we will decide together which texts we will read. Please come with a desire to grow in Latin Bible knowledge with St. Jerome and friends!

Reading Groups
Event Series Dante’s Divine Comedy Graduate Reading Group

Dante’s Divine Comedy Graduate Reading Group

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

This winter quarter, become our traveling companion as we continue a pilgrimage of unforgettable cosmic and spiritual grandeur through Dante Alighieri’s Commedia. Having passed through the horrors of hell, our poet-protagonist turns to pondering questions of love, virtue, grace, and divine providence as he journeys along Mount Purgatory’s breathtaking vistas, through the otherworldly astral spheres, into the bosom of the eternal Church Triumphant with his trusted guides: Virgil, Beatrice, and the “last of the fathers,” Bernard of Clairvaux – who, in the mystical climax of this crowning achievement of European literature, brings Dante before the throne of the living God. 

Cultural Forum

A Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series

Butterfield Country Club 2800 Midwest Rd, Oak Brook, IL, United States

In his well-known and influential essay, Leisure: The Basis of Culture, Josef Pieper claims that we in modern western society have come to inhabit a “world of total work,” and that an essential precondition for escape is recapturing a more ancient notion of “leisure” (in Greek: scholê, in Latin: otium). While much has been said in support of this claim, especially in Catholic intellectual circles, the focus has typically centered on the nature of leisure, which much of this dialogue takes as the starting point. In this lecture, Prof. Blaschko, who studies the philosophy of work at Notre Dame, will proceed in a different direction, asking “What kind of culture, and what kind of work culture, would we create if we wanted to incorporate genuine leisure into our lives?”

Lectures & Symposia
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Polarization, Social Cohesion, and the Economy

International House at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL
Hybrid Hybrid Event
Teresa Sullivan, University of Virginia | Clemens Sedmak, University of Notre Dame | James Heckman, The University of Chicago | Michael Hüther, The German Economic Institute | Joseph Kaboski, University of Notre Dame

REGISTER HERE for IN PERSON REGISTER HERE for ONLINE  For more information, contact gzokal@lumenchristi.org   With polarization on the rise around the globe, scholars have pointed to a broader fragmentation of social cohesion. Economics, sociology, theology and philosophy offer different entry points for exploring these problems. How might we better understand this global moment? This marks the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’s social encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, which sought not only to diagnose these problems, but to also offer moral responses for all people of good will. How might principles derived from Catholic social teaching, such as solidarity, human dignity, and "the...

Conference

10th Conference in Economics and Catholic Social Thought: Polarization, Social Cohesion, and the Economy

Holger Zaborowski, University of Erfurt | Paola Sapienza, Stanford University | Christopher Gohl, Weltethos Institute at the University of Tübingen | George Borjas, Havard Kennedy School | Thomas Kohler, Boston College | Nils Goldschmidt, University of Siegen and Weltethos Institute, Tübingen | Ursula Nothelle-Wildfeuer, University of Freiburg | David Cloutier, Catholic University of America | Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago, Booth | Andrew Yuengert, Pepperdine University | Martin Schlag, University of Saint Thomas | Kirk Doran, University of Notre Dame

This conference will bring together leading thinkers in economics, theology, and ethics to explore how principles derived from Catholic social teaching, such as solidarity, human dignity, and “the preferential option for the poor”, might operate within local and national economies to contribute towards a greater common good. Session I: 5 years after Fratelli Tutti · David Cloutier (University of Notre Dame) · Ursula Nothelle-Wildfeuer (University of Freiburg) · Moderator: Fr. Martin Schlag (University of St Thomas) Session II: The impact of the economy on social cohesion · Nils Goldschmidt (University of Siegen and Weltethos Institute, Tübingen) · Luigi Zingales (University...

Non-Credit Courses
Event Series Non-Credit Course | Experience of Grace

Non-Credit Course | Experience of Grace

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL
Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, Lumen Christi Institute

Christian Faith proclaims that we are saved by divine Grace.  What is “grace” and how do we experience it?  What is special about the Catholic understanding of grace?  What  major controversies have clarified the understanding of grace?   This class will draw on Scripture, short autobiographical accounts, and film to show the transformative power of grace in the lives of men and women such as Paul of Tarsus, Augustine of Hippo, Ignatius of Loyola, Edith Stein, Dorothy Day, and Bernard Nathanson who were enabled by grace to flourish beyond what they could "ask or imagine" .

Reading Groups
Event Series The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations

The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

"Wherefore my destiny? Why do I possess such a thirst for eternity?" For Spanish existentialist philosopher, Miguel de Unamuno, awareness of these two fundamentally human questions is to possess a "tragic sense of life." By understanding it, we find the answers to our lives, navigating the conflict between faith and reason, our longing for immortality, and the interplay of faith, hope, and love in the tragicomic nature of life itself.

Reading Groups
Event Series On the Nature of Angels: Thomas Aquinas Reading Group

On the Nature of Angels: Thomas Aquinas Reading Course

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

One of St. Thomas Aquinas's very last projects was a treatise on angels. With a more historical approach than that of either Summa on the subject, it addresses such topics the immateriality of angels, their origin, their knowledge, and the distinctions among them, including the distinction between the good ones and the bad ones. Along the way, it offers some of Thomas’s most sophisticated discussions of the metaphysics of creation, hylomorphism, and participation.

Lectures & Symposia

Faculty Colloquium on The Uses of Idolatry

Scott Moringiello, DePaul University | J. Michelle Molina, Northwestern University | Fr. Patrick Gilger, S.J., Loyola University Chicago | William T. Cavanaugh, DePaul University

This event is a colloquium on William T. Cavanaugh's (DePaul University) book The Uses of Idolatry, which offers a sustained and interdisciplinary argument that worship has not waned in our supposedly “secular” world. Rather, the target of worship has changed, migrating from the explicit worship of God to the implicit worship of things. Cavanaugh examines modern idolatries and the ways in which humans become dominated by our own creations. J. Michelle Molina (Northwestern University) and Fr. Patrick Gilger, S.J. (Loyola University Chicago) will offer remarks on the book followed by responses from William Cavanaugh. The event will be moderated by...

Cultural Forum

The Prince and Father of Music: Palestrina at 500

Loyola Academy McGrath Family Performing Arts Center 3455 Illinois Rd, Wilmette, IL
Schola Antiqua of Chicago, Artists-in-Residence

The quincentennial of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is an occasion to recognize the outstanding legacy of this talented musician not only in realm of sacred music but also in the history of composition more broadly. In an 80-minute concert presentation without intermission, Schola Antiqua explores an array of Palestrina’s sacred choral works, ranging from hymn and psalm settings to motets and spiritual madrigals. In-concert commentary illuminates Palestrina’s central role as conservator of Catholic plainchant and the ‘perfect art’ of imitative counterpoint.

Reading Groups
Event Series Dante’s Divine Comedy Graduate Reading Group

God-Talk: The Heart of Judaism Reading Course

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL
Rev. Andrew Summerson, University of St. Michael’s College

David Novak, one of the most distinguished Jewish theologians in the world, offers a new interpretation of how the Jewish people and the Jewish tradition talk about God. What does the Torah say about God? How does the God of the Torah talk about Godself? And how does the God of the Torah talk about human beings? The book traces the history and theology of God-talk in Judaism, and how it remains relevant, now more than ever, and speaks directly to contemporary issues such as human rights.

Non-Credit Courses
Event Series Non-Credit Course | Experience of Grace

Non-Credit Course | Experience of Grace

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL
Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, Lumen Christi Institute

Christian Faith proclaims that we are saved by divine Grace.  What is “grace” and how do we experience it?  What is special about the Catholic understanding of grace?  What  major controversies have clarified the understanding of grace?   This class will draw on Scripture, short autobiographical accounts, and film to show the transformative power of grace in the lives of men and women such as Paul of Tarsus, Augustine of Hippo, Ignatius of Loyola, Edith Stein, Dorothy Day, and Bernard Nathanson who were enabled by grace to flourish beyond what they could "ask or imagine" .