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The Contribution of Theology to Rationality: a Conference in Honor of Jean-Luc Marion

Swift Hall 1025 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

This event is co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and organized by the Martin Marty Center. For more information about the speakers, visit https://martycenter.org/events/the-contribution-of-theology-to-rationality This conference is held in honor of Jean-Luc Marion (Andrew Thomas Greeley and Grace McNichols Greeley Professor of Catholic Studies and Professor of the Philosophy of Religions and Theology, and Professor in […]

Master Class: “The Power of the Sacred” with Hans Joas

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org. All registrants will receive pdfs of the selected readings. The first 15 registrants will receive free copies of The Power of the Sacred. In the last twenty or thirty years, the co-called secularization thesis has lost much of its plausibility. This thesis means […]

Superheroes, the Void, and Utopia: Reading Alan Moore’s Watchmen at the End of Days

5554 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Open to current undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. Registration is capped at 20. Students who register after capacity has been reached will be put on a waitlist. Copies of Watchmen will be provided to all participants.  Who watches the Watchmen? The President of the United States is a septuagenarian nervously forced to confront an increasingly reactive […]

Faith and Scholarship Integration Seminar

5554 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

  Open only to current graduate students. Registration required. To register, contact Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, at bernardisj@gmail.com.  The Lumen Christi Institute will host periodic “integration seminars” at its newly acquired Woodlawn Residence.  These seminars will promote discussion and reflection on how to relate one’s Catholic faith to one’s scholarship.  Each seminar will feature a Catholic scholar […]

Gold Mass for Scientists

Kindlon Chapel - Benedictine University 4th Foor Kindlon Hall 5794 College Rd, Lisle, IL

The Lumen Christi Institute is glad to cosponsor a Gold Mass for the Chicago region, organized by the regional chapter of the Society of Catholic Scientists. Mass will be held at 6:00 PM CST on Tuesday, Nov 15, in the Kindlon Chapel (4th floor of Kindlon Hall) at the Benedictine University Lisle campus (5700 College Road, Lisle, Illinois). The celebrant […]

Fall Noncredit Course | Modern Mystics Oct. 4 – Nov. 15

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Tuesdays, Oct. 4 - Nov. 15 6:00pm: Dinner 6:30pm: Presentation Intended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. “The devout Christian of the future will either be a ‘mystic’ […]

Gregor Mendel at his Bicentennial: Highlights of his Life and Legacy

Social Sciences 201 1126 E 59th St, Chicago, IL

As we celebrate the bicentennial of Gregor Mendel’s birth, a few highlights of his life and legacy illustrate the breadth of his contributions and his genius. Born into poverty, he excelled in education in his youth. He entered the St. Thomas Monastery as an Augustinian friar where he joined an extraordinary community of scholars. At […]

Schola Antiqua Presents “Dante 360” at the Athenaeum

Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture 2936 N Southport Ave Chicago, IL 60657, Chicago, IL

Join scholar Elizabeth Lev and Lumen Christi's resident ensemble Schola Antiqua at the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture for a journey through the Divine Comedy, from Inferno to Paradiso. Featuring art historian, Elizabeth Lev, this event will explore the significance of the world’s most famous epic poem and its author, the illustrious Dante Alighieri. Experience […]

Society of Catholic Scientist Advent/Christmas Celebration

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Members of the Society of Catholic Scientists and science students, faculty, and staff are invited to an Advent celebration with the Lumen Christi Institute and the Chicago chapter of the Society of Catholic Scientists. This is a family-friendly event, with food and drink on offer, and a supervised room for kids to work on holiday crafts. Come share […]

Online Seminar | St. Francis of Assisi in the Footsteps of Christ

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

The Lumen Christi Institute has designed this two-day seminar to introduce major themes and debates from the Catholic Church's history to a wide online audience. It offers the opportunity to read primary sources in the context of a seminar-style discussion, led by Catholic faculty.   St Francis of Assisi was a ‘little poor man’ who casts […]

Ancient Heresies and Why They Matter Today

Calvert House 5735 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, Chicago, IL

Intended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact m.lechevallier@lumenchristi.org. Students may assume that studying heresy is the work of apologetics or the work of ancient historians. But heresies played a pivotal role in helping shape the Catholic Church. Further, certain heresies are recurrent. Join for this lunchtime discussion on Ancient Heresies […]