Name: Science, Creation, & the Catholic Imagination
Start: 2019-02-23T10:00:00-06:00
End: 2019-02-23T19:30:00-06:00
Location: Swift Hall

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November 2018
November 20th, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Non-Credit Course on “Faith, Crisis, Christ”

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

6:00 Dinner | 6:30 Lecture This weekly non-credit course is open to current students and faculty. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. The project of fides quaerens intellectum (faith seeking understanding) is not reserved to professional theologians but is the prerogative of every thinking person, and can be especially pressing when the claims of religion—and rationality itself—are viewed with suspicion or contempt. The twentieth century and the first decades of our own have erected formidable systems of skepticism yet also brought into the field notable...
December 2018
December 1st, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

“The Mystery of Hope: A Monk’s Reading of Spe Salvi” at the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross

The Monastery of the Holy Cross 3111 South Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60608, Chicago, IL

Transportation will be provided from Hyde Park. Open to current university students and faculty. Join us for an evening of prayer and conversation with Benedictine monks at the Monastery of the Holy Cross on the south side of Chicago. Attendees will participate in prayer of the Divine Office (vespers and compline), and have dinner and discussion with Prior Peter Funk on Benedict XVI’s encyclical on the theological virtue of hope, Spe Salvi. Fr. Peter will emphasize the need for hope in the life of the Church today. More information about the monastery can be found HERE. SCHEDULE 4:15pm Meet at...
January 2019
January 16th, 2019 @ 6:15 pm

What do We Mean When We Speak of Revelation?

Swift Hall, First Floor Common Room 1025 E 58th St,Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Listen to the lecture as a podcast episode. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page, iTunes channel, Stitcher, TuneIn, ListenNotes, Podbean, Pocket Casts, and Google Play Music. To view photos of the lecture, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought and The Philosophy of Religions Workshop. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact us at 773-955-5887 or by email. In this lecture, philosopher Jean-Luc Marion will draw on reflections from his recent book Givenness and Revelation to develop a new concept of revelation. Traditionally, the idea of revelation seems to oppose...
January 23rd, 2019 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

CANCELLED New Melleray Abbey: A Chapter in the Story of Cistercian Trappist Monks in America

Loyola University of Chicago - Water Tower Campus Schreiber Center 16 East Pearson Street Chicago, IL 60611, River North, IL

DUE TO WEATHER, DOM MARK SCOTT HAS HAD TO POSTPONE HIS VISIT TO CHICAGO. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Cosponsored by the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago $500 Host Committee (includes 8 tickets) / $40 General / $10 students 5:30pm Hors d'oeuvres reception 6:30pm Talk and Q&A 7:30pm Close Christian monasticism began in the 3rd century when St. Anthony sought God (and battled demons) outside of Alexandria. In a sense, the story of New Melleray Abbey begins there with the “Desert Fathers” and continues through St. Benedict and his Rule (5th century), the Cistercian reform...
January 24th, 2019 @ 6:15 pm

CANCELLED Monks, Silence, God: The History of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Swift Hall, First Floor Common Room 1025 E 58th St,Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

DUE TO WEATHER, DOM MARK SCOTT HAS HAD TO POSTPONE HIS VISIT TO CHICAGO. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Theology Club and the Calvert House Catholic Center. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact us at 773-955-5887 or by email. At this talk Dom Mark Scott, OCSO, abbot of New Melleray Abbey, will give an overview of the history and spirituality of the contemplative monastic order known as the Trappists. Dom Mark will also lead a master class for students on the Song of Songs on January 25. More...
January 25th, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 1:15 pm

CANCELLED Master Class on the Song of Songs

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

DUE TO WEATHER, DOM MARK SCOTT HAS HAD TO POSTPONE HIS VISIT TO CHICAGO. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Registration required. Open to current students and faculty. Dom Mark Scott, OCSO, will lead students through a Cistercian reading of the Song of Songs with reference to sermons of Bernard of Clairvaux. SCHEDULE 9:30am Coffee, tea, and pastries 10:00am Session I 11:00am Break 11:15am Session II 12:15pm Close OPTIONAL PREPARATORY READINGS Song of Songs Bernard of Clairvaux, Collected Works (Paulist Press, 1987). Sermons 1, 2, 3, 8, 50, 74, 80, 83, 84. (PDF link provided when you register.) Dom Mark will...
January 31st, 2019 @ 8:30 pm

Pluralism In A Polarized Age: Navigating Our Deepest Differences Together

International House at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Listen to the conversation as a podcast episode. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page, iTunes channel, Stitcher, TuneIn, ListenNotes, Podbean, Pocket Casts, and Google Play Music. To view photos of the discussion, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. Free and open to the public. Persons with disabilities who need assistance should contact the Office of Programs and External Relations in advance at 773-753-2274 or i-house-programs@uchicago.edu. Presented by the Veritas Forum at the University of Chicago: Cana, Cru, the Christian Legal Society, Hyde Park Church (UBF), Intervarsity, Living Hope Church, the Lumen Christi Institute, Navigators Chicago, and the Vineyard Church. Cosponsored by the Institute...
February 2019
February 2nd, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 1:30 pm

Mass for Candlemas with Schola Antiqua and Symposium on Sacred Music in Context and Practice

Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture 1025 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Listen to the symposium as a podcast episode. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page, iTunes channel, Stitcher, TuneIn, ListenNotes, Podbean, Pocket Casts, and Google Play Music. To view photos of the Mass and symposium, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. Registration required. $15 for general audience/FREE for current students and faculty/FREE for those only attending the Mass. In honor of Fr. Willard Jabusch (1930-2018), former Chaplain of Calvert House, Priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, writer, and composer. Cosponsored by Calvert House Catholic Center. Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should email us or call...
February 15th, 2019 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Symposium on “Action versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters”

Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture 1025 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Listen to the symposium as a podcast episode. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page, iTunes channel, Stitcher, TuneIn, ListenNotes, Podbean, Pocket Casts, and Google Play Music. To view photos of the symposium, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. A symposium on the recent book Action versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters (University of Chicago Press, 2018) by Jennifer Summit and Blakey Vermeule. Free and open to the public. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact us at 773-955-5887 or by email. Cosponsored by the English Department, the Seminary Coop Bookstore, the University of Chicago Press, the Our Sunday Visitor...
February 16th, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

CANCELLED: Master Class on “Thomas Merton at Columbia: On the Love of Learning and the Desire for God”

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

Due to unforseen circumstances, Professor Inchausti has to cancel his visit to Chicago and unfortnately this event has been cancelled. Open to current university students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact us. Copies of the readings will be provided to those who register. Thomas Merton is one of the most influential spiritual writers of the 20th century. His autobiography, Seven Storey Mountain, tells the story of a restless and brilliant young man who goes from a literature student at Columbia University to taking vows as a Trappist monk. In this two-part, one day master class, we will look...
February 20th, 2019 @ 1:00 am

Lumen Christi Institute – Young Catholic Professionals Great Books Seminar: The Novel and the Crisis of Faith

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 28th Floor 155 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, Downtown, IL

REGISTRATION IS FULL. The Lumen Christi Institute is proud to announce a new program in partnership with the Chicago chapter of Young Catholic Professionals (YCP). The 2019 Lumen Christi Institute - Young Catholic Professionals Great Books Seminar is an adult educational initiative aimed at equipping Catholic professionals 40 and under with a deeper understanding of the Catholic intellectual and literary traditions. Participants will gather monthly downtown for guided discussions on excerpts from celebrated texts as they work through a syllabus crafted by seminar leader Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ, Lumen Christi's scholar-in-residence. This year's theme is "The Novel and the Crisis of...
February 23rd, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 7:30 pm

Science, Creation, & the Catholic Imagination

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

Listen to the lectures as podcast episodes. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page, iTunes channel, Stitcher, TuneIn, ListenNotes, Podbean, Pocket Casts, and Google Play Music. To view photos of the conference, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. Have you ever wondered if science and religion can co-exist? Or whether it is rational (or irrational) to believe in God? How can the story of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis be reconciled with the Big Bang? Or with evolution? What does The Lord of the Rings have to do with Jesus? And what exactly is hillbilly thomism? The intellectual tradition of the Catholic Church has been asking (and answering!) questions...

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Non-Credit Course on “Faith, Crisis, Christ”

“The Mystery of Hope: A Monk’s Reading of Spe Salvi” at the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross

What do We Mean When We Speak of Revelation?

CANCELLED New Melleray Abbey: A Chapter in the Story of Cistercian Trappist Monks in America

CANCELLED Monks, Silence, God: The History of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

CANCELLED Master Class on the Song of Songs

Pluralism In A Polarized Age: Navigating Our Deepest Differences Together

Mass for Candlemas with Schola Antiqua and Symposium on Sacred Music in Context and Practice

Symposium on “Action versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters”

CANCELLED: Master Class on “Thomas Merton at Columbia: On the Love of Learning and the Desire for God”

Lumen Christi Institute – Young Catholic Professionals Great Books Seminar: The Novel and the Crisis of Faith

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