Name: WEBINAR: Cardinal Francis George, the American Contribution to Catholic Social Thought, and Our Current Moment
Start: 2020-04-17T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-04-17T16:00:00-05:00

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March 2020
March 5th, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

American Catholic Contours and Detours in a Fifty-Percent Hispanic/Latino Church

Social Sciences, Room 122 1126 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Free and Open to the Public The familiar expression “American Catholicism” often evokes mainly the presence and heritage of Euro-American Catholics and how this group defines religion, culture and politics in our nation. Though narrow and de facto blind to the contributions of many other groups that have been central to defining the American Catholic experience, this perception finds its ultimate challenge in the fact that nearly 50 percent of Catholics in the U.S. today are Hispanic/Latino. In this lecture Ospino explores key implications for church and society of being American Catholic in a largely Hispanic/Latino church. The lecture proposes a...
March 11th, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

The Nature of Evil: Satan, Hell, and the Rite of Exorcism in the Catholic Church.

Link to the event: https://zoom.us/j/393866028 The conversation will start promptly at 12 pm today. The Lumen Christi Institute is sponsoring a moderated dialogue, organized by our partners at Catholics at Booth, on “The Nature of Evil: Satan, Hell, and the Rite of Exorcism in the Catholic Church,” with Msgr. Jeffrey S, Grob, J.C.D/Ph.D, an expert in the Rite of Exorcism for the Archdiocese of Chicago. University policies surrounding COVID-19 precautions have required the cancellation of the in-person event. However, it will be live-streamed. You can access the live video through the link above (livestream is free; you may however be prompted to install zoom....
March 14th, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Grad Movie Night @ Doc Films: A Hidden Life

Ida Noyes Hall, Max Palevsky Cinema 1212 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE, through CSA Grad The Lumen Christi Institute and the Catholic Student Association for Graduate and Professional Students are hosting a trip to Doc Films to see Terrence Malick's new film A Hidden Life. The film tells the story of Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. Jägerstätter was beatified and declared a martyr in 2007. Open to graduate students and young professionals (generally defined as 21-39 years of age) A limited number of free tickets are available for early registrants, and all registrants can take advantage of the...
March 25th, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

WEBINAR: Young Catholic Professionals Great Books Seminar on Shakespeare

REGISTER HERE YCP membership is not required to register for the seminar. The Lumen Christi Institute is proud to partner with the Chicago chapter of Young Catholic Professionals (YCP) for the second year in a row. The 2020 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. The cost of seminar registration covers course materials for the nine seminar meetings from February...
March 26th, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

CANCELED: The Economy of Pope Francis

Due to restrictions put in place in response to the spread of COVID-19, this event has been postponed. We look forward to scheduling similar programming in the future. Does this “economy kill?” Pope Francis denounces “throw-away cultures” and “economies of exclusion and inequality.” Does Pope Francis’s thought on the economy reduce to a Jeremiad? How does his economic vision align with or diverge from the teachings of recent other popes on the economy? How might his critiques be compatible with or improve upon a free-market economy and work towards greater human flourishing? Join for a discussion between international economists and a...
March 28th, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

CANCELED: A Master Class on the Social and Political Thought of Pope Benedict XVI

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

Due to travel restrictions in light of the spread of COVID-19, Msgr. Schallenberg will not be traveling to the US and thus will not be available to lead a master class. This event has been canceled, and we look forward to rescheduling this event for a later date. --- Open to current students, faculty, and staff. Copies of the reading will be provided to registrants. Schedule: 9:30am Coffee & Pastries 10:00am Session I 11:25am Break 11:35am Session II 1:00pm End, lunch
April 2020
April 1st, 2020 @ 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm

CANCELED: A Report from the German Synod

University of Chicago–TBA N/A, Hyde Park, IL

Due to restrictions put in place in response to the spread of COVID-19, this event has been postponed. We look forward to scheduling similar programming in the future.
April 2nd, 2020 @ 11:00 am

WEBINAR: How NOT to Get Away with Murder

Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students. This event was made possible by a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. We've run this event in-person, but now we're bringing it to you online! When you register, you will be sent a Zoom link to follow at the appointed time. You have three sections to choose from: 11:00am-12:00pm 1:00pm-2:00pm 3:00pm-4:00pm Are you already tired of being quarantined in your house? Feel a little bit like you might kill your siblings? The book of Genesis is one of the most interesting and difficult books of the Bible....
April 7th, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

WEBINAR: Gregory the Great on Reading Scripture for Wisdom

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

This event is free and open to the public. Online registration is required. Registrants will receive an email witha link to join the webinar on Zoom. How can scripture guide our search for wisdom? Bernard McGinn, professor emeritus in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, begins our webinar series on Reason and Wisdom in Medieval Christian Thought by presenting on Gregory the Great and reading scripture for wisdom. Pope Saint Gregory the Great lived in an age of tumult--war, waves of disease, economic depression, and civil deterioration. Alongside his administrative reforms and leadership, Gregory described a spirituality that centered around...
April 16th, 2020 @ 1:00 pm

WEBINAR: Answering Your Atheist Philosophy Professor

Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students. This event was made possible by a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. You have two sections to choose from: 1:00pm-2:00pm (The previously listed 11:00-12:00 session has been combined with this later session.) 3:30pm-4:30pm Could God make something that He couldn't move? If God is perfect, why are humanity and the world so imperfect? In March of 2019, a San Diego State University professor of philosophy submitted an Opinion piece to the New York Times in which he claimed that God is an incoherent concept. The above are just some of the questions you...
April 16th, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

WEBINAR: Anselm of Canterbury on the Rationality of Faith

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

REGISTER HERE This event is free and open to the public. Online registration is required. Registrants will receive a link to the webinar via email. You can also watch the live stream of the lecture on our YouTube Channel. Join us for the second installment of our Spring Webinar Series. Professor Aaron Canty, who teaches theology and medieval thought at Saint Xavier University, will present on the thought of Saint Anselm of Canterbury (d. 1106). Anselm was a startlingly original monastic writer and thinker who drank deeply of Augustinian and patristic theology but formulated his own theological and philosophical writings...
April 17th, 2020 @ 4:00 pm

WEBINAR: Cardinal Francis George, the American Contribution to Catholic Social Thought, and Our Current Moment

Cosponsored by America Media, the Saint Benedict Institute, the Nova Forum, the Collegium Institute, the Beatrice Institute, the Calvert House Catholic Center, and Mundelein Seminary You can read Thomas Levergood's essay on Cardinal George's legacy at America Magazine. A Memorial on the 5th Anniversary of the Death of Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I. On April 17—the 5th anniversary of the death of Cardinal Francis George O.M.I.—the Lumen Christi Institute will host a major web event that takes stock of the American contribution to Catholic Social Thought and how it applies in our current situation. After his appointment as archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal George emerged...

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