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The Ethics of Immigration

Free and open to the public. This event will be held online through Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed to YouTube. This event is part of a webinar series on Hispanic Theology. This event and series are made possible by a generous grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. The U.S. Catholic Bishops have lobbied for and spoken eloquently about the need for a comprehensive immigration reform and have done so over the course of multiple administrations. These Latino/a experts in moral theology will not only speak to the fact that this call to action remains unheard, even by some Catholics, but to the question of...

René Girard, Conversion, and the Present Media Moment

Free and open to the public. This event was held online through Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed to YouTube. This event was co-sponsored by Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and America Media. While social media has become a source of meaning and identity formation for many, its dangers have become clear in recent years, from promoting disinformation to algorithm-aided polarization. Despite these dangers, can social media be a medium for the Gospel? Does a model for discipleship within social media exist? René Girard’s theory of mimesis or imitation provides a powerful diagnostic for analyzing aspects of human behavior and culture that contribute...

Future Directions of Hispanic Theology

Free and open to the public. This event will be held online through Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed to YouTube. This event is part of a webinar series on Hispanic Theology. This event and series is made possible by a generous grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. Where do we go from here? Concluding our spring Hispanic Theology Series, Professor Peter Casarella and Dean Michelle Maldonado will discuss the current landscape of Hispanic Theology, considering the most pressing needs and most promising opportunities in the field. Join us for this lively conversation, moderated by Professor Horacio Vela (University of the Incarnate Word). Spring 2021 Hispanic...

Saint Among the Skyscrapers: The American Afterlife of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini

ONLINE REGISTRATION $10 registration fee for the online event. Registration required. A link to the livestream will be sent to registrants on the day of the event.  IN PERSON REGISTRATION You can now register for this in-person event taking place at the University Club of Chicago (76 E. Monroe St.) from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cosponsored by the University of North Carolina Press.  Drawing on the recent book, A Saint of Our Own: How the Quest for a Holy Hero Helped Catholics Become American (University of North Carolina Press, 2019), this lecture will focus on St Frances Cabrini, an Italian missionary...

The Song of Songs in Monastic Interpretation

Free and open to the public. This event was held online through Zoom and live-streamed to YouTube. This event is part of a summer webinar series on Monastic Wisdom.  The Song of Songs is the Bible’s treasure-house of love poetry, a cycle of songs sung between a man, a woman, and their friends, lush with the imagery of nature and of intense human longing. In it the name of God nowhere to be seen; believers have always, however, cherished it as a figurative representation of the ideal love between God and humanity; indeed, one of history’s most forceful movements for Christian celibacy –...

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The Thought of John Henry Newman

University of Saint Mary of the Lake 1000 East Maple Avenue Mundelein, IL 60060, Mundelein, IL

Now in its eighth year, this intensive seminar will examine the achievements of Saint John Henry Newman as a theologian, philosopher, educator, preacher, and writer. Remarkably, in each of these areas Newman produced works that have come to be recognized as classics: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, The Grammar of Assent, The Idea of a University, The Parochial and Plain Sermons, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. Format: There will be two 2-hour sessions each day. The seminar will include presentations by Fr. Fields and by participants...

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2021 Newman Forum Summer Institute

University of Saint Mary of the Lake 1000 East Maple Avenue Mundelein, IL 60060, Mundelein, IL

In-person summer experience for high school students exploring truth, goodness, and beauty at Mundelein Seminary Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students and incoming college freshman only. This seminar is cosponsored by the University of Saint Mary of the Lake at Mundelein Seminary, and the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office.  DRIVING QUESTIONS “It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual progression raising questions about the greater matters too...”   -Aristotle, Metaphysics 982b “The Christian remains the guardian of that metaphysical wonderment which is the point...

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Irenaeus of Lyon’s Adversus Haereses: A Seminar on the Foundations of Early Christian Theology

St. Meinrad Archabbey 200 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad, IN

July 11—16, 2021, Fr. John Behr and Professor Lewis Ayres will lead a summer seminar of graduate students in a close reading of Irenaeus’ Adversus Haereses. One of the first systematic presentations of the Christian theology, Irenaeus’ refutation of Gnosticism, as well as his bold defense of the canon of Scripture and its connection with the preaching of the apostles, set the trajectory for future theological reflection. Through the engagement of this principal text, students will be able to grasp the contours of the early Church’s discernment of the Christian faith. The seminar will be held in the monastic setting of St....

Nicholas of Cusa & Qur’anic Exegesis 

Free and open to the public. This event was held online through Zoom and live-streamed to YouTube. This event is part of a webinar series, "Catholics & Muslims: History, Theology, Encounters," presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the American Cusanus Society. This session will focus on "faithful interpretation" (pia interpretatio) as characteristic of Nicholas of Cusa's approach to the Qur'ān as a book that claims to be revealed by God. He argues that it is possible to take the Qur'ān seriously as a theological source for Christian faith. Following Nicholas of Cusa's example he will also talk about his own experiences as a...

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Truth and Authority in Augustine’s City of God

University of Saint Mary of the Lake 1000 East Maple Avenue Mundelein, IL 60060, Mundelein, IL

This seminar is an intensive week-long course in how to read, analyze, and discern the many themes in Augustine’s most ambitious and sprawling work. The City of God tells the history of two societies, and their respective origins, progress, and appointed ends. The story is engaged first from the evidence of profane history (I-XI) and then from the evidence of revelation (XII-XXII). In this seminar, participants will discuss how Augustine reckons with the crisis of the ancient and the human city, and whether it is possible to reconcile truth and authority across the competing domains of polity, religion, and philosophical...

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The Thought of René Girard: Understanding the Faith in a Secular Age

Mary & Joseph Retreat Center 5300 Crest Road, Los Angeles, CA

Photo Credit: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service APPLY HERE THE APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MAY 1. One of the most influential 20th century Catholic thinkers, René Girard transformed our understanding of culture, religion, and human behavior. His “mimetic theory" builds on the demystifying power of the Old and New Testaments to illuminate the religious history of mankind. Through an intensive reading of his more accessible works, in conjunction with the fiction of the greatest writers, this five-day seminar will explore Girard’s key insights into imitation, conflict, and scapegoating, connecting them to central themes of Christian theology. Format: There will be...