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

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, 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 more than empirical statements about quantitative developments in the area of religious faith, practices or institutions. Rather, it refers to a particular explanation for such developments - namely, that there is a strong causal connection between societal modernization and the weakening of religion - in...

Your Mind Is Not A Computer, and God is Not Nice: Learning How To Think About God and Why

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

An online interview for high-school students and teachers. What happens when I think? What makes for good thinking? Can I discover "truth," and how would I know when I found it? How should I think about God? What is He like and how would my life change if I knew? To help answer these and other questions, the Newman Forum invites Prof. Ulrich Lehner (University of Notre Dame) to discuss his recent books Think Better: Unlocking the Power of Reason and God is Not Nice: Rejecting Pop Culture Theology and Discovering the God Worth Living For. The interview will be...

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 Russia. Our technology has outstripped our power to control or even cope with it. Environmental collapse is right around the corner. Paranoia, dread, and hopelessness hover over all. The year, of course, is 1985, and the American president is…Richard Nixon? And, oh yes, there are...

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 sharing how she or he relates their Catholic faith to their field of research.  These scholars will be drawn from a variety of fields: social and natural sciences, philosophy, history, etc.  This sharing is intended to animate discussion among the participating students.   Participation is by invitation...

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 will be Fr. Andrew Buchanan from St. Mary’s Church in West Chicago. After the Mass there will be a brief reception. At 7:15 PM.  Dr. Suzen Moeller, Professor of Health Sciences at North Park University, will give a talk entitled “We Are What We Eat: Faith, Reason, and...

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

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL
Maurice Charles, University of Chicago | Ann Astell, University of Notre Dame | Raúl Zegarra, University of Harvard | Bernard McGinn, University of Chicago | Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, Lumen Christi Institute

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’ – one who has ‘experienced’ something  – or he will cease to be anything at all”                      – Karl Rahner, Theological Investigations VII Who is the modern mystic? The study of the history of mysticism, pioneered...

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

Social Sciences 201 1126 E 59th St, Chicago, IL
Daniel J. Fairbanks, Utah Valley University

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 the University of Vienna, he studied with some of the world’s finest scientists, especially in mathematics, physics, botany, and evolution, and published his first research papers there. His famous experiments led him to an enduring theory that is more expansive than often portrayed. As Darwin’s...

Schola Antiqua Presents “Dante 360” at the Athenaeum

Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture 2936 N Southport Ave Chicago, IL 60657, Chicago, IL
Elizabeth Lev, Duquesne University | Schola Antiqua of Chicago, Artists-in-Residence

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 the depth and complexity of Dante’s vision through a series of recitations, displays of visual art, and music provided by the vocal ensemble Schola Antiqua, which carry the soul alongside the pilgrim in his ascent to Paradise. To find out more and purchase tickets, visit https://athenaeumcenter.org/events/2022/dante-360/...

Society of Catholic Scientist Advent/Christmas Celebration

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, 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 some holiday cheer and meet other Catholic scientists. Registration is required. Questions can be directed to Peter Tierney at ptierney@lumenchristi.org

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

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET
Robert Porwoll, Gustavus Adolphus College

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 a long shadow. His way of life, sayings, and adventures have inspired many and given rise to many interpretations of who Francis was. The myriad interpretations of St Francis gives rise to many questions: What motivated him? Why did he embrace poverty, service, and humility?...

Ancient Heresies and Why They Matter Today

Calvert House 5735 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, Chicago, IL
Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, Lumen Christi Institute

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 and why they matter today.

Ancient Heresies and Why They Matter Today

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 and why they matter today.