Name: Greek New Testament (Spring)
Start: 2026-05-08T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-05-08T11:00:00-05:00
Location: Gavin House

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April 2026
Lectures & Symposia

April 23rd @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

What Does Virtue Have to do with the Law?

University of Chicago Law School Auditorium 1111 East 60th Street, Hyde Park, IL

Martha Pacold | Rick Garnett | Darrell Miller | Marc DeGirolami

REGISTER BELOW 5:30 - Symposium | 7:00 - Q & A | 7:15 Wine & Cheese Reception Please contact William Hurley (whurley@lumenchristi.org) for any questions. This project is made possible through the support of In Lumine Tuo: Expanding and Sustaining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Nationwide (grant #63614) from the John Templeton Foundation and the generous support of our donors. The University of Chicago chapter of the St. Thomas More Society is co-sponsoring this event. The University of Chicago Law School Federalist Society is co-sponsoring this event. Description: The American experiment depends on the people holding something in common. But what...
Reading Groups

April 24th @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Greek New Testament

Greek New Testament (Spring)

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

Each quarter, the Lumen Christi Institute hosts a number of student-led reading groups. The reading groups are usually held over a shared meal and all participants are provided a copy of the text.

This quarter, the Greek New Testament reading group will take up the Letter to the Hebrews. All levels of Greek proficiency are encouraged to join. Advance preparation is recommended but not required.
Reading Groups

April 27th @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Cloud of Unknowing

The Cloud of Unknowing

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

REGISTER BELOW 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. | Dinner Provided This event is designated for University of Chicago undergraduate students. Other students interested in attending should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. Description: The Cloud of Unknowing, a gem of English mysticism, is both a guide and a warning to the spiritual seeker. Written anonymously in the 14th century, the Cloud troubles the relation between man and God, making spirituality an antidote to the secular world and despair the path towards glimpses of enlightenment. Through the Cloud and the writings of contemporary thinkers and mystics, we will explore the spiritual lives of...
Non-Credit Courses

April 28th @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm History of Monasticism

History of Monasticism

Fr. Peter Funk, OSB, Monastery of the Holy Cross

REGISTER BELOW 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. | Dinner Provided This event is designated for current University of Chicago graduate and undergraduate students. University of Chicago faculty and staff are also welcome to attend. Others interested in auditing should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. This project is made possible through the support of In Lumine Tuo: Expanding and Sustaining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Nationwide (grant #63614) from the John Templeton Foundation and the generous support of our donors. Description: Monasticism is the form of religious life common to the Latin, Greek, Syriac, and Coptic churches. This course will examine its development...
Reading Courses

April 29th @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm What is a “Uni-versity”? Revisiting Newman’s “Idea of a University”

What is a “Uni-versity”? Revisiting Newman’s “Idea of a University”

Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, Lumen Christi Institute

REGISTER BELOW 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. | Refreshments Provided This event is designated for current University of Chicago graduate and undergraduate students. University of Chicago faculty and staff are also welcome to attend. Others interested in auditing should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. Description: The crisis of the university has been frequently remarked. Mortimer Adler, onetime University of Chicago professor, decades ago prophetically sounded the tocsin regarding the fragmentation of the modern university. Battles over core curricula, distribution of limited resources, and arguments over research and teaching priorities are all indications of the crisis. Perhaps the greatest threats to the...
Reading Groups

April 29th @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Attention and Grace: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead or An Ordinary Life Well Lived: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead

An Ordinary Life Well Lived: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead

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

REGISTER BELOW Dinner Provided This event is designated for University of Chicago graduate students. Other students interested in attending should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. Description: “Love is holy because it is like grace–the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.” – Marilynne Robinson, Gilead Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead tells the story of Congregationalist minister John Ames, who, with the knowledge that the end of his life is near, decides to pen a testament to his seven-year old son, something for his son to keep close as he grows up without his father. Ames’ reflections are wide-ranging and probing:...
May 2026
Reading Groups

May 1st @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Greek New Testament

Greek New Testament (Spring)

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

Each quarter, the Lumen Christi Institute hosts a number of student-led reading groups. The reading groups are usually held over a shared meal and all participants are provided a copy of the text.

This quarter, the Greek New Testament reading group will take up the Letter to the Hebrews. All levels of Greek proficiency are encouraged to join. Advance preparation is recommended but not required.
Conference

May 4th @ 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Chicago Criminal Justice Reform Network Dialogue

St. Ignatius High School 1076 Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, IL, United States

The Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network (CCJRN), an initiative of the Lumen Christi Institute, will host an invite only evening dialogue with dinner in Tully Hall at Saint Ignatius High School to bring together those responsible for our criminal justice system and those most directly impacted by it: survivors of crime and returning citizens. The program will open with an (optional) Mass at the Church of the Holy Family at St. Ignatius. The event will feature a panel of key players from the criminal justice system, and be followed by round table conversations. The roundtable conversations enable encounters among those...
Reading Groups

May 4th @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Cloud of Unknowing

The Cloud of Unknowing

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

REGISTER BELOW 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. | Dinner Provided This event is designated for University of Chicago undergraduate students. Other students interested in attending should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. Description: The Cloud of Unknowing, a gem of English mysticism, is both a guide and a warning to the spiritual seeker. Written anonymously in the 14th century, the Cloud troubles the relation between man and God, making spirituality an antidote to the secular world and despair the path towards glimpses of enlightenment. Through the Cloud and the writings of contemporary thinkers and mystics, we will explore the spiritual lives of...
Non-Credit Courses

May 5th @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm History of Monasticism

History of Monasticism

Fr. Peter Funk, OSB, Monastery of the Holy Cross

REGISTER BELOW 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. | Dinner Provided This event is designated for current University of Chicago graduate and undergraduate students. University of Chicago faculty and staff are also welcome to attend. Others interested in auditing should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. This project is made possible through the support of In Lumine Tuo: Expanding and Sustaining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Nationwide (grant #63614) from the John Templeton Foundation and the generous support of our donors. Description: Monasticism is the form of religious life common to the Latin, Greek, Syriac, and Coptic churches. This course will examine its development...
Reading Groups

May 6th @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Attention and Grace: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead or An Ordinary Life Well Lived: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead

An Ordinary Life Well Lived: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead

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

REGISTER BELOW Dinner Provided This event is designated for University of Chicago graduate students. Other students interested in attending should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. Description: “Love is holy because it is like grace–the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.” – Marilynne Robinson, Gilead Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead tells the story of Congregationalist minister John Ames, who, with the knowledge that the end of his life is near, decides to pen a testament to his seven-year old son, something for his son to keep close as he grows up without his father. Ames’ reflections are wide-ranging and probing:...
Reading Groups

May 8th @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Greek New Testament

Greek New Testament (Spring)

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

Each quarter, the Lumen Christi Institute hosts a number of student-led reading groups. The reading groups are usually held over a shared meal and all participants are provided a copy of the text.

This quarter, the Greek New Testament reading group will take up the Letter to the Hebrews. All levels of Greek proficiency are encouraged to join. Advance preparation is recommended but not required.

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Greek New Testament (Spring)

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What is a “Uni-versity”? Revisiting Newman’s “Idea of a University”

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An Ordinary Life Well Lived: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead

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Greek New Testament (Spring)

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Chicago Criminal Justice Reform Network Dialogue

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The Cloud of Unknowing

Non-Credit Courses

History of Monasticism

Reading Groups

An Ordinary Life Well Lived: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead

Reading Groups

Greek New Testament (Spring)

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