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Event Series Non-Credit Course | Experience of Grace

Non-Credit Course | Experience of Grace

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL
Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, Lumen Christi Institute

Christian Faith proclaims that we are saved by divine Grace.  What is “grace” and how do we experience it?  What is special about the Catholic understanding of grace?  What  major controversies have clarified the understanding of grace?   This class will draw on Scripture, short autobiographical accounts, and film to show the transformative power of grace in the lives of men and women such as Paul of Tarsus, Augustine of Hippo, Ignatius of Loyola, Edith Stein, Dorothy Day, and Bernard Nathanson who were enabled by grace to flourish beyond what they could "ask or imagine" .

Reading Groups
Event Series The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations

The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations

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

"Wherefore my destiny? Why do I possess such a thirst for eternity?" For Spanish existentialist philosopher, Miguel de Unamuno, awareness of these two fundamentally human questions is to possess a "tragic sense of life." By understanding it, we find the answers to our lives, navigating the conflict between faith and reason, our longing for immortality, and the interplay of faith, hope, and love in the tragicomic nature of life itself.

Reading Groups
Event Series Confederacy of Dunces Graduate Reading Group

Confederacy of Dunces Graduate Reading Group

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

Take a journey with us through the vibrant streets of New Orleans' French Quarter as we read A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole's masterpiece of humor and a character study of one of the giants of literature, Ignatius J. Reilly. In this group, we will explore the book's cadre of distinctive characters and Toole's synthesis of New Orleans' contradictory gumbo of vice, race, and French Catholicism. We hope we'll be able to balance the belly laughs with the thoughtful insights the book offers into the absurdity of the modern world, the struggle to live an authentic life, and whether a Medieval tome works better as a guide to living a good life or a doorstop.

Reading Groups
Event Series Latin Vulgate Reading Group

Latin Vulgate Reading Group

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

St. Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible was used exclusively by the Western Church for centuries; its significance for the Roman Catholic tradition cannot be overstated. In this group, we will work through sections of the Vulgate in order to appreciate its beauty and practice our Latin. For the first session, no preparation is necessary; we will decide together which texts we will read. Please come with a desire to grow in Latin Bible knowledge with St. Jerome and friends!

Reading Groups
Event Series Dante’s Divine Comedy Graduate Reading Group

God-Talk: The Heart of Judaism Reading Course

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL
Rev. Andrew Summerson, University of St. Michael’s College

David Novak, one of the most distinguished Jewish theologians in the world, offers a new interpretation of how the Jewish people and the Jewish tradition talk about God. What does the Torah say about God? How does the God of the Torah talk about Godself? And how does the God of the Torah talk about human beings? The book traces the history and theology of God-talk in Judaism, and how it remains relevant, now more than ever, and speaks directly to contemporary issues such as human rights.

Non-Credit Courses
Event Series Non-Credit Course | Experience of Grace

Non-Credit Course | Experience of Grace

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL
Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, Lumen Christi Institute

Christian Faith proclaims that we are saved by divine Grace.  What is “grace” and how do we experience it?  What is special about the Catholic understanding of grace?  What  major controversies have clarified the understanding of grace?   This class will draw on Scripture, short autobiographical accounts, and film to show the transformative power of grace in the lives of men and women such as Paul of Tarsus, Augustine of Hippo, Ignatius of Loyola, Edith Stein, Dorothy Day, and Bernard Nathanson who were enabled by grace to flourish beyond what they could "ask or imagine" .

Reading Groups
Event Series On the Nature of Angels: Thomas Aquinas Reading Group

On the Nature of Angels: Thomas Aquinas Reading Course

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

One of St. Thomas Aquinas's very last projects was a treatise on angels. With a more historical approach than that of either Summa on the subject, it addresses such topics the immateriality of angels, their origin, their knowledge, and the distinctions among them, including the distinction between the good ones and the bad ones. Along the way, it offers some of Thomas’s most sophisticated discussions of the metaphysics of creation, hylomorphism, and participation.

Cultural Forum

A Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series

Butterfield Country Club 2800 Midwest Rd, Oak Brook, IL, United States

In his well-known and influential essay, Leisure: The Basis of Culture, Josef Pieper claims that we in modern western society have come to inhabit a “world of total work,” and that an essential precondition for escape is recapturing a more ancient notion of “leisure” (in Greek: scholê, in Latin: otium). While much has been said in support of this claim, especially in Catholic intellectual circles, the focus has typically centered on the nature of leisure, which much of this dialogue takes as the starting point. In this lecture, Prof. Blaschko, who studies the philosophy of work at Notre Dame, will proceed in a different direction, asking “What kind of culture, and what kind of work culture, would we create if we wanted to incorporate genuine leisure into our lives?”

Reading Groups
Event Series Confederacy of Dunces Graduate Reading Group

Confederacy of Dunces Graduate Reading Group

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

Take a journey with us through the vibrant streets of New Orleans' French Quarter as we read A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole's masterpiece of humor and a character study of one of the giants of literature, Ignatius J. Reilly. In this group, we will explore the book's cadre of distinctive characters and Toole's synthesis of New Orleans' contradictory gumbo of vice, race, and French Catholicism. We hope we'll be able to balance the belly laughs with the thoughtful insights the book offers into the absurdity of the modern world, the struggle to live an authentic life, and whether a Medieval tome works better as a guide to living a good life or a doorstop.

Reading Groups
Event Series Latin Vulgate Reading Group

Latin Vulgate Reading Group

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

St. Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible was used exclusively by the Western Church for centuries; its significance for the Roman Catholic tradition cannot be overstated. In this group, we will work through sections of the Vulgate in order to appreciate its beauty and practice our Latin. For the first session, no preparation is necessary; we will decide together which texts we will read. Please come with a desire to grow in Latin Bible knowledge with St. Jerome and friends!

Reading Groups
Event Series Dante’s Divine Comedy Graduate Reading Group

God-Talk: The Heart of Judaism Reading Course

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL
Rev. Andrew Summerson, University of St. Michael’s College

David Novak, one of the most distinguished Jewish theologians in the world, offers a new interpretation of how the Jewish people and the Jewish tradition talk about God. What does the Torah say about God? How does the God of the Torah talk about Godself? And how does the God of the Torah talk about human beings? The book traces the history and theology of God-talk in Judaism, and how it remains relevant, now more than ever, and speaks directly to contemporary issues such as human rights.

Non-Credit Courses
Event Series Non-Credit Course | Experience of Grace

Non-Credit Course | Experience of Grace

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL
Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, Lumen Christi Institute

Christian Faith proclaims that we are saved by divine Grace.  What is “grace” and how do we experience it?  What is special about the Catholic understanding of grace?  What  major controversies have clarified the understanding of grace?   This class will draw on Scripture, short autobiographical accounts, and film to show the transformative power of grace in the lives of men and women such as Paul of Tarsus, Augustine of Hippo, Ignatius of Loyola, Edith Stein, Dorothy Day, and Bernard Nathanson who were enabled by grace to flourish beyond what they could "ask or imagine" .