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Care of Souls in Inquisition Spain

John Hope Franklin Room SSRB 224 1126 E 59th St., Chicago, IL

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. A wine and cheese reception will follow. What did the practice of Christianity look like in a place shadowed by an inquisition? Were personal preferences, conversations, spiritual friendships, and religious questions off the table by default? Did clergy under the Spanish Inquisition neglect their duty […]

Red Mass and Lecture for Legal Professionals

Bond Chapel & Swift Hall 1025 E. 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

This event is free and open to the public.  The Lumen Christi Institute, Calvert House, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, the St. Thomas More Society at the University of Chicago Law School, and the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago are pleased to announce their third annual Red Mass and Lecture. Mass will be held at Bond […]

The Closing of the American Mind and the Death of Philosophy

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. 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. All registrants will be provided with a free copy of the text. This seminar and the Nicklin Fellows are cosponsored by the First Analysis Institute. REGISTER HERE […]

White Mass and Lecture for Medical Professionals

Bond Chapel & Swift Hall 1025 E. 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

This event is free and open to the public.  The Lumen Christi Institute, Calvert House, and St. Thomas the Apostle Parish are pleased to announce their first annual White Mass and Lecture. Mass will be held at Bond Chapel at the University of Chicago. The celebrant will be Fr. Carlos Rodriguez. What is a White Mass? The […]

Non-Credit Course | The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church: Doors to the Sacred

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE This event is in-person only. Intended for university students, faculty, and staff. Others interested in attending please contact dstrobach@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 Catholic Faith is profoundly sacramental. The Church recognizes seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, […]

Viewing of Martin Scorsese’s Silence

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

This event is co-produced by the Critical Understanding of Liturgies & Traditions (CULT), a student RSO, and the Lumen Christi Institute, the home for the Catholic intellectual tradition at the University of Chicago. The movie will be screened at Gavin House (1220 E 58th St), directly across from the Booth School of Business. This event […]

Dubliners Graduate Reading Group

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Open to current graduate students at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Rose Johnson at rodojo23@uchicago.edu. Books and drinks will be provided.  What do choice and responsibility look like for the modern person? How much are individuals determined by their families, their societies, and […]

American Gothic Graduate Reading Group

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Open to current graduate students at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Sam Landon at snlandontn@gmail.com. Books, lunch, and beverages will be provided.  Fear. Rot. The inescapability of the past. These and more are the themes of Gothic literature. Join us Mondays from […]

The Quandaries of Biotechnology: Theory and Practice

BSLC 115 924 E 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

This event is free and open to the public. This event is cosponsored by The Program on Medicine and Religion at the University of Chicago, and The Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. For more information, contact info@lumenchristi.org. How are new developments between biotechnology and big data including gene editing, brain-computer interfacing, and artificial […]

Grief, Suffering, and “The Art of Dying” in a Plague: Cyprian’s De Mortalitate

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Open to current graduate students and faculty. Advanced undergraduates and others interested in participating should contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. This event is in-person only. All registrants will receive copies of the selected readings, which should be read in advance of the class. Reception will follow.  This event is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the […]

Magis Lecture | Do We Know More than the Apostles? Or, Do Doctrines Develop?

Loyola Academy McGrath Family Performing Arts Center 3455 Illinois Rd, Wilmette, IL

5:00 Mass  | 5:45 Drinks & Hors d’Oeuvres  | 6:30 Lecture  | 7:15 End Co-presented by Loyola Academy.  Free and open to the public. Registration required. For questions, please contact Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org. Everyone realizes that some aspects of the Church have changed in the half-century since the Second Vatican Council. But has Catholic teaching […]