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Master Class on Yves Simon on Natural Law, Part 2

Open to current graduate students. It will take place online on Zoom. Copies of the readings will be provided. Others interested in participating should contact us. Join us for a master class on part II of Yves Simon's The Tradition of Natural Law: A Philosopher's Reflections (Fordham University Press, 1999). ABOUT THE BOOK The tradition of natural law is […]

What it Means to be Human

This symposium is hosted by Sheil Catholic Ministries serving the Chicago Campus. This event is co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute, the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago, the Catholic Physician’s Guild of Chicago, the Christian Legal Society, CMA Student Section at Feinberg School of Medicine, the St. Thomas More Society, and Catholics at Kellogg. --- The […]

Inner Wholeness Beyond Isolation, Shame, and Despair

This event is presented by the Veritas Forum at the University of Chicago and co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute, the University Bible Fellowship, Christ Church Chicago, Living Hope Church, Vineyard Church Hyde Park, CRU, Poema, the Christian Legal Society, InterVarsity, UChicago Lutheran Campus Ministry, and Brent House. The isolation of the pandemic has only obscured […]

Humanism as an Educational Ideal

The ideal of educating the total human person – the project that took on the name “humanism” -  became a widespread norm for education in the Christian world of early modern Europe, whence it spread to North and South America. This humanist ideal has competed for influence with other educational ideals, most especially with those pursued […]

Pledges of the Saints: The Cult of Relics in the Catholic Tradition

This event is co-presented with the Bollandist Society. This event is co-sponsored by America Media, the Collegium Institute, the Harvard Catholic Forum, the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, the Nova Forum, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC, the Saint Benedict Institute, and the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage. The physical […]

Miracles: Source of Truth or Violation of Natural Law?

From the beginning, Christian faith has been founded on the evidence of miracles: the Incarnation, the Resurrection, the signs and wonders worked by Jesus, the workings of the Holy Spirit in the Church. But miracles, especially those claimed to have happened after New Testament times, have provoked unease and skepticism, even among Christians. Enlightenment rationalism […]

Medical Ethics, Science Fiction, and What it Means to be Human

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Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students. This event is cosponsored by the University of Saint Mary of the Lake at Mundelein Seminary, the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office, and Duc in Altum schools collaborative.   In a world of genetic engineering, what does it mean to be human? Do rapid medical […]

The Impact of Asteroids

This event is presented by the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame as part of The Steno Lectures; Discussions at the Intersection of Faith and Science and co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute, the Society of Catholic Scientists, and the Harvard Catholic Forum. As the human race increasingly covers planet Earth, […]

Conversion and the Rehabilitation of the Penal System

This event is co-sponsored by the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago, the Boston College Law School, the University of St. Thomas School of Law, Kolbe House Jail Ministry, St. Paul's Catholic University Center, the Collegium Institute's Legal Humanities Project, the National Center for the Laity, America Media, and Oxford University Press. There is growing bipartisan awareness of the […]

Spirituality and the Saints

This event is co-presented with the Bollandist Society and co-sponsored by America Media, the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC, the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, and the Harvard Catholic Forum. In this presentation, Fr. Mark Rotsaert will look to sanctity as a gift of the Spirit and reflect on the different […]