Name: Thinking Inside and Outside the University: Zena Hitz on the Inner Life
Start: 2020-11-10T18:00:00-06:00
End: 2020-11-10T18:00:00-06:00

List
Month

September 2020
September 24th, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

Eastern Churches, Latin Territories: Ecclesial Catholicity and the Notion of Diaspora

Free and open to the public. This event will be presented on Zoom (registration required), as well as through live-stream on YouTube. This event is presented in collaboration with the Godbearer Institute as part of a Fall webinar lecture series on "Eastern Catholic Theology in Action." According to the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, all Eastern Catholic Churches have same rights and obligations as the Latin Church and are equal in dignity. They also share the obligation to preach the Gospel to the whole world. At the same time, the jurisdiction of the Eastern Churches is circumscribed to the notion of...
October 2020
October 1st, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

Expanding the Archive: Syriac Literature and the Study of Early Christianity Today

Through the work of editing and translating Syriac manuscripts, scholars continue to enrich our historiography of the formative centuries of Christianity. This research has been particularly fruitful in the areas of biblical interpretation, asceticism, the history of doctrine, and the role of women within the church. Dr. Walsh will provide a brief overview of these developments before focusing on the importance of poetry for biblical storytelling and spiritual formation. Using examples from the poetry of Narsai and Jacob of Serugh, Dr. Walsh will explore the ways poets inherited the legacy of Ephrem and applied their own artistic brilliance to articulate...
October 15th, 2020 @ 6:30 pm

Fearful Symmetry: Cosmic Order and a Divine Creator

Free and open to the public. This event is organized by the Harvard Catholic Forum and is co-presented with the Lumen Christi Institute. This event will be held on Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed to the Harvard Catholic Forum's YouTube page. --- For thousands of years, some philosophers and scientists have argued that order in the universe points to a creator God. How does this argument hold up against the scientific discoveries of recent decades? Join us as theoretical particle physicist Stephen Barr examines the cosmic order and its relationship to a Divine Creator.
October 16th, 2020 @ 12:00 pm

Integral Bioethics in the Anthropocene

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

Free and open to the public. This event is being co-presented with the International Academy for Bioethical Inquiry, and co-sponsored by the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics. This event will be held on Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed on YouTube. In 2000, scientists argued that human impact on the Earth reached levels meriting the creation of a new geological epoch, naming it the Anthropocene. The challenge of the Anthropocene is more than just an acknowledgement of changes to our planet, but also a challenge to humanity, pressing us to reconsider human health, action, and ethics. Can theological insights, ranging from early...
October 20th, 2020 @ 12:00 pm

Christ, the True Origin of Humanity

This event is co-presented by the Society of Catholic Scientists and the Science and Religion Initiative at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, and is co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute. "Its beginnings are no measure of its capabilities, nor of its scope." These words of St. John Henry Newman describing the character of great ideas works equally well in describing the human species. For many, what we were in prehistory is what defines us now. But the Christian faith has a much different, and more exciting, perspective. In this presentation, Chris Baglow will connect the beginning and the end of humanity,...
October 22nd, 2020 @ 2:00 pm

The United Nations at 75: Catholic Perspectives

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

Free and open to the public. This event is co-presented with America Media, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, and is co-sponsored by the Beatrice Institute, the Collegium Institute, the Harvard Catholic Forum, the Institute for Faith and Culture, the Institute for Human Ecology, the Nova Forum for Catholic Thought, and the St. Paul Catholic Center. This event will be held on Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed to YouTube. Historically, the Bishop of Rome and the diplomats representing the Holy See have played important roles in international affairs involving Empires and Kingdoms, sometimes in...
October 27th, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Fratelli Tutti: Engaging Pope Francis’s New Encyclical on Social Friendship

Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University of America and America Media. The event will take place online over Zoom and YouTube livestream. Who is my neighbor? Who is my brother and sister? Drawing on central gospel themes found in the Good Samaritan narrative, Pope Francis applies them to the whole “human family,” proposing that the logic of social friendship and neighborly love move beyond the personal to touch on every major social sphere. Join as this panel of experts in Catholic Social Thought discuss Pope Francis’s latest social encyclical, Fratelli Tutti.
ONLINE

October 28th, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Great Texts in Legal History Seminar and Discussion

REGISTER HERE $104 Registration Fee/ $50 for JD students. Open to lawyers and law school students. CLE credit available. Others interested in participating should contact us. Seminars will be held online over Zoom. The Lumen Christi Institute has partnered with the Catholic Lawyers Guild to offer a monthly close-reading seminar on “Great Texts in Legal History.” The seminar will be led by Austin Walker (Assistant Director of the Lumen Christi Institute) and moderated by Judge Tom Donnelly. This monthly online seminar will allow lawyers to read and analyze great short works that illuminate the relationship between law, ethics, free will, authority, and God....
October 28th, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Education and the Catholic Intellectual Life

Open to current University of Chicago students (undergrads and grad students welcome). This event will take place over Zoom. Join Calvert House and the Lumen Christi Institute for an hour-long panel discussion and Q&A on the Catholic Intellectual Life. Why do we pursue education in the first place? Why study topics that may not be directly relevant to our work? Do Christians approach their studies differently? There is no better time to think broadly about the meaning of education than at the start of a new school year. The panel will feature Fr. Andrew Liaguminus, chaplain of Calvert House; Jennifer Martin, professor...
October 29th, 2020 @ 6:30 pm

What Do Genesis 1-3 Tell Us About Creation in a Scientific Age?

Free and open to the public. This event is organized by the Harvard Catholic Forum, co-presented by the Lumen Christi Institute, and co-sponsored by the Society of Catholic Scientists and the Science & Religion Initiative at the McGrath Institute for Church Life. This event will be held on Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed to the Harvard Catholic Forum's YouTube page. --- Modern readers fall naturally into a series of typical mistakes when interpreting the creation accounts in Genesis. Urging us to consider these texts with fresh eyes, Fr. Clifford asks: Why does Genesis 1 describe creation as a 6-day work week? Why is...
November 2020
November 1st, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Venerating the Saints: An Ancient Tradition Actual Today

Free and open to the public. This event is co-presented with the Bollandist Society and America Media, and is co-sponsored by the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, the Nova Forum, the Harvard Catholic Forum, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC, the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, the Georgetown Office of Mission and Ministry, and the Collegium Institute. This event will be held on Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed to YouTube. Few Christian practices are as ancient and widely popular as veneration of the saints. It is appropriate on this Feast of All Saints to review that history, consider the challenges it has faced, and...
November 10th, 2020 @ 6:00 pm

Thinking Inside and Outside the University: Zena Hitz on the Inner Life

Free and open to the public. This event will be held online through Zoom (registration required) and YouTube live-stream. This event is presented by the Lumen Christi Institute Forum on the Church in Higher Education as part of its Liberal Arts Colloquium. This event is cosponsored by The Point magazine, the Saint Benedict Institute, Calvert House Catholic Center, Princeton University Press, and the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage. In a world where efficiency and utility are the standards by which we measure success, how do we appreciate what resists quantification? And at a moment of institutional change and instability for higher education, what...

Our Events

Featured Events & News

Eastern Churches, Latin Territories: Ecclesial Catholicity and the Notion of Diaspora

Expanding the Archive: Syriac Literature and the Study of Early Christianity Today

Fearful Symmetry: Cosmic Order and a Divine Creator

Integral Bioethics in the Anthropocene

Christ, the True Origin of Humanity

The United Nations at 75: Catholic Perspectives

ONLINE

Great Texts in Legal History Seminar and Discussion

Education and the Catholic Intellectual Life

What Do Genesis 1-3 Tell Us About Creation in a Scientific Age?

Venerating the Saints: An Ancient Tradition Actual Today

Thinking Inside and Outside the University: Zena Hitz on the Inner Life

ABOUT

WHAT WE DO

WHO WE SERVE

EVENTS

Our Events

Featured Events & News

Filters

Event Category: Open filter Close filter

Audience: Open filter Close filter

Location: Open filter Close filter

Day: Open filter Close filter