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SUMMARY:Justice and Peace: A Radical Reconsideration of Public Safety – A Roundtable Discussion
DESCRIPTION:8:00 PM ET | 7:00 PM CT | 5:00 PM PT\nThis zoom webinar event is free and open to the public. Presented by Seattle University and The Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network.  \nNearly fifty years ago\, Pope St. Paul VI said\, “If you want Peace\, work for Justice.”  Echoing his words\, “No Justice\, No Peace” has become the chant of protesters from Seattle to Atlanta seeking freedom not only from excessive use of force by police but also from unjust inequities across social and political structures.  This roundtable presentation invites policing scholars in the fields of law\, criminology\, and theological ethics to explore how we might build peace on a foundation of justice. The interdisciplinary panel will address the future of public safety through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching. \nProfessor Herschella Conyers (University of Chicago Law School) bleakly assesses the current state of affairs: “[R]eform must begin … with an acknowledgement of the sad history and present conditions that have left the people totally alienated from the police\, and afraid for their physical and emotional safety.”  Similarly\, Professor Michael Scott (Arizona State University) points to a possible source of guidance: “[I]nsofar as the Catholic Catechism represents a coherent and comprehensive moral code\, and if one accepts the proposition that law\, law enforcement and governance must\, minimally\, be moral\, then the Catholic Catechism…merits being consulted on police reform.” “In dialogue with the tradition of Catholic Social Teaching\, Professor Michael Jaycox (Seattle University) argues that “a credible Catholic commitment to pursuing the common good would have to include\, at minimum\, ensuring whatever social conditions are necessary for Black freedom from white violence.”  To advance the common good\, Professor Tobias Winright (St. Louis University) suggests that involving “the police in other community and social peacekeeping activities serves to contextualize\, moderate and restrain that use of force\, ensuring that it is a last resort.” \nThis panel serves as the keynote event for a three-day colloquium addressing Catholic perspectives on criminal justice reform. The workshops and public lectures include leading scholars examining how Catholic tradition and social thought might inform the challenges confronting today’s American criminal justice system.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-10-a-radical-reconsideration-of-public-safety-abolition-regulation-or-redemption/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:ONLINE
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SUMMARY:A Life in Service of the Truth: The Legacy of Fr. Paul Mankowski\, SJ
DESCRIPTION:Fr. Paul Mankowski (1953 – 2020) was a brilliant essayist\, a singular wit\, and a devoted son of the Church. Born in South Bend\, Indiana\, he put himself through the University of Chicago while working summers in a steel mill. Called to a vocation with the Society of Jesus\, Fr. Paul entered the novitiate in 1976 before studying Classics at Oxford and Semitic languages at Harvard. \nThough lacking all instincts for self-promotion\, Fr. Paul quickly gained a reputation for his erudition and his razor-sharp intellect.  He suffered greatly for his loyalty to the Church before finding a home at the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago. Having returned to his alma mater\, he served as a fulcrum of intellectual and spiritual formation for countless students. In passing away unexpectedly on September 3\, 2020\, Fr. Paul Mankowski left a legacy of principled and courageous allegiance to the Church and her tradition of integrated intellectual and spiritual life. \nThis event will celebrate the life and legacy of Fr. Paul Mankowski through a conversation with Professor Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame)\, who will comment on Fr. Paul’s work as a scholar. and Fr. Kevin Flannery\, SJ ( Pontifical Gregorian University)\, who will reflect on Fr. Paul’s life as a Jesuit (with Fr. Paul’s letters as a point of departure).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-10-a-life-in-service-of-truth-legacy-of-fr-paul-mankowski-sj-gary-a-anderson-kevin-flannery-s-j/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211014T170000
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SUMMARY:Conversation on "The Rage of Innocence"
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. Presented by the Loyola University Chicago School of Law and the Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network. Cosponsored by the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago. \nA discussion of The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth with author and Professor Kris Henning in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning author of Locking Up Our Own\, Professor James Forman\, Jr. \nIn January 2019\, Pope Francis told the detainees at a Panamanian youth prison: “You are part of [God’s] family; you have a lot to share with others.”  A fruitful society\, he said\, “is able to generate processes of inclusion and integration\, of caring and trying to create opportunities and alternatives that can offer new possibilities to the young\, to build a future through community\, education and employment. Such a community is healthy.”  Unfortunately\, our communities fail to offer a healthy\, inclusive\, and caring environment for court-involved youth–particularly youth of color–as Professor Kris Henning dramatically reveals. \nIn a searing and clear indictment of the juvenile and criminal legal system\, Kris Henning draws on her 25 years of representing young people accused of crimes to show the day-to-day brutalities endured by Black youth growing up under constant surveillance and persistent threat of physical and psychological abuse by police. Join Profs. Henning and Forman in a discussion of her critical and timely new book.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-10-rage-of-innocence-how-america-criminalizes-black-youth/
LOCATION:Loyola University Chicago Law School\, 25 East Pearson Street\, Chicago\, IL
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SUMMARY:The Salvific Power of the Inner Life of Christ: The Witness of the Ecumenical Councils
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. Registration for in-person attendance is not required\, but requested. Contact us with any questions. Note the time for this event has been changed from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This event is cosponsored by the Harvard Catholic Forum. \nStandard accounts of salvation in both East and West typically do not include a consideration of how Christ’s inner life-his thoughts\, feelings\, and intentions- are salvific. Such an omission is inconsistent with the witness of both the Scriptures and the ecumenical councils. \nIn affirming the necessity for human salvation of Christ’s human mind and will\, the ecumenical councils implicitly affirmed the salvific value of Christ’s inner life without providing a description of its inner contents. On the basis of Scripture and both Eastern and Western traditions\, such a description can be summarized by the notion of Christ’s saving “doxological contrition”. \nFr. Anatolios will also lead a master class for students and faculty on Friday\, October 22 on The Doctrine of Salvation in Nicholas Cabasilas’s The Life in Christ. \n\n\nThis convening is open to all invitees regardless of vaccination status and\, because of ongoing health risks\, particularly to the unvaccinated\, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing\, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19\, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures.\nIf you are not currently affiliated with the University (enrolled student\, faculty\, or staff) it is expected that you review the University’s COVID mitigation efforts. The University expects every event attendee to adopt precautions designed to mitigate the risk of viral transmission.\nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-10-salvific-power-of-inner-life-of-christ-witness-of-ecumenical-councils/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, First Floor Common Room\, 1025 E 58th St\,Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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SUMMARY:The Doctrine of Salvation in Nicholas Cabasilas's "Life in Christ"
DESCRIPTION:THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT. Open to current graduate students and University of Chicago Undergraduates. Others who are interested in participating should contact us. Copies of Life in Christ will be provided for registrants. \nLife in Christ “originates in this life and arises from it. It is perfected\, however\, in the life to come\, when we shall have reached the last day. It cannot attain perfection in men’s souls in this life\, nor even in that which is to come without already having begun here.” \nSo writes the 14th century Greek theologian Nicholas Cabasilas in The Life in Christ. This work is a classic\, synthetic presentation of the Christian understood through the lens of the Byzantine Christian tradition. This master class will feature a disciplined reading of The Life in Christ led by Fr. Khaled Anatolios and will discuss Cabasilas’ soteriology found within the work. \nFr. Anatolios will also give a public lecture on Thursday\, October 21 on The Salvific Power of the Inner Life of Christ: The Witness of the Ecumenical Councils. \n\nFor all events held at Gavin House\, the Lumen Christi Institute follows Chicago Department of Public Health Guidance for in-person gatherings. Please see here for the city’s most up-to-date guidelines. These are guidelines subject to change.\n\n\nIf you have any questions about accessibility\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-10-doctrine-of-salvation-in-nicholas-cabasilass-life-in-christ/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211028T180000
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SUMMARY:The Riddle  of the Ring: Dark Magic & Spiritual Danger in Tolkien
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Dinner at 6:00 p.m. | Lecture at 6:30 p.m.\n“One Ring to rule them all\, One Ring to find them\, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.” Everyone knows that Sauron made the One Ring\, but nobody—including Tolkien—seems to know how it worked\, perhaps because nobody—including Tolkien—explained how Sauron made it. Where did Tolkien get the idea of magic rings? What would it mean to make a magic ring? And what might explain its effects? In this lecture\, Professor Rachel Fulton Brown gives a brief history of English magic in quest of the making of Sauron’s One Ring and explores the spiritual dangers in attempting to make such rings for Elves\, Dwarves\, Hobbits—and Men. \n\nFor all events held at Gavin House\, the Lumen Christi Institute follows Chicago Department of Public Health Guidance for in-person gatherings. Please see here for the city’s most up-to-date guidelines. These are guidelines subject to change. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-10-riddle-of-ring-dark-magic-spiritual-danger-in-tolkien-rachel-fulton-brown/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211105T140000
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SUMMARY:Jacques Maritain's Integral Humanism
DESCRIPTION:THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT. Open to current graduate students and University of Chicago Undergraduates. Others who are interested in participating should contact us. Copies of “Integral Humanism” from The Collected Works of Jacques Maritain XI (Notre Dame Press\, 1996) will be provided for registrants.\nIntegral Humanism (1936) is Maritain’s masterwork at mid-career.  Having separated himself from the Catholic political integralism in France during  the 1920s he needed to put forth his own position – his own integralism\, in a manner of speaking.  His thesis is that the options of political modernity are shaped by incomplete and reductive humanisms\, which need the correction and anchoring of an “integral humanism.”  He believed that this should be the Catholic contribution to the crises of the 20th century. After all\, he reasoned that the crippling disputes at the level of politics are symptoms of underlying anthropological confusions. The book was read and pondered by every pope from Pius XI to John Paul II. \nAssigned Reading \n\nPart I\, on the tragedy of humanism (pp. 156-173).  Namely\, the unresolved dialectic between theocentric and anthropocentric humanisms that emerged in early modernity.  Under the sign division\, whether in tears or in revolt\, every creature asks how the humanum is to be rehabilitated (p. 168).\nPart II\, beginning at p. 196\, the formulation of a new humanism.\nParts III and IV on the prospects of a new Christendom.\n\n\nFor all events held at Gavin House\, the Lumen Christi Institute follows Chicago Department of Public Health Guidance for in-person gatherings. Please see here for the city’s most up-to-date guidelines. These are guidelines subject to change.\n\n\nIf you have any questions please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-11-jacques-maritains-integral-humanism-russell-hittinger/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211109T133000
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SUMMARY:Lunch with Dr. Lucas Mix - What Part Does Science Play in Salvation?
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students. Presented by Brent House and the Lumen Christi Institute. \nOne often hears of debates about science versus religion\, or science’s compatibility with religion\, but in the Christian tradition what might it mean to ask whether science plays a part in salvation? There are many possible answers: science can be interpreted as an alternative to grace (salvation by science alone)\, as a means of grace (God gives us science as part of redemption)\, as a product of grace (science as sanctification)\, or as fully irrelevant to salvation. Join us for lunch with the Rev. Dr. Lucas Mix\, an Episcopal priest and astrobiologist\, as he explores this provocative question.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-11-lunch-with-dr-lucas-mix-what-part-does-science-play-in-salvation/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211113T100000
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SUMMARY:How to Run Away From Home: Preparing for College as a Catholic
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations Office and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary. \n  \n\n\n \nYou’ve been told since you started school that you need to go away to college. Leave home\, get an education\, and begin “adulting.” \n\n\n \nEveryone has a “guide” for the journey: Kaplan\, Fiske\, US News\, Princeton Review\, and so on. \n\n\n \nBut if you’re looking for an account of how to leave home in order to find it\, you won’t find a better guide than Scripture\, believe it or not. The Bible can be considered one big story of leaving home in order to find it\, along with the hazards and holy moments along the way. It’s inspired countless Christians to journey\, to search\, to become pilgrims. \n\n\n \n>> Don’t make a decision about where you’ll go or who you’ll be in college without considering this conference. << \n\n\n \nJoin us as we explore the theme of “leaving home” in Scripture\, literature\, and history. From Genesis to Revelation\, we’ll explore how the theme of “leaving home” is developed and elaborated. Then\, we will look at the life of St. Anthony the Great\, who decided to leave home and go to the desert simply by hearing the Gospel. \n\n\n \n  \nHow should you leave home? Come find out. \n\n\n\n\n \n  \nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n \nOpen to all high school students. \n  \nSchedule: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n9-9:30am Registration and Grab-and-Go Breakfast \n\n\n \n9:30-9:45am Welcome and Opening Prayer \n\n\n \n9:45-10:15am Lecture #1 on Salvation History \n\n\n \n10:15-10:30am Q&A #1 \n\n\n \n10:30am-11:15am Break and Game \n\n\n \n11:15-11:45am Lecture #2 on the life of St. Anthony \n\n\n \n11:45am-12:00pm Q&A #2 \n\n\n \n12:00pm-1:00pm Grab-and-Go Lunch & Discussion Group \n\n\n \n1-1:30pm Eucharistic Adoration \n\n\n \n1:30-2:30pm Reflection Time \n\n\n \n  \nCost: $20. Scholarships are available. Parents and teachers who bring students can attend for free. \n(Learn more about this and other Newman Forum events at the NEW! Newman Forum website: www.newmanforum.org)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-11-how-to-run-away-from-home-preparing-for-college-as-a-catholic-jared-ortiz-fr-andrew-summerson-s-th-d/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211117T180000
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SUMMARY:Michelangelo's Women: Feminine Genius in the Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by the Department of Art History.  \n\n\n\nThis convening is open to all invitees regardless of vaccination status and\, because of ongoing health risks\, particularly to the unvaccinated\, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing\, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19\, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures. \n\nIf you are not currently affiliated with the University (enrolled student\, faculty\, or staff) it is expected that you review the University’s COVID mitigation efforts. The University expects every event attendee to adopt precautions designed to mitigate the risk of viral transmission.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-11-women-of-sistine-chapel-rethinking-michelangelo-elizabeth-lev/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, First Floor Common Room\, 1025 E 58th St\,Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:HYBRID EVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211130T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Fall Non-Credit Course: "The Living Jesus at the Intersection of History and Faith"
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\n6:00 Dinner | 6:30 Lecture \nThis weekly non-credit course is open to current students and faculty. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. \nJesus of Nazareth\, a Galilean Jew crucified in a remote corner of the Roman Empire nearly 2\,000 years ago\, is considered one of the world’s greatest teachers and the founder of its oldest institution. More books and films have been produced about Jesus than any other historical person.  This non-credit class will consider both what historical methods can ascertain about Jesus and the meaning and warrant for the Christian belief that Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God and the universal Savior. \nOctober 5 | Introductions; the questions we bring; the modern quest(s) for the ‘historical’ Jesus \nOctober 12 | The Gospel of Mark: the earliest narrative of Jesus’ life\, death\, and resurrection \nOctober 19 | The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ: historical event and theological meaning \nOctober 26 | Transformative Encounter with the Living Jesus: St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians \nNovember 2 | Early Christological Controversies & the Nicene Creed \nNovember 9 | Encountering the Living Jesus in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola \nNovember 16 | Jesus through the centuries in Christian art \nNovember 30 | Contemporary Christology: fake news vs. “Good News” \n\n\n\nFor all events held at Gavin House\, the Lumen Christi Institute follows Chicago Department of Public Health Guidance for in-person gatherings. Please see here for the city’s most up-to-date guidelines. These are guidelines subject to change. \n\n\nIf you have any questions about accessibility\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-11-fall-non-credit-course-living-jesus-at-intersection-of-history-faith/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211206T210000
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SUMMARY:MidCentury Catholic Modern: the Church and Other Possible Modernities
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Collegium Institute and cosponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute\, America Magazine and the Nova Forum for Catholic Thought. \nIn the ferment of the mid 20th-Century\, Catholic writers and artists sought to develop a new\, distinctly Catholic\, modernity. They navigated the political challenges of fascism\, communism\, and liberalism. In this event\, we look to the history of MidCentury Catholicism\, with figures like Georges Rouault\, the Maritains\, Dorothy Day\, and Claude McKay\, and its response to the cultural\, intellectual\, and political ferment of the 1920s-60s. What can we learn from these great figures as 21st Century people grapple with the challenges of our century? \nA collection of recent books have highlighted the impact of Catholicism on modernity and modernity on Catholicism. In this webinar event we gather three scholars—James Chappel\, author of Catholic Modern: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Making of the Church\, Brenna Moore author of Kindred Spirits: Friendship and Resistance at the Edges of Modern Catholicism\, and Stephen Schloesser\, SJ\, author of Jazz Age Catholicism: Mystic Modernism in Postwar Paris—to discuss those turbulent years with an eye to understanding our own modern moment. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-12-midcentury-catholic-modern-church-other-possible-modernities/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211215T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211215T121500
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Promoting Integral Human Development: Challenges and Opportunities for the Church and Catholic Organizations
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. This event was held online over Zoom. This event was presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization (CREDO)\, and was cosponsored by Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education (GRACE)\, the International Office of Catholic Education (OIEC)\, the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU)\, the World Organization of Former Students of Catholic Education (OMAEC)\, the World Union of Catholic Teachers (UMEC-WUTC)\, the International Catholic Child Bureau (BICE)\, the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame\, America Media\, the Collegium Institute\, the Harvard Catholic Forum\, the Nova Forum\, the Saint Anselm Institute\, and the Saint Benedict Institute. \nThe concept of integral human development (IHD) is fundamental for the Catholic Church\, and the role played by the Church in promoting IHD is essential to its mission. The term IHD emerged from Populorum Progressio\, the encyclical on the development of people in which Pope Paul VI stated that “the development of peoples must be well rounded; it must foster the development of each man and of the whole man.” This webinar will feature a conversation on challenges and opportunities for the Church and Catholic organizations to promote IHD. This event will feature a presentation of the Global Report 2021 on Integral Human Development prepared by Quentin Wodon and soon to be available on the Global Catholic Education website\, followed by a discussion with a panel of experts – Katherine Marshall\, Patrizio Piraino\, and Diana Filatova – and a question and answer session with participants.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-12-promoting-integral-human-development-challenges-opportunities-for-church-catholic-organizations/
LOCATION:IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220111T203000
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SUMMARY:The Search for God: Testimonies to Grace
DESCRIPTION:This weekly non-credit course is open to current Chicago area students and faculty. Others interested in attending should contact us. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. \nOne hundred and fifty years ago\, Matthew Arnold described the receding of “the Sea of Faith” in the poem “Dover Beach.” Today the culture of unbelief is even more pervasive\, especially in secular academia. The stories of those who have struggled with intellectual doubts and personal conflicts in their quest for God and religious faith have much to teach and to inspire us. While each one’s spiritual search is highly personal\, our own faith journeys can benefit from the conversion stories of men and women who embraced Christian faith\, freed by grace to flourish beyond what they could “ask or imagine” [Ephesians 3:20]. Using autobiographical accounts\, this class will highlight the spiritual itineraries of philosophers\, scientists\, literary figures\, artists and a variety of others who came to believe in God\, and in God’s Son Jesus Christ\, and in Christ’s Mystical Body\, the Church. \n6:00 PM Dinner | 6:30 PM Lecture \nJanuary 11 | The Contemporary Crisis of Belief [Hybrid event: online and in-person] \nWhat reasons are given for rejecting belief in God and Catholic faith?  What reasons give credibility to believing in God and making a commitment to the Catholic faith?  Some Conversion Stories: St. Paul of Tarsus\, William Wilberforce\, Dr. Bernard Nathanson\, Dr. Francis Collins\, Dawn Eden [Goldstein]\, Jennifer Fulweiler\, W.H. Auden AND Miracles that changed lives. \nJanuary 18 | St. Augustine of Hippo [Hybrid event: online and in-person] \n“…our hearts find no peace until they rest in you.” \nJanuary 25 | St. John Henry Newman [Return to in-person only] \nApologia pro Vita Sua: “From the time that I became a Catholic…[I] have had no anxiety of heart whatever.  I have been in perfect peace and contentment; I never had one doubt… it was like coming into port after a rough sea; and my happiness on that score remains to this day without interruption.” \nFebruary 1 | St. Thérèse of Lisieux \nThe Story of a Soul: “But I feel especially that my mission is about to begin\, my mission of making God loved as I love Him\, of giving my little way to souls… Yes\, I want to spend my heaven in doing good on earth” [uttered a few weeks before her death at age 24 from tuberculosis]. Her dying words: “My God\, I love you” \nOptional film viewing: Alain Cavalier’s acclaimed film “Thérèse” \nFebruary 8 | Dorothy Day \n“We have all know the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.” \nOptional film viewing: documentary film\, “Dorothy Day: Don’t Call Me a Saint” \nFebruary 15 | Conversion Stories \nEdith Stein: “I could not put the book down [St. Teresa of Jesus’s Autobiography] and read through to the end. When I closed it\, I said to myself: This is the truth.”; Rabbi Israel Zolli: Why I Became a Catholic. \nOptional film viewing: “Edith Stein: The Seventh Chamber” \nFebruary 22 | Conversion Stories:  Scientists\, Philosophers and Literary Figures \nJacques Maritain;  Avery Dulles: “One miracle that stood up to every test was the Resurrection”; Flannery O’Connor; C.S. Lewis; Dr. Susan Greenfield (leading neuro-scientist at Oxford Univ.) who rejects “this unshakeable belief\, which is as strong as any religious belief\, that science is the only approach to understanding the world around you”; Muriel Spark\, Scottish novelist and Catholic convert\, responding to the question why she had become a Catholic: “Because it is the one thing that has stopped me from  going mad.” \nOptional film viewing: “Shadowlands” (the BBC version) \nMarch 1 | Contemporary Conversion Stories \nSpecial guests will share their spiritual journeys. \n\nTestimonies to Grace: A Film Series \nOperating parallel to this non-credit course will be a series of film viewings hghlighting several of the conversion stories covered in the non-credit course. This series is co-presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and Calvert House\, and will be held January 31 – Feb 21 at Calvert House (5735 S University Ave) and Gavin House (1220 E 58th St.. Registration is encouraged\, but not required. Those who are not registered (or are not already registered for the non-credit course) will need to present a University ID or CNET ID upon request. \nJanuary 31\, 5:45 PM \n“Thérèse” (1 hr 34 min)\nDirected by Alan Cavalier \nFebruary 8\, 5:30 PM\, at Gavin House \n“Dorothy Day: Don’t Call me a Saint” (1 hr 30 min)\nDirected by Claudia Larson \nFebruary 14\, 5:45 PM \n“Edith Stein: The Seventh Chamber” (1 hr 50 min)\nDirected by Marta Meszaros \nFebruary 22\, 5:15 PM\, at Gavin House \n“Shadowlands” (BBC version) (1 hr 13 min)\nDirected by Norman Stone
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-01-testimonials-to-grace/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Christian Intellectual Life in Today’s Universities: A Conversation with Fr. Thomas Joseph White\, OP
DESCRIPTION:Fr. Thomas Joseph White\, OP is the newly appointed rector of the Angelicum\, the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. A prominent American theologian\, Fr. White has also directed the Thomistic Institute in Washington\, D.C. for many years. In this public webinar\, Nova Forum executive director David Albertson interviews Fr. White about the state of Christian intellectual life in today’s universities\, the challenges facing the secular academy\, and the prospects of a renewal of Catholic intellectual formation. \nThis event is presented by the Nova Forum for Catholic Thought\, and cosponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute. \nRegister for the event through the Nova Forum website HERE
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-01-christian-intellectual-life-in-today-s-universities-a-conversation-with-fr-thomas-joseph-white-op/
LOCATION:IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220121T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220121T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Jacques Maritain's "Man and the State"
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE NEW DATE IN THE COMING WEEKS.\nTHIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT. Open to current graduate students and University of Chicago Undergraduates. Others who are interested in participating should contact us. Copies of Man and the State (CUA Press\, 1998) will be provided for registrants. \nJacques Maritain (1882-1973) was perhaps the most influential Catholic social and political philosopher of the 20th century.  He taught at Columbia and Princeton\, and was a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Chicago\, where he gave the Walgreen Lectures\, later published as Man and the State (1951).  Appointed the French Ambassador to the Holy See after WWII\, Maritain’s thought influenced not only four popes but also the generation of bishops who attended the Second Vatican Council. \nThis master class will consider Maritain’s mature political philosophy\, encapsulated in his University of Chicago lectures. Man and the State reflects his recent work on human rights commissions\, and it represents an accurate testament of his philosophy on the nature and limits of political order. \n\nFor all events held at Gavin House\, the Lumen Christi Institute follows Chicago Department of Public Health Guidance for in-person gatherings. Please see here for the city’s most up-to-date guidelines. These are guidelines subject to change.\n\n\nIf you have any questions please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-01-jacques-maritains-man-state/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220202T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220202T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Making a Case for the Humanities with Zena Hitz
DESCRIPTION:Open to current graduate students and faculty. Box lunches will be served.\nIn her recent book\, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of the Intellectual Life\, Zena Hitz writes “For some time\, intellectual institutions in the United States have been under significant financial and political pressure to abandon education for programs with economic or political uses… we academic professionals have lost touch with our origins in ordinary human intellectual activity. We have thus lost the capacity to justify and explain to our fellow citizens or to philanthropists—much less to ourselves—why our institutions matter” (p.198). \nShould one studying or teaching in the humanities promote its importance within the university and in society? If so\, how should one go about doing this\, or learning how to do this? \nJoin us for a discussion with Zena Hitz on the relationship between academic training in the humanities and the intellectual life. \nZena Hitz will also participate in a public conversation on Lost in Thought at later that day. \n\nFor all events held at Gavin House\, the Lumen Christi Institute follows Chicago Department of Public Health Guidance for in-person gatherings. Please see here for the city’s most up-to-date guidelines. These are guidelines subject to change. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-humanities/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220202T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220202T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Conversation on "Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life"
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Undergraduate Program in Religious Studies at the University of Chicago. Copies of the book will be available for sale by the Seminary Co-op Bookstore at the event. This program will be held as a hybrid\, in-person and online event. \nJoin us for a conversation on Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life (Princeton University Press\, 2020) with author Zena Hitz. \nABOUT THE BOOK \nIn an overloaded\, superficial\, technological world\, in which almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness\, where can we turn for escape\, lasting pleasure\, contemplation\, or connection to others? While many forms of leisure meet these needs\, Zena Hitz writes\, few experiences are so fulfilling as the inner life\, whether that of a bookworm\, an amateur astronomer\, a birdwatcher\, or someone who takes a deep interest in one of countless other subjects. Drawing on inspiring examples\, from Socrates and Augustine to Malcolm X and Elena Ferrante\, and from films to Hitz’s own experiences as someone who walked away from elite university life in search of greater fulfillment\, Lost in Thought is a passionate and timely reminder that a rich life is a life rich in thought. \nToday\, when even the humanities are often defended only for their economic or political usefulness\, Hitz says our intellectual lives are valuable not despite but because of their practical uselessness. And while anyone can have an intellectual life\, she encourages academics in particular to get back in touch with the desire to learn for its own sake\, and calls on universities to return to the person-to-person transmission of the habits of mind and heart that bring out the best in us. \nReminding us of who we once were and who we might become\, Lost in Thought is a moving account of why renewing our inner lives is fundamental to preserving our humanity. \nWe will also host a lunch discussion with Zena Hitz for graduate students and faculty at 1:00 p.m. on February 2. \n\nThis convening is open to all invitees who are compliant with UChicago vaccination requirements and\, because of ongoing health risks\, particularly to the unvaccinated\, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing\, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19\, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures. \nIf you are not currently affiliated with the University (enrolled student\, faculty\, or staff) it is expected that you review the University’s COVID mitigation efforts. The University expects every event attendee to adopt precautions designed to mitigate the risk of viral transmission. \nEvent attendees will be required to wear a N-95\, KN-95\, or KF-94 mask in Swift Hall. KN-95 masks will be provided  for anyone who needs one. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-conversation-on-lost-in-thought-hidden-pleasures-of-an-intellectual-life-zena-hitz-erin-walsh/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220205T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220205T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Big Questions and Catholic Scientists: A Science and Religion Fair for High School Students
DESCRIPTION:Open to all high school students\, parents\, and teachers. Students attend for FREE (and all adult admission fees are waived if accompanied by at least one student.) \nIn partnership with the Soceity of Catholic Scientists and the McGrath Institute for Church Life. Cosponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations Office and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary.  \n \n\nWant to learn from accomplished Catholic scientists about the harmony of faith and science? Interested in the Big Questions on the frontiers of scientific discovery? Then come to this Science and Religion Fair on February 5th at the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary. \nAttendees will get to learn from distinguished scientists who embrace both the Catholic faith and modern science\, following the example of St. Albert the Great\, patron saint of science. \nConference Highlights Include: \n\nOne 25-minute Opening Talk on Science and Faith\, and Cosmology and Extraterrestrial Life.\n\nMany have claimed that modern science and Christian faith are fundamentally at odds and have historically been in conflict. Professor Stephen Barr\, President of the Society of Catholic Scientists\, will show how a better understanding of Catholic teaching\, of science and of history paint a very different picture. \n\n\nA choice of multiple ‘Lightning Round’ Talks on crucial topics: \n\n“Is the Universe Made for Life?” (Stephen Barr\, President\, Emeritus Professor of Physics\, University of Delaware): In recent decades physicists have discovered that many features of the fundamental laws of physics are “just right” to make life (including complex living things such as ourselves) possible. These are sometimes called “anthropic coincidences.” Do these show that the universe was made with us in mind? Or does the “multiverse” idea explain them? Or possibly both?\n“What is a human being and when does life begin?” (Maureen Condic\, Assoc. Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy\, Univ\, of Utah School of Medicine): The questions of who is a human being and when does a human being arise during the process of human development have profound implications for society\, for medicine and for the law.\n“Earthquakes\, their Consequences\, and the Jesuit Pioneers of Seismology” (Natasha Toghramadjian\, 4th year graduate student\, Harvard University): The great earthquake of 1755 obliterated the Catholic city of Lisbon and caused many to question their faith.  It also spurred the creation of the science of seismology\, often called “the Jesuit Science” because of the pioneering work of Jesuit missionaries who set up the first seismic stations in many areas of the globe.  This talk will tell about the remarkable history of earthquakes and their consequences and the speaker’s own field work on three continents.\n“Wonder in Science and Faith” (Chris Stoughton\, Senior Scientist at Fermilab): Dr. Stoughton will talk about wonder and the approach of scientists to their work\, both in historical examples and through the witness of contemporary scientists.\n“Evolution and Creation: A Catholic Perspective” (Sr. Stephen Patrick Joly\, O.P.\, Ph.D.\, Lansing Catholic HS): For some\, the scientific theory of evolution is seen as incompatible with a God who has knowingly and purposely fashioned us. But\, as s Pope Benedict XVI stated\, creation and evolution represent “two complementary — rather than mutually exclusive — realities.”  This talk will guide participants to see the harmony between evolutionary biology and the Catholic faith.\n“Modern Science\, the Catholic Church\, and the Galileo Affair” (Cory Hayes\, Professor of Philosophy and Theology\, St. Joseph Seminary College): Beginning with Copernicus and ending with St. John Paul II\, Dr. Cory Hayes will examine the trials of Galileo\, the major players involved and the issues that were at play in his 1633 condemnation by the Inquisition\, overcoming misconceptions and deepening our understanding of the lessons it has for us today.\n“Extraterrestrial Life and the Catholic Faith” (Tim Dolch\, Assistant Professor of Physics at Hillsdale College.): How likely are rational ET creatures  to exist? How do scientists search for them? What theological questions would their existence raise?” \n\n\nBig Questions/Ask-a-Scientist Poster Session\n\nAttendees will have an opportunity to meet Catholic scientists one-on-one and ask them about their fields of science\, career paths\, the big unsolved questions in their areas of science\, being a Catholic in science\, and anything that they are curious about.  The scientists they will meet will be a varied group: young and old; male and female; experimenters and theorists; and in many areas of research. Students interested in STEM subjects and teachers interested in renewing their own understanding will dialogue about high-impact topics\, including: genetics\, mathematics\, materials science\, evolutionary biology\, superstring theory\, cosmology\, environmental science\, neuroscience and brain research\, and much more.  \n\n\n\n  \n\nSchedule: \n9:00am – 9:45am: Breakfast and Registration \n9:45am – 10:00am: Opening Prayer\, Welcome & Introduction \n10:00am – 10:45am: Keynote “Science and the Catholic Faith” (Stephen Barr\, President\, Society of Catholic Scientists) \n10:45am – 11:00am: Break \n11:00am – 11:30am: Lighting Round Talks #1 \n11:30am – 12:30pm: Lunch \n12:45pm – 1:15pm: Lighting Round Talks #2 (with optional adoration in Conference Center Chapel) \n1:15pm – 1:25pm: Break \n1:30pm – 2:00pm: Lighting Round Talks #3 (with optional adoration in Conference Center Chapel) \n2:00pm – 2:15pm: Break \n2:15pm – 3:30pm: “Big Questions/Ask-a-Scientist” Poster Session \n3:30pm: Closing Remarks and Prayer \n  \nLearn more about this and other Newman Forum events on the Newman Forum website. \n\n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-science-and-religion-fair-mundelein/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220207T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220207T140000
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SUMMARY:Student Lunch with Stephen Barr on "Should a Catholic Scientist Care About the Liberal Arts?"
DESCRIPTION:Open to current graduate students and faculty. Cosponsored by Calvert House. Box lunches will be served.\nJoin us at Gavin House\, home of the Lumen Christi Institute\, for a discussion with physicist Stephen Barr (President\, Society of Catholic Scientists) for a conversation on what a Catholic scientist can learn from the study of philosophy\, theology\, and literature. Open to all students and faculty. Box lunches will be served. \nProf. Barr will also give a lecture on Feb. 7 on “Is the Universe Made for Life? Anthropic Coincidences and Multiverse Ideas” \n\nFor all events held at Gavin House\, the Lumen Christi Institute follows Chicago Department of Public Health Guidance for in-person gatherings. Please see here for the city’s most up-to-date guidelines. These are guidelines subject to change. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us. \n\nThis event was made possible in-part through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this course are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-student-lunch-with-stephen-barr-on-should-a-catholic-scientist-care-about-liberal-arts-edit-stephen-m-barr/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220207T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220207T180000
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SUMMARY:Is the Universe Made for Life? Anthropic Coincidences and Multiverse Ideas
DESCRIPTION:Free and Open to the Public. \nThe late Stephen Hawking wrote\, “Our universe and its laws appear to have a design that is both tailor-made to support us and\, if we are to exist\, leaves little room for alteration.” What lies behind such a claim? And what might explain such a remarkable fact (if it is a fact)? Join us as Dr. Stephen Barr speaks on both the science and the speculations surrounding anthropic coincidences. \n\nThis convening is open to all invitees who are compliant with UChicago vaccination requirements and\, because of ongoing health risks\, particularly to the unvaccinated\, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing\, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19\, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures. \nIf you are not currently affiliated with the University (enrolled student\, faculty\, or staff) it is expected that you review the University’s COVID mitigation efforts. The University expects every event attendee to adopt precautions designed to mitigate the risk of viral transmission. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us. \n\nThis lecture is made possible in-part through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this course are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-is-universe-made-for-life-anthropic-coincidences-multiverse-ideas-stephen-m-barr/
LOCATION:Kersten 120\, 5720 South Ellis Avenue\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220210T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220210T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Winter 2022 Undergraduate Reading Group: “Progress is Dead: Nietzsche’s Indictment of Modern Life in The Genealogy of Morals”
DESCRIPTION:“We are unknown to ourselves\, we knowers: and with good reason.”\nThe modern world tells us—and we tell ourselves—that we are enlightened and free\, but it isn’t true. Our claims to knowledge are just another moral prejudice; our ostensible freedom is disguised slavery.  So contends Friedrich Nietzsche in his On the Genealogy of Morality\, where he punctures the self-satisfaction of socialists\, democrats\, reformers\, the bourgeoisie\, philosophers\, scientists\, and anyone else who claims to have it all figured out. \nThis three-week reading group will discuss the three treatises of the Genealogy and debate the following claims: \n\nFebruary 10 Is Democracy Slavery? (First Treatise\, “ ‘Good and Evil\,’ ‘Good and Bad’” pp. 10-34)\nFebruary 24 Is Justice Real? (Second Treatise\, “ ‘Guilt\,’ ‘Bad Conscience\,’ and Related Matters\, pp. 35 – 67)\nMarch 10 Does Science Kill Life? (Third Treatise\, “What do ascetic ideals mean?” pp. 68 – 120)\n\nThe reading group will be led by David Lyons\, Assistant Instructional Professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago. Each week\, we will meet and discuss over dinner at Gavin House (1220 E. 58th St.). Dinner is served at 6pm. Discussion begins at 6:15. The goal is to think deeply about the text\, ask meaningful questions\, and debate in good faith.  Perhaps we’ll even touch on the meaning of life. Questions can be directed to Austin Walker.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-winter-2022-undergraduate-reading-group-progress-is-dead-nietzsche-s-indictment-of-modern-life-in-genealogy-of-morals-david-lyons/
LOCATION:IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220210T201500
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Redeeming Punishment: Catholic Approaches to Criminal Justice Reform
DESCRIPTION:The Lumen Christi Institute’s Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network and the Catholic Social and Political Thought Initiative of the UW-Madison Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy present Catholic Perspectives on Criminal Justice Reform: a Scholarly Colloquium. This three-day public lecture and workshop series gathers a diverse array of legal scholars and ethicists to explore how Catholic tradition and social thought can inform the many challenges confronting today’s American criminal justice system. \nAs part of this colloquium\, there will be a keynote panel on “Redeeming Punishment: Catholic Approaches to Criminal Justice Reform\,” featuring Dean Strang\, Cecelia Klingele\, Rev. Javier del Castillo\, and Secretary Kevin Carr\, moderated by the Hon. Thomas Donnelly. This keynote event is open to the public. Attendance for the full colloquium is invite-only. For more details on the event schedule and presenters\, see our news item HERE. \n\nSpecial thanks to the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy for hosting this colloquium of the Lumen Christi Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network (CCJRN)\, and to the following people and institutions for making this colloquium possible: \nMost. Rev. Donald Hying\, Rev. Eric Nielsen\, St. Paul’s University Student Center\, Professor Richard Avramenko\, University of Wisconsin Law School\, and Badger Catholic \nOher cosponsors of the Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network include:\nGeorgetown University Law Center\, Notre Dame Law School\, Boston College Law School\, Fordham University School of Law\, Loyola University Chicago Law School\, University of St. Thomas School of Law\, The Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage\, The Institute on Religion\, Law\, and Lawyer’s Work at Fordham University School of Law\, Center on Race\, Law\, and Justice at Fordham University School of Law\, Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago\, Catholic Prison Ministry Coalition\, Kolbe House Jail Ministry
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-catholic-perspectives-on-criminal-justice-reform-a-scholarly-colloquium/
LOCATION:Fluno Center\, Auditorium\, 601 University Ave\, Madison\, WI 53715\, Madison\, WI
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220211T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220211T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Master Class on Newman's Oxford University Sermons
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\nThis event will be held online over Zoom. Open to current graduate students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact us. \nMore info TBA. \nFr. Fields will also lead a summer seminar for graduate students on the thought of John Henry Newman at Merton College\, Oxford this summer. More information can be found here.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-master-class-on-newmans-oxford-university-sermons-stephen-fields-sj/
LOCATION:IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220212T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220212T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T143208Z
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SUMMARY:The Theologian’s Vocation in the Academy Today: A Master Class for Graduate Students in Theology
DESCRIPTION:Open to current graduate students in theology. Others interested in participating should contact us.\nA two-part\, online master class for graduate students in theology on the vocation of the theologian in the contemporary academy. \nDates: January 15 & February 12 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CST via Zoom \nOverview: \nWhat is the vocation of the Catholic theologian in the academy today? The increasing focus within higher education toward producing economically successful citizens within late modernity’s secularized culture is well-known. Within the theological world itself\, graduate programs in theology are deeply compartmentalized into distinct sub-disciplines that often take their self-understanding and academic culture from the need to find a place within the modern research university. These pressures make it difficult to reflect theologically on one’s role in both the Church and the academy—and yet it is evermore vital that we do so. How then do we conceive of the unity of theological disciplines\, and how might we—trained in our distinct silos—work towards that unity? Tomorrow’s theologians urgently need resources to reflect on their role within such a vision of the academy. \nSeminar 1: The Academic Theologian and Newman’s Idea of a University \nIf we are to consider our current situation thoroughly\, we need to explore a set of deep questions that have endured for theologians since the very beginnings of the modern university. There is no better text to facilitate a dive into these questions than John Henry Newman’s The Idea of a University. \nWhile Newman speaks about a college culture very different from ours – research for him is the preserve of the gentleman scholar rather than the university! – two fundamental themes of his work will serve as points of departure for our discussion. The first is his definition of the goal of education as the nurturing of the “liberal” mind; the second is his presentation of a secular education’s failure to teach humility. \nBy engaging these themes in Idea of a University we can focus our own questions about the goal of college education itself\, and examine how far any program of liberal education can instill the virtues at which Christians aim. How does the Christian scholar conceive a career caught in these tensions? \nTexts to prepare:  Newman’s Idea of a University\,  “Discourses 5\, 8\, & 9\,” accessible HERE. \nSeminar 2: Academic Theology and the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian  \nOften the life of a theologian in the university who is committed also to the life of the Church is cast in terms of a balance between obedience and academic freedom. But perhaps this dichotomy should not be our first consideration when we imagine the theologian’s role in a university. \nTo engage the question\, we will discuss the International Theological Commission’s Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian. In what ways does this text sketch an agenda for academic theologians? How does it succeed and/or fail to grasp the tensions in the institutions where we teach? As in the first seminar\, our goal is not so much a study of this text\, as using this text as a lens through which to explore and re-envision our lives as theologians today.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-01-theologian-s-vocation-in-academy-today-a-master-class-for-graduate-students-in-theology/
LOCATION:IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220217T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220217T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164035Z
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SUMMARY:Ecumenical Panel on "For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church"
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. This program will be held as a hybrid\, in-person and online event. Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Fordham Orthodox Christian Studies Center. Cosponsored by the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion and the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies. \n“As we make this journey towards full communion\, we already have the duty to offer common witness to the love of God for all people by working together in the service of humanity” \n—Common Declaration of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis\, May 2014. \nThis panel will examine the recent social document For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church\, published with the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2020. The fruit of critical reflection by Orthodox Christian lay scholars and Church leaders\, For the Life of the World offers guidance to navigate contemporary challenges faced by the Orthodox Christian on a wide range of social issues—including racism\, bioethics\, ecology\, and human rights. The document also gives a synthetic presentation of the Orthodox Christian perspective to the wider Christian world. \nIn this spirit\, the Lumen Christi Institute and Fordham University’s Center for Orthodox Christian Studies will present a panel event that will put this document in an ecumenical conversation with leading scholars in order draw from it wisdom that benefits all Christians. \nStudents and faculty are invited to join for a master class with Perry Hamalis and Gayle Woloschak on For the Life of the World on February 18. \n\nThis convening is open to all invitees who are compliant with UChicago vaccination requirements and\, because of ongoing health risks\, particularly to the unvaccinated\, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing\, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19\, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures. \nIf you are not currently affiliated with the University (enrolled student\, faculty\, or staff) it is expected that you review the University’s COVID mitigation efforts. The University expects every event attendee to adopt precautions designed to mitigate the risk of viral transmission. \nEvent attendees will be required to wear a N-95\, KN-95\, or KF-94 mask in Swift Hall. KN-95 masks will be provided  for anyone who needs one. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-life-of-the-world/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220218T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220218T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T143203Z
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SUMMARY:Master Class on "For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church"
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact us. Copies of the book will be available for registrants.\nStudents and faculty are invited to join us for a seminar on For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church with two of the document’s drafters\, Profs. Perry Hamalis and Gayle Woloschak. \nThe fruit of critical reflection by Orthodox Christian lay Scholars and Church leaders\, For the Life of the World offers guidance to navigate contemporary challenges faced by the Orthodox Christian on a wide range of social issues—including racism\, bioethics\, ecology\, and human rights. The document also gives a synthetic presentation of the Orthodox Christian perspective to the wider Christian world. \nWe will also host a public panel on For the Life of the World on February 17.  \n\nFor all events held at Gavin House\, the Lumen Christi Institute follows Chicago Department of Public Health Guidance for in-person gatherings. Please see here for the city’s most up-to-date guidelines. These are guidelines subject to change. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-life-of-the-world-mc/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220219T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220219T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T194650Z
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SUMMARY:Master Class on "Catholic Social Teaching and the Church-State Problem"
DESCRIPTION:Open to current graduate students and faculty. Copies of the assigned readigns will be provided. This virtual master class will take place on Zoom. \nReadings \n\nThe Teachings of Modern Roman Catholicism: On Law\, Politics and Human Nature\, Eds. John Witte and Frank Alexander (Columbia University Press\, 2007)\, pp. 1-75\nThe Syllabus of Errors\, Pope Pius IX\, 1864\n\nThis master class serves as a preview of our upcoming summer seminar on Catholic Social Teaching for PhD and JD students co-taught by Prof. Hittinger. Learn more about the summer seminar here.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-catholic-social-teaching-church-state-problem/
LOCATION:IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220223T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220223T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T160333Z
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SUMMARY:Walker Percy on the Pursuit of Happiness in Apocalyptic Times
DESCRIPTION:This virtual event is free and open to the public. This virtual event will be livestreamed on Zoom. For more information about the in person event\, please contact us.\nThe in-person event will take place at Ruth Lake Country Club in Hinsdale\, Illinois. \nIn Walker Percy’s novel\, Love in the Ruins\, the narrator\, a wealthy and successful denizen of American suburbia\, admits that ” everyone is happy\, but our hearts broke with happiness.”  In this lecture\, Dr. Jennifer Frey will discuss what Percy’s novel can teach us about the pursuit of happiness in contemporary American life\, and why the novel’s biting satire is relevant to our contemporary political and religious moment.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-frey/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:HYBRID EVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220224T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220224T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T143123Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch Discussion on "Walker Percy: Philosopher\, Novelist\, Catholic"
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in joining should contact us. Lunch will be served.\nJoin us for a lunch discussion with Prof. Jennifer Frey on the the work of novelist Walker Percy. \nSuggested readings from Signposts in a Strange Land \n\n“Naming and Being” (pp 130-138)\n “Physician as Novelist” (pp 191-196)\n “Why are you a Catholic?” (pp 304-315)\n\nA PDF of the readings will be provided to registrants. \nProf. Frey will also give a lecture on Walker Percy at a hybrid event on Wednesday\, February 23. \n\nFor all events held at Gavin House\, the Lumen Christi Institute follows Chicago Department of Public Health Guidance for in-person gatherings. Please see here for the city’s most up-to-date guidelines. These are guidelines subject to change. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-02-lunch-discussion-on-walker-percy-philosopher-novelist-catholic/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220302T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220302T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T143120Z
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SUMMARY:Catholic Culture Series on "Catholic Literary Heritage"
DESCRIPTION:The Lumen Christi Institute’s West Suburban Catholic Culture Series returns in 2021-22 with a monthly series on the theme of Catholic literary heritage. We will survey the history of literature written by Catholics from the early middle ages to the late twentieth century.\nWhat is Catholic literature? What is our Catholic literary heritage? St. John Henry Newman has informed us that Catholic literature is more than “religious literature” or “the literature of religious men.” Rather\, Catholic literature is literature of “all subjects whatever\, treated as a Catholic would treat them\, and as he only can treat them.” Not only doctrine\, controversy\, and history; but all of human life\, as seen from the perspective given by Revelation and the life of the Church. \nParticipants will receive a booklet with extracts from the authors covered in the lectures. No advance reading is required\, but our speakers will refer to the extracts in their lectures. The selections will offer an accessible foray into authors like Dante\, Shakespeare\, Anselm of Canterbury\, and the author of The Pearl and Gawain and the Green Knight. \nSPRING SEMESTER SCHEDULE \n6:30 p.m. cocktails | 7:00 p.m. dinner\, lecture\, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. end \nMAR 2: English Catholic Revival of the 19th-20th Centuries\nProf. David Deavel (University of St. Thomas\, MN) \nAPR 6: 20th Century American Catholic Literature\nProf. David Griffith (University of Notre Dame) \nMAY 11: The Catholic Imagination in Modern American Poetry  *Livestreamed on Zoom* \nProf. James Matthew Wilson (University of St. Thomas\, Houston) \nFALL SEMESTER SCHEDULE \nSEP 15: Medieval Catholic Literature \nProf. Rachel Fulton Brown (University of Chicago) \nOCT 13: Shakespeare \nProf. Michael P. Murphy (Loyola University Chicago) \nNOV 10: Dante\nProf. Jennifer Newsome Martin (University of Notre Dame)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-09-catholic-culture-series-on-catholic-literary-heritage-rachel-fulton-brown-michael-p-murphy-jennifer-newsome-martin/
LOCATION:Ruth Lake Country Club\, 6200 South Madison Street\, Hinsdale\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220303T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220303T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T143115Z
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SUMMARY:Justice or Vengeance? How To Watch John Wick
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in joining should contact us. Lunch will be served.\nIs John Wick only a guilty pleasure? Or is there\, at the heart of these movies\, a desire for justice—however roughly delivered? This lecture proposes that at the heart of the movies is indeed the desire for retributive justice: the payment of punishment for those who do wrong or reward for those who do right. It will defend the understanding of retributive justice as a real good and indicate how an appreciation of this virtue can aid human beings in pursuing the good society—and even love. \n\nFor all events held at Gavin House\, the Lumen Christi Institute follows Chicago Department of Public Health Guidance for in-person gatherings. Please see here for the city’s most up-to-date guidelines. These are guidelines subject to change. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-03-john-wick/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220309T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220309T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T143112Z
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SUMMARY:Recovering Biblical Love from Emotionalism and Eroticism
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URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-03-recovering-biblical-love-from-emotionalism-eroticism/
LOCATION:IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220310T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220310T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T143109Z
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SUMMARY:Magis Series on Faith and Reason
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and Saint Ignatius College Prep.\nWhat does it mean to believe? Does one believe because of evidence? In spite of evidence? Is belief the beginning of wisdom or the opposite of science? For over two thousand years\, the Catholic Church has defended the rich interrelation between faith and reason. As Pope John Paul II said in his encyclical\, Fides et Ratio\, “Faith and reason are like the two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.” Faith without reason leads to superstition. Reason without faith leads to nihilism and relativism. Reason needs faith; faith needs reason; we need both. \nThis course will be framed by Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Fides et Ratio \, and optional selections of the encyclical will be suggested to help frame the lectures. We will work our way forward in history beginning with ancient Greek philosophy\, which Clement of Alexandria dubbed “the second Old Testament.” Then we will read selections from the early church fathers and the scholastic masters of the medieval church. Finally\, we will consider the question of faith and reason in modern times\, with a special session devoted to faith and science. We will be able to see how questions of faith and reason have been grappled with for millennia\, and how we are the inheritors of a fascinating and rich tradition. \nThis lecture and discussion series uses an innovative format. A lecture will be followed one week later by an optional discussion-based lunch seminar. Texts introduced during the lecture will be discussed in a low-stakes format with Fr. Bernardi over lunch. \n\nSERIES SCHEDULE \nThe Two Wings of the Spirit: Traditions of Faith and Reason \n\nThursday\, March 10 Faith and Reason in the Patristic Era: ‘What Does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?’ with Fr. Peter Bernardi\, SJ\nThursday\, March 31 Faith and Reason in the Medieval Era: ‘Faith Seeking Understanding\,’ with Fr. Peter Bernardi\, SJ\n\n\nThe Crisis of Belief in a Secular Age: Reconciling Faith\, Science\, and Reason\n\nThursday\, May 12 Catholic and Protestant Responses to the ‘Ebbing of the Sea of Faith\,’ with Fr. Peter Bernardi\, SJ\nWednesday\, May 18  “Emotion\, Metaphor\, and Memory: Leveraging the Tools of Science in Service of Spiritual Discernment” with guest lecturer Fr. John Kartje\n\nSESSION SCHEDULE \n5:30 p.m. Mass optional | 6:15 p.m. Drinks & Hors d’Oeuvres | 7:00 p.m. Dinner & Lecture | 8:30 p.m. End
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-05-magis-series-on-faith-reason/
LOCATION:Saint Ignatius College Prep\, 1076 W Roosevelt Rd\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220320T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220320T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T143106Z
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SUMMARY:Music in Secret: Sounds from the Early Modern Convent
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the University of Chicago Division of the Humanities\, the Illinois Arts Council\, and the National Endowment for the Arts.\nThe outstanding female contingent of Schola Antiqua presents a concert of medieval and early modern music by and for women in the convent. Their program “Music in Secret” includes works by Hildegard von Bingen and nuns from early modern Italy. The performance is complemented by keyboard works also heard in convents\, played by organist and guest director Naomi Gregory. Cora Swenson Lee joins the ensemble on viola da gamba.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-03-schola-antiqua-concert-music-in-secret-schola-antiqua-of-chicago/
LOCATION:Rockefeller Memorial Chapel\, 5850 S Woodlawn Ave.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220331T181500
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T143103Z
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SUMMARY:The Theology of Nature and the Nature of Theology
DESCRIPTION:A conference held by the University of Chicago Divinity School\, cosponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute. \nDownload of Conference Abstracts. \nFor more information see the Divinity School’s conference webpage. \n\nSchedule: \nWednesday\, March 30 \n2:00pm-3:15pm\nWesley Wildman (Boston University):  “Prospects for a Naturalist\, Critically Humanist\, and Mystical Transreligious Understanding of Ultimate Reality” \n3:30pm-4:45pm\nKarmen MacKendrick (LeMoyne College): “Out of Bounds: Collection\, Division\, Creation” \n5:00pm-6:15pm\nWillemien Otten (University of Chicago Divinity School): “Double or Nothing: Creation and Gender in Eriugena\, Hildegard\, and Hadewijch” (the inaugural Dorothy Grant Maclear Lecture) \nReception to follow \nThursday\, March 31 \n2:00pm-3:15pm\nWilliam Schweiker (University of Chicago Divinity School): “How Natural is Goodness?” \n3:30pm-4:45pm\nM. Burcht Pranger (University of Amsterdam): “Corpus Mysticum: Henri de Lubac on Nature and Supernature” \n5:00pm-6:15pm\nJean-Luc Marion (University of Chicago Divinity School): “Karl Barth on the Being of the World Before God”
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-03-theology-of-nature-nature-of-theology/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T161138Z
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SUMMARY:Negotiating Tragedy and the Tragic: Discursive\, Performative\, and Interpretive Strategies in Late Ancient Christian Literature
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. \nEarly Christian authors rarely composed tragedies\, but they did discern elements of “the tragic” both in the background of sacred history and in the foreground of mundane experience. As a rhetorical\, literary\, and even theological artform\, the mimesis of tragedy took shape concurrently in biblical interpretation and preaching\, in autobiographical and hagiographical writing\, in the framing of Christian moral response to human anguish and indignities\, and in theological reflection on interrelated issues of providence\, freedom\, fate\, and hope. \nThis lecture will sample each of these dimensions\, concentrating especially on works of the Cappadocian Fathers\, John Chrysostom\, and Augustine\, in texts ranging from Gregory of Nyssa’s ascetical works\, to Gregory Nazianzen’s autobiographical poetry and select orations\, to Chrysostom’s expository sermons and Letters to Olympias\, to Augustine’s Confessions. Blowers will also treat the enduring question of the meaning of “the tragic” in an early Christian lens. Christian authors\, while keen to uphold the unique perspectives of Scripture\, could hardly ignore the definition of the tragic in classical Greek and Roman tragedies and in the long wake of Plato’s criticism of the poets and tragedians as hucksters and traffickers in emotion who subverted the philosophical quest. But could Christianity accommodate the idea of existential “dead ends”? Could it abide the prospect of irredeemable and uncompensated evils? By way of conclusion the lecture will address\, albeit concisely\, the state of the question of the utility (or not) of tragical mimesis in constructive Christian theology. \nProf. Blowers will also lead a discussion for students on “Finding Tragedy in the Bible with Its Early Christian Interpreters” on Thursday\, March 31. \n\nThis convening is open to all invitees regardless of vaccination status and\, because of ongoing health risks\, particularly to the unvaccinated\, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing\, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19\, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures. \nIf you are not currently affiliated with the University (enrolled student\, faculty\, or staff) it is expected that you review the University’s COVID mitigation efforts. The University expects every event attendee to adopt precautions designed to mitigate the risk of viral transmission. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-03-negotiating-tragedy/
LOCATION:Classics 110\, 1010 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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SUMMARY:Finding Tragedy in the Bible with Its Early Christian Interpreters
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Box lunches will be served. \nProf. Blowers will also give a lecture on “Negotiating Tragedy and the Tragic: Discursive\, Performative\, and Interpretive Strategies in Late Ancient Christian Literature”  on March 30.  \n\nFor all events held at Gavin House\, the Lumen Christi Institute follows Chicago Department of Public Health Guidance for in-person gatherings. Please see here for the city’s most up-to-date guidelines. These are guidelines subject to change. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-03-finding-tragedy/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220405T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220405T180000
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SUMMARY:Non-Credit Course - Faith\, Science\, and Reason
DESCRIPTION:This weekly non-credit course is open to current Chicago area students and faculty. Others interested in attending should contact us. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. \n\nIf the new Cosmic story\, that started with the Big Bang about 13.8 billion years\, were likened to a 30-volume encyclopedia\, each volume consisting of 450pp.\, each page the equivalent of a million years\, modern humans appear on the last page of the last volume. Are we humans a random consequence of evolving mindless matter or the crowning achievement of God’s creative plan? \nCan a Christian believer reconcile the findings of the modern natural sciences with their religious beliefs?  What about the Church’s condemnation of Galileo and the apparent atheism of Darwinian evolution?  Are religious faith and scientific reason intransigent enemies or convergent collaborators on the fundamental questions concerning the meaning and purpose of human life?  This non-credit class will discuss these questions with theologian Fr. Peter Bernardi\, S.J.\, and a series of guest speakers from the natural and social sciences\, as well as philosophy. \n\n6:00 PM Dinner | 6:30 PM Lecture \nSchedule: \nApril 5 | The Biblical Doctrine of Creation and Scientific Evolution: Conflict or Convergence? \nApril 12 | What does Athens (Philosophy) have to do with Jerusalem (Religious Faith)? \n  \nApril 19 | The Aristotelian Revolution & St. Thomas Aquinas’s ‘Summa’ on Faith and Reason \n  \nApril 26 | Can an intelligent person still be an atheist?  An Updated Assessment of Modern Atheism \n  \nMay 3 | Navigating Science and Religion: From Conflict to Dialogue with Humility – Prof. Joseph Vukov (Loyola University Chicago) \n  \nMay 10 | Conservation and Consumption in a Laudato Si Context – Prof. Christie Klimas (DePaul University) \n  \nMay 17 | Genetic Manipulation – Prof. Gayle Woloschak (Northwestern University) \n  \nMay 24 | Biological Evolution and the Christian Tradition – Dr. Peter Tierney (Lumen Christi Institute)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-04-faith-science-reason-peter-bernardi-sj/
LOCATION:IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220408T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220408T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Lunch Discussion on "Theology and the Erotic: Has the Internet Killed Love?"
DESCRIPTION:Due to circumstances outside our control\, this event has been canceled. We hope to schedule events with Fr. Fields in future quarters. \nOpen to current students. Others interested in participating should contact us. Lunch will be provided for registrants. \nWhat does theology have to say about erotic love?  Better yet\, what is love? How can one distinguish between good loves and bad? \nIn this lunchtime discussion\, Fr. Stephen Fields (Hackett Professor of Theology\, Georgetown University) will offer some brief reflections on the nature of love from the perspective of philosophy and theology. Then we will open the floor for a wide-ranging discussion about the relevance of the study of love to contemporary events and issues.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-04-lunch-discussion-on-theology-erotic-has-internet-killed-love-stephen-fields-sj/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Symposium on "The Light that Binds: A Study in Thomas Aquinas's Metaphysics of Natural Law"
DESCRIPTION:A symposium on The Light that Binds: A Study in Thomas Aquinas’s Metaphysics of Natural Law by Fr. Stephen L. Brock (Wipf and Stock\, 2020). \nFree and open to the public. Registration is required. Cosponsored by Wipf and Stock Publishers\, the Department of History at the University of Chicago\, and the Seminary Co-op Bookstore.  Contact us with any questions. \nABOUT THE BOOK \nIf there is any one author in the history of moral thought who has come to be associated with the idea of natural law\, it is Saint Thomas Aquinas. Many things have been written about Aquinas’s natural law teaching\, and from many different perspectives. The aim of this book is to help see it from his own perspective. That is why the focus is metaphysical. Aquinas’s whole moral doctrine is laden with metaphysics\, and his natural law teaching especially so\, because it is all about first principles. The book centers on how Aquinas thinks the first principles of practical reason\, which for him are what make up natural law\, function as laws. It is a controversial question\, and the book engages a variety of readers of Aquinas\, including Francisco Suarez\, Jacques Maritain\, prominent analytical philosophers\, Straussians\, and the initiators of the New Natural Law theory. Among the issues addressed are the relation between natural law and natural inclination\, how far natural law depends on knowledge of human nature\, what its obligatory force consists in\, and\, above all\, how it is related to what for Aquinas is the first principle of all being\, the divine will. \nYou can purchase the book from our partners at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore. \n\n\n\nThis convening is open to all invitees regardless of vaccination status and\, because of ongoing health risks\, particularly to the unvaccinated\, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing\, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19\, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures. \n\nIf you are not currently affiliated with the University (enrolled student\, faculty\, or staff) it is expected that you review the University’s COVID mitigation efforts. The University expects every event attendee to adopt precautions designed to mitigate the risk of viral transmission.\nIf you have any questions\, please contact us.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-01-symposium-on-light-that-binds-a-study-in-thomas-aquinass-metaphysics-of-natural-law-stephen-l-brock-russell-hittinger-matthew-levering-candace-vogler/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220421T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220421T170000
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SUMMARY:Logical to the Bitter End: Absurdity\, Suicide\, and Hope in Albert Camus’s The Myth of Sisyphus
DESCRIPTION:Does the absurdity of life dictate death? Can one find hope—can one truly live—in an absurd universe? \nThese are the questions Albert Camus labors mightily to answer in his seminal work\, The Myth of Sisyphus. Acknowledging the basic human impulse to seek meaning to existence\, Camus nevertheless holds that existence provides us with no answer and\, moreover\, never will. Given this absurdity\, Camus thus identifies suicide as the “one truly serious philosophical problem.” Why\, Camus poses\, do we bother to go on living once we recognize the absurdity of life? How\, in the face of absurdity\, can one embrace the struggle with meaninglessness and find happiness? In this reading course we will think seriously about these questions and closely examine the ways Camus provides for affirming life in an absurd universe. \nAlbert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage 1991) \n\nApril 21: The Absurd Truth\, [Myth\, pp. 1-50]\nMay 5: Absurd Freedom\, [Myth\, pp. 51-92]\nMay 19: The Absurd Man\, [Myth\, pp. 93-123]\n\nThe reading group will be led by David Lyons\, Assistant Instructional Professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago. Each week\, we will meet and discuss over dinner at Gavin House (1220 E. 58th St.). Dinner is served at 6pm. Discussion begins at 6:15. The goal is to think deeply about the text\, ask meaningful questions\, and debate in good faith. Perhaps we’ll even touch on the meaning of life. Questions can be directed to Austin Walker. \nIllustration Copyright: Vedran Stimac (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-04-logical-to-bitter-end-absurdity-suicide-hope-in-albert-camus-s-myth-of-sisyphus-david-lyons/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220428T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220428T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Bernard of Clairvaux: Writing a Biography of the Difficult Saint
DESCRIPTION:A lecture with Professor Brian Patrick McGuire\, author of Bernard of Clairvaux: An Inner Life (Cornell University Press\, 2020). Free and open to the public. Registration is required. Cosponsored by the Bollandist Society\, Cornell University Press\, the Medieval Studies Workshop at the University of Chicago\, and the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion. Contact us with any questions. \nFrom the presenter: \nThis lecture will be a combination of biography and autobiography: my various attempts at writing a biography of Bernard of Clairvaux and the history of my own life. I think it is important for historians to be aware of the contents of individual human lives and their contributions to their own time. In the case of Bernard\, I began with the assumption that he was a monster\, a churchman who did his utmost to destroy Peter Abelard and his new theology. But in the course of gaining life experience I came to understand what Bernard was facing: a conviction that it was his duty to involve himself in the life of the Church while at the same time seeking the contemplative life he had chosen at Clairvaux. It became easier for me to accept Bernard’s situation when I became involved after 1985 in helping asylum applicants in Denmark\, in a society whose officials did their best to send these people back where they came from. During these years until the early 1990s my view of Bernard changed as my perception of my own time changed. I came to see how difficult it is to live up to a Christian way of life and to help other people. \nMy lecture will not be pure autobiography but will concentrate on the contents of Bernard’s life as I have come to perceive him in my own research and writing. I have deemed him “the difficult saint” and as such he well fits our own difficult times\, when decency and charity are more needed than ever. \nABOUT THE BOOK​​​​​​ \nIn this intimate portrait of one of the Middle Ages’ most consequential men\, Brian Patrick McGuire delves into the life of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux to offer a refreshing interpretation that finds within this grand historical figure a deeply spiritual human being who longed for the reflective quietude of the monastery even as he helped shape the destiny of a church and a continent. Heresy and crusade\, politics and papacies\, theology and disputation shaped this astonishing man’s life\, and McGuire presents it all in a deeply informed and clear-eyed biography. \nFollowing Bernard from his birth in 1090 to his death in 1153 at the abbey he had founded four decades earlier\, Bernard of Clairvaux reveals a life teeming with momentous events and spiritual contemplation\, from Bernard’s central roles in the first great medieval reformation of the Church and the Second Crusade\, which he came to regret\, to the crafting of his books\, sermons\, and letters. We see what brought Bernard to monastic life and how he founded Clairvaux Abbey\, established a network of Cistercian monasteries across Europe\, and helped his brethren monks and abbots in heresy trials\, affairs of state\, and the papal schism of the 1130s. \nBy reevaluating Bernard’s life and legacy through his own words and those of the people closest to him\, McGuire reveals how this often-challenging saint saw himself and conveyed his convictions to others. Above all\, this fascinating biography depicts Saint Bernard of Clairvaux as a man guided by Christian revelation and open to the achievements of the human spirit.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-04-bernard-of-clairvaux-an-inner-life/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220429T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220429T140000
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SUMMARY:Friendship and Community: The Monastic Experience\, 350-1250
DESCRIPTION:A master class with Brian Patrick McGuire (Roskilde University). Open to current graduate students\, faculty\, and advanced University of Chicago undergraduate students. Others interested in participating should contact us. Registrants will receive copies of the prepared reading. \nFriendship has been apparent in our culture as a concern ever since the time of the Greeks. Today it is often ignored or taken for granted. Some readings of the Gospels would indicate that friendship is secondary. We are saved not because of our friendships but because we find how to love our enemies. For Augustine\, the architect of friendship\, converting to the Christian religion meant downsizing his friendships\, even though he still maintained them. For the Desert Fathers\, an abba is a father and not a friend\, and for Benedict in his monastic way of life\, one monk is never to defend another as a friend. The abbot is not to show preferences\, but an exception is made for especially deserving monks. \nIn our age so permeated with sexual sensibility\, the main concern in medieval life seems to have been fear of friendships in order to avoid sexual bonds\, but the sources speak otherwise. Bonds of friendship in the cloister were considered dangerous not because of sex but because monks could form cliques and defy the position of the abbot. And yet\, in spite of the fear of bonds that would upset the life of the cloister\, central monastic figures of the early Middle Ages\, such as Bede and Boniface\, cultivated friendships and almost simultaneously\, but independently of each other\, coined the term\, amicitia spiritalis. \nWhat had been in Cicero’s time an alliance of two aristocratic men to further their ambitions now became an accepted aspect of monastic life. This opening to friendship appeared especially in the twelfth century among the Cistercians. Bernard of Clairvaux used a language of friendship and his monk Aelred of Rievaulx converted Cicero’s “On Friendship” into “On Spiritual Friendship.” And yet Aelred’s celebration of the language and experience of friendship did not last\, and it is important to find what happened to spiritual friendship. \nReadings \n\nCicero\, On Friendship\nThe Rule of Saint Benedict\, esp. chapters 2\, 69 and 71\nAelred of Rievaulx\, Spiritual Friendship (Cistercian Publications)\nBrian Patrick McGuire\, Friendship and Community: The Monastic Experience (Cornell University Press\, 2010)\, especially ch. VII\, “Aelred of Rievaulx and the Limits of Friendship”.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-04-friendship-community-monastic-experience-350-1250/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220506T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220506T140000
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SUMMARY:Descartes and Pascal on the Proofs of the Existence of God
DESCRIPTION:A final Lumen Christi Master Class\, with Jean-Luc Marion. Open to current graduate students\, faculty\, and advanced University of Chicago undergraduate students. Others interested in participating should contact us. Registrants will receive copies of the prepared reading. \nTexts: \nDescartes\, Méditations on first philosophy\, a latin-english edition by J. Cottingham\, Cambridge\, 2013\, or the bare latin text. (With focus on book 3 & 5) \nPascal\, Pensées\, ed. R. Ariew\, Hackett\, 2005. (Entirety\, but especially Chapter 3) \nMarion\, Jean-Luc On descartes’ metaphysical Prism\, Chicago U.P.\, 1999\, Chapter 3 (ch.IV & V optional).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-05-descartes-pascal-on-proofs-of-existence-of-god-jean-luc-marion/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220511T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220511T191500
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:The Catholic Imagination in Modern American Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Part of our Western Suburban Catholic Culture Series. This event will be live streamed on Zoom. \nAt the turn of the twentieth century\, the American Historian Henry Adams wrote admiringly of the Catholic mind as it found expression in the medieval world. It was beautiful\, it was good\, but\, alas\, could not be true. Within a generation\, younger American writers were impelled by that same beauty but dared to ask whether they might be equally impelled by the Catholic vision of the world as true. Thus began a great literary adventure\, as American poets entered into the Catholic tradition and sought to make poems that conveyed the depth and power of an encounter with the Catholic proclamations of faith as the truth of the world.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-05-catholic-imagination-in-modern-american-poetry-james-matthew-wilson/
LOCATION:Ruth Lake Country Club\, 6200 South Madison Street\, Hinsdale\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220512T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220512T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Lunch Discussion on "The Vocation of the Poet: Humanism\, Christianity\, and Verse"
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in joining should contact us. Lunch will be served. \nJoin us for a lunch discussion with poet and professor James Matthew Wilson (University of St. Thomas\, Houston) \nPoetry is\, at best\, a marginal art form in contemporary America\, and yet its craft\, technique\, and tradition are all provocations to reconsider what it means to live a whole\, formed life and what it means to encounter\, contemplate\, and understand reality. In this informal conversation\, Professor Wilson will share his own experience of discovering the craft and vocation of verse and we’ll consider what poetry has to teach us about the nature of humanistic learning and that which deepens and transcends it\, the theological dimension of the intellectual and spiritual life.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-05-lunch-discussion-on-t-s-eliots-four-quartets/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220513T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220513T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Master Class on T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets"
DESCRIPTION:A master class with poet and professor James Matthew Wilson (University of St. Thomas\, Houston). Open to current graduate students\, faculty\, and advanced University of Chicago undergraduate students. Others interested in participating should contact us. Registrants will receive copies of the prepared reading. \nGenerally regarded as the greatest poem of the twentieth century\, T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets is not only an important poem but a masterful modern contribution to the long Christian-Platonist tradition of the West. It is at once a work of art and a suggestive vision of Christian humanist metaphysics\, ethics\, and mystical theology\, one to which perhaps only Dante’s Divine Comedy may be compared. In this master class\, we will study the form of the poem\, make sense of its difficulties\, and discover how the sequence as a whole answers that most fundamental of Christian questions: what is the meaning of the Incarnation?
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-05-james-matthew-wilson-master-class/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220515T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220516T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Recovering Hymnography Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The Lumen Christi Institute\, The Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies\, and the Fordham Center for Orthodox Christian Studies Present: \nRecovering Hymnography Symposium \nMay 15-16\, 2022 | University of Chicago \nFree and open to the public. Please note you must register for each day separately. \nThis symposium will explore the tradition of hymnography as both prayer and pedagogy\, sharing insights about how biblical interpretation\, ethical injunction\, and theological reflection are combined with ritual reenactment in the texts they consider. Papers on early Christian liturgical hymnography in the Greek\, Syriac\, and Latin traditions will be shared and discussed with expert respondents. In so doing\, the presenting scholars will shed light on the late antique Christian world’s practice of hymnography that is still preserved today by contemporary Eastern Christian worship. \nMay 15\, 2022 | Rockefeller Memorial Chapel  (5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago\, IL 60637) \n4:00 PM   Keynote Address \n“Singing the Sacred: Music and the Holy in Ancient Christianity\,” by Susan Ashbrook Harvey\, Brown University \nWhy were hymns important for ancient Christianity? What did music add to poetry? Singing was an indelible part of daily life in the ancient Mediterranean world: in household and civic spaces\, in celebrations\, in mourning\, and in religious devotions of all kinds. In the New Testament\, singing hymns was fundamental to early Christian worship. Why did hymns matter? How did Christians in antiquity render singing sacred for their own purposes\, able to articulate their own distinctive religious truths? What could make music “holy”? And how? \n5:00 PM  Icons of Sound: Concert with Cappella Romana \nThe internationally renowned musical group Cappella Romana presents their concert “Icons of Sound” featuring pieces composed by the 9th century nun Kassia and interpretations of medieval Byzantine chant for the feast of the Holy Cross in Constantinople. \nMay 16\, 2022 | Swift Hall Common Room (1025 E. 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL 60637) \n9:00 AM – 12:00 PM  Symposium presentations \nPresentations in this sympsosium include: \nBrian Dunkle\, “New Songs and Ancient Instruction: The Early Reception of Ambrose’s Hymns.” \nAshley Purpura\, “Liturgical Name-Calling: Gender\, Power\, Performance\, and the Akathistos Hymn” \nAndrew Summerson\, “Christ the Sea Monster: How Hymns Rephrase Patristic Thought on Jonah” \nErin G. Walsh\, “Women and the Embodiment of Virtue in Syriac Poetry” \nJeffrey Wickes\, “The Voices of the Martyrs’ Mothers in Syriac Liturgical Poetry” \n\nThis program is made possible through a Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship\, Grand Rapids\, Michigan\, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc. This program is cosponsored by the Divinity School at the University of Chicago and the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-05-a-symposium-on-recovering-hymnography-brian-dunkle-s-j-ashley-purpura-fr-andrew-summerson-s-th-d-erin-walsh-jeffrey-wickes/
LOCATION:University of Chicago–TBA\, N/A\, Hyde Park\, IL
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SUMMARY:Icons of Sound: Concert with Cappella Romana
DESCRIPTION:The internationally renowned musical group Cappella Romana presents their concert “Icons of Sound” featuring pieces composed by the 9 th century nun Kassia and interpretations of medieval Byzantine chant for the feast of the Holy Cross in Constantinople \nLeading scholar of late-antique Christian poetry Susan Ashbrook Harvey will precede the concert at 4PM with a keynote address to begin our two-day symposium\, “Recovering Hymnography.” \nThe Recovering Hymnography program\, including this concert\, is made possible through a Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship\, Grand Rapids\, Michigan\, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc. This program is presented by the Lumen Christi Institute\, the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies\, and the Fordham Center for Orthodox Christian Studies\, and cosponsored by the Divinity School at the University of Chicago and the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-05-icons-of-sound-concert-with-cappella-romana-cappella-romana-2/
LOCATION:IL
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SUMMARY:The Vocation of the Patristic Theologian: Inheriting the Voice of Early Christians
DESCRIPTION:This forum and reception\, following the annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society\, is co-sponsored by the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. \nThis forum invites graduate students and scholars of patristics to reflect on the nature of the craft and its relationship to contemporary theological studies\, the academy\, and church today. A panel of scholars\, featuring John Cavadini\, Lewis Ayres\, Ellen Scully\, and Bogdan Bucur\, will speak on the nature of the vocation of the Patristic theologian and the challenges and opportunities one faces in research\, scholarship\, and teaching. We will further attend to the question of how patristic theologians participate in a fuller reception of the depth and the breadth of the Christian intellectual tradition in an ecumenical key\, as well as provide opportunities for common reflection among the participants on the work of making present the Christian past.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-05-vocation-of-patristic-theologian-inheriting-voice-of-early-christians/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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SUMMARY:A Marion Moment in Catholic Thought: a Conversation with Jean-Luc Marion and Ken Woodward
DESCRIPTION:Join us over Zoom for a conversation between Professor Jean-Luc Marion (University of Chicago)\, and Lumen Christi Institute Writer-in-Residence Ken Woodward.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-05-a-marion-moment-in-catholic-thought-a-conversation-with-jean-luc-marion-ken-woodward-jean-luc-marion-kenneth-woodward/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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SUMMARY:Economics and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nNow in its fifth year\, this seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and junior faculty in economics\, finance\, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought\, starting with the human person\, dignity\, freedom\, subsidiarity\, solidarity\, and the common good\, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory\, firm and business ethics\, wages\, markets\, globalization\, poverty\, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant economics texts. \nThis seminar is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute; the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization; the De Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture; the Kellogg Institute for International Studies; and the the Institute for the Scholarship in the Liberal Arts\, College of Arts and Letters\, University of Notre Dame. \n\nFormat: There will be two sessions each day for three days\, each featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar-style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. In the final sessions\, we will discuss how the material can be applied to each student’s particular area of interest. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend\, Indiana. Travel stipends are available on a need basis. All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students and faculty in economics\, finance and related fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application form\, including: \n\nAn updated CV.\nA brief statement of research interest no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. The application deadline is February 14\, 2022. \nPlease direct any further questions to contact@credo-economists.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-econ-and-cst/
LOCATION:University of Notre Dame\, Notre Dame\, IN 46556\, Notre Dame\, IN
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought in Business Education
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nWe are pleased to announce the fourth annual seminar on “Business and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer.” During the seminar\, graduate students and faculty members in business schools will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought and apply them to their own field of research and teaching. This seminar aims at widening epistemological preconceptions and showing practical implications of Catholic social thought for business in a way that affirms the goodness of business directed toward the common good. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant business texts that show the path for principled entrepreneurship in order to gain knowledge\, exchange experiences\, receive help with their syllabi and consider how best to integrate Catholic social thought into business education. \nThis seminar is cosponsored by the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas (MN); the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame; the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of America; the Lumen Christi Institute; and the Markets\, Culture and Ethics Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome. \n\nLocation: The seminar will take place at the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend\, Indiana. A limited number of travel stipends are available on a per need basis (see the application form). All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to graduate students and faculty of any specialization in business schools. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application\, including: \n\nAn updated CV/resume.\nA brief statement of research interest related to Catholic social thought no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. The application deadline is February 14. 2022. \nPlease direct any further questions HERE
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-business-and-cst/
LOCATION:University of Notre Dame\, Notre Dame\, IN 46556\, Notre Dame\, IN
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Monastic Wisdom Seminar
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nDo not be daunted immediately by fear and run away from the road that leads to salvation. It is bound to be narrow at the outset. But as we progress in this way of life and faith\, we shall run on the path of God’s commandments\, our hearts overflowing with the inexpressible delight of love.” \n“My words are meant for you\, whoever you are\, who laying aside your own will\, take up the all-powerful and righteous arms of obedience to fight under the true King\, the Lord Jesus Christ.” \n– St. Benedict of Nursia\, Rule\, Prologue \nThe Lumen Christi Institute and Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey are partnering to organize a retreat that explores the monastic wisdom tradition. The Cistercian community at Irving\, Texas lives according to a continual tradition of Christian monasticism with roots in the early Church. \nStudents with an interest in theology or spirituality may be familiar with some of the tradition’s major figures—St. Anthony of Egypt\, St. John Cassian\, St. Benedict of Nursia\, St. Bernard of Clairvaux. It is less likely they have spent time putting into practice the lessons of prayer\, spiritual reading\, and silence in an organized manner. \nMonastic disciplines must be practiced to be understood. The seminar proposes such an experience. After reading some core texts in the monastic tradition in advance\, participants will then spend a week praying\, conferencing\, reading and recreating with the monks of Our Lady of Dallas. \nThe goals of the retreat are fourfold: \n\nIntroduce participants to monastic life\, the Divine Office\, and the history and theology of monasticism.\nIntroduce participants to monastic practices\, including the discipline of silence\, community life and lectio divina.\nProvide an opportunity for participants to reflect on Catholic practices of daily prayer and their relation to monastic life.\nStudy of texts of major figures of the monastic tradition.\n\n  \nPRINCIPAL TEXTS FOR DISCUSSION \n\nSt. Athanasius\, “Life of Antony\,” in Early Christian Lives\, trans. Carolinne White (Penguin Classics\, 1998).\nThe Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks\, trans. Benedicta Ward (Penguin Classics\, 2003).\nSt. Benedict of Nursia\, RB 1980: The Rule of St. Benedict (Liturgical Press\, 1981).\nSt. Bernard of Clairvaux\, “On the Steps of Humility and Pride” in Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works\, trans. G.R. Evans\, Classics of Western Spirituality (Paulist Press\, 1987).\nSt. Bernard of Clairvaux\, “On Conversion” in Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works\, trans. G.R. Evans\, Classics of Western Spirituality (Paulist Press\, 1987).\nJohn Cassian\, Institutes\, trans. Boniface Ramsey\, Ancient Christian Writers 58 (New York\, NY: The Newman Press\, 2000). Read especially the preface and Books V-XII on the eight vices.\nOPTIONAL: Jean Leclercq\, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God\, trans. Catharine Misrahi (New York: Fordham University Press\, 1982).\n\n  \nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will take place at Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey in Irving\, Texas.\nThe seminar sessions will be led by the monks of the monastery.\nTravel stipends will be available for currently enrolled students.\nLodging\, meals\, and books will be provided.\nParticipants will arrive at Our Lady of Dallas on Monday\, June 20 (morning)\,and depart on Sunday\, June 26 (afternoon).\nParticipants will be required to read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar.\n\n  \nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\nOpen to men aged 18 through 35. Catholics and non-Catholics are invited to apply.\nApplicants must submit an online application including a statement of interest\, a CV or resume\, and a letter of recommendation from a professor or pastor.\nApplications will be evaluated on a rolling basis. Apply no later than May 17th to receive full consideration. \nA maximum of 15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-monastic-wisdom/
LOCATION:Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey\, 3550 Cistercian Rd\, Dallas\, TX
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Aquinas’s Five Ways and Where they Lead
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nThis intensive seminar will discuss St. Thomas Aquinas’s Five Ways of proving the existence of a God and the conception that he thinks they yield: that of a God who is at once utterly simple and utterly perfect\, and therefore utterly beyond our comprehension. The sessions will center on Summa theologiae\, I\, qq. 2-4—especially\, of course\, I\, q. 2\, a. 3\, which contains the Five Ways themselves—and on selected texts from I\, qq. 12 & 13.  Participants will also discuss relevant passages from other works of St. Thomas\, as well as his historical influences and some related contemporary issues. \n\nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will be held at Gavin House\, home of the Lumen Christi Institute in Hyde Park\, Chicago.\nBreakfast and lunch on the days of the seminar sessions along with several dinners will be provided.\nParticipants will be responsible for securing your own lodging for the seminar. We can assist and provide information on nearby accommodations. Participants will receive a stipend of up to $850 to offset travel and lodging expenses.\nParticipants should arrive on Sunday\, June 26 and depart on Saturday\, July 2 after the final session.\nParticipants will be required to read the assigned texts in preparation for the seminar.\nThis seminar was defered in 2020. As a result only a limited number of available spaces are available to new applicants.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION  \nThis seminar is open to Ph.D. students in theology\, philosophy\, classics\, and other relevant fields of study. \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and no more than two letter(s) of recommendation.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered\n\n\nTHE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15\, 2022. \nContact us with any questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-aquinas-five-ways/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nNow in its ninth year\, this intensive seminar will examine the achievements of Saint John Henry Newman as a theologian\, philosopher\, educator\, preacher\, and writer. Remarkably\, in each of these areas Newman produced works that have come to be recognized as classics: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine\, The Grammar of Assent\, The Idea of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will be held at Merton College\, Oxford.\nThe seminar will be led by Fr. Fields with Fr. Ker serving as a guest lecturer.\nMeals and lodging will be provided.\nParticipants will receive a stipend of up to $700 to offset travel expenses.\nParticipants will arrive on Saturday\, July 2 and depart on Saturday\, July 9.\nParticipants will be required to read the assigned texts in preparation for the seminar.\nFifteen applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION  \nThis seminar is open to Ph.D. students in theology\, philosophy\, classics\, and other relevant fields of study. \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and no more than two letter(s) of recommendation.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered\n\n\nTHE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15\, 2022. \nContact us with any questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-newman-seminar/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Modern Science and Christian Faith for Graduate Students
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nThe goal of this seminar is to provide students with the background knowledge and conceptual tools necessary to understand and think clearly about the relation of science and faith. This will help them to integrate scientific and theological ways of understanding in their own thinking\, and make it possible for them to help others (including their future colleagues and students) to achieve such integration. The overarching goal is to help develop a cadre of people with a broad and informed understanding of these issues who can be the nucleus from which wider outreach efforts might grow. \nAmong the topics discussed will be the historical relationship of the Church and science; the relation of faith and reason; evidence for God in the existence and order of the cosmos; God and nature; primary and secondary causality; the supernatural and miracles; modern physics and natural theology; creation and providence; the beginning of the universe and modern cosmology; God and time; human origins and human distinctiveness; rationality\, freedom\, and the soul; physicalist reductionism and the human mind; Genesis and scriptural interpretation; biological evolution; biology and human nature; and the Fall\, original sin and concupiscence. \nPreparatory readings may include excerpts from: \n\n\nModern Physics and Ancient Faith (Stephen M. Barr) \n\n\nThe Believing Scientist (Stephen M. Barr) \n\n\nGalileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion (ed. Ronald L. Numbers) \n\n\nMind and Cosmos (Thomas Nagel) \n\n\nThe Faith of the Early Fathers (William A. Jurgens) \n\n\nConfessions (St. Augustine) \n\n\nCity of God (St. Augustine) \n\n\nOn the Literal Meaning of Genesis (St. Augustine) \n\n\nSumma Contra Gentiles (St. Thomas Aquinas) \n\n\nIn the Beginning (Joseph Ratzinger) \n\n\nCommunion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God (International Theological Commission) \n\n\nThe Blind Watchmaker (Richard Dawkins). \n\n\nCatechism of the Catholic Church \n\n\nAddresses and statements on science and religion by Pope St. John Paul II \n\n\n“Hylomorphism and Human Wholeness:  Perspectives on the Mind-Brain Problem.” (Theology and Science)\,  Michael J. Dodds\, OP\, \n\n“Thomas Aquinas Meets Nim Chimpsky:  On the Debate about Human Nature and the Nature of Other Animals.” (The Aquinas Review)\, Marie I. George\n\nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\n\nThe seminar will take place at Harvard University in Cambridge\, MA. Admitted students will be required to arrange their own travel to and from the seminar. \n\n\nAdmitted students will be granted a stipend of $350 to offset travel costs in addition to having their lodging and meals covered for the duration of the seminar. \n\n\nParticipants will arrive In Cambridge\, MA on Sunday\, July 3 and depart on Saturday\, July 9. The seminar will take place from Monday to Friday\, with a lecture and discussion session each morning and afternoon. \n\n\nParticipants will be required to read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar. \n\n\nIn order to receive the $350 stipend\, students must participate fully in all seminar activities and complete a survey at the end of the seminar. \n\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\n\nOpen to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in STEM fields\, medicine\, the history of science\, philosophy\, theology\, and relevant fields. \n\n\nApplicants must submit an online application\, including details on their course of study\, a statement of interest\, and a letter of recommendation (optional). \n\n\nFor full consideration\, apply by April 15. After April 15\, applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis. \n\n\n15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar. \n\n\nThis seminar is made possible through the support of grant #62372 from the John Templeton Foundation\, “In Lumine: Promoting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide”  \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?  Yes! \nI am currently an undergraduate but have been admitted to a graduate program for the next academic year. Can I still apply? Yes\, please indicate this in the statement of purpose in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply? Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-grad-science-religion-seminar/
LOCATION:Harvard University\, Mount Auburn Street\, Cambridge\, MA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Origen of Alexandria’s On First Principles
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nThis seminar will be a close reading of Origen’s On First Principles\, supplemented by various other texts from his corpus. One of the first systematic presentations of the Christian faith\, On First Principles\, written c. 220\, is also a complex text to engage. While we possess some Greek fragments\, the whole survives only in a much later Latin translation. At the same time\, it is essential to see how the positions that Origen puts forth in this work relate to those we find developed in his biblical exegesis. Accordingly\, we will examine texts from the On First Principles in parallel with selections from his Commentary on John\, Against Celsus\, and his various Old Testament commentaries. \nPresented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. Cosponsored by the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. \nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar sessions will be held at Windle House\, hosted by the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies\, at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto.\nMeals and lodging will be provided.\nParticipants will receive a stipend of up to $350 to offset travel expenses.\nParticipants will arrive at on Sunday\, July 9 and depart on Saturday\, July 16.\nParticipants will be provided with a copy of On First Principles (Oxford University Press\, 2020) and will be expected to read it in preparation for the seminar.\nFifteen applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION  \nThis seminar is open to PhD students in theology\, philosophy\, classics\, and other relevant fields of study. Working knowledge of relevant ancient languages will be helpful\, but not essential. \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and no more than two letter(s) of recommendation.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered\n\n\nTHE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15\, 2022. \nContact us with any questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-origen-seminar/
LOCATION:University of St. Michael’s College\, 81 St. Mary's Street\nToronto\, ON M5S 1J4\, Toronto\, ON
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Newman Forum Summer Institute | Truth\, Beauty\, and Goodness: The Transcendentals in Philosophy and Theology
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URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/newman-forum-summer-institute-truth-beauty-and-goodness-the-transcendentals-in-philosophy-and-theology/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220731T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220805T000000
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nIn this seminar\, students will read\, analyze\, and discern continuities and discontinuities in Catholic social thought from the late 19th century to the present. Lectures\, seminar reports\, and discussion will focus on original sources (encyclicals and other magisterial documents)\, beginning with Rerum novarum (1892) and concluding with Caritas in veritate (2009) and Evangelii Gaudium (2013). This intensive course is multi-disciplinary\, since this tradition of social thought overlaps several disciplines in the contemporary university including political science\, political philosophy\, law\, economics\, theology\, and history. \nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will be held in Berkeley\, CA. \nMeals and lodging will be provided.\nParticipants will receive a stipend of up to $350 to offset travel expenses.\nParticipants will arrive on Saturday\, July 30 and depart on Saturday\, August 6.\nParticipants will be required to read the assigned texts in preparation for the seminar.\nFifteen applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION  \nThis seminar is open to Ph.D. and J.D. students in theology\, philosophy\, law\, social sciences\, and relevant fields of study \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and no more than two letter(s) of recommendation.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered\n\n\nTHE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15\, 2022. \nContact us with any questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-cst-seminar/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220807T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220813T000000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Modern Science and Christian Faith for Undergraduates
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nThe goal of this seminar is to provide students with the background knowledge and conceptual tools necessary to understand and think clearly about the relation of science and faith. This will help them to integrate scientific and theological ways of understanding in their own thinking\, and make it possible for them to help others (including their future colleagues and students) to achieve such integration. The overarching goal is to help develop a cadre of people with a broad and informed understanding of these issues who can be the nucleus from which wider outreach efforts might grow. \nAmong the topics discussed will be the historical relationship of the Church and science; the relation of faith and reason; evidence for God in the existence and order of the cosmos; God and nature; primary and secondary causality; the supernatural and miracles; modern physics and natural theology; creation and providence; the beginning of the universe and modern cosmology; God and time; human origins and human distinctiveness; rationality\, freedom\, and the soul; physicalist reductionism and the human mind; Genesis and scriptural interpretation; biological evolution; biology and human nature; and the Fall\, original sin and concupiscence. \nPreparatory readings will include excerpts from: \n\nModern Physics and Ancient Faith (Stephen M. Barr)\nThe Believing Scientist (Stephen M. Barr)\nThomistic Evolution (Fr. Nicanor Austriaco et al.)\nScience and Belief in a Nuclear Age (Peter E. Hodgson)\nGod’s Mechanics (Br. Guy Consolmagno)\nGod and Reason in the Middle Ages (Edward Grant)\nGalileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion (ed. Ronald L. Numbers)\nMind and Cosmos (Thomas Nagel)\nThe Faith of the Early Fathers (William A. Jurgens)\nConfessions (St. Augustine)\nCity of God (St. Augustine)\nOn the Literal Meaning of Genesis (St. Augustine)\nSumma Contra Gentiles (St. Thomas Aquinas)\nIn the Beginning (Joseph Ratzinger)\naddresses and statements on science and religion by Pope St. John Paul II\nCommunion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God (International Theological Commission)\nsections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. \n\nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will take place at the University of Virginia. Admitted students will be required to arrange their own travel to and from the seminar.\nAdmitted students will be granted a stipend of $350 to offset travel costs in addition to having their lodging and meals covered for the duration of the seminar.\nParticipants will arrive on Sunday\, August 7 and depart on Saturday\, August 13. The seminar will take place from Monday to Friday\, with a lecture and discussion session each morning and afternoon.\nParticipants will be required read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar.\nIn order to receive the $350 stipend\, students must participate fully in all seminar activities and complete a survey at the end of the seminar.\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\nOpen to all undergraduate students\, including those who graduate in 2022 and recent graduates.\nApplicants must submit an online application\, including details on their course of study\, a statement of interest\, and a letter of recommendation.\nFor full consideration\, apply by April 15. After April 15\, applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis.\n15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nThis seminar is made possible through the support of grant #62372 from the John Templeton Foundation\, “In Lumine: Promoting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide” \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nI am a college student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?  Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-undergrad-science-religion-seminar/
LOCATION:University of Virginia\, University of Virginia\, Charlottesville\, VA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220810T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220813T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Two-Day Online Seminar | Galileo: Faith\, Reason\, and the New Science
DESCRIPTION:TWO-DAY ONLINE SEMINAR \nSession 1: Wednesday\, Aug. 10 | 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. \nSession 2: Saturday\, Aug. 13 | 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nThe Lumen Christi Institute has designed this two-day seminar to introduce major themes and debates from the Catholic Church’s history to a wide online audience. It offers the opportunity to read primary sources in the context of a seminar-style discussion\, led by Catholic faculty.   \n*This course requires no advance training nor prior reading and is open to all for participation. All course reading will be provided electronically.  \nWhat happened at the famous Galileo Trial? Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642) remains a hero of early modern science and is considered a ‘father of modern science.’ His work on Copernican theory and his famous trial have won him a place as a champion of reason and science against the apparent forces of irrational power and authoritarianism. But does the Galileo of history match the Galileo of legend? This course will introduce important contexts before examining Galileo’s own views on faith and reason\, the documents and history of Galileo’s later inquisitorial trial\, and finally discussing the ways we might interpret Galileo’s meaning today. \nCOURSE SCHEDULE\nWeek before class begins: \nOnline videos will be available for contextualizing and framing our discussion. \nAnother video will introduce the mechanics of the course\, course expectations and methods. \nWednesday 8/10\, 6:00 pm-7:30pm  \nSession 1: Galileo the Astronomer and Theologian \nSaturday 8/13\, 10:30am-12:00pm  \nSession 2: Galileo and the Inquisition \nSaturday 8/13\, 1:00pm-2:30pm  \nSession 3: Which Galileo? \nClick here to see the full syllabus. \nRegistration | $95 \n\nQuestions | Austin Walker\, awalker@lumenchristi.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-08-galileo-faith-reason-new-science/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220906T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220906T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Synodality Series Session 1 | Synodality in the Ancient Church
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society\, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal\, America Media and the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought. \nAbout the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality\, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit\, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis is inviting the entire Church to reflect on “this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium\,” an important part of the Church’s own process to achieving participation and living out mission. \nAbout Session 1 | “Synodality and the Ancient Church:” a dialogue investigating the synodal way in the early church. Featuring Robin Darling Young (Catholic University of America) and Christopher Bellitto (Kean University)\, moderated by Nathan Tilley (Dumbarton Oaks). \nModerator | Nathan Tilley\, Dumbarton Oaks \n\n\n1st Presenter: Robin Darling Young\, Catholic University of America \n\n\n2nd Presenter: Christopher Bellitto\, Kean University
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-09-synodality-series-session-1-synodality-ancient-church-robin-darling-young-christopher-m-bellitto-nathan-tilley/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220915T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220915T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163938Z
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SUMMARY:Synodality Series Session 2 | Synodality and Medieval Reform
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society\, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal\, Harvard Catholic Forum\, America Media\, the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium Institute. \nAbout the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality\, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit\, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis is inviting the entire Church to reflect on “this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium\,” an important part of the Church’s own process to achieving participation and living out mission. \nAbout Session 1 | A dialogue exploring the connection between conciliarism and synodality cum et sub petro\, featuring Margaret Meserve (Notre Dame) and Rick Serina (Concordia Seminary)\, moderated by Christopher Bellitto (Kean University). \nModerator: Christopher Bellitto\, Kean University \n\n\nMargaret Meserve\, Notre Dame \n\n\nRick Serina\, Concordia Seminary \n\n\nReverend Dr. Richard J. Serina\, Jr. is associate executive director for the Commission on Theology and Church Relations of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and teaches at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis\, MO. He wrote his dissertation on Nicholas of Cusa’s concepts of ecclesiology and reform\, published with EJ Brill in 2016 as Nicholas of Cusa’s Brixen Sermons and Late Medieval Church Reform. He has edited books on Lutheran ecclesiology and Luther’s debate at Leipzig in 1519\, and has written numerous essays on ecclesiology and reform in the late Middle Ages and Reformation\, including “Irreparable Breach or Late-Medieval Reform? Luther’s Address to the Christian Nobility and the Conciliar Reform Tradition\,” which won the 2020 Douglas Murray Prize from Renaissance & Reformation Review. \nMargaret Meserve is Glynn Family Honors Collegiate Professor of History and Director of the Glynn Family Honors Program at the University of Notre Dame. She is a scholar of the Italian Renaissance with a special interest in the history of the papacy. She is the author of Papal Bull: Print\, Politics\, and Propaganda in Renaissance Rome (Johns Hopkins\, 2021)\, which examines how the papacy adopted printing to broadcast news\, information\, propaganda\, and disinformation in Rome in the first decades after Gutenberg. The book was “highly commended” for the DeLong Book History Prize by the Society for the History of Authorship\, Reading\, and Publishing. Meserve has published several other books including a multivolume translation of the autobiographical Commentaries of the Renaissance Pope Pius II. Meserve has won support for her work from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the American Council of Learned Societies\, and the Newberry Library in Chicago. She is also a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. \nChristopher Bellitto is Professor of History at Kean University in New Jersey\, where he teaches courses in ancient and medieval history. A specialist in the Middle Ages\, church history and reform\, he is the author of ten books and over 30 articles and book chapters published in the United States and Europe\, He has twice won grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In Summer 2019\, he was a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch\, New Zealand\, and was Visiting Scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary 2021-2022. Dr. Bellitto also serves as series Editor in Chief of Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition and Academic Editor at Large for Paulist Press. He offers about 30 public lectures each year; is a member of the Public Scholar Speakers Bureau of the NJ Council for the Humanities\, and has taped audio courses for Now You Know Media/Learn 25. A media commentator on church history and contemporary Catholicism\, he appears frequently in print\, on radio\, and television.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-09-synodality-series-session-2-synodality-medieval-reform/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220919T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220919T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Synodality Series Session 3 | Synodality and the Roots of Vatican II
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society\, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal\, Harvard Catholic Forum\, America Media\, the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium Institute. \nAbout the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality\, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit\, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis is inviting the entire Church to reflect on “this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium\,” an important part of the Church’s own process to achieving participation and living out mission. \nAbout Session 3 | A dialogue on the synodality models which emerged from Vatican II\, featuring Shaun Blanchard (National Institute for Newman Studies) and Kristin Colberg (St. John’s School of Theology)\, moderated by Kathy Sprows Cummings (Notre Dame).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-09-synodality-series-session-2-synodality-roots-of-vatican-ii-shaun-blanchard-kristin-colberg-kathleen-sprows-cummings/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220923T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220923T093000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163933Z
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SUMMARY:Renewing Digital Space: Addressing Pope Francis' Concerns and Warnings
DESCRIPTION:Pope Francis has challenged the Church and the world to explore “both the pathologies our digital culture imposes – especially on our young – and investigate how this technology can and has helped people reach their full potential.” \nJoin us for a virtual conversation that will explore the anthropological\, theological\, sociological and legal constructs that are necessary to address these challenges posed by the digital age. \nThis online event is free and open to the public. This event is hosted by CAPP-USA and co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute.  \nSPEAKERS: \nProf. Evelyn Aswad\nThe University of Oklahoma College of Law’s Herman G. Kaiser Chair in International Law and\nDirector\, Center for International Business and Human Rights \nRev. Dorian Llywelyn\, S.J.\nPresident\, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies (IACS) at the University of Southern California \nMODERATOR: \nBrian Boyd\, Ph.D.\nUniversity of Notre Dame \nThe event is hosted by CAPP-USA in partnership with America Media. This event is co-sponsored by the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University\, the Bernardin Center at Catholic Theological Union\, the Boisi Center for Religion & American Public Life at Boston College\, the John J. Reilly Center for Science\, Technology and Values at the University of Notre Dame\, the School of Theology & Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America\, the Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University\, the Lumen Christi Institute\, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies (IACS) at the University of Southern California\, and the Catholic Medical Association.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-09-renewing-digital-space-addressing-pope-francis-concerns-warnings/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221004T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221004T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163920Z
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SUMMARY:Synodality Series Session 4 | Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Christians: Contexts and Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society\, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal\, Harvard Catholic Forum\, America Media\, the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium Institute. \nAbout the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality\, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit\, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis is inviting the entire Church to reflect on “this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium\,” an important part of the Church’s own process to achieving participation and living out mission. \nFor more information about the entire series\, including other upcoming sessions\, visit our series webpage. \nAbout Session 4 | A dialogue featuring Jaisy Joseph (Seattle University) and Cyril Hovorun (Sankt Ignatius Theological Academy)\, moderated by Aristotle Papanikolaou (Fordham University).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-10-synodality-series-session-4-eastern-catholic-orthodox-christians-contexts-dialogue/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221013T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221014T000000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142822Z
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SUMMARY:In Lumine Network Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The In Lumine Network consists of six independent institutes for Catholic Thought located at elite research universities in the United States. Funded by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation\, the In Lumine network aims to advance dialogue between theology\, philosophy\, and the natural and social sciences on the campuses they serve. \nThe founding members of the network include: the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago\, the Nova Forum at the University of Southern California\, the Saint Anselm Institute at the University of Virginia\, COLLIS at Cornell University\,  the Collegium Institute at the University of Pennsylvania\, and the Harvard Catholic Forum at Harvard University. \nThrough the development of the In Lumine Network\, institutes for Catholic thought at secular universities will be better prepared to humbly but confidently remind the academy of the importance of the Catholic intellectual tradition in the centuries-old dialogue between science and faith. By advocating for the complementarity of epistemologies too often cast as opposites\, fruitful and enriching dialogue will certainly result. \nMore information about the In Lumine Network can be found here.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-10-in-lumine-network-meeting/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221015T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221015T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T193656Z
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SUMMARY:Master Class: "Adventures of a Primary Care Theologian" with Fr. Roch Kereszty
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org. Registrants will receive copies of the prepared reading. \nAn Online Master Class with Fr. Roch Kereszty\, O. Cist \nFor over 40 years\, Fr. Roch Kereszty has taught and published in nearly every area of theology—Christology\, ecclesiology\, and interreligious dialogue to name a few. During this master class\, Fr. Kereszty will discuss selected texts from his own work and discuss his life and vocation: a clandestine novice in Communist Hungary\, a student during the years of the Second Vatican Council\, long-time professor at the University of Dallas and form master at Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving. This master class reflects on the work of one theologian\, inviting students and faculty to do the same.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-10-master-class-adventures-of-a-primary-care-theologian-with-fr-roch-kereszty-fr-roch-kereszty-o-cist/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221018T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221018T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142816Z
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SUMMARY:Synodality Series Session 5 | Pope Francis' Vision of a Synodal Church: CELAM and Ignatian Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society\, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal\, Harvard Catholic Forum\, America Media\, the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium Institute. \nAbout the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality\, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit\, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis is inviting the entire Church to reflect on “this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium\,” an important part of the Church’s own process to achieving participation and living out mission. \nFor more information about the entire series\, including other upcoming sessions\, visit our series webpage. \nAbout Session 5 | A dialogue exploring the roots of Pope Francis’s appeal to synodality\, featuring Maria Clara Bingemer (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro) and Austen Ivereigh (Campion Hall\, Oxford University)\, moderated by Peter Casarella (Duke Divinity School).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-10-synodality-series-session-5-pope-francis-vision-of-a-synodal-church-celam-ignatian-tradition-maria-clara-bingemer-austen-ivereigh-peter-j-casarella/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221019T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221019T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T204634Z
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SUMMARY:Magis Lecture | Pro and Con: Does Faith Ignore Reason?
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. \nEvery Sunday\, Christian worshipers profess the Nicene Creed. \nThe Creed formulates and supports our belief in one God\, but there appears to be scant empirical evidence for many of its claims that we acknowledge to be true.  We don’t profess the Creed because we’ve been persuaded by overwhelming evidence. Is it reasonable\, then\, to believe that the Creed’s claims are true? Or does our profession of faith shove our reason into exile?  So says Sam Harris\, a recent “popular atheist\,” who argues that faith is by nature unreasonable. \nBut William James\, the 19th-century American psychologist\, tells another tale. He argues that it can be reasonable to believe some things based on less than compelling evidence. If we don’t\, we risk losing out on vitally important truths that could give us the whole purpose of life. And this risk is far greater than the risk of believing something on scant evidence. \nHere is a vision in which faith and reason\, to work well\, must work together to give life its full meaning. \nABOUT THE MAGIS SERIES \nThe Magis Series on Faith and Reason is a partnership between the Lumen Christi Institute and St. Ignatius College Prep to bring accessible yet sophisticated lectures on the Church’s intellectual tradition to the broad lay public. The event is open to everyone from high school students to retirees. No affiliation with St. Ignatius is needed. Anyone who desires a lively entree into the mind of the Church is welcome and encouraged to attend. \nSCHEDULE \n5:30 PM | Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres \n6:15 PM | Lecture \n7:00 PM | Event concludes
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-10-pro-con-does-faith-ignore-reason/
LOCATION:Saint Ignatius College Prep\, 1076 W Roosevelt Rd\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221020T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221020T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Symposium on "The Future of Christian Art"
DESCRIPTION:Is there a future for Christian Art? Can beauty save a “modern” world? This symposium features a presentation by Fr. Stephen Fields\, SJ (Georgetown) in which he distinguishes between modernity and previous periods of the Western Christian experience and draws upon the work of Hans Urs von Balathasar to argue that Christians must reconceive the meaning of “beauty.” Responses will follow from University of Chicago art historian Karin Krause and Chicago Artist John David Mooney. \nThis event is being supported by funds from the Fr. Paul V. Mankowski\, S.J. Memorial Fund for Jesuit Scholarship. Fr. Paul\, former Jesuit Scholar-in-Residence for the Lumen Christi Institute and trained biblicist\, was also a humanist with wide ranging interests in art and literature. You can learn more about the fund and Fr. Paul’s life and legacy here. \nThis event is free and open to the public. This event is cosponsored by the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. This event will be recorded. Contact us with any questions. \n\nCurrent students and faculty are also invited to a master class with Fr. Fields on Friday\, October 21\, entitled Clashing over Mysticism: Balthasar and Rahner on Bonaventure. For more information and to register\, see the event page.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-04-future-of-christian-art/
LOCATION:Social Sciences\, Room 122\, 1126 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221021T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221021T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Master Class: Clashing over Mysticism: Balthasar and Rahner on Bonaventure
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org. Registrants will receive copies of the prepared reading. \nIn an era of outstanding theologians who made the teachings of Vatican II possible\, Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-88) and Karl Rahner (1904-84) emerge as titans. Both were German speaking: Rahner came from Baden and Balthasar from Switzerland. Rahner died as a Jesuit\, having taught in Innsbruck\, Munich\, and Muenster. Balthasar left the order in mid-life to serve as chaplain to a secular institute in Basel.  Both were prolific writers. Rahner’s chief works are Spirit in the World (1957)\, a study of Aquinas’s theory of knowledge; Hearer of the Word (1941)\, a study in Christian philosophy of religion; Foundations of Christian Faith (1976)\, a systematic theology of Catholicism; and the renowned Theological Investigations (1954- 84)\, sixteen volumes on a wide range of topics. Balthasar produced\, among other works\, a renowned trilogy\, each multi-volumed: The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics (1961-67); Theo-Drama (1973-83); and Theo-Logic (1985-87). I would also mention his influential Theology of Karl Barth (1951). \nAlthough they began their careers as collaborators\, especially in reconceiving nature and grace\, they ended as antagonists over theological method. Our Master Class will peer into their differences by reading their interpretations of the mystical theology of St. Bonaventure\, the thirteen- century Seraphic Doctor. Rahner published his study in 1933 in Revue d’ascétique et de mystique;Balthasar published his in 1961 in the first volume of Glory of the Lord. I will argue that they develop remarkably contrasting views of Bonaventure\, because they hold remarkably contrasting views on a broader issue. It concerns the impact of the act of faith on the human person’s faculties. \nOur two sessions\, each of an hour separated by a break\, will deal first with Rahner’s article\, then with Balthasar’s\, then with the broader issue. \nReadings:\n\n\nBalthasar\, Hans Urs von. “Bonaventure.” In Seeing the Form. Glory of the Lord 2. Trans. Andrew Louth et al. San Francisco: Ignatius\, 1984: 260-362\, at 306-26. Originally as above. \n\n\nRahner\, Karl. “The Doctrine of the ‘Spiritual Senses’ in the Middle Ages.” In Theological Investigations 16. Trans. David Morland\, OSB. New York: Crossroad\, 1983: 104-34. Originally as above. \n\n\nFields\, Stephen. “Balthasar and Rahner on the Spiritual Senses.” Theological Studies 57 (1996): 224-41 (selections). \n\n\nQuestions to Guide the Readings:\n\n\nHow does each thinker see Bonaventure conceiving the relation between soul and body in the human person? \n\n\nHow does each thinker see Bonaventure conceiving the ‘spiritual senses’? \n\n\nAccording to each thinker\, what is the Object of the spiritual senses? \n\n\nAccording to each thinker\, what are the important spiritual senses? Why? \n\n\nHow does each thinker interpret Bonaventure’s mysticism as “learned ignorance”? \n\n\nIn your opinion\, does Rahner’s interpretation obviate Christ? Does Balthasar’s interpretation finally give any importance to mysticism in Christianity?
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-04-master-class-on-clashing-over-mysticism-bathasar-rahner-stephen-fields-sj/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221025T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Synodality in Perspective: Traditions Past and Present
DESCRIPTION:This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society\, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal\, America Media\, St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium Institute.  \nParticipation and Registration | All are invited to participate. To attend\, please register online. Registration links are provided by each session and date below. Each session will be a dialogue with a moderator hosting a conversation between two scholars. \nAbout the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality\, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit\, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis is inviting the entire Church to reflect on “this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium\,” an important part of the Church’s own process to achieving participation and living out mission. \nSome of the questions in this online series include: \n\n\nWhat was the history of synods in the early church? \n\n\nWhat should Catholics expect from the Synod itself next year? \n\n\nWhat synodality models emerged from the Second Vatican Council? \n\n\nWhat are the roots of Pope Francis’ appeal to synodality? \n\n\nWhat can Roman Catholics learn from Eastern Catholic traditions? \n\n\nSCHEDULE \nSession 1. Synodality in the Ancient Church  \nTuesday\, September 6\, 7:00 PM CST  \n  Moderator: Nathan Tilley\, Dumbarton Oaks \n\n\nRobin Darling Young\, Catholic University of America \n\n\nChristopher Bellitto\, Kean University \n\n\nSession 2. Synodality and Medieval Reform \nThursday\, September 15\, 5:00 PM CST \n   Moderator: Christopher Bellitto\, Kean University \n\n\nMargaret Meserve\, Notre Dame \n\n\nRick Serina\, Concordia Seminary \n\n\nSession 3. Synodality and the Roots of Vatican II \nMonday\, September 19\, 5:00 PM CST  \n   Moderator: Kathy Sprows Cummings\, Notre Dame \n\n\nShaun Blanchard\, National Institute for Newman Studies \n\n\nKristin Colberg\, St. John’s School of Theology \n\n\nSession 4. Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Christians: Contexts and Dialogue \nTuesday\, October 4\, 7:00 PM CST  \n   Moderator: Aristotle Papanikolaou\, Fordham University \n\n\nJaisy Joseph\, Villanova University \n\n\nCyril Hovorun\, Sankt Ignatius Theological Academy \n\n\nSession 5. Pope Francis’ Vision of a Synodal Church: CELAM and Ignatian tradition \nTuesday\, October 18\, 4:00 PM CST  \n   Moderator: Peter Casarella\, Duke Divinity School \n\n\nMaria Clara Bingemer\, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro \n\n\nAusten Ivereigh\, Campion Hall\, Oxford University \n\n\nSession 6. The Synod of 2023: Process and Prospects \nTuesday\, October 25\, 12:00 PM CST  \n   Moderator: Peter Casarella\, Duke Divinity School \n\n\nBishop Oscar Cantú (San Jose\, CA) \n\n\nSr. Nathalie Becquart\, XMCJ\, Under-Secretary\, General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-09-synodality-in-perspective-traditions-past-present/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221025T133000
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SUMMARY:Synodality Series Session 6 | The Synod of 2023: Process and Prospects
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society\, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal\, Harvard Catholic Forum\, America Media\, the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium Institute. \nAbout the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality\, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit\, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis is inviting the entire Church to reflect on “this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium\,” an important part of the Church’s own process to achieving participation and living out mission. \nFor more information about the entire series\, including other upcoming sessions\, visit our series webpage. \nAbout Session 6 | A dialogue with Bishop Oscar Cantú (San Jose\, CA) and Sr. Nathalie Becquart\, XMCJ (General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops)\, moderated by Peter Casarella (Duke Divinity School).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-10-synodality-series-session-6-synod-of-2023-process-prospects-bishop-oscar-cantu-peter-j-casarella/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221026T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221030T000000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Society\, Law\, and Virtue: Colloquium in Honor of Russell Hittinger
DESCRIPTION:This is an invite-only colloquium in honor of Russell Hittinger. \nHittinger has articulated many of the deepest Augustinian and Thomistic sources of natural law theory\, given an influential critique of certain trends in contemporary natural law thinking\, and shown how various conceptions of natural law have been embraced or rejected in American political debates since the middle of the twentieth century. Finally\, his most recent work has shown how natural law principles have been integrated into Catholic social teaching since the French Revolution. This discussion will use Hittinger’s writings as a springboard to explore these perennial and timely topics in order to see where the potential for future developments and applications of natural law theory may be found.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-10-society-law-virtue-colloquium-in-honor-of-russell-hittinger/
LOCATION:IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221027T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221027T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T204000Z
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SUMMARY:Symposium on "The Future of Natural Law"
DESCRIPTION:Natural law theory has long been a central tenet of Christian philosophical and theological reflection on the relationship between God\, the moral life\, and society\, and it has played an important historical role in shaping the political life of the United States and many other nations. The topic of natural law has also been the subject of many disputes and disagreements\, both in the contemplative and practical orders. It is therefore important to take stock of this rich and complex history if we are to understand the current state of natural law thinking so as to ascertain what role it may play in the future. \nThis event is the public portion of an invite-only faculty colloquium in honor of Russell Hittinger. Hittinger has articulated many of the deepest Augustinian and Thomistic sources of natural law theory\, given an influential critique of certain trends in contemporary natural law thinking\, and shown how various conceptions of natural law have been embraced or rejected in American political debates since the middle of the twentieth century. Finally\, his most recent work has shown how natural law principles have been integrated into Catholic social teaching since the French Revolution. This discussion will use Hittinger’s writings as a springboard to explore these perennial and timely topics in order to see where the potential for future developments and applications of natural law theory may be found.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-10-symposium-on-future-of-natural-law-kevin-flannery-s-j-john-bowlin-scott-roniger/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, First Floor Common Room\, 1025 E 58th St\,Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221101T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221101T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T193656Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch Discussion: "Are We Falling Back Into Paganism?"
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-11-are-we-falling-back-into-paganism-remi-brague/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221101T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221101T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142748Z
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SUMMARY:The Saints: How They Save Us and We Save Them
DESCRIPTION:This event is in-person only. There is no cost to attend.  Please register by Thursday\, October 27th. \nThe Lumen Christi Institute\, St. Ignatius College Prep\, and The Bollandists Society in Belgium invite you to a special evening with Catherine M. Mooney\, Associate Professor of Church History at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry. \n  \nFor questions\, please reach out to Andrea Lamacki at andrea.lamacki@ignatius.org \nSchedule \nMass | 5:00 in Cuneo Chapel at Saint Ignatius College Prep \nReception | 5:30-6:15pm in the Brunswick Room \nPresentation | 6:15-7:15pm in the Brunswick Room
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-11-saints-how-they-save-us-we-save-them/
LOCATION:Saint Ignatius College Prep\, 1076 W Roosevelt Rd\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221102T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221104T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142745Z
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SUMMARY:The Contribution of Theology to Rationality: a Conference in Honor of Jean-Luc Marion
DESCRIPTION:This event is co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and organized by the Martin Marty Center. For more information about the speakers\, visit https://martycenter.org/events/the-contribution-of-theology-to-rationality \nThis conference is held in honor of Jean-Luc Marion (Andrew Thomas Greeley and Grace McNichols Greeley Professor of Catholic Studies and Professor of the Philosophy of Religions and Theology\, and Professor in Social Thought and Philosophy). It brings together scholars to give lectures that reflect Marion’s past and current interests\, highlight and honor his many contributions\, and outline and define what he has meant for the Chicago tradition of doing theology as a conversation between reason and revelation.\nSchedule\nWednesday \n2:00 – 3:30 PM – Opening session I: Metaphysics and Mysticism \nRemi Brague\, Paris – “Christ as Metaphysician”\nBernard McGinn\, Chicago – “Mystical Knowing and the Limits of Reason” \n3:30 – 4:00 PM – Tea and coffee break \n4:00 – 5:30 PM – Opening session II: Revelation \nSarah Hammerschlag – “Religion of Revelation: Levinas’s Long Escape”\nJoseph Cohen\, Dublin – “Revealing Sacrifice” \nThursday \n9:00 – 10:30 AM – Session I: Givenness and Finitude \nFrançoise Meltzer\, Chicago – “Enigmas of the Gift: the Perspective of Jean-Luc Marion”\nRobert Pippin\, Chicago – “Thought’s Finitude?” \n10:30 – 11:00 AM – Tea and coffee break \n11:00 AM – 12:30 PM – Session II: Reason’s Boundaries \nHent de Vries\, New York – “The Apocalyptic Motif”\nJeff Kosky\, Lexington VA – “A Discipline that is not Scientific” \n2:00 – 4:00 PM – Session III: Confession and Manifestation \nPhilipp Büttgen\, Paris – “On Confessing”\nWillemien Otten\, Chicago – “Pure Nature or Right Reason: Medieval Grace Reconsidered”\nOlivier Boulnois\, Paris – “The Manifestation of Charity” \n4:00 – 4:30 PM – Tea and coffee break \n4:30 – 6:30 PM – Session IV: Decentering Tradition \nThomas Carlson\, Santa Barbara – “Translating Decisions (on the Intentionality of Love)”\nRyan Coyne\, Chicago – “The Center is Everywhere”\nAmy Hollywood\, Cambridge MA – “Where Theology Happens” \n6:30 – 8:30 PM – Reception \nFriday \n9:30 – 11:30 AM – Session I: Revelation and Forms of Practice \nWilliam Schweiker\, Chicago – “Revelation of the Good?”\nHans Joas\, Berlin – “A Pragmatist Understanding of Revelation”\nDwight Hopkins\, Chicago – “Faith Plus Wealth Equals Freedom” \n1:30-4:00 PM: Session II – Insights from the Abrahamic Traditions \nDavid Nirenberg\, Princeton – “Mathematics and Monotheism: Problems of Sameness and Difference in Christianity and Islam”\nMehdi Azaïez\, Louvain-la-Neuve – “D’ailleurs\, le Coran. An Islamicist Reads Jean-Luc Marion’s Concept of Revelation”\nSarah Coakley\, Alexandria VA – “On Christian Revelation and Apophaticism: A Premodern versus Modern Dilemma?” \n4:00 – 4:30 PM – Tea and coffee break \n4:30 – 5:30 PM – Jean-Luc Marion\, Paris/Chicago: Farewell Address \n“The Phenomenality of Revelation: The Parabolic and the Paradoxical”
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-11-contribution-of-theology-to-rationality-a-conference-in-honor-of-jean-luc-marion-jean-luc-marion/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221105T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221105T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Master Class: "The Power of the Sacred" with Hans Joas
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org. All registrants will receive pdfs of the selected readings. The first 15 registrants will receive free copies of The Power of the Sacred. \n\nIn the last twenty or thirty years\, the co-called secularization thesis has lost much of its plausibility. This thesis means more than empirical statements about quantitative developments in the area of religious faith\, practices or institutions. Rather\, it refers to a particular explanation for such developments – namely\, that there is a strong causal connection between societal modernization and the weakening of religion – in such a way that economic growth\, rising prosperity and scientific and technological progress increasingly displace religion with inner necessity and ultimately make it superfluous. But if modernization and secularization do not form an indissoluble combination\, then the assumptions about the prehistory of modern European secularization are also shaken\, especially the most influential of them\, namely the narrative\, going back to the famous sociologist Max Weber\, of a process of disenchantment that had already begun with the Old Testament prophets and made the Christian or the Jewish-Christian tradition appear as a step toward secularization. \nIn this master class the precise meaning of the concept of disenchantment and the contours of an alternative to this suggestive and highly influential narrative of modernization and modernity will be discussed. \nThis program is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation.  \nREQUIRED READING: \nHans Joas\, The Power of the Sacred\, Introduction\, pp. 1-9\, 110-153\, 234-273.\nRecommended reading: pp. 88-110.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-11-master-class-on-power-of-sacred-with-hans-joas-hans-joas/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221105T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221105T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T164252Z
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SUMMARY:Your Mind Is Not A Computer\, and God is Not Nice: Learning How To Think About God and Why
DESCRIPTION:An online interview for high-school students and teachers. \nWhat happens when I think? What makes for good thinking? Can I discover “truth\,” and how would I know when I found it? How should I think about God? What is He like and how would my life change if I knew? \nTo help answer these and other questions\, the Newman Forum invites Prof. Ulrich Lehner (University of Notre Dame) to discuss his recent books Think Better: Unlocking the Power of Reason and God is Not Nice: Rejecting Pop Culture Theology and Discovering the God Worth Living For. \nThe interview will be held online via Zoom on Saturday\, November 5th from 1pm to 2pm\, followed by an audience Q&A.  This event is free and open to current high school students and teachers. Other interested parties may contact Austin Walker at awalker@lumenchristi.org. More information can be found on the Newman Forum website.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-11-your-mind-is-not-a-computer-god-is-not-nice-learning-how-to-think-about-god-why-ulrich-l-lehner/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221110T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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SUMMARY:Superheroes\, the Void\, and Utopia: Reading Alan Moore's Watchmen at the End of Days
DESCRIPTION: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. Copies of Watchmen will be provided to all participants.  \nWho watches the Watchmen? The President of the United States is a septuagenarian nervously forced to confront an increasingly reactive Russia. Our technology has outstripped our power to control or even cope with it. Environmental collapse is right around the corner. Paranoia\, dread\, and hopelessness hover over all. \nThe year\, of course\, is 1985\, and the American president is…Richard Nixon? And\, oh yes\, there are superheroes. \nIn this reading group we will study Watchmen\, one of the greatest works of graphic fiction of all time. In the world of Watchmen we meet Rorschach\, a psychotic vigilante who terrorizes criminals and terrifies just about everyone else; the Comedian\, a nihilistic one-man dirty-tricks operation in the employ of the U.S. government\, the god-like Dr. Manhattan\, who holds America’s nuclear deterrence (and the fate of the world) in in his once-human hands; and the retired masked adventurer and peak of human perfection Ozymandias. \nWatchmen\, however\, is more than just evocative names and larger-than-life characters. In the face of nuclear annihilation\, with our very survival as a species at stake\, Watchmen demands that we take a step back and both ask and answer the question: “Who Watches the Watchmen?” \nThis event is part of Lumen Christi’s Fundamental Questions series\, a quarterly reading group designed for undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. By fostering intellectually rigorous conversation around culturally resonant texts\, we aim to allow students to experience the force of the deep existential concerns which animate our lives: “Where do my values come from? What is the good life? How can I become happy?” Our aim is not to answer such fundamental questions\, but rather to equip students with the intellectual skills needed to recognize and articulate them for themselves. \nThis fundamental questions seminar meets three times during the quarter. For each session\, we will meet and discuss over dinner.  Dinner is served at 6:00pm. Discussion begins at 6:15. \nSCHEDULE \n6:00 PM Dinner | 6:15 PM Discussion \nWeek 3 : Thursday\, October 13 (required reading: Chapters 1-4 of Watchmen) \nWeek 5 : Thursday\, October 27 (required reading: Chapters 5-8 of Watchmen) \nWeek 7 : Thursday\, November 10 (required reading: Chapters 9-12 of Watchmen)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-10-fall-2022-fundamental-questions-series-superheroes-politics-void-reading-alan-moores-watchmen-at-end-of-days/
LOCATION:5554 S. Woodlawn Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221112T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221112T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T193509Z
UID:10000156-1668250800-1668250800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Faith and Scholarship Integration Seminar
DESCRIPTION:  \nOpen only to current graduate students. Registration required. To register\, contact Fr. Peter Bernardi\, SJ\, at bernardisj@gmail.com.  \nThe Lumen Christi Institute will host periodic “integration seminars” at its newly acquired Woodlawn Residence.  These seminars will promote discussion and reflection on how to relate one’s Catholic faith to one’s scholarship.  Each seminar will feature a Catholic scholar sharing how she or he relates their Catholic faith to their field of research.  These scholars will be drawn from a variety of fields: social and natural sciences\, philosophy\, history\, etc.  This sharing is intended to animate discussion among the participating students.   \nParticipation is by invitation only.  To enable discussion\, the number of students will be limited to 10-12; the applications of doctoral and post-doc students will be given priority. It is not necessary to commit to attending every seminar. If you are a graduate student serious about your Catholic faith and your scholarly discipline and would like to participate in these seminars\, contact Fr. Pete Bernardi at: “bernardisj@gmail.com”  \n  \nThe first integration seminar is scheduled for Saturday\, Nov. 12\, 10am-12pm\, at the Lumen Christi Woodlawn Residence.   Dr. Peter Tierney will ‘prime the pump’ by sharing how he integrates his Catholic faith with his area of scholarly expertise: paleontology. Peter’s sharing will open up a discussion among the participating students.  Besides the four residential doctoral students\, a small number of non-residential graduate students have been invited to participate. \nCoffee and pastries will be available\, starting at 9:45. For those who can stay beyond noon\, lunch will be offered. \n  \nIf you have any questions\, contact Fr. Pete Bernardi at: “bernardisj@gmail.com”
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-11-integration-seminar/
LOCATION:5554 S. Woodlawn Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221115T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142731Z
UID:10000155-1668538800-1668538800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Gold Mass for Scientists
DESCRIPTION:The Lumen Christi Institute is glad to cosponsor a Gold Mass for the Chicago region\, organized by the regional chapter of the Society of Catholic Scientists.\nMass will be held at 6:00 PM CST on Tuesday\, Nov 15\, in the Kindlon Chapel (4th floor of Kindlon Hall) at the Benedictine University Lisle campus (5700 College Road\, Lisle\, Illinois). The celebrant will be Fr. Andrew Buchanan from St. Mary’s Church in West Chicago. \nAfter the Mass there will be a brief reception. At 7:15 PM.  Dr. Suzen Moeller\, Professor of Health Sciences at North Park University\, will give a talk entitled “We Are What We Eat: Faith\, Reason\, and the Thirst for Meaning.” All are welcome at the Gold Mass and the talk. \nThe Mass and talk will also be streamed on Zoom at https://benu.zoom.us/s/81627216656. \nFor more information\, please reach out to Professor Matthew Wiesner at mwiesner@ben.edu. \n— \nWhat is a Gold Mass? \nGold Masses for scientists are usually votive Masses in honor of St. Albert the Great (patron saint of natural science)\, whose feast day falls on November 15.  Gold masses follow in the tradition of special Masses for members of particular professions. The oldest\, the Red Mass for lawyers and lawmakers\, was introduced in the 13th century. The first White Mass for health care professionals and Blue Mass for law enforcement personnel were begun in the 1930s. By promoting Gold Masses for Scientists around the world\, SCS hopes to create spiritual fellowship among Catholic scientists\, science educators and science students at the local level.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-11-gold-mass-for-scientists/
LOCATION:Kindlon Chapel – Benedictine University\, 4th Foor\nKindlon Hall\n5794 College Rd\, Lisle\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221115T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T162746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142728Z
UID:10000154-1668538800-1668546000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Fall Noncredit Course | Modern Mystics Oct. 4 - Nov. 15
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, Oct. 4 – Nov. 15\n6:00pm: Dinner\n6:30pm: Presentation \nIntended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. \nRegistrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. \n“The devout Christian of the future will either be a ‘mystic’ – one who has ‘experienced’ something  – or he will cease to be anything at all”  \n                    – Karl Rahner\, Theological Investigations VII \nWho is the modern mystic? The study of the history of mysticism\, pioneered by scholars like Bernard McGinn\, has helped uncover the theological genius of writers and thinkers within the tradition of Christianity who fall outside of the neat parameters of systematic theology. Is the mystic in the modern world different from mystics of previous generations? In this no-prep required non-credit course\, professors like Bernard McGinn\, Anne Astell\, and others will introduce participants to modern mystics from both within and beyond the Catholic tradition\, addressing Therese of Lisieux\, Thomas Merton\, Simone Weil\, Gustavo Gutierrez\, Edith Stein\, and Howard Thurman. \nSCHEDULE \n6:00 PM Dinner | 6:30 PM Lecture \nOctober 4 | Modern Mystics\, Intro (Bernard McGinn\, University of Chicago) \nOctober 11 | Therese of Lisieux (Bernard McGinn\, University of Chicago) \nOctober 18 | Simone Weil (Ann Astell\, Notre Dame) \nOctober 25 | Gustavo Gutierrez (Raul Zegarra\, University of Chicago) \nNovermber 1 | Edith Stein (Peter Bernardi\, Lumen Christi Institute) \nNovember 8 | Thomas Merton (Bernard McGinn\, University of Chicago) \nNovember 15 | Howard Thurman (Maurice Charles\, University of Chicago)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-10-fall-noncredit-course-modern-mysticism-oct-4-nov-15/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221116T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221116T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T162745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T204543Z
UID:10000153-1668621600-1668621600@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Gregor Mendel at his Bicentennial: Highlights of his Life and Legacy
DESCRIPTION:As we celebrate the bicentennial of Gregor Mendel’s birth\, a few highlights of his life and legacy illustrate the breadth of his contributions and his genius. Born into poverty\, he excelled in education in his youth. He entered the St. Thomas Monastery as an Augustinian friar where he joined an extraordinary community of scholars. At the University of Vienna\, he studied with some of the world’s finest scientists\, especially in mathematics\, physics\, botany\, and evolution\, and published his first research papers there. His famous experiments led him to an enduring theory that is more expansive than often portrayed. As Darwin’s contemporary\, his annotations in Darwin’s books and Darwinian comments in letters reveal much about his understanding of the role of hybridization in evolution. He was elected as prelate and abbot of the St. Thomas Monastery in 1868\, honorably serving in this role until his death in 1884. The neglect and rediscovery of his theory constitute one of the most intriguing stories in the history of science. At the bicentennial of his birth\, his theory endures essentially unchanged as the foundation of genetics. \nThis event is free and open to the public. This event is co-sponsored by the Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine and the Seminary Co-op Bookstore\, which will have copies of Professor Fairbanks’ book on-site for purchase. This program is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. Questions can be directed to info@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-11-gregor-mendel-at-his-bicentennial-highlights-of-his-life-legacy-daniel-j-fairbanks/
LOCATION:Social Sciences 201\, 1126 E 59th St\, Chicago\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221118T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221120T010000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T162744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142721Z
UID:10000152-1668733200-1668906000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Schola Antiqua Presents "Dante 360" at the Athenaeum
DESCRIPTION:Join scholar Elizabeth Lev and Lumen Christi’s resident ensemble Schola Antiqua at the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture for a journey through the Divine Comedy\, from Inferno to Paradiso. Featuring art historian\, Elizabeth Lev\, this event will explore the significance of the world’s most famous epic poem and its author\, the illustrious Dante Alighieri. Experience the depth and complexity of Dante’s vision through a series of recitations\, displays of visual art\, and music provided by the vocal ensemble Schola Antiqua\, which carry the soul alongside the pilgrim in his ascent to Paradise. \nTo find out more and purchase tickets\, visit https://athenaeumcenter.org/events/2022/dante-360/ \nShowtimes:\nNovember 18 | 7:00 PM \nNovember 19 | 7:00 PM \nNovember 20 | 3:00 PM
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-11-schola-antiqua-presents-dante-360-at-athenaeum-schola-antiqua-of-chicago-elizabeth-lev/
LOCATION:Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture\, 2936 N Southport Ave\nChicago\, IL 60657\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221203T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221203T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T162743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T194832Z
UID:10000151-1670090400-1670090400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Society of Catholic Scientist Advent/Christmas Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Members of the Society of Catholic Scientists and science students\, faculty\, and staff are invited to an Advent celebration with the Lumen Christi Institute and the Chicago chapter of the Society of Catholic Scientists. This is a family-friendly event\, with food and drink on offer\, and a supervised room for kids to work on holiday crafts. Come share some holiday cheer and meet other Catholic scientists. \nRegistration is required. Questions can be directed to Peter Tierney at ptierney@lumenchristi.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-12-society-of-catholic-scientist-advent-christmas-celebration/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221210T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T162742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142638Z
UID:10000150-1670439600-1670686200@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Online Seminar | St. Francis of Assisi in the Footsteps of Christ
DESCRIPTION:The Lumen Christi Institute has designed this two-day seminar to introduce major themes and debates from the Catholic Church’s history to a wide online audience. It offers the opportunity to read primary sources in the context of a seminar-style discussion\, led by Catholic faculty.   \nSt Francis of Assisi was a ‘little poor man’ who casts a long shadow. His way of life\, sayings\, and adventures have inspired many and given rise to many interpretations of who Francis was. The myriad interpretations of St Francis gives rise to many questions: What motivated him? Why did he embrace poverty\, service\, and humility? What goals did he seek? This course will highlight St Francis’ relationship to the model and person of Christ\, including Francis’ direct obedience\, following the “footsteps” of Christ\, a special devotion to the Eucharist\, and even the celebration of Christmas. St Francis’ own words and the earliest account about him offer a window into these major themes and ideas. \nPreparatory materials will frame St Francis in the larger history of spiritual renunciation and poverty and his more immediate context in the twelfth-century reforms. The three sessions of the course will prioritize discussion of our readings in the tradition of Great Books style discussion. The sessions organize the many facets surrounding St Francis according to topics\, such as Living Poverty or Love of Nature. \n  \nSCHEDULE \nSession 1: Wednesday\, December 7 | 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. CST \nSession 2: Saturday\, December 10 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CST \nSession 3: Saturday\, December 10 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CST \nCOURSE DETAILS \nPreparation for the Course \nIn the great tradition of Great Books reading and Socratic discussion\, this online course prioritizes close engagement with the primary sources for St Francis’ life and thought. Online sessions will be most productive for all when students devote significant time to preparing for the course\, especially reading and annotating the texts in advance. \nPreparatory materials for the course include: \n\nReading Instructions on Topics (see Sessions and Topics below)\nVideo on Mechanics of Course\n2 Introductory Videos on Monastic\, Spiritual Tradition\, and on Italian\, economic\, and cultural contexts\nReadings taken from Francis of Assisi and pdfs\n\nSession 1: Wednesday\, December 7\, 6-7:30pm Central Standard Time \n\nEarly Life and Conversion\nEarly Followers and Papal Approval\n\nSession 2: Saturday\, December 10\, 10:30am-12:00pm Central Standard Time \n\nThe Footsteps of Christ\nLiving Poverty\nHumility and Service\n\nSession 3: Saturday\, December 10\, 1:30pm-3:00pm Central Standard Time \n\nLove of Nature\nChrist in Creation\n\nNOTE: Course Schedule and precise readings are liable to changes.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-12-two-day-online-seminar-st-francis-of-assisi-in-footsteps-of-christ-robert-porwoll/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230109T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T162740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142635Z
UID:10000149-1673272800-1673276400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Ancient Heresies and Why They Matter Today
DESCRIPTION:Intended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact m.lechevallier@lumenchristi.org. \nStudents may assume that studying heresy is the work of apologetics or the work of ancient historians. But heresies played a pivotal role in helping shape the Catholic Church. Further\, certain heresies are recurrent.\nJoin for this lunchtime discussion on Ancient Heresies and why they matter today.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-01-ancient-heresies-and-why-they-matter-today-peter-bernardi-sj/
LOCATION:Calvert House\, 5735 S University Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230109T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142632Z
UID:10000148-1673272800-1673276400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Ancient Heresies and Why They Matter Today
DESCRIPTION:Intended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact m.lechevallier@lumenchristi.org. \nStudents may assume that studying heresy is the work of apologetics or the work of ancient historians. But heresies played a pivotal role in helping shape the Catholic Church. Further\, certain heresies are recurrent.\nJoin for this lunchtime discussion on Ancient Heresies and why they matter today.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-01-ancient-heresies-and-why-they-matter-today-peter-bernardi-sj-2/
LOCATION:IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230109T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T163906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142630Z
UID:10000147-1673272800-1673276400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Ancient Heresies and Why They Matter Today
DESCRIPTION:Intended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact m.lechevallier@lumenchristi.org. \nStudents may assume that studying heresy is the work of apologetics or the work of ancient historians. But heresies played a pivotal role in helping shape the Catholic Church. Further\, certain heresies are recurrent.\nJoin for this lunchtime discussion on Ancient Heresies and why they matter today.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-01-ancient-heresies-and-why-they-matter-today-peter-bernardi-sj-3/
LOCATION:IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230109T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T164614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142627Z
UID:10000146-1673272800-1673276400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Ancient Heresies and Why They Matter Today
DESCRIPTION:Intended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact m.lechevallier@lumenchristi.org. \nStudents may assume that studying heresy is the work of apologetics or the work of ancient historians. But heresies played a pivotal role in helping shape the Catholic Church. Further\, certain heresies are recurrent.\nJoin for this lunchtime discussion on Ancient Heresies and why they matter today.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-01-ancient-heresies-and-why-they-matter-today-peter-bernardi-sj-4/
LOCATION:IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230119T191500
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T162739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T142624Z
UID:10000145-1674151200-1674155700@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:The Atomic Bomb and the Technological Imperative
DESCRIPTION:How has technology taken on a life of its own\, determining human behavior\, thought\, and actions in unintended and unexpected ways?  Using the development and use of the first atomic bombs as a defining case study\, this lecture reflects on the technological momentum that helped to usher in the nuclear age and that remains a defining and determinative feature of modern society. \nThis event is free and open to the public. It is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. Questions can be directed to info@lumenchristi.org. \n— \nStudents and faculty are also invited to join us Friday\, January 20 at 2PM for a master class on Hope\, Suffering and the Atom Bomb with Professor Nolan. Readings will be provided to all registrants. See our event page for more detail.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-01-frankenstein-problem-are-there-technologies-that-shouldnt-be-built/
LOCATION:Social Sciences 201\, 1126 E 59th St\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230120T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230120T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T162738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T194408Z
UID:10000144-1674226800-1674234000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Master Class on "Hope\, Suffering\, and the Atom Bomb"
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org. All registrants will receive pdfs of the selected readings\, which should be read in advance of the class. This event is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation \nFollowing the August 9\, 1945 dropping of the second atomic bomb ever used in a military conflict\, residents of Nagasaki responded in a unique and surprising way to the vast destruction visited upon their city. As reflected in the writings of Nagasaki radiologist Takashi Nagai\, the community emphasized peace and forgiveness\, rather than rage\, retribution\, and political activism. This class will use the example of Nagasaki to consider theologically informed perspectives on the meaning of suffering. \nREADINGS\nNagai\, Takashi. Selections from The Bells of Nagasaki. Kodashana America Inc\, 1994. \nJohn Paul II. Salvifici Doloris. Dicastery of Communication – Vatican Library\, 1984. \nJohn Paul II. Appeal for Peace at Hiroshima. February 5\, 1981. \n— \nImage of Takashi Nagai. Creative Commons
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-01-hope-suffering-atom-bomb-james-nolan/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230121T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230121T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20260320T160226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T160226Z
UID:10001915-1674291600-1674311400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Winter Newman Forum Conference for High School Students: Science\, Science Fiction\, and God
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/winter-newman-forum-conference-for-high-school-students-science-science-fiction-and-god/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230126T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230126T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T162713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T204729Z
UID:10000143-1674756000-1674761400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Aristotle's Great-Souled Man in Jane Austen\, Fyodor Dostoyevsky\, and Saint Augustine
DESCRIPTION:This event was co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Program in Religious Studies at the University of Chicago.  \nAugustine famous referred to the classical virtues as “splendid vices”. Although he stood in the tradition that valued virtue\, he was concerned that the pursuit of greatness through the life of virtue – a theme dating back to Aristotle’s ideal of the Great-Souled Man – could actually breed a sense of self-righteousness. Yet there is much to the Aristotelian ideal. The pursuit of greatness in the service of God seems preferable to complacent mediocrity that sadly characterizes so much of our life. This lecture\, focusing on Dostoyevsky and Austen\, seeks to discover the danger of the pursuit of greatness while examining how the category of “greatness” might be reconceived in Christian terms.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-01-aristotles-great-souled-man-in-jane-austen-fyodor-dostoyevsky-saint-augustine-j-warren-smith/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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SUMMARY:Master Class on “The Myth of Unconditional Love: Augustine on the Love of God\, Neighbor\, and Self”
DESCRIPTION:Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org. All registrants will receive pdfs of the selected readings\, which should be read in advance of the class. An optional wine and cheese reception will follow.  \nFollowing Kant’s insistence that individuals must be treated as ends in themselves and not means to something else\, Hannah Arendt objected that Augustine’s subordination of the love of people to the love of God did not allow a true love of one’s neighbor. Citing his distinction between love as enjoyment (frui)\, which alone applied to God\, and love as use (uti)\, which was the proper love of neighbor\, she argued that\, for Augustine\, the love of neighbor was merely a means to attain salvation for oneself. Is Augustine guilty of instrumentalizing the love of neighbors? In his system\, are individuals treated merely as objects of charity by which\, like rungs on a ladder\, the Christian ascends in virtue and merit to God? Can his absolute prioritization of the love of God as the condition for loving one’s neighbor still allow for love of the neighbor that genuinely appreciates persons as individuals? \nReadings:\nArendt\, Hannah. Love and Saint Augustine. Eds. Joanna Scott and Judith Stark. Chicago: University of Chicago Press\, 1996. Pp. 36-44. \nAugustine of Hippo. On True Religion 1\,1-3\,5; 11\,21-12\,25; 20\,38-24\,45; 32\,59-40\,76; 46\,86-54\,106. Trans. Edmund Hill. The Works of Saint Augustine A Translation for the 21st Century. Hyde Park\, NY: New City Press\, 1990. \nAugustine of Hippo. Confessions IX.viii (17) – xiii (37). Trans. Henry Chadwick. Oxford: Oxford University Press\, 1991. \nSchedule:\n2:00-3:20 | Session 1 \n3:20-3:40 | Break \n3:40-5:00 | Session 2 \n5:00-5:30 | Reception
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-01-master-class-on-myth-of-unconditional-love-augustine-on-love-of-god-neighbor-self/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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