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Is it Rational to Believe in Miracles? A Discussion of David Hume’s Argument Against Believing in Miracles

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

Can one be rational and also believe in miracles? The philosophers of the Enlightenment held that it was impossible for the laws of nature to allow such ruptures: to believe in miracles was to be de-facto irrational.  Voltaire said that a miracle was a "contradiction in terms," and Thomas Jefferson famously cut all the miracles […]

Winter Non-Credit Course, “Saint Paul: The Life and Letters of the Apostle to the Nations”

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

6:00 Dinner | 6:30 Lecture This 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. Who was Paul and what was his 'good news'? What does he mean by faith or […]

American Catholic Contours and Detours in a Fifty-Percent Hispanic/Latino Church

Social Sciences, Room 122 1126 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Free and Open to the Public The familiar expression “American Catholicism” often evokes mainly the presence and heritage of Euro-American Catholics and how this group defines religion, culture and politics in our nation. Though narrow and de facto blind to the contributions of many other groups that have been central to defining the American Catholic […]

The Nature of Evil: Satan, Hell, and the Rite of Exorcism in the Catholic Church.

Link to the event: https://zoom.us/j/393866028 The conversation will start promptly at 12 pm today. The Lumen Christi Institute is sponsoring a moderated dialogue, organized by our partners at Catholics at Booth, on “The Nature of Evil: Satan, Hell, and the Rite of Exorcism in the Catholic Church,”  with Msgr.  Jeffrey S, Grob, J.C.D/Ph.D, an expert in the Rite […]

Grad Movie Night @ Doc Films: A Hidden Life

Ida Noyes Hall, Max Palevsky Cinema 1212 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE, through CSA Grad The Lumen Christi Institute and the Catholic Student Association for Graduate and Professional Students are hosting a trip to Doc Films to see Terrence Malick's new film A Hidden Life. The film tells the story of Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector who refused to fight for the Nazis in […]

WEBINAR: Young Catholic Professionals Great Books Seminar on Shakespeare

REGISTER HERE YCP membership is not required to register for the seminar. The Lumen Christi Institute is proud to partner with the Chicago chapter of Young Catholic Professionals (YCP) for the second year in a row. The 2020 Lumen Christi Institute - Young Catholic Professionals Great Books Seminar is an adult educational initiative aimed at […]

CANCELED: A Report from the German Synod

University of Chicago–TBA N/A, Hyde Park, IL

Due to restrictions put in place in response to the spread of COVID-19, this event has been postponed. We look forward to scheduling similar programming in the future.

WEBINAR: How NOT to Get Away with Murder

Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students. This event was made possible by a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. We've run this event in-person, but now we're bringing it to you online! When you register, you will be sent a Zoom link to follow at the […]

WEBINAR: Gregory the Great on Reading Scripture for Wisdom

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

This event is free and open to the public. Online registration is required. Registrants will receive an email witha link to join the webinar on Zoom. How can scripture guide our search for wisdom? Bernard McGinn, professor emeritus in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, begins our webinar series on Reason and Wisdom in Medieval […]