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Faith and Science at Notre Dame: Fr. John Zahm, Evolution, and the Catholic Church

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

The Reverend John Augustine Zahm, CSC, (1851--1921) was a Holy Cross priest, an author, a South American explorer, and a science professor and vice president at the University of Notre Dame, the latter at the age of twenty-five. Through his scientific writings, Zahm argued that Roman Catholicism was fully compatible with an evolutionary view of […]

WEBINAR: Is Hell Real? Is it Crowded? Accounts of the Afterlife in the Christian Tradition

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. You have two sections to choose from: 1:00pm-2:00pm 3:30pm-4:30pm Is Hitler in Hell? Is Judas? Is everyone saved? Why would a merciful God allow humans to suffer eternal damnation? In […]

WEBINAR: The Wisdom of Enclosure in Julian of Norwich’s Showings

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Julian of Norwich (d. ca. 1416) was a widely respected and sought-out English thinker and spiritual counsellor. She lived as an anchorite, enclosed in a cell attached to a church in Norwich, Julian’s Showings are a book of spiritual visions that emerged from her life of prayer and that wrestle with the profound theological mysteries […]

WEBINAR: Apocalypticism in Times of Crisis

Cosponsored by America Media, the Saint Benedict Institute, the Nova Forum, the Collegium Institute, the Beatrice Institute, the Institute for Faith and Culture, the Harvard Catholic Center, Saint Paul's University Catholic Center, and the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Plague, political turmoil, famine—throughout Christian history, local […]

WEBINAR: St. Bonaventure

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Bonaventure (d. 1274) was a pivotal figure whose complex responded effectively to the challenges of his day and inspired both theological and philosophical thought up to the present day. As a contemporary of fellow mendicant St Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure also taught at the University of Paris and formulated an original approach to the new Aristotelian […]

WEBINAR: Q&A Session on An Inside Look in Times of Crisis: The 2008 Financial Collapse and the 2020 Pandemic

You can view Scott's presentation here. A link to the Zoom Q&A session will be sent via email to those who register. Cosponsored by Catholics at Booth and Catholics at Kellogg. Open to students, faculty, and alumni of Booth School of Business and the Kellogg School of Management. Registration is required. Scott Freidheim spoke in November 2018 for Catholics […]

Reason and Wisdom in Medieval Christian Thought

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

Due to restrictions put in place in response to the spread of COVID-19, our major spring events have been postponed. We are likely unable to host this non-credit course at this time. Stay tuned for updates as we explore our options concrning web-enabled communications. REGISTER HERE 6:00 Dinner | 6:30 Lecture Tuesdays, April 7 - May […]

WEBINAR: On Meister Eckhart

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Meister Eckhart (d. ca. 1328) was a famous and popular German mystical writer and preacher. After formal theological training in the University of Paris, following the footsteps of Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure, Eckhart charted a distinctive mystical dialectical theological in his writings and sermons and drew theological controversy. His thought became an inspiration for a […]

WEBINAR: Nicholas of Cusa

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For the final installment of our Spring 2020 lecture series on "Reason and Wisdom in Medieval Christian Thought," Professor David Albertson leads us in exploring the work of German philosopher, theologian, astronomer, and mystic, Nicholas of Cusa. Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464) was a great late medieval, early modern thinker and polymath who digested the medieval theological and […]

WEBINAR: Christians in Times of Catastrophe: Augustine’s “City of God”

Cosponsored by America Media, the Collegium Institute, the Saint Benedict Institute, the Beatrice Institute, the Nova Forum, the Harvard Catholic Center, the Institute for Faith and Culture, and the Sacred and Profane Love podcast. Augustine of Hippo's City of God is one of the great theological books of the Christian tradition, laying out a vision of the Church and […]

WEBINAR: Becoming Human: Evolution, Science, and the Soul

Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum, in cooperation with the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, and the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations Office. Open to current high school students. High school teachers and youth ministers are welcome to attend, and are encouraged to bring groups. Group leaders are now able to register […]