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The Life and Legacy of Saint Oscar Romero

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

Listen to the address as a podcast episode. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page, iTunes channel, Stitcher, TuneIn, ListenNotes, Podbean, Pocket Casts, and Google Play Music. To view photos of the talk, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. Join us for a […]

Symposium on “Revolutionary Saint: The Theological Legacy of Oscar Romero”

Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture 1025 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Cosponsored by the Theology Club at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Orbis Books. This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. Join us for a symposium of the recent book Revolutionary Saint: The Theological Legacy of Óscar Romero (Orbis Books, 2018) by Michael Lee. Copies of […]

On Bones and Genomes: What Can Science Tell Us About Being Human?

Kent Hall, Room 107 1020 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

To view photos of the conversation, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. Free and open to the public. Part of the Lumen Christi Institute's "Science and Religion: A Dialogue of Cultures" project generously supported by the John Templeton Foundation. Presented by the Veritas Forum at the University of Chicago, the Martin Marty Center, Cana, Cru, the […]

The Legacy of Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 28th Floor 155 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, Downtown, IL

Listen to the panel discussion as a podcast episode. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page, iTunes channel, Stitcher, TuneIn, ListenNotes, Podbean, Pocket Casts, and Google Play Music. To view photos of the discussion, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. To read the National Catholic Reporter's coverage of the event, click here. A reception and panel discussion on the occasion […]

The Hope of Exodus in Black Theology

Swift Hall, First Floor Common Room 1025 E 58th St,Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Listen to the panel discussion as a podcast episode. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page, iTunes channel, Stitcher, TuneIn, ListenNotes, Podbean, Pocket Casts, and Google Play Music. To view photos of the lecture, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. To listen to Prevot's podcast interview with the Archdiocese of Chicago's Black Catholic Initiative podcast hosted by Deacon John […]

Hans Urs von Balthasar on Mystical Theology and “The Metaphysics of the Saints”

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

To view photos of the master class, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. Open to current students and faculty. Copies of the readings will be provided for registrants. Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988) was one of the most prolific and controversial Catholic theologians of the twentieth century. Responses to his work have ranged from the effusive […]

What is Contemplation? Reflections of a Monk

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

6:30pm Dinner | 7:00pm Discussion Open to current students and faculty. Dinner will be served. Cosponsored by Calvert House and the Catholic Students Association. Made possible by a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. From mindfulness while brushing one’s teeth, to Yoga at Rockefeller, to new meditation apps, there is a renewed interest today […]

“The Spirit of the Liturgy” at the Monastery of the Holy Cross

The Monastery of the Holy Cross 3111 South Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60608, Chicago, IL

Transportation will be provided from Hyde Park. Open to current university students and faculty. Cosponsored by Calvert House. Join us for an edifying evening of prayer, dinner, and conversation with Benedictine monks at the Monastery of the Holy Cross on the south side of Chicago. Attendees will participate in prayer of the Divine Office (Vespers […]

Notre Dame de Paris : Devastation and Reconstruction

Alliance Française de Chicago 54 West Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60610, Downtown

To watch the video of the discussion, visit the Alliance Française's Facebook page here (first half) and here (second half). To view photos of the discussion, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. Organized by the Lumen Christi Institute with co-sponsor and host the Alliance Française de Chicago. Free for Alliance Française members/ $10 for non-members. Notre Dame […]

Weekly Non-Credit Course: “The Prophets and Christian Prayer”

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

REGISTER HERE 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. In its broadest sense, biblical prophecy—in both the Old and New Testaments—includes the activities […]

Symposium on “The Cross: History, Art, and Controversy”

Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture 1025 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Listen to the symposium as a podcast episode. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page, iTunes channel, Stitcher, TuneIn, ListenNotes, Podbean, Pocket Casts, and Google Play Music. To view photos of the symposium, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. Cosponsored by the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion, the Medieval Studies Workshop, the Early Christian Studies […]

Humanistic Liberal Arts Education, the University, and the Catholic Tradition: from the Age of Van Doren and Hutchins to Today

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

Open to current students and faculty a colloquium discussion with an introductory presentation by Professor F. Russell Hittinger, William K. Warren Professor Emeritus of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, and a response by J. Columcille Dever, PhD Candidate in the History of Christianity at the University of Notre Dame 3:00PM Coffee & Tea […]