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Being, Nature, Grace: Clashing Visions in Milbank and Aquinas

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

To view photos of the lecture, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School and the Theology Club of the University of Chicago Divinity School. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact us […]

Master Class on “Bernard Lonergan’s Christian Realism and the Word of God as True”

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

Open to current university students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact us.  Copies of the readings will be provided to those who register. Bernard Lonergan, SJ (1904-1984), is widely praised as a giant of twentieth century theology and perhaps the most brilliant philosophical thinker of his generation. Still, he is an outlier in […]

Weekly Non-Credit Course: “Who Do You Say That I Am? Visions of Christ in the Christian Tradition”

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. "But what about you? Who you say that I am?" (Lk 9.20) The Christian […]

Symposium on “Science and Wonder”

BSLC 115 924 E 57th 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. Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Zygon Center for Religion and Science, the Seminary Coop Bookstore, and […]

Symposium on “Catholicism and Democracy”

Breasted Hall, Oriental Institute 1155 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. Free and open to the public. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact us at 773-955-5887 or by email. […]

Master Class on Romano Guardini’s “The End of the Modern World”

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 book will be provided for registrants. Romano Guardini (1885-1968)—Italian-born German priest—was one of the greatest Catholic minds of the 20th century. He helped shape Catholic theology between the two world wars and after, as […]

The Preferential Option for the Poor Today

One of the most important ideas in Catholic Social Teaching of the last half century is the “preferential option for the poor.” It is a phrase that describes the Church’s ethical positions in the world, but it also conveys important theological notions about God. Though utilized across a range of magisterial texts of recent memory, […]

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 […]