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Master Class on “Love Alone is Credible”

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

Rémi Brague (Sorbonne; University of Munich) REGISTER HERE This master class is open to all graduate and undergraduate students, including non-University of Chicago students. Copies of the readings will be provided. Space is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have any questions, please contact Mark Franzen. The thin pamphlet (1963) summarizes Hans […]

Schola Antiqua Concert “The Night Watch: Music for Vespers”

St. James Chapel, Quigley Center 835 North Rush Street Chicago, IL 60611, Chicago, IL

Saturday, October 24: 8:00PM St. James Chapel, Quigley Center 103 E. Chestnut, Chicago, IL $25 General/$10 Student TICKETS Friday, October 30, 7:30PM St. Joseph Chapel, University of St. Francis 500 Wilcox St., Joliet, IL $10 General/$7 Student TICKETS For more information visit the Schola Antiqua website.

Toward a Theology of Science

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

Tom McLeish (Durham University) REGISTER HERE This event is open to students, faculty, and scientists at the University of Chicago. Lunch will be served. Others interested in attending, please contactinfo@lumenchrisit.org. At this luncheon events, student will discuss a chapter from Faith & Wisdom in Science (Oxford University Press, 2014) on “A Theology of Science?” with author Tom […]

Master Class on Anselm of Canterbury: Reason, Logic, and Meditation

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

Burcht Pranger (University of Amsterdam) REGISTER HERE Open to current University of Chicago students. Dinner will be served. Readings will be provided for all participants. Others interested in attending, please contact us. This master class seminar will cover three major works by Anselm of Canterbury: Proslogion, Cur deus homo and theFirst Meditation. The discussion will revolve around the […]

Pondus Dei: The Weight of God in Anselm’s Poetics

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

cosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop The meaning of Anselm’s famous ‘sola ratione’ or ‘by reason alone’ has been the subject of much debate. Is it a principle of reason or a principle of faith? This lecture will argue that the sola ratione instead operates as a poetical principle in Anselm’s work at large, steering […]

Dinner and Prayer at the Monastery of the Holy Cross

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

REGISTER HERE Cosponsored by Calvert House. Open to current university students. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. Join us for an evening of prayer with Benedictine Monks at the Monastery of the Holy Cross. Students will participate in the prayer of the Divine Office (Vespers and Compline), and have dinner and discussion with Fr. Peter Funk, […]

Master Class on Faith and Reason in the Thought of John Henry Newman: The Oxford University Sermons

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

Reinhard Hütter (Duke University) REGISTER HERE This master class is open to all graduate and undergraduate students, including non-University of Chicago students. Space is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have any questions, please contact Mark Franzen. This three-hour seminar will focus on the one of Newman’s works, which he himself called […]

The Present and Future of Religious Freedom

Jones Day 77 W Upper Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL 60601, Downtown, IL

Cosponsored by the Christian Legal Society Recent controversy over the HHS contraceptive mandate and the participation of faith-based organizations in federal grant programs has raised questions about religious freedom in the American legal and political systems. This discussion will consider the perceived conflict between civil rights and religious freedom and the roles of Congress, the […]

NY Reception for A Godly Humanism: Clarifying the Hope That Lies Within

The Westin New York at Times Square 270 W. 43rd St. New York, NY 10036, New York, NY

CLICK HERE for a recent article and photos from this event. Timothy Cardinal Dolan (Archbishop of New York) Robert Louis Wilken (University of Virginia) Join us for a reception in celebration of the newly released book A Godly Humanism: Clarifying the Hope that Lies Within (CUA Press, 2015) by the late Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I.  This occasion will […]

Winter Non-Credit Course on Romans

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

Fr. Paul Mankowski, S.J. (LCI Scholar-in Residence) Intended for current students and faculty. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. REGISTER HERE The most consequential and controversial of his writings, St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans was written to instruct new Christians on the meaning […]