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The Thought of Rene Girard: Understanding the Faith in a Secular Age

Stanford University 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, Stanford, CA

Photo Credit: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service APPLY HERE One of the most influential 20th century Catholic thinkers, René Girard transformed our understanding of culture, religion, and human behavior. His “mimetic theory" builds on the demystifying power of the Old and New Testaments to illuminate the religious history of mankind. Through an intensive reading […]

Tolkien, Christianity, and Art

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

The Lumen Christi Institute has designed this two-day seminar to introduce major themes and debates from the Catholic Church's history to a wide online audience. It offers the opportunity to read primary sources in the context of a seminar-style discussion, led by Catholic faculty.   The enrollment fee for this short course is $95 USD. Because […]

Truth and Authority in Augustine’s City of God

University of California, Berkeley S Hall Rd. Berkeley, CA 94720, Berkeley, CA

APPLY HERE This seminar is an intensive week-long course in how to read, analyze, and discern the many themes in Augustine’s most ambitious and sprawling work. The City of God tells the history of two societies, and their respective origins, progress, and appointed ends. The story is engaged first from the evidence of profane history […]

Religion and Human Flourishing

Harvard University Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA

APPLY HERE Christianity, like other great spiritual traditions, is centrally concerned with the good life, with that “perfect peace” promised to those who trust in God (Isa. 26:3), or that “life abundant” which Christ came to offer (Jn. 10:10). Christian thinkers in every generation have reflected on the nature of human flourishing, the evils that […]

Brideshead Revisited Reading Group

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

LCI  alumni of the René Girard seminar for undergraduates are the primary audience for this group. However, if you are interested in joining, please contact John-Paul Heil at heil@msmary.edu. The cost for participation is $25. Singled out by Bishop Robert Barron as the "best Catholic novel of the twentieth century," Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited remains the […]

Integration Seminar

Open to graduate students only. This is a private and closed event. This event may be attended by receiving an invitation or submitting a request. Those interested in participating should contact Fr. Peter Bernardi at bernardisj@gmail.com. Food and beverages will be provided.  The LCI integration seminars feature invited scholars, distinguished in a variety of disciplines, to share with University […]

Romano Guardini on Technology and the Liturgy

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

This lecture was cosponsored by the University of Chicago Divinity School and the In Lumine Network. It was made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. Romano Guardini penned his Letters from Lake Como between 1923-1925 in order to think […]

Letters from Lake Como and Other Approaches: Guardini and Heidegger on Technology

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

REGISTER HERE Open to current graduate students and faculty. Advanced undergraduates and others interested in participating should contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. All registrants will receive a copy of the required reading, which should be read in advance of the class. An optional wine and cheese reception will follow.  This master class is made possible through the support of ‘In […]

Concert with Schola Antiqua at Swift Hall: Byrd of a Feather

Swift Hall 1025 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Register Here Join us for a celebration of English Renaissance composer William Byrd in the four hundredth year following his death. Journey through Byrd's outstanding corpus with Schola Antiqua, as we survey his musical contributions to the Catholic recusant community, highlighting themes of trial and deliverance. Actor Jeff Parker will also read dramatic texts of Jesuit priest […]

Concert with Schola Antiqua: Byrd of a Feather

Indian Boundary Park 2500 W. Lunt Ave, Chicago, IL

Register Here Join us for a celebration of English Renaissance composer William Byrd in the four hundredth year following his death. Journey through Byrd's outstanding corpus with Schola Antiqua, as we survey his musical contributions to the Catholic recusant community, highlighting themes of trial and deliverance. Actor Jeff Parker will also read dramatic texts of Jesuit priest […]

Non-Credit Mini Course | Transhumanism, AI, and the Soul: Science for Humans

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

Tuesdays, October 3 - October 24 6:00pm: Dinner 6:30pm: Presentation This event is in-person only. Intended for university students, recent graduates, faculty, and staff. Others interested in attending please contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. This non-credit course is […]

Getting to the Practical: Economics, Decision Making, and the Virtues in Catholic Thought

Booth School of Business 5807 S Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL

This event is co-presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and Catholics at Booth. Open to students, staff, and faculty. Email m.lechevallier@lumenchristi.org to inquire about registration. This lunch discussion will be held at the Charles M. Harper Center. This event is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant […]