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a luncheon discussion with Mark Shiffman (Villanova University) REGISTER HERE More than a decade ago, David Brooks coined “organization kids” to describe a generation of America’s elite university students driven from early childhood toward a nearly certain goal: success. Today, these students are not as confident that success is inevitable. They are often beleaguered by […]

An event for legal scholars and law students cosponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Law Professors’ Christian Fellowship. FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 4:00-7:00PM University Club of Washington, DC 1135 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 with Barbara E. Armacost (University of Virginia Law School) Robert Vischer (University of St. Thomas School of Law) REGISTER […]

Tuesdays, January 6-March 3 Gavin House, 1220 East 58th Street 6:00pm:  Informal Dinner 6:30pm: Presentation REGISTER HERE Intended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. SCHEDULE: Tuesday, January 6 Geert Grote and Devotio Moderna Aaron Canty, Saint Xavier University Tuesday, January 13 Julian of Norwich Scott Moringiello, DePaul University Tuesday, January 20 A […]

Lawrence Cunningham (University of Notre Dame) cosponsored by Calvert House and the Chicago Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society Among the most well-known spiritual figures of the 20th Century, Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was an aspiring poet and writer before his conversion and eventual entrance into a Trappist Monastery in 1941. It took time for Merton […]

Jon Levenson (Harvard University) Cosponsored by the University of Chicago Divinity School and the Jewish Studies Workshop The patriarch Abraham has a central role in the self-understanding of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. He is also widely considered a symbol of common ancestry, moral conviction and future unity among the three “Abrahamic” religions. This lecture will […]

a symposium with Jonathan Lear (University of Chicago) Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago) Lisa Ruddick (University of Chicago) Rosanna Warren (University of Chicago) Thomas Pavel,  Moderator (University of Chicago) cosponsored by the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought REGISTER HERE Many of the cultural products of the world’s civilizations have arisen out of the inner life […]

Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago) REGISTER HERE In this three-hour seminar, Prof. McGinn will lead students through the major themes of Teresa of Ávila’s The Interior Castle, a masterpiece of Christian mysticism by one of the most profound spiritual figures in the History of Christianity. Participants will be provided with a complimentary copy of the book […]

Stephen L. Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross) REGISTER HERE If, as Christians believe, God is all-wise and all-good, what sense does it make to ask Him for things?  He is already perfectly aware of our true needs, and He already wants to provide for them.  Many of our petitions, it seems, will be […]

Friday, February 20, 2015, 7:30pm Bond Chapel, University of Chicago Saturday, February 21, 8:00pm St. Clement Church, Chicago A concert by Schola Antiqua of Chicago Tickets available online or at the door (cash, check or credit) $25 adults / $10 student and senior Schola Antiqua teams up the talented young lutenist Ryaan Ahmed to present music in […]