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“Uncloistered: Sounds from the Convent” Saturday, October 25: 8:00pm Sacred Heart Parish, Winnetka, IL Sunday, October 26: 3:30pm St. Clement Church, Chicago, IL A concert by Schola Antiqua of Chicago Tickets available online or at the door (cash, check or credit)$25 adults / $10 student and senior An expanded roster of outstanding female voices presents a wide-ranging […]

Join us on the Feast of All Saints for Solemn Vespers, dinner, and conversation with Prior Peter Funk at the Monastery of the Holy Cross. For Solemn Vespers, the monks will sing traditional Gregorian chant and be accompanied by its choir-in residence Schola Laudis. This is a rare opportunity to experience prayer with beautiful sacred […]

Rémi Brague (Sorbonne/University of Munich) cosponsored by the France Chicago Center at the University of Chicago We commonly conceive of the Good as being what we should do, sharing Aristotle’s rejection of Plato’s Idea of the Good and his reduction of the good to what can be done by a free subject. Since this subject […]

a symposium with Rémi Brague (Sorbonne/University of Munich) Jean-Luc Marion (University of Chicago) cosponsored by the France Chicago Center at the University of Chicago

A master class discussion on On the God of the Christians (and one or two others) by Rémi Brague with Rémi Brague (Sorbonne/University of Munich) REGISTER HERE In this one-off seminar, participants will discuss the bookOn the God of the Christians with the author, philosopher Rémi Brague. They will discuss Prof. Brague’s philosophical treatment of the unique […]

Mark Shiffman (Villanova University) cosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop “…is there a notion of love abroad in the world which, although we do not yet realize it, renders the marriage bond intolerable in its very essence?” Denis de Rougemont, Love in the Western World The celebration of passionate romantic love in the modern West […]

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 […]