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From ESG to Impact Investing: Catholic reflections from the field

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

Registration required. Open to students and faculty only. Email info@lumenchristi.org to inquire about registration. Should business and finance play larger roles in resolving the great social and environmental challenges of our time? Proponents of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing say yes. They argue that ESG financial strategies can help reverse runaway carbon emissions and fix […]

Magis Lecture | Evil and the God of Love

Loyola Academy McGrath Family Performing Arts Center 3455 Illinois Rd, Wilmette, IL

Free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. For more information, contact info@lumenchristi.org. "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is evil?” So the philosopher David Hume presents the […]

Lunch Discussion on “Vatican II after 60 Years: The Legacy of Benedict XVI”

Calvert House 5735 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, Chicago, IL

Free and open to the public. Registration required. Contact info@lumenchristi.org with any questions about this event. This event is co-presented with Calvert House and co-sponsored by the graduate and undergradate Catholic Students Organization. A Mass will precede the event. Lunch will be provided. Vatican II was the landmark event in the life of the 20th century Church. But […]

Are You Becoming Obsolete?

Breasted Hall, Oriental Institute 1155 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Free and open to the public. No registration required. This event is presented by the Veritas Forum and co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute.  We find ourselves on the cusp of a revolution. In the realm of language, image, and voice, AI technologies showcasing incredible potential, such that distinguishing the work of humans from computers […]

Still Mining the Forgotten: Black Catholic Women’s History in the 21st Century with Shannen Dee Williams

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

Open to current students and faculty. Box lunches will be served. Texts will be provided. This event is co-sponsored by the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion.  Despite being the world's oldest and most popular Black Christian tradition, studies of Black Catholicism remain underrepresented both within popular discourse and academic study. This is […]

America’s Real Sister Act: The Hidden History of Black Catholic Nuns in the United States

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

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact info@lumenchristi.org.  This event is co-presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion. Cosponsored by St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Chicago, America Media, the Center for Gender Studies, the Center for Race, Politics and […]

Catholic Lawyers Guild Speaker Series | Luncheon with Sr. Helen Prejean

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

Registration required. This event is presented by the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago and co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Hank Center of Loyola University Chicago. To find out more, visit https://www.clgchicago.org/events. Sister Helen Prejean, who is known around the world for her tireless work against the death penalty, will be joining Catholic Lawyers […]

Lust, Friendship, and Eternity in the Epic of Gilgamesh

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

Open to current undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. Registration is capped at 20. Students who register after capacity has been reached will be put on a waitlist. All registrants will be provided with a free copy of the text. The Epic of Gilgamesh has been called the oldest surviving book in the history of Earth. Originating […]

Graduate Reading Group on “The Short Stories of Tolstoy”

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

Open to current graduate students at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact nbeacom@uchicago.edu. Books, food, and beverages will be provided.  Does life have a meaning in the face of unavoidable suffering and impending death? What does it mean to be good, to be authentic, […]

Retribution and St. Thomas Aquinas’s Teaching on Justice

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

Open to current students and faculty. This event is co-sponsored by the St. Thomas More Society at the University of Chicago Law School. Others interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org. This event is in-person only. All registrants will receive pdfs of the selected readings, which should be read in advance of the class. An optional […]

The Vocation of a Theologian: The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

Copresented with The Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, First Things, and The Portsmouth Institute for Faith and Culture. This online-only event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. For more information, please contact info@lumenchristi.org From his role as a key peritus at the Second Vatican Council, a professor in Germany, to his […]

Catholic Culture Series on “A Catholic Vision of the Person and the World”

Ruth Lake Country Club 6200 South Madison Street, Hinsdale, IL

The Lumen Christi Institute's West Suburban Catholic Culture Series returns in 2023 with a monthly series on the theme of "A Catholic Vision of the Person and the World." REGISTER HERE THEME | In a 1965 address to the United Nations General Assembly, Pope Paul VI described the Catholic Church as “an expert in humanity.”  The Church […]