Name: What is a “Uni-versity”? Revisiting Newman’s “Idea of a University”
Start: 2026-04-15T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-15T16:30:00-05:00
Location: Gavin House

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April 2026
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April 6th @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Cloud of Unknowing

The Cloud of Unknowing

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

REGISTER BELOW 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. | Dinner Provided This event is designated for University of Chicago undergraduate students. Students will receive a copy of the text. You may pick up your copy any time during business hours from Gavin House. Other students interested in attending should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. Description: The Cloud of Unknowing, a gem of English mysticism, is both a guide and a warning to the spiritual seeker. Written anonymously in the 14th century, the Cloud troubles the relation between man and God, making spirituality an antidote to the secular world and despair the path...
Non-Credit Courses

April 7th @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm History of Monasticism

History of Monasticism

Fr. Peter Funk, OSB, Monastery of the Holy Cross

REGISTER BELOW 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. | Dinner Provided This event is designated for current University of Chicago graduate and undergraduate students. University of Chicago faculty and staff are also welcome to attend. Others interested in auditing should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. This project is made possible through the support of In Lumine Tuo: Expanding and Sustaining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Nationwide (grant #63614) from the John Templeton Foundation and the generous support of our donors. Description: Monasticism is the form of religious life common to the Latin, Greek, Syriac, and Coptic churches. This course will examine its development...
Reading Courses

April 8th @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm What is a “Uni-versity”? Revisiting Newman’s “Idea of a University”

What is a “Uni-versity”? Revisiting Newman’s “Idea of a University”

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, Lumen Christi Institute

REGISTER BELOW 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. | Refreshments Provided This event is designated for current University of Chicago graduate and undergraduate students. University of Chicago faculty and staff are also welcome to attend. Others interested in auditing should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. The book may be picked up any time during business hours from Gavin House. Description: The crisis of the university has been frequently remarked. Mortimer Adler, onetime University of Chicago professor, decades ago prophetically sounded the tocsin regarding the fragmentation of the modern university. Battles over core curricula, distribution of limited resources, and arguments over research and...
Reading Groups

April 8th @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Attention and Grace: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead or An Ordinary Life Well Lived: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead

An Ordinary Life Well Lived: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

REGISTER BELOW 6:00 - 7:30 | Dinner Provided This event is designated for University of Chicago graduate students. Other students interested in attending should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. Description: “Love is holy because it is like grace–the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.” – Marilynne Robinson, Gilead Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead tells the story of Congregationalist minister John Ames, who, with the knowledge that the end of his life is near, decides to pen a testament to his seven-year old son, something for his son to keep close as he grows up without his father. Ames’ reflections...
West Suburban Series

April 8th @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Developing a Catholic Social Vision for the Modern World: A Century of Church Teaching – Ever Ancient, Ever New: The Sources of Pope Leo XIV | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series

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

David Cloutier, University of Notre Dame

Join us as David Cloutier traces the development of Catholic social teaching from Rerum Novarum through Quadragesimo Anno to Centesimus Annus.
Reading Groups

April 9th @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Greek New Testament

Greek New Testament (Spring)

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

Each quarter, the Lumen Christi Institute hosts a number of student-led reading groups. The reading groups are usually held over a shared meal and all participants are provided a copy of the text.

This quarter, the Greek New Testament reading group will take up the Letter to the Hebrews. All levels of Greek proficiency are encouraged to join. Advance preparation is recommended but not required.
Reading Groups

April 9th @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The Master and Margarita

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

REGISTER BELOW Meets Weekly on Thursdays: April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21 7:00 - 8:30 (the time has changed) | Dinner Provided This event is designated for University of Chicago undergraduate students. Students will receive a copy of the texts. You may pick up your copy any time during business hours from Gavin House. Please reach out to William Hurley for any questions (whurley@lumenchristi.org). A city whose citizens refused to believe in the existence of Jesus, God or Satan. A certain Satan who arrived in this city—Moscow—with his retinue, on a hot spring day. A nameless...
Lectures & Symposia

April 10th @ 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Faculty Colloquium with Bernard McGinn on In the Eagle’s Wake

University of Chicago 5801 S Ellis Ave Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

David Albertson, University of Southern California | Kevin Hart, Duke University | Erin Walsh, University of Chicago | Bernard McGinn, University of Chicago

This event is by invitation only. For more information contact Geoffrey Zokal gzokal@lumenchristi.org The Lumen Christi Institute will host a faculty colloquium in honor of the prolific work of Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago) and to discuss his new book In the Eagle’s Wake. The half‑day colloquium offers an opportunity both to engage with an important recent contribution to scholarship and to honor McGinn’s long and illustrious career. A complementary book will be provided in advance to all participants to facilitate preparation for the colloquium. Initial remarks will be given at the outset of each session by Kevin Hart (Duke...
Master Classes

April 10th @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

On Learned Ignorance: Nicolas of Cusa and the Wonder of the Cosmos

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

David Albertson, University of Southern California

REGISTER BELOW 2:00-5:00 (Detailed Schedule Below) | Refreshments Provided This event is designated for current graduate & advanced undergraduate students and faculty from the University of Chicago & regional colleges and universities. Others interested in auditing should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. This project is made possible through the support of In Lumine Tuo: Expanding and Sustaining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Nationwide (grant #63614) from the John Templeton Foundation and the generous support of our donors. Description: Is measuring the natural world a secular activity, or does wonder enliven faith in the mystery of God? Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) was...
Reading Groups

April 13th @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Cloud of Unknowing

The Cloud of Unknowing

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

REGISTER BELOW 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. | Dinner Provided This event is designated for University of Chicago undergraduate students. Students will receive a copy of the text. You may pick up your copy any time during business hours from Gavin House. Other students interested in attending should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. Description: The Cloud of Unknowing, a gem of English mysticism, is both a guide and a warning to the spiritual seeker. Written anonymously in the 14th century, the Cloud troubles the relation between man and God, making spirituality an antidote to the secular world and despair the path...
Non-Credit Courses

April 14th @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm History of Monasticism

History of Monasticism

Fr. Peter Funk, OSB, Monastery of the Holy Cross

REGISTER BELOW 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. | Dinner Provided This event is designated for current University of Chicago graduate and undergraduate students. University of Chicago faculty and staff are also welcome to attend. Others interested in auditing should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. This project is made possible through the support of In Lumine Tuo: Expanding and Sustaining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Nationwide (grant #63614) from the John Templeton Foundation and the generous support of our donors. Description: Monasticism is the form of religious life common to the Latin, Greek, Syriac, and Coptic churches. This course will examine its development...
Reading Courses

April 15th @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm What is a “Uni-versity”? Revisiting Newman’s “Idea of a University”

What is a “Uni-versity”? Revisiting Newman’s “Idea of a University”

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ, Lumen Christi Institute

REGISTER BELOW 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. | Refreshments Provided This event is designated for current University of Chicago graduate and undergraduate students. University of Chicago faculty and staff are also welcome to attend. Others interested in auditing should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. The book may be picked up any time during business hours from Gavin House. Description: The crisis of the university has been frequently remarked. Mortimer Adler, onetime University of Chicago professor, decades ago prophetically sounded the tocsin regarding the fragmentation of the modern university. Battles over core curricula, distribution of limited resources, and arguments over research and...

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Greek New Testament (Spring)

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Faculty Colloquium with Bernard McGinn on In the Eagle’s Wake

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On Learned Ignorance: Nicolas of Cusa and the Wonder of the Cosmos

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History of Monasticism

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