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SUMMARY:Business and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SEMINAR ARE CLOSED \nWe are excited to announce our newly created seminar designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and faculty in business schools. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought and apply them to their own field of research and teaching. This seminar aims at widening epistemological preconceptions and showing practical implications of Catholic social thought for business in a way that affirms the goodness of business directed toward the common good. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant business texts that show the path for principled entrepreneurship. \nThis seminar is cosponsored by the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas (MN); the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame; the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of America; the Lumen Christi Institute; and the Markets\, Culture and Ethics Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome. \n\nFormat: There will be four sessions each day\, featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar-style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend\, Indiana. A limited number of travel stipends are available on a per need basis (see the application form). All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to graduate students and faculty of any specialization in business schools. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application\, including: \n\nAn updated CV/resume.\nA brief statement of research interest related to Catholic social thought no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. Application materials are due March 1. \nPlease direct any further questions HERE
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-business-and-cst/
LOCATION:University of Notre Dame\, Notre Dame\, IN 46556\, Notre Dame\, IN
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Economics & Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SEMINAR ARE CLOSED\nNow in its fourth year\, this seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and junior faculty in economics\, finance\, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought\, starting with the human person\, dignity\, freedom\, subsidiarity\, solidarity\, and the common good\, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory\, firm and business ethics\, wages\, markets\, globalization\, poverty\, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant economics texts. \nThis seminar is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute; the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization; the De Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture; the Kellogg Institute for International Studies; and the he Institute for the Scholarship in the Liberal Arts\, College of Arts and Letters\, University of Notre Dame. \n*Dates reflect the days of seminar sessions. Participants should expect to arrive on June 10 and depart on June 15. \n\nFormat: There will be ten sessions over the course of four days\, featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. In the final sessions\, we will discuss how the material can be applied to each student’s particular area of interest. There will also be opportunities for mass and several outings to important religious sites. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the Notre Dame Global Gateway outside of Jerusalem. Participants will be provided with accommodations and meals\, and a limited number of travel stipends are available on a need basis. \nApplication Information:
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students and faculty in Economics\, Finance and related fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application form\, including: \n\nAn updated CV.\nA brief statement of research interest no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 applicants will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials are due March 1. \nPlease direct any further questions to contact@credo-economists.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-econ-cst/
LOCATION:Notre Dame Global Gateway\, Ha-Rosmarin St\, Jerusalem\, Israel
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Monastic Wisdom Seminar
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED\n“Understanding is wholly useless if it is not based upon wisdom\, in that while it penetrates the higher mysteries without the counterpoise of wisdom\, its own lightness is only lifting it up to meet with the heavier fall.” \n– St. Gregory the Great\, Moralia in Job\, 1.32.45 \n“Idleness is an enemy of the soul. Therefore\, the brothers should be occupied according to schedule in either manual labor or holy reading.” \n– St. Benedict of Nursia\, Rule\, Chapter 48 \n“My words are meant for you\, whoever you are\, who laying aside your own will\, take up the all-powerful and righteous arms of obedience to fight under the true King\, the Lord Jesus Christ.” \n– St. Benedict of Nursia\, Rule\, Prologue \nThe Lumen Christi Institute and New Melleray Abbey have partnered to organize a retreat aimed at exploring the monastic wisdom tradition. The Trappist community at New Melleray Abbey in Iowa represents an ancient and continual tradition of Christian monasticism with roots in the early Church. Students with an interest in theology or spirituality may be familiar with some of the major figures in this tradition—St. John Cassian\, St. Benedict of Nursia\, St. Bernard of Clairvaux. It is less likely they have spent time putting into practice the lessons of prayer\, spiritual reading\, and silence in an organized manner. \nThe contention of the Monastic Wisdom Seminar is that monastic disciplines must be practiced to be understood. Participants will spend a week praying\, conferencing\, reading\, and working with the monks of New Melleray Abbey. The goals of the retreat are fourfold: \n\n\nIntroduce participants to monastic life\, the Divine Office\, and the history and theology of monasticism. \n\n\nIntroduce participants to monastic practices\, including the discipline of silence\, the principle of ora et labora and lectio divina. \n\n\nProvide an opportunity for participants to reflect on Catholic practices of daily prayer and their relation to monastic life. \n\n\nStudy of texts of major figures of the monastic tradition. \n\n\nPRINCIPAL TEXTS FOR DISCUSSION \n\n\nJean Leclercq\, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God\, trans. Catharine Misrahi (New York: Fordham University Press\, 1982). \n\n\nSt. Athanasius\, “The Life of Antony\,” in Athanasius: The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus\, trans. Robert C. Gregg (Mahwah\, NJ: Paulist Press\, 1979). \n\n\nJohn Cassian\, Conferences\, trans. Colm Luibheid\, Classics of Western Spirituality (Mahwah\, NJ: Paulist Press\, 1985). \n\n\nSt. Benedict of Nursia\, The Rule of St. Benedict\, trans. Carolinne White (London: Penguin Classics\, 2008). \n\n\nSt. Bernard of Clairvaux\, “On Loving God” in Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works\, trans. G.R. Evans\, Classics of Western Spirituality (Mahwah\, NJ: Paulist Press\, 1987). \n\n\nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\n\nThe seminar will take place at New Melleray Abbey in Peosta\, Iowa. \n\n\nTravel stipends will be available for currently enrolled students. \n\n\nLodging\, meals\, and books will be provided. \n\n\nParticipants will arrive at New Melleray on Sunday\, June 16 and depart on Friday\, June 21. \n\n\nParticipants will be required read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar. \n\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\n\nOpen to men aged 18 through 35. Catholics and non-Catholics are invited to apply. \n\n\nApplicants must submit an online application including a statement of interest\, a CV or resume\, and a letter of recommendation from a professor or pastor. \n\n\nApplications will be evaluated on a rolling basis. Apply no later than May 17th to receive full consideration. \n\n\nA maximum of 15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-monastic-wisdom-seminar/
LOCATION:New Melleray Abbey\, 6632 Melleray Cir\nPeosta\, IA 52068\, New Melleray Abbey\, IA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and the Soul in Thomas Aquinas
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SEMINAR ARE CLOSED \nThis seminar will be a five-day\, intensive discussion of St. Thomas Aquinas’s account of the nature of the soul\, with particular attention paid to the metaphysical principles on which it rests. The sessions will center on Summa Theologiae\, I\, qq. 75-77\, concerning the soul in itself\, its essential relation to the body\, and its role as the primary principle of vital activity. Participants will also discuss relevant passages from other works of St. Thomas\, as well as his historical influences (such as Plato\, Aristotle\, and Augustine) and some contemporary literature on the topic. Finally\, the seminar will take up related issues\, such as Aquinas’s understanding of the relation between metaphysics and theology\, his handling of the Augustinian tradition\, his reaction to the Averroists\, and how his account of the soul relates to later philosophical developments such as Cartesianism and personalism. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Chicago. Students will be provided with lodging and meals for the duration of the seminar\, and a travel stipend of up to $350. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to doctoral students in the humanities and relevant fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. Application materials are due March 15. \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nCan I apply for more than one seminar? Yes. You may apply for multiple seminars. Please indicate your order of preference in your statement of purpose for each application. Each applicant may only be admitted to one seminar. \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply? Yes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or masters student\, but have been admitted to a PhD program for the next academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes\, please indicate this in the statement of purpose in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply? Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nIn addition to the travel stipend\, are there other funding possibilities? Seminar participation includes an opportunity to give a formal presentation and inclusion in the official program and schedule. We encourage participants to seek funding from their home institutions or other sources to supplement the travel stipend offered by the Lumen Christi Institute. \nWhen do I get my travel stipend? Stipends are distributed as a refund after successful completion of the seminar and seminar evaluations. Exceptions can be made on case by case basis. \nContact us with any further questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-aquinas-brock-seminar/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S. Ellis Ave.\, University of Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Modern Science and the Catholic Faith for Graduate Students
DESCRIPTION:Applications are now closed.\nThe goal of this seminar is to provide students with the background knowledge and conceptual tools necessary to understand and think clearly about the relation of science and faith. This will help them to integrate scientific and theological ways of understanding in their own thinking\, and make it possible for them to help others (including their future colleagues and students) to achieve such integration. The overarching goal is to help develop a cadre of people with a broad and informed understanding of these issues who can be the nucleus from which wider outreach efforts might grow. \nAmong the topics discussed will be the historical relationship of the Church and science; the relation of faith and reason; evidence for God in the existence and order of the cosmos; God and nature; primary and secondary causality; the supernatural and miracles; modern physics and natural theology; creation and providence; the beginning of the universe and modern cosmology; God and time; human origins and human distinctiveness; rationality\, freedom\, and the soul; physicalist reductionism and the human mind; Genesis and scriptural interpretation; biological evolution; biology and human nature; and the Fall\, original sin and concupiscence. \nPreparatory readings will include excerpts from: \n\nModern Physics and Ancient Faith (Stephen M. Barr)\nThe Believing Scientist (Stephen M. Barr)\nThomistic Evolution (Fr. Nicanor Austriaco et al.)\nScience and Belief in a Nuclear Age (Peter E. Hodgson)\nGod’s Mechanics (Br. Guy Consolmagno)\nGod and Reason in the Middle Ages (Edward Grant)\nGalileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion (ed. Ronald L. Numbers)\nMind and Cosmos (Thomas Nagel)\nThe Faith of the Early Fathers (William A. Jurgens)\nConfessions (St. Augustine)\nCity of God (St. Augustine)\nOn the Literal Meaning of Genesis (St. Augustine)\nSumma Contra Gentiles (St. Thomas Aquinas)\nIn the Beginning (Joseph Ratzinger)\naddresses and statements on science and religion by Pope St. John Paul II\nCommunion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God (International Theological Commission)\nsections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. \n\nThis seminar is made possible by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. \nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will take place at Providence College in Providence\, RI. Admitted students will be required to arrange their own travel to and from the seminar.\nAdmitted students will be granted a stipend of $350 to offset travel costs in addition to having their lodging and meals covered for the duration of the seminar.\nParticipants will arrive at Providence College on Sunday\, June 30 and depart on Saturday\, July 6. The seminar will take place from Monday to Friday\, with a lecture and discussion session each morning and afternoon.\nParticipants will be required read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar.\nIn order to receive the $350 stipend\, students must participate fully in all seminar activities and complete a survey at the end of the seminar.\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\nOpen to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in STEM fields\, medicine\, the history of science\, philosophy\, theology\, and relevant fields.\nApplicants must submit an online application\, including details on their course of study\, a statement of interest\, and a letter of recommendation (optional).\nFor full consideration\, apply by May 12. After May 12\, applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis.\n15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nThis seminar is part of the Lumen Christi Institute’s “Science and Religion: A Dialogue of Cultures” project generously supported by the John Templeton Foundation and is cosponsored by the Society of Catholic Scientists. \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?  Yes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or but have been admitted to a graduate program for the next academic year. Can I still apply? Yes\, please indicate this in the statement of purpose in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply? Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-grad-science-religion-seminar/
LOCATION:Providence College\, 1 Cunningham Square\, Providence\, RI
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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