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SUMMARY:What is Wrong with Curiosity? Augustine on Curiosity and the Use and the Abuse of the Intellect in the Confessions
DESCRIPTION:What could be wrong with curiosity? “Long live curiosity\,” proclaims the Museum of Science and Industry\, and modernity unanimously praises it as the beginning of intellectual discovery. But\, surprisingly\, Augustine of Hippo criticizes “curiositas” in his Confessions. Is Augustine’s notion out-moded? Is the pursuit of knowledge adverse to Christian faith? Or could Augustine’s concern about the proper use and the abuse of intellectual pursuits inform ideas of liberal education? \nOver dinner on Saturday evening\, E. John Ellison (University of Chicago) will lead a discussion on the modern notion of curiosity and Augustine’s critique on curiositas especially in Confessions\, Book 10.35. \nOpen to undergraduate students. No prior reading required. Dinner will be served \nPart III of the Winter 2020 Great Books and the Christian Tradition seminar series. \n— \nGreat Books and the Christian Tradition  \nFrom the School of Alexandria and the reading of Scripture in the Monasteries\, through the re-formulation of the Liberal Arts in the medieval schools and universities\, in the renewal of the tradition that included Petrarch\, Erasmus\, John Henry Newman\, and Ressourcement\, the development of the Liberal Arts Tradition has been intertwined with Christian thought. This series highlights the connection between the Liberal Arts and the Christian Intellectual Tradition and aims to recover the humanistic and contemplative spirit of a truly liberal education. \nOther seminars in the series include: \nI. Are the Great Books Good for us? Liberal Education and the Christian Tradition \nII. Achievement and the Christian Life: What is Education For? \nIV: Is it Rational to Believe in Miracles? A Discussion of David Hume’s Argument Against Believing in Miracles
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-02-what-is-wrong-with-curiosity-augustine-on-curiosity-use-abuse-of-intellect-in-confessions/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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SUMMARY:What Good is Happiness? A Dialogue Between Economics & Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Veritas Forum at the University of Chicago\, Cana\, Cru\, Graduate Christian Fellowship\, Holy Trinity Church\, InterVarsity\, Living Hope Church\, The Lumen Christi Institute\, MakeNew\, the Calvert House Catholic Center\, the Catholic Students Association\, and the Saint Thomas More Society. \nFrom pop psychology to legal annals\, the pursuit of happiness individually and collectively remains a persistent concern of our culture. Yet\, the very concept is fractured. What is happiness? Is it a good among many? A feeling? A commodity? Is it simply a matter of preference fulfillment or is caught up in the more arduous task of self-perfection and virtue? Is it tied to the good\, perhaps even THE good? How might interdisciplinary engagement be possible when distinct disciplines like Philosophy and Economics maintain such divergent views on happiness? In this evening discussion\, philosophy professor Jennifer Frey (University of South Carolina) and legal scholar Jonathan Masur (University of Chicago) enter into dialogue on the meaning and merits of happiness for the self and for society. \nProf. Frey also gave a downtown luncheon talk on “Flannery O’Connor and the Vision of Grace” on February 13\, 2020\, and led a lunch discussion for students and faculty on novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch\, on February 14\, 2020.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-02-what-is-happiness-jennifer-frey/
LOCATION:Ida Noyes\, Third Floor Theatre\, 1212 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200213T130000
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SUMMARY:Flannery O'Connor and the Vision of Grace
DESCRIPTION:Flannery O’Connor is one of the most celebrated American fiction writers.  Yet she has often been misunderstood by the very critics who praise her.  O’Connor was sometimes called a hillbilly nihilist\, but she responded that she was simply “a hillbilly Thomist.” In this talk\, Dr. Frey explores the action of divine grace in the short stories of O’Connor\, and how her vision of grace is inspired by the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. \nProf. Frey also gave a talk on What Good is Happiness? at the University of Chicago on February 12\, 2020\, and led a lunch discussion for students and faculty on novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch\, on February 14\, 2020.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-02-flannery-oconnor-vision-of-grace-jennifer-frey/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200214T130000
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SUMMARY:Iris Murdoch on Philosophy and Literature
DESCRIPTION:This luncheon seminar for students and faculty examined essays by Dame Iris Murdoch on literature\, philosophy\, morality\, virtue\, and the concept good. The focus of discussion centered on why Murdoch thinks truth\, understood as a clear vision of reality\, is the fundamental goal of literature\, philosophy\, and virtue. \nIris Murdoch studied at Oxford and Cambridge (where she studied with Wittgenstein) and was close friends with the philosophers Elizabeth Anscombe and Philippa Foot. Murdoch was for many years a fellow of St. Anne’s College\, Oxford\, where she taught philosophy.  In addition to two substantial books of philosophical essays\, she also wrote twenty-six novels.  Her novel\, The Sea\, The Sea\, won the Booker Prize in 1978. She died on February 8\, 1999. \nReadings \nFrom Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature\, edited by Peter Conradi (Penguin\, 1997): \n\n“Literature and Philosophy” (required)\n“The Sovereignty of Good Over Other Concepts” (secondary)\n“Vision and Choice in Morality” (secondary)\n\nQuestions for Discussion \n\nHow does literature differ from philosophy according to Murdoch?  How can they work together?\nWhy does she think that both literature and philosophy are truth seeking enterprises? What is the importance of reality and vision in both?\nWhat is the contrast between differences of choice and differences of vision in morality?\nWhat is Murdoch’s complaint against what she calls “the current view” of moral philosophy\, whose remote ancestors are Hume\, Kant\, and Mill?  Why does she want to resist the move to universalize in morality?\nHow should we think about the connection between art and morality?\nWhat does Murdoch mean when she writes that “the enjoyment of art is a training in the love of virtue”?\nMurdoch thinks that seeing the world as it is is a necessary task because the authority of morality is the authority of truth.  Why does she afford reality such a central role in the moral life?  And how does this relate to the concept ‘good’ as she understands it?\nWhat role does mystery and mysteriousness play in Murdoch’s conception of art and morals?\n\n\nDr. Frey also presented talks on “Flannery O’Connor and the Vision of Grace“\, at the University Club of Chicago on February 13\, 2020\, and “What Good is Happiness“\, with Dr. Jonathan Masur\, on February 12\, 2020\, at the University of Chicago.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-02-iris-murdoch-on-literature-philosophy-jennifer-frey/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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SUMMARY:Creation: Artistic & Divine
DESCRIPTION:This event was open to high school students\, parents\, and teachers. \nCo-sponsored by Mundelein Seminary\, the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office\, Relevant Radio\, and the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. This program was made possible in part by a gift from the Paluch Family Foundation and a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. \nFollow us on Instagram for updates about the event. \n\nPhysics tells us how the universe is ordered\, but can it tell us why? How are the laws of physics like a baseball rulebook? And why should we expect the universe to operate according to regular laws anyway? \nIf God created all things at the beginning of time\, what are artists doing when they “create” a beautiful work of art? Can one thing be more beautiful than another? How are beauty and art related to God? \nJoin us on February 15\, 2020 at the University of Chicago as Professors Stephen Barr (Physics\, U of Delaware\, President of Society of Catholic Scientists) and Jennifer Newsome Martin (Theological Aesthetics\, Notre Dame’s Department of Liberal Studies) help high school students from throughout the region investigate the physics of creation and the theology of creativity. \nContact Austin Walker for more information or with questions. \n\nDay Schedule \n8:30   Breakfast and Registrations (Swift Hall Common Room) \n9:00   Introductions and Prayers (Swift Hall 3rd Floor Lecture Hall) \n9:15   Icebreaker \n9:30    Lecture: Steve Barr with Q&A (35 min lecture\, 15 min Q&A) \n10:20   Break \n10:30   Lecture: Jenny Martin with Q&A (35 min lecture\, 15 min Q&A) \n11:30   Lunch and Discussion Groups (2nd and 3rd Floor Swift Classrooms) \n1:00   Adoration \n1:30   Discussion/Q&A among Barr\, Martin\, and Students
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-02-creation-artistic-divine-stephen-m-barr-jennifer-newsome-martin/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Newman Forum
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SUMMARY:Does Prayer Bring Happiness?
DESCRIPTION:This event was open to university students and faculty\, and was co-sponsored by Calvert House. \nOn the evening of February 22nd\, students and faculty joined together for an edifying evening of prayer\, dinner\, and conversation with the Benedictine monks at the Monastery of the Holy Cross on the south side of Chicago. Their evening program consisted of praying the Divine Office (Vespers and Compline)\, having dinner\, and discussing practices of prayer and how these may grow into contemplation that crowns the happy life. Following monastic tradition of oral reading during meals\, selections of a patristic text were read during dinner\, before being opened with discussion. \nMore information about the monastery can be found here. \nSchedule \n4:15pm   Meet at Gavin House (1220 E. 58th St.)\n4:30pm   Depart from Hyde Park\n5:00pm   Arrive at the Monastery\, welcome by Prior Funk\n5:15pm   Office of Vespers\n6:00pm   Dinner & Discussion\n7:15pm   Office of Compline\n8:00pm   Arrive back in Hyde Park
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-02-does-prayer-bring-happiness-fr-peter-funk/
LOCATION:The Monastery of the Holy Cross\, 3111 South Aberdeen St.\nChicago\, IL 60608\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200227T181500
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SUMMARY:Pope\, Councils\, Bishops\, and Synods: Insights from St. Dominic and the Order of Preachers for Governance in the Church
DESCRIPTION:The malfeasance of bishops and priests has led to a call for reform of the institution of the Church. There is a peril in this: the Church is animated and governed by the Holy Spirit and an overemphasis upon the institutional structure of the Church runs the risk of stifling the Spirit. As a path for reform\, Pope Francis is building on Paul VI and John Paul II and has emphasized synodality—a mode of consultative governance which emphasizes the communion of all of the members of the Church. In their polities\, religious orders have institutionalized and structured themselves around particular gifts of the Holy Spirit. The model of governance in the Dominican Order—with a balance of authority\, faithfulness to a charism\, and the particular life of local communities—offers insights into how synodality might answer the call for reform. \nFr. Sweeney also led a master class on Saturday\, February 29th on Yves Congar’s True and False Reform in the Church.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-02-religious-governance-as-a-model-for-synodality-in-church-fr-michael-sweeney-op/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200229T110000
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SUMMARY:Master Class on Yves Congar's "True and False Reform in the Church"
DESCRIPTION:This program was open to students\, faculty\, and staff.  \nIs a reform of the church really possible? Yves Congar’s True and False Reform (1950)\, although initially restricted by the Holy See\, became an instrumental text in setting the stage for the Second Vatican Council\, and remained one of the most important theological works of the 20th century. Pope John XXIII initially described the goals of the council in terms that reflected Congar’s description of authentic reform: reform that penetrates to the heart of doctrine as a message of salvation for the whole of humanity\, that retrieves the meaning of prophecy in a living church\, and that is deeply rooted in history rather than superficially related to the apostolic tradition. \nYves Congar\, OP (1904-1995) was a French Dominican friar and theologian\, and one of the most important ecclesiologists of the 20th century. His work pioneered a new style of theological research that linked the tradition of Scripture and the Fathers to contemporary pastoral questions. His work helped to revive theological interest in the Holy Spirit for the life of individuals and for the Church. He was made a cardinal of the Catholic Church in 1994. \nSchedule: \n9:30am Coffee & Pastries\n10:00am Session I\n11:25am Break\n11:35am Session II\n1:00pm End\, lunch \n\nFr. Sweeney also gave an evening lecture on Thursday\, February 27\, entitled Pope\, Councils\, Bishops\, and Synods: Insights from St. Dominic and the Order of Preachers for Governance in the Church
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-02-master-class-on-yves-congars-true-false-reform-in-catholic-church-fr-michael-sweeney-op/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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SUMMARY:Is it Rational to Believe in Miracles? A Discussion of David Hume's Argument Against Believing in Miracles
DESCRIPTION:Can one be rational and also believe in miracles? The philosophers of the Enlightenment held that it was impossible for the laws of nature to allow such ruptures: to believe in miracles was to be de-facto irrational.  Voltaire said that a miracle was a “contradiction in terms\,” and Thomas Jefferson famously cut all the miracles out of his Gospels with a razor. David Hume presented a famous argument against the rationality of believing in miracles in his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Chapter 10). \nOver dinner on Saturday evening\, Dr. Jason Cather (University of Chicago) will lead a discussion on Hume’s argument.  Does it conclusively prove that no rational person can believe in the existence of miracles? Or does Hume promise more than he delivers? Students are encouraged to review Hume’s Enquiry\, Chapter 10 in advance\, but no prior reading is required. Dinner is provided. \nOpen to undergraduate students. Students are encouraged to review Hume’s Enquiry\, Chapter 10 in advance\, but no prior reading required. Dinner will be served \nPart IV of the Winter 2020 Great Books and the Christian Tradition seminar series. \n— \nGreat Books and the Christian Tradition  \nFrom the School of Alexandria and the reading of Scripture in the Monasteries\, through the re-formulation of the Liberal Arts in the medieval schools and universities\, in the renewal of the tradition that included Petrarch\, Erasmus\, John Henry Newman\, and Ressourcement\, the development of the Liberal Arts Tradition has been intertwined with Christian thought. This series highlights the connection between the Liberal Arts and the Christian Intellectual Tradition and aims to recover the humanistic and contemplative spirit of a truly liberal education. \nOther seminars in the series include: \nI. Are the Great Books Good for us? Liberal Education and the Christian Tradition \nII. Achievement and the Christian Life: What is Education For? \nIII. What is Wrong with Curiosity? Augustine on Curiosity and the Use and the Abuse of the Intellect in the Confessions
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-02-hume-on-miracles/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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