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SUMMARY:Lust\, Friendship\, and Eternity in the Epic of Gilgamesh
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe Epic of Gilgamesh has been called the oldest surviving book in the history of Earth. Originating thousands of years ago\, the story continues to offer profound insights for modern readers about essential human desires for love\, power\, and everlasting life. Whether you are encountering the book for the first time or re-visiting it\, the tale of Gilgamesh promises to teach you something new about your life. \n\nThis event is part of Lumen Christi’s Fundamental Questions seminar\, a quarterly reading group designed for undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. By fostering intellectually rigorous conversation around culturally resonant texts\, we aim to allow students to experience the force of the deep existential concerns which animate our lives: “Where do my values come from? What is the good life? How can I become happy?” Our aim is not to answer such fundamental questions\, but rather to equip students with the intellectual skills needed to recognize and articulate them for themselves. \nThis fundamental questions seminar meets three times during the quarter. For each session\, we will meet and discuss over dinner.  Dinner is served at 6:00pm. Discussion begins at 6:15. \nSCHEDULE \n6:00 PM Dinner | 6:15 PM Discussion \nWeek 3 : Wednesday\, April 5: Is power the most fundamental human desire? (Prologue-Book II) \nWeek 5 : Wednesday\, April 19: What qualities make a true friend? (Books III-IV) \nWeek 7 : Wednesday\, May 3: What can humans hope for after death? (Books V-VII) \nImage: “Alte Flagge Aramäer” by TruthWin47 via Wikimedia Commons is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-04-spring-2023-fundamental-questions-seminar-epic-of-gilgamesh-daniel-wasserman-soler/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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SUMMARY:Graduate Reading Group on "The Short Stories of Tolstoy"
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nDoes life have a meaning in the face of unavoidable suffering and impending death? What does it mean to be good\, to be authentic\, to follow one’s conscience? Questions like these\, which still knock at our hearts and minds today\, are at the heart of the writing of Leo Tolstoy\, widely considered one of the greatest novelists in the history of literature. \nIn this reading group\, we’ll read through some of Tolstoy’s most enduring short stories. We will accompany a rich businessman as he faces his own inevitable physical demise\, holy fools\, proud priests\, murderers\, and saints. With Tolstoy and these characters\, we will touch some of the most enduring mysteries of human life. \nWhether you are a Tolstoy fan or haven’t read a page of his writing\, join us over wine\, beer\, and food for a relaxed discussion of these great works of literature. \nA copy of The Death of Ivan Illych and Other Stories\, containing all readings\, will be provided to all participants. \nSCHEDULE:\nApril 6: Alyosha the Pot \nApril 13: Father Sergius \nApril 20: Master and Man \nApril 27: The Death of Ivan Illych\, the First Part \nMay 4: The Death of Ivan Illych\, the Second Part
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-04-leo-tolstoy-reading-group/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230505T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230505T173000
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SUMMARY:Retribution and St. Thomas Aquinas's Teaching on Justice
DESCRIPTION: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 wine and cheese reception will follow.  \nThomas Aquinas assigns two functions to punishment\, retributive and medicinal. He sees the retributive function as the primary one\, pertaining to the very idea of punishment\, and it will be the focus of this master class. The aim will be to determine how exactly retribution fits within Aquinas’s teaching on justice. For although there is no doubt that he considers it to be a matter of justice\, he has surprisingly little to say about it within his massive treatment of that virtue in the Summa theologiae. Legal theory and theology overlap on this topic\, but scholarly literature on it is scant. Yet surely a clear understanding of Aquinas’s teaching on punishment in general is necessary for grasping his teachings on particular issues\, such as capital punishment (on which the literature is huge). \nThere will be several questions to address. To which kind of justice does Thomas think retribution belongs? How does it constitute that kind of justice? Who is given their own or their right through retribution? Does it not really pertain to legal justice? Is it obligatory? The readings provided will furnish the background needed to engage the topic. \nReadings:\nRequired Readings (from the Summa Theologiae): to be completed before class \n\nI.21.1\nII-II.57.1\nII-II.58.1\,2\,5\,6\,7\,8\,10\,11\nII-II.59.1\,3\nII-II.60.1\,5\nII-II.61.1-4\nII.II.62.1\,3\nII-II.63.1\,4\nII-II.108.2\n\nRecommended Readings (from the Summa Theologiae): \n\nI-II.21.3\,4\nI-II.87.1\,6\,7\nI.21.2-4\nII-II.67.4\nII-II.108.1\,3\,4\nIII.85.3\n\nBoth the required and recommended readings will be distributed to participants via Dropbox. If you prefer\, you can pick up a printout of the readings at Gavin House (1220 E. 58th Street) Mon-Fri\, 10am-4pm. Please email Dan Stanley at dstanley@lumenchristi.org to let us know you are coming. \nSchedule:\n1:30-2:00 | Pre-event coffee and cookies \n2:00-3:20 | Session 1 \n3:20-3:40 | Break \n3:40-5:00 | Session 2 \n5:00-5:30 | Reception
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-05-retribution-st-thomas-aquinass-teaching-on-justice/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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SUMMARY:The Vocation of a Theologian: The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI
DESCRIPTION:Copresented with The Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture\, First Things\, and The Portsmouth Institute for Faith and Culture. \nThis online-only event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. For more information\, please contact info@lumenchristi.org \nFrom his role as a key peritus at the Second Vatican Council\, a professor in Germany\, to his tenure as prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith\, Joseph Ratzinger was a part of almost every Catholic theological conversation in the latter half of the 20th century. As pope\, he brought his lifetime of learning to bear on his preaching\, encyclicals\, and continued publishing. \nThis webinar takes a look at Pope Benedict’s theological vocation and offers perspectives on his enduring legacy and witness.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-05-vocation-of-a-theologian-legacy-of-pope-benedict-xvi/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, World Wide Web\, INTERNET
CATEGORIES:ONLINE
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230510T183000
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SUMMARY:Catholic Culture Series on "A Catholic Vision of the Person and the World"
DESCRIPTION: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\nTHEME | In a 1965 address to the United Nations General Assembly\, Pope Paul VI described the Catholic Church as “an expert in humanity.”  The Church could teach the U.N. because the Church understood human hearts and human institutions. Bishop Robert Barron has explained the pope’s words in the following manner: \n“The Church has two thousand years of watching the human condition unfold – two thousand years of saints and sinners\, two thousand years of confessions\, two thousand years of great artists\, mystics\, and scholars. The Church is an expert in humanity. It understands the human heart\, what gives it joy and how it get off the rails. That’s something the Church brings to the wider world\, this great expertise in humanity.” – Bishop Robert Barron \nA Catholic vision of the world is not cramped or cordoned-off\, with “religion” over here and the vast secular world over there.  For humans to be made “in the image of God\,” all creation—all activities and acts—must look in some way back to its Creator. The 2022-2023 West Suburban Catholic Culture Series will explore The Catholic Vision of the Person and the World. \nEach month\, participants will gather at Ruth Lake Country Club. Over dinner\, they will listen to a sophisticated yet accessible lecture offered by accomplished academics. The lectures will introduce insights from the treasure house of the Church’s intellectual tradition and their bearing on contemporary themes and issues\, presenting faithful Catholic teaching in a way that avoids the acrimony of the culture wars. \nComing May 10: Gender in the Catholic Cosmos \nAbigail Favale (Writer and Professor at the McGrath Institute for Church Life; University of Notre Dame) \nWhat is “gender” when viewed from within the Catholic cosmos? How does this understanding of gender compare with the popular theories of our time? In this talk\, Dr. Favale will elucidate the Catholic perspective and show its consonance and dissonance with contemporary gender theory. \nSPRING 2023 SEMESTER SCHEDULE \n6:30 p.m. cocktails | 7:00 p.m. dinner\, lecture\, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. end \nMarch 15: Persons\, Divine\, Created and Artificial: Living Humanely with Sociable AI \nJordan Wales (Associate Professor and Chair of Theology; Hillsdale College) \nApril 12: “Everything Will Live Where the River Goes” (Ez 47:9): A Catholic Vision of Ecology \nRev. Terrence Ehrman\, CSC (Assistant Professor\, Department of Theology; University of Notre Dame) \nMay 10: Gender in the Catholic Cosmos \nAbigail Favale (Writer and Professor at the McGrath Institute for Church Life; University of Notre Dame) \nFALL 2022 SEMESTER SCHEDULE \n6:30 p.m. cocktails | 7:00 p.m. dinner\, lecture\, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. end \nSEP 14:  Theological Anthropology: Man and Woman in the image of God \nFr. Thomas Loya\, S.T.B\, M.A. (Director of the Tabor Life Institute; Pastor of Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church) \nOCT 5: Rerum Novarum and New Approaches to Old Things: The Tradition of Catholic Social Thought \nJohn Buchmann\, Ph.D. (Director of Development\, Lumen Christi Institute and Former Executive Director of the Beatrice Institute & Theologian in Residence at the Collegium Institute) \nNOV 2: Doing Evil that Good May Come? Catholic Teaching on Justice in War \nJohn Schwenkler (Humboldt Fellow\, University of Leipzig; Institute for Advanced Study\, Notre Dame; Professor of Philosophy\, Florida State University)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-09-catholic-culture-series-on-a-catholic-vision-of-person-world/
LOCATION:Ruth Lake Country Club\, 6200 South Madison Street\, Hinsdale\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230511T120000
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SUMMARY:Lunch Discussion with Sally Blount: "Faith\, Markets\, and Meaning"
DESCRIPTION:This event is co-presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and Catholics at Booth. Registration required. Open to students and faculty only. Email m.lechevallier@lumenchristi.org to inquire about registration. \nAccording to the Edelman Trust Barometer\, business firms have become the only “trusted” social Institution. Simultaneously\, there has been a growing drumbeat around corporate “purpose” over the last 10 years – with companies writing ever more expansive purpose statements about how their firms “improve the world\,” “make lives more joyful\,” and “create meaningful community.” Yet\, business leaders have little training in moral philosophy or religion; markets systems are not inherently wise\, kind\, or fair. And\, at its heart\, a company’s purpose must be\, first and foremost\, its promise to its customers and investors. As people of faith\, our hope must be in something bigger and more profound . . . What might Catholic Social Teaching suggest? \n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-05-lunch-discussion-with-sally-blount-sally-blount/
LOCATION:Booth School of Business\, 5807 S Woodlawn Avenue\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230515T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230515T180000
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SUMMARY:Maximus the Confessor Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, April 17- May 15\, 2023 | 4:30- 6:00 PM \nOpen to current students and faculty at the University of Chicago. Copies of the Ambigua will be provided. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. No previous knowledge of the subject-matter required. Non-students interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org. Food and beverages will be provided.  \nMaximus the Confessor (580-662) is considered one of the most speculative and creative theologians from the first millennium of Christianity. Yet\, Maximus’s genius is at its most generative in conversation with the past. His largest work\, the Ambigua\, comments on difficult passages in the works of Gregory Nazianzen (4th century) and Dionysius the Areopagite (6th century). Maximus’ broad and deep thinking is on full display throughout this commentary\, responses to single passages becoming small treatises in their own right. \nThe Ambigua reveals Maximus’ wide ranging interests in metaphysics\, cosmology\, anthropology\, Christology\, language\, and time. His wide learning in all these areas are  put at the service of exploring these earlier Christian works. \nThis reading group seizes upon the insight gleaned from Maximus’ method: creativity is born from a rigorous engagement with the past. Through a reading of selected Ambigua\, we will explore his bold\, christological vision of the cosmos\, rooted in the deep reading of his priors. \nFood\, beverages\, and Greek/English copies of the Ambigua will be provided. \nSCHEDULE\nApril 17: Quid Ambigua? \n\n“Ambiguum 21\,” 421-447\nRecommended Reading:\n\n“Prologue to Ambigua to Thomas\,” 3-7\n“Prologue to Ambigua to John\,” 63-69\n\n\n\nApril 24: Trinity & Christology \n\n“Ambiguum 1\,” 7-11\n“Ambiguum 5\,” 31-59\n\nMay 1: Creation & Salvation \n\n“Ambiguum 7\,” Selections\n\nMay 8: Interpretation: Scripture & Cosmos \n\n“Ambiguum 10\,” Selections\n\nMay 15: The Practice of Theology \n\n“Ambiguum 13\,” 349-355
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-04-maximus-confessor-reading-group-fr-andrew-summerson/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230516T180000
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SUMMARY:Spring Non-Credit Course | Shame\, Suffering\, and the Scandal of the Cross
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, March 28-May 16\n6:00pm: Dinner\n6:30pm: Presentation \nThis event is in-person only. Intended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. \nRegistrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. \nThe human experiences of suffering\, shame\, and evil are assaults on our deepest desire for happiness.   The atrocities that darken human history\, especially the Holocaust\, and disasters like the recent earthquakes in Turkey & Syria call into question the Christian belief in God’s Providence.  Correspondingly\, Christ’s public passion and tortured death have always been a scandal to human reason (St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 1:18-25).  Nevertheless\,  Christian faith proclaims that the Cross of Christ has saved us (Ibid.\, 15:3-5). \nThis Lumen Christi Institute spring quarter class will consider the redemptive ‘causality’ of the cross\, its relationship to our own experiences of suffering\, and the credibility of the claim of Christ’s bodily resurrection. \nSCHEDULE  \nMarch 28: The Evil of Auschwitz\, the Scandal of the Cross\, and the Death of God \nApril 4: Things aren’t the way they are supposed to be: the Fall and the Need for Salvation. \nApril 11: The Cross of Christ: “My God\, my God\, why have you forsaken me?” \nApril 18: The Saving Efficacy of the Cross of Christ: the Eastern Christian Tradition \nApril 25: The Saving Efficacy of the Cross of Christ: the Western Christian Tradition \nMay 2: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Linchpin of Hope for the Victory of Good over Evil. \nMay 9: The Shroud of Turin: Photographic negative of a tortured\, crucified man: Artifact of the Bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ? \nMay 16: Living the Paschal Mystery: “This is a trustworthy saying: If we die with him\, we will also live with him. If we endure hardship\, we will reign with him.” [2 Timothy 2:11]
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-03-spring-non-credit-course-shame-suffering-scandal-of-cross/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought in Business Education
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nWe are pleased to announce the third annual seminar on “Business and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer.” During the seminar\, graduate students and faculty members in business schools 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 in order to gain knowledge\, exchange experiences\, receive help with their syllabi and consider how best to integrate Catholic social thought into business education. \nLOCATION \nThe seminar will take place at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. between Tuesday May 23 and Friday May 26. \nA limited number of travel stipends for students are available on a per need basis (see the application form). All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION\nThis seminar will be open to graduate students and faculty of any specialization in business schools. Applicants 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.\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.\nFifteen students will be admitted to this seminar.\n\nApplication materials are due February 21\, 2023. \nAPPLICATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 8\, 2023. \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.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-cst-in-business-education/
LOCATION:Catholic University of America\, 620 Michigan Ave NE\, Washington\, DC 20064\, Washington\, DC
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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