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Are You Becoming Obsolete?

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

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 is becoming nearly impossible. What does this mean for human identity and purpose? What might this mean for our future? Join us for the University of Chicago Veritas Forum as we bring computer science into conversation with theology, philosophy, and ethics. Duke theologian and ethicist...

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

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

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 opinions are divided over the extent to which the council was a decisive rupture with past life and practice in the Church.  Amid a variety of interpretations in the decades following the council, Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI sought to integrate Vatican II within the...

Magis Lecture | Evil and the God of Love

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

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 classic 'problem of evil.' For Christians, this is no mere logical puzzle. It is a challenge to our relationship with a God who we are convinced is not only all-powerful, but all-loving. How can we love God, and know ourselves to be loved by God,...