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Hemingway’s Short Stories

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago

In this reading group we will read a selection of Ernest Hemingway’s short stories that illuminate his ingenious writing style through his lesser-known works. This will be an exciting way to get to know Hemingway’s writings or dive deeper into his work, while engaging with peers and discussing ideas that are just as relevant today as they were when he wrote them.
Discussions will revolve around themes of masculinity, femininity, life, and love, all of which are saturated in his works writ large. Some of the texts that will be discussed include the Nick Adams stories, Men Without Women, and the First Forty-Nine.

Glimpses of Wonder: Faith, Reason, and Technology in the University Today

One great challenge in the modern research university is the siloing of information and of knowledge. While specialized knowledge is valuable, pressing questions confronting the contemporary world require that diverse forms of knowing be integrated, both in the heart of the knower and in society. A Catholic Institute is uniquely poised to speak to this challenge since the Catholic intellectual tradition has sought to embrace and integrate five intellectual virtues as presented in Aristotle (NE, VI:3) and St. Thomas Aquinas (ST, 1a-IIae, q. 57): wisdom, science, art, prudence, and mind or understanding. The Franciscan tradition has also emphasized the importance...

Mythmaking and the Epic Tradition in Tolkien’s Silmarillion

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago

There are few figures as foundational to the epic fantasy genre as J.R.R. Tolkien, and few works as wide-ranging in that genre as The Silmarillion. The Silmarillion is filled with mortality, greed, bliss, and tragedy; and it serves as the world-building mythological backdrop for The Lord of the Rings. We invite you to join us in a discussion of The Silmarillion’s most dramatic tales, from the creation of the world to the forging of the One Ring.

Meetings are held on Thursdays from 7:30pm to 9:00pm over dinner at Gavin House (1220 E 58th St.). Each participant will be provided a copy of the text.