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From 2012 to 2020, Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ delivered hundreds of lectures and master classes at the Lumen Christi Institute. Seeking to share the depth of his scholarship, this podcast offers many of his lectures (edited for coherence and quality) to the public in digital format for the first time. The first season will feature a course that Fr. Mankowski gave on Joseph Ratzinger’s Jesus of Nazareth and dozens of lectures centered around the books of the Bible (including Genesis, many of the prophets, the Gospel of Matthew, and St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans). Episodes will be released on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from September through December. To conclude the season, we’ll offer one or two interviews with people who knew Fr. Mankowski well and can offer an entry point to his person and scholarship.

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July 7, 2025

Request for Proposals: In Lumine Tuo Grant

The Lumen Christi Institute has been awarded a major grant from the John Templeton Foundation to support “In Lumine Tuo: Expanding and Sustaining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Nationwide”
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July 4, 2025

Independence Day Greeting

Happy Independence Day! Adopted 249 years ago on July 4, the Declaration of Independence sets forth essential principles of our great country. More than a millennium earlier, St. Augustine of Hippo began his Confessions with a related principle.
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June 12, 2025

Impact Students’ Lives

Although the majority of Lumen Christi events will be “on the road” during the summer, there are still ways that you can remain involved and help our efforts. Here are three very important ways you can help support our mission!
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June 11, 2025

Seeking Graduate Reading Groups for the Fall Quarter

The Lumen Christi Institute is seeking graduate students to lead reading groups for the upcoming Fall Quarter. The deadline to submit proposals is August 31, with a priority deadline of August 1.
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June 5, 2025

Help us plan!

Summer is when our staff deliberates, reflects, and plans. We look back at the academic year, consider what went well, what can be improved, and how to implement those improvements. Will you help us plan our most robust year yet?
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May 26, 2025

Memorial Day Greeting

On Memorial Day, we celebrate the humility of our soldiers, who gave their lives for a greater cause: their country. Today, I am reminded of a military officer whom Jesus knew, the Roman centurion in chapter 8 of Matthew's gospel.
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May 25, 2025

Inside the Classroom with Fr. Adam Hincks

In the winter quarter, the Lumen Christi Institute was honored to welcome Rev. Dr. Adam Hincks, S.J., as scholar-in-residence.
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May 23, 2025

Interview with Kristof Oltvai, Leader of the Dante Graduate Student Reading Group

We sat down for an interview with Kristof Oltvai, a doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago Divinity School and leader of the Lumen Christi Dante Graduate Student Reading Group.
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May 9, 2025

Pope Leo XIV and St. Leo the Great

Habemus papam! In his first speech as the successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV exhorted his listeners "to be a missionary Church." In doing so, he echoed the words of one of his predecessors, Pope St. Leo the Great.
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May 1, 2025

Fr. David Tracy (1939-2025)

Fr. David Tracy, the eminent Catholic theologian and distinguished professor at the University of Chicago, and member of the Lumen Christi Institute's Board of Advisers, died on Tuesday, April 29, the feast of St. Catherine of Siena.
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April 21, 2025

Pope Francis and Saint Francis

Pope Francis was the first Vicar of Christ to choose St. Francis of Assisi as his namesake. Twelve years ago, he said: “Francis of Assisi. For me, he is the man of poverty, the man of peace..."