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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 features 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). Two interviews with people who knew Fr. Mankowski well and can offer an entry point to his person and scholarship conclude the season.
The Lumen Christi Institute (LCI) seeks part-time student workers. The Institute’s mission is to make the Catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the secular university and the broader culture.
The Lumen Christi Institute (LCI) seeks a Development Associate to join its growing team. The Institute’s mission is to make the Catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the secular university and the broader culture.
In 2000 Pope John Paul II opened the cause for canonization of Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. While our work — and the property that comes from our labor — is not a sacrament, it is holy.
Did you know that more than two-thirds of American adults do not have a will? And yet, a will is an essential legal document which experts advise everyone over the age of 18 to have.
This three-year grant will support the continuation and expansion of its previous “In Lumine” Grant, which created a national network of institutes of Catholic thought, all serving non Catholic colleges and universities.
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”
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.
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!
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.
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?
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.