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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.

To honor the legacy of our longtime scholar-in-residence, we have created the Fr. Paul V. Mankowski, SJ Memorial Fund for Jesuit Scholarship.
Learn more here.

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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..."
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April 20, 2025

Easter Greeting

On the day of Christ’s resurrection, I write to share with you a passage from the Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena. The only laywoman named a doctor of the Church, her feast day is this month: April 29.
Faith and Politics: Reflections of a Catholic Legislator
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April 15, 2025

Job Opening: University Program Coordinator

This position has been filled.
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April 8, 2025

Cassandra Sever and Eric DeVilliers Appointed as Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellows at the Lumen Christi Institute

The Lumen Christi Institute is proud to announce the appointment of Eric DeVilliers and Cassandra Sever as the inaugural fellows for its newly launched postdoctoral fellowship program.