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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.
Mary Hirschfeld, Assistant Professor of Economics & Theology at Villanova University, gives a talk probing the state of the relationship between theology and economics. This talk was a keynote address at the Sixth Annual Conference on Economics and Catholic Social
In his lecture titled “Pope Francis and the New Evangelization” given on May 8th at the University Club of Chicago, Fr. Barron encouraged his audience to learn about the faith so that they too can share it.
U of C Grad Creates Documentary Film That Gives a Unique View of the Life of Cloistered Monastic Nuns
Anna Bonta Moreland (Villanova University) In this luncheon presentation, Argentinian-born theologian Anna Bonta Moreland employs Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel) as a roadmap to the Pope’s vision for the Church and the Christian life as
John Cavadini (University of Notre Dame) The Lumen Christi Institute is pleased to cosponsor this lecture, which is part of an annual lecture series on “The Documents of the Second Vatican Council” sponsored by St. Procopius Abbey & Benedictine University.
A book event with the authors of Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools’ Importance in Urban America Margaret Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett moderated by Fr. Tim Scully (Hackett Family Director, Institute for Educational Initiatives, University of Notre Dame) In
By 1851, the poet Charles Baudelaire had become obsessed — in contrast to his previous anarchist position — with the views of the reactionary and fiercely Catholic Joseph de Maistre. Maistre argued that Original Sin “explains everything,” a perspective that
Michael Geyer (University of Chicago), Moderator Hans Joas (University of Chicago) John D. Kelly (University of Chicago) Ben Laurence (University of Chicago) William Schweiker (University of Chicago) cosponsored by the Human Rights Program at the University of Chicago REGISTER HERE
Fr. Robert Barron (Rector of Mundelein Seminary/University of Saint Mary of the Lake; founder of Word on Fire) David danced before the Ark as an image of humanity dancing with the Lord, recovering the effortless harmony of Eden. In this