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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.

Faith and Politics: Reflections of a Catholic Legislator
News
January 6, 2025

Job Opening: Finance and Facilities Coordinator

This position has been filled.
News
January 6, 2025

Meet LCI’s Winter Scholar-in-Residence, Rev. Dr. Adam Hincks, S.J.

The Lumen Christi Institute is excited to welcome Rev. Dr. Adam Hincks, S.J. as our scholar-in-residence for the winter quarter.
Newsletter
December 16, 2024

2024 Annual Report

News
December 1, 2024

Current Career Snapshot: PhD Summer Seminar Alumni, 2011-2019

In an effort to better understand the impact and effectiveness of its mission, the Lumen Christi Institute conducted a comprehensive study on the career paths of alumni from its PhD summer seminars held between 2011 and 2019.
A Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
Media
November 20, 2024

The Story of Catholic Education: Renewing our Schools, Renewing our Culture – A Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series

If we do not know where we come from, it is hard to know what role we play. Dr. Michael Naughton provides a compelling narrative of Catholic education that draws upon our personal, institutional, and cosmic stories. This narrative gives
Magis Lecture | Technology, Liturgy, and the Work of Human Hands
Media
November 14, 2024

Magis Lecture | Technology, Liturgy, and the Work of Human Hands

Technology always pushes the limits of our thinking and challenges us morally. In this presentation, we will see that our difficulty with evaluating the morality of technology is because technology sits very close to human identity. Human culture just is
News
November 13, 2024

Applications Open for Winter Graduate Reading Groups

The University of Chicago is famous for its graduate student reading groups, in which students pursue their own intellectual interests among friends in an informal setting.
Virtue, Moral Formation, and the University
Media
October 17, 2024

Virtue, Moral Formation, and the University

As scholars such as Julie Reuben have documented, there has been a decline in the mission of moral formation of students over the history of US higher education and this role of the university is no longer to be taken
News
October 17, 2024

In Lumine Network Gathering from Across the Nation

On October 17-18, the Lumen Christi Institute convened the third annual meeting of the In Lumine Network at the University of Chicago. Funded by the John Templeton Foundation, the conference brought together representatives from the network's 13 member institutes.