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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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October 8, 2026

Fall 2026 Lumen Christi Events

Click here to learn more about Lumen Christi's events this quarter.
Faith and Politics: Reflections of a Catholic Legislator
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October 8, 2026

Job Opening: Student Workers

The Lumen Christi Institute seeks part-time student workers to help with events and other tasks related to our mission to make the Catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the secular university and the broader culture.
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October 8, 2026

Illinois Supreme Court Assigns Hon. Thomas Donnelly to First District Appellate Court

The Hon. Thomas More Donnelly, a long-time friend of the Lumen Christi Institute, has been appointed by the IL Supreme Court to the First District Appellate Court.
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September 25, 2026

Now Accepting Applications: Lumen Christi Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

The Lumen Christi Institute invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship. The program offers funding to support the research and professional development of exceptional scholars in Catholic studies.
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September 7, 2026

The Gospel of Work

Since ancient times, human beings have classified each other by the kind of work they perform. But God calls us to a different point of view: work is valuable because “the one who is doing it is a person.”
A Life in Service of the Truth: The Legacy of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ
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September 3, 2026

Remembering Fr. Paul Mankowski, S.J.

Today, we remember Fr. Paul Mankowski, S.J., Lumen Christi's longtime scholar-in-residence and University of Chicago alumnus, who passed away six years ago.
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August 4, 2026

Remembering Thomas Levergood

Thomas believed that the Catholic intellectual tradition had the power to transform minds, shape culture, and renew the Church. That conviction was the animating force behind everything he built at Lumen Christi and the reason this Institute exists today.
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July 28, 2026

Partner Spotlight: The Fons Vitae Institute at Duke

The programming that Fons Vitae provides at Duke, like each of the member-institutes of the network across the country, exemplifies Levergood’s vision for the expansion of the effort to maintain the Catholic intellectual tradition today.
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July 16, 2026

Thank you for helping us meet our goal

Last July we set a bold goal, to grow Lumen Christi’s donor community to 400 members. I am thrilled to share that as of June 30, we have surpassed that goal.
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July 4, 2026

“Religion and morality are indispensable supports”

For Washington, however, religion was fundamental. Without it, he argued, there would be no security for oaths taken in courts of justice. Without it, we could not expect that morality would prevail.
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June 19, 2026

A Poem of Emancipation

On June 19, our country remembers the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. To commemorate this moment, I would like to share with you an excerpt from a poem by Phillis Wheatley (1753-84).
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June 4, 2026

Today, become part of a community seeking Christ!

We recently celebrated the feast of the Ascension. Christ’s departure from His apostles is described in the New Testament not as an occasion of mourning, but of joy. For He did not leave us alone.