Applications Open for the 2026 Summer Seminars

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In their eighteenth year, the Lumen Christi Institute Summer Seminars in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition introduce participants to central themes, figures, and texts from the Catholic tradition.

Please see the Event Calendar for details and application requirements.

Please direct any questions to seminars@lumenchristi.org

Glimpses of Wonder: Epiphanies of Beauty in the Midst of Technological Change

Duke University, North Carolina

June 14 to June 20 (Sr. Damien Marie Saviano, Peter Casarella)

The Mystery of Christ from Chalcedon to Maximus – University of Toronto,

June 14 to June 20, (Louis Ayres, Paul Blowers, Andrew Summerson)

Catholic Social Thought in Business Education – Catholic University of America,

June 16 to June 19, (David Cloutier, Martin Schlag, Nicholas Schmitz, Andreas Widmer)

Judgment in Rome: Art and Papal Teaching from John Paul II to Leo XIV Augustinianum & the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome

June 21 to June 26, (Scott Roniger, Fr. Petar Popović, Ralph van Bühren)

The Thought of René Girard – Lumen Christi Institute, Chicago,

July 2 to July 8, (Grant Kaplan, Trevor Merrill)

The Thought of John Henry Newman, National Institute of Newman Studies, Pittsburgh, PA

July 19 to July 25 (Fr. Stephen Fields)

Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation, Lumen Christi Institute, Chicago,

August 2 to August 8, (Russ Hittinger, Scott Roniger) by Invitation only

Economics and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer, University of Notre Dame,

August 2 to August 5 (Kirk Doran, Mary Hirschfeld, Joseph Kaboski, Andrew Yuengert, Fr. Martin Schlag)