CREDO Economics and CST Virtual Workshop 2021-2022

CREDO Economics and CST Virtual Workshop 2021-2022

In partnership with CREDO, the Lumen Christi Institute is cosponsoring a monthly invite-only CREDO Econ and CST Virtual Workshop. This interdisciplinary workshop will take place online the first Friday of each […]

A Key to Understanding “Laudato Si”

Pacem in terris After 50 Years

It may come as a surprise—especially given Pope Francis’ current reputation as a pontiff concerned about the environment—that Pope Benedict XVI was considered in both religious and secular circles to be the original “Green Pope.” In boosting efforts to make Vatican City more environmentally efficient, he even purchased a forest to offset the Vatican’s carbon imprint.

Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski (Archdiocese of Miami) reminded the audience of Benedict in order to put Pope Francis’ contribution in perspective in his keynote address in the symposium, “Caring for our Common Home: Economics, Environment, & Catholic Social Thought” (May 19).

Solidarity: “A Way of Following Christ”

Solidarity: “A Way of Following Christ”

The social-political ideals of individualism have a long history and profound influence upon American culture. But for Catholics, the family—not the individual—has priority.

Money & the Moral Compass

A Consistent Ethic of Solidarity: Transcending Self, Transforming the World

Jim Perry, Managing Director of the private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners, discusses being a business leader who takes the social teaching of the Church seriously with Booth students.

Re-reading the Signs of the Times: Oakes on Vatican II After 50 Years

Re-reading the Signs of the Times: Oakes on Vatican II After 50 Years

On October 11th – the  day the universal Church celebrated the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council – Fr. Edward Oakes, Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, gave a lecture for the Lumen Christi Institute on the famously misinterpreted document Gaudium et spes, or the “Pastoral Constitution on the Modern World.”