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 month and feature papers addressing the intersecting domains of Economics and Catholic Social Thought. Workshops will be held through Zoom. This workshop is by invitation only. Others interested in participating should contact Andrew Beauchamp. Schedule: September 10, 2021 14:00-15:15 GMT “Catholic Social Teaching and Economics in Dialogue: The Problem of Virtue,” by Andrew M. Yuengert (Catholic University of America) Discussants: William Mattison (University of Notre Dame) Catherine Pakaluk (Catholic University of America) — October 1,…
CANCELED: Brian Patrick McGuire on St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Lumen Christi Partners with Our Sunday Visitor Institute to Engage “The Nones”

With the aid of an Our Sunday Visitor Institute grant, Lumen Christi is planning three signature symposia
The Human Person in an Age of Biotechnology: A Symposium
A Key to Understanding “Laudato Si”

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”

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

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.
Do Economics and Theology Have Anything to Say to Each Other?

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 Thought held at the University of Chicago.