Winter Newman Forum Conference for High School Students: Back to the Future!
Is there time in heaven? Did the Medieval world make modern science possible? Was St. Augustine anxious? What would Aristotle say about post-modern art? High school students are invited to join the Lumen Christi Institute for a half day conference on the nature of time and the relationship of the past and present.
Catholic Women in the Arts and Sciences: An Underappreciated Tradition – Faith and Reason | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
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The West Suburban Catholic Culture Series returns in 2024 to continue its series on “Faith and Reason as the Two Wings: The History and Enduring Importance of Catholic Philosophy“ REGISTER HERE (Business casual attire encouraged. For questions, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org). Schedule: 6:30 p.m. Drinks | 7:00 p.m. Dinner, Lecture, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. End March 20: Catholic Women in the Arts and Sciences: An Underappreciated Tradition Bronwen McShea (Professor of History, Augustine Institute) While many people are aware of the important intellectual and literary contributions of modern Catholic women such as St. Edith Stein and Flannery O’Connor, it is not…
Integrity, Creation, and a Restless Heart: Augustine’s Contribution to Philosophy – Faith and Reason | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
The West Suburban Catholic Culture Series returns in 2024 to continue its series on “Faith and Reason as the Two Wings: The History and Enduring Importance of Catholic Philosophy“ REGISTER HERE (Business casual attire encouraged. For questions, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org). Schedule: 6:30 p.m. Drinks | 7:00 p.m. Dinner, Lecture, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. End November 9: Integrity, Creation, and a Restless Heart: Augustine’s Contribution to Philosophy Jared Ortiz (Professor of Theology, Founder and Executive Director of the St. Benedict Institute, Hope College) Christianity integrates wisdom and worship, something no philosophy can do. Augustine understood this well and changed the parameters…
The One Thing Necessary: Monasticism and Philosophy – Faith and Reason | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
The West Suburban Catholic Culture Series returns in 2024 to continue its series on “Faith and Reason as the Two Wings: The History and Enduring Importance of Catholic Philosophy“ REGISTER HERE (Business casual attire encouraged. For questions, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org). Schedule: 6:30 p.m. Drinks | 7:00 p.m. Dinner, Lecture, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. End October 4: The One Thing Necessary: Monasticism and Philosophy Prior Peter Funk, OSB (Monastery of the Holy Cross) By integrating rigorous study and assiduous prayer within a life oriented towards the Truth, monasticism became a fertile ground for philosophical reflection, which starkly contrasts with modernity’s tendency…
Golden Calf: Philosophy and Theology in the Early Church – Faith and Reason | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
The Greek and Roman world was, to say the least, immensely religious. The early Christians did not have not to convince their contemporaries of the existence of the divine, but to proclaim the nature and work of the incarnate God. The ideas and language of philosophy offered them many possibilities. As St. Justin Martyr wrote, “Whatever things were rightly said among all men are the property of us Christians.” Christians found great use of Greek and Roman philosophy, but they also found significant obstacles. The “gold” that was philosophy both clarified and confused Christians and their detractors.
In this lecture, Prof. Calvert will walk us through the fascinating exchange and enrichment that occurred between philosophy and theology in the early Church, allowing us to discover possibilities to better engage today’s world with the tools that philosophy affords us.
Is Free Will an Illusion? St. Thomas Aquinas and Human Action – Faith and Reason | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
The West Suburban Catholic Culture Series returns in 2024 to continue its series on “Faith and Reason as the Two Wings: The History and Enduring Importance of Catholic Philosophy“ REGISTER HERE (Business casual attire encouraged. For questions, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org). Schedule: 6:30 p.m. Drinks | 7:00 p.m. Dinner, Lecture, & Q&A | 8:30 p.m. End April 10: Is Free Will an Illusion? St. Thomas Aquinas and Human Action Fr. Stephen Brock (Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross) Americans prize freedom, of all kinds. Yet many today are being persuaded that there is no such thing as free…
Inside the Classroom with Fr. Adam Hincks
In the winter quarter, the Lumen Christi Institute was honored to welcome Rev. Dr. Adam Hincks, S.J., as scholar-in-residence.
Pope Leo XIV and St. Leo the Great
Habemus papam! In his first speech as the successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV exhorted his listeners “to be a missionary Church.” In doing so, he echoed the words of one of his predecessors, Pope St. Leo the Great.
A Catholic Vision of Art: Beauty – The Highway to God – A Catholic Vision of Culture in the 21st Century | West Suburban Catholic Culture Series
Beautiful art reflects the glory of the living, incarnate God, Jesus Christ, whether or not explicitly religious in subject matter. Art is not only an instrument and expression of culture, but also has a prophetic capacity to “prepare the way for the Lord” and transform the hearts of those who encounter it. This lecture will look at great works of art, both sacred and secular, and demonstrate how they can lead us to God.
Polarization, Social Cohesion, and the Economy: Celebrating 10 Conferences on Economics and Social Thought
On March 27, the Lumen Christi Institute hosted “Polarization, Social Cohesion, and the Economy,” its 10th Conference on Economics and Catholic Social Thought. This continues an initiative running since 2008.