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Beginning on April 2, 2020, the Newman Forum has held a series of online seminars to address high school students' intellectual development in their faith. Held every other Thursday, these seminars have brought together close to sixty students for discussion and fellowship.
The Lumen Christi Institute has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the OSV Institute for a program that will introduce teens in Chicagoland to the Catholic vision of intellectual life, culture, and liturgy.
In light of the spread of coronavirus, the Lumen Christi Institute has decided to postpone in-person programming for spring 2020, and explore online programming for students, faculty and supporters at home.
The Lumen Christi Institute hosted world-renowned Orthodox theologian Father John Behr for a three-day ecumenical program that led into the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, observed each year from Jan. 18-25.
It was a homecoming for philosopher Jennifer Frey, who gave a downtown lecture and two campus presentations sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute last month.
Eighty high school students and a handful of eager eighth graders gathered at Swift Hall of the University of Chicago Divinity School to participate in the Newman Forum’s third daylong conference Feb. 15.
