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Master Class on “The Causality of Petitionary Prayer: C.S. Lewis, Peter Geach, & Thomas Aquinas”

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Stephen L. Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross) REGISTER HERE If, as Christians believe, God is all-wise and all-good, what sense does it make to ask Him for things?  He is already perfectly aware of our true needs, and He already wants to provide for them.  Many of our petitions, it seems, will be […]

Master Class on The Interior Castle of Teresa of Ávila

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago) REGISTER HERE In this three-hour seminar, Prof. McGinn will lead students through the major themes of Teresa of Ávila’s The Interior Castle, a masterpiece of Christian mysticism by one of the most profound spiritual figures in the History of Christianity. Participants will be provided with a complimentary copy of the book […]

“Figures of Renaissance, Reform, & Renewal” Non-Credit Course

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Tuesdays, January 6-March 3 Gavin House, 1220 East 58th Street 6:00pm:  Informal Dinner 6:30pm: Presentation REGISTER HERE Intended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. SCHEDULE: Tuesday, January 6 Geert Grote and Devotio Moderna Aaron Canty, Saint Xavier University Tuesday, January 13 Julian of Norwich Scott Moringiello, DePaul University Tuesday, January 20 A […]

Majoring in Fear: The Decline of the Humanities among College Students Facing an Uncertain Future

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

a luncheon discussion with Mark Shiffman (Villanova University) REGISTER HERE More than a decade ago, David Brooks coined “organization kids” to describe a generation of America’s elite university students driven from early childhood toward a nearly certain goal: success. Today, these students are not as confident that success is inevitable. They are often beleaguered by […]

Master Class on “On the God of the Christians” with Rémi Brague

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

A master class discussion on On the God of the Christians (and one or two others) by Rémi Brague with Rémi Brague (Sorbonne/University of Munich) REGISTER HERE In this one-off seminar, participants will discuss the bookOn the God of the Christians with the author, philosopher Rémi Brague. They will discuss Prof. Brague’s philosophical treatment of the unique […]

“Isaiah: Prophet & Poet” Non-Credit Course

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Tuesdays, Oct. 7-Nov. 25 Gavin House, 1220 East 58th Street 6:00PM Informal Dinner 6:30PM Presentation Fr. Paul Mankowski, S.J. REGISTER HERE He left a powerfully personal and enduring stamp on his and subsequent civilizations, while almost nothing is known of the man himself.  Isaiah was not Israel’s first prophet, yet can be said to have […]

Master Class on “Thinking on One’s Knees: Von Balthasar and Nasr on Theology and Sanctity”

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Fr. Raymond Gawronski, S.J. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley) REGISTER HERE Open to all graduate and undergraduate students (including non-University of Chicago students). Copies of the readings will be provided. Registration is required as space is limited. Please contact Mark Franzen with any questions. Hans Urs von Balthasar’s distinction between “sitting” and “kneeling” theologies has become […]

Francis the Jesuit: The Sources of Thought of Pope Francis Non-Credit Course

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

    The course will examine selected discourses of Pope Francis against a background of classical and recent Jesuit spiritual writings, beginning with the founder of the Jesuit order, St. Ignatius Loyola, and his contemporaries.  No prior familiarity with the subject matter will be presumed. 6:00PM Informal Dinner 6:30PM Presentation Intended for university students and recent […]

Master Class on The Cloud of Unknowing

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Co-sponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop This master class is intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. If you have any questions, please contact Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org. The Cloud of Unknowing is a work of spiritual counsel, a guide to a kind of contemplation, by a fourteenth-century English author, now unnamed but with several other works […]

“Modern Christian Writers” Non-Credit Course

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Informal Dinner: 6:00PM Lecture: 6:30PM Intended for University students, faculty, and recent graduates. Others interested in attending, contact info@lumenchristi.org. Addressing his fellow Christians, the author of the Letter to the Hebrews said, “Here we have no abiding city.” Christian writers characteristically view the societies in which they live both from the inside and as strangers or […]

Master Class on St. Francis of Assisi: “How to Write a Biography of a Medieval Saint”

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Cosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop In his new book, Francis of Assisi: A New Biography, Augustine Thompson, O.P., sifts through the surviving evidence for the life of Francis using modern historical methods. The Francis who emerges here is both more complex and more conflicted than that of older biographies. This one-day master class will consider […]

“Benedict XVI on the Liturgy”

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) has long cherished Catholic liturgy, and his writings on the subject illuminate the man as well as the meaning of Christian ritual. This talk is intended as an introduction to the concept of liturgy as understood by Catholics and of the contributions Ratzinger-both as theologian and as worshiper-has made to […]