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Dionysius the Areopagite Reading Course

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

REGISTER HERE Open to current students and faculty at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. Books, food, and beverages will be provided.  This reading group explores the key works of Dionysius the Areopagite. A mysterious figure in the Christian tradition, he presents himself as […]

The Revolt of the Masses and the Suicide of Civilization

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

Open to current undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. Registration is capped at 20. Students who register after capacity has been reached will be put on a waitlist. All registrants will be provided with a free copy of the text. This seminar and the Nicklin Fellows are cosponsored by the First Analysis Institute. REGISTER HERE […]

People: John McCormick, Daniel Wasserman-Soler

Non-Credit Mini Course | Transhumanism, AI, and the Soul: Science for Humans

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

Tuesdays, October 3 - October 24 6:00pm: Dinner 6:30pm: Presentation This event is in-person only. Intended for university students, recent graduates, faculty, and staff. Others interested in attending please contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. This non-credit course is […]

People: Joseph Vukov, Michael Burns

Letters from Lake Como and Other Approaches: Guardini and Heidegger on Technology

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

REGISTER HERE Open to current graduate students and faculty. Advanced undergraduates and others interested in participating should contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. All registrants will receive a copy of the required reading, which should be read in advance of the class. An optional wine and cheese reception will follow.  This master class is made possible through the support of ‘In […]

People: Peter Casarella

Thomas Aquinas Reading Group

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

Open to current graduate students and faculty. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Those interested in participating should contact Gregory Brown at gregdbrown@uchicago.edu. Food, beverages, and readings will be provided.  St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica is a masterpiece of both theology and philosophy. Come join us as we read and discuss the work of one of the […]

Spring Non-Credit Course | Shame, Suffering, and the Scandal of the Cross

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

Tuesdays, March 28-May 16 6:00pm: Dinner 6:30pm: Presentation This event is in-person only. Intended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. The human experiences of suffering, shame, and evil are assaults […]

People: Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ

Maximus the Confessor Reading Group

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

Mondays, April 17- May 15, 2023 | 4:30- 6:00 PM Open to current students and faculty at the University of Chicago. Copies of the Ambigua will be provided. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. No previous knowledge of the subject-matter required. Non-students interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org. Food and beverages will be provided.  Maximus […]

People: Rev. Andrew Summerson

Retribution and St. Thomas Aquinas’s Teaching on Justice

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

Open to current students and faculty. This event is co-sponsored by the St. Thomas More Society at the University of Chicago Law School. Others interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org. This event is in-person only. All registrants will receive pdfs of the selected readings, which should be read in advance of the class. An optional […]

People: Stephen Brock

Graduate Reading Group on “The Short Stories of Tolstoy”

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

Open to current graduate students at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact nbeacom@uchicago.edu. Books, food, and beverages will be provided.  Does life have a meaning in the face of unavoidable suffering and impending death? What does it mean to be good, to be authentic, […]

Lust, Friendship, and Eternity in the Epic of Gilgamesh

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

Open to current undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. Registration is capped at 20. Students who register after capacity has been reached will be put on a waitlist. All registrants will be provided with a free copy of the text. The Epic of Gilgamesh has been called the oldest surviving book in the history of Earth. Originating […]

People: Daniel Wasserman-Soler

Still Mining the Forgotten: Black Catholic Women’s History in the 21st Century with Shannen Dee Williams

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

Open to current students and faculty. Box lunches will be served. Texts will be provided. This event is co-sponsored by the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion.  Despite being the world's oldest and most popular Black Christian tradition, studies of Black Catholicism remain underrepresented both within popular discourse and academic study. This is […]

People: Shannen D. Williams

Winter Non-Credit Course | Heresies, Ancient and Modern: The Truth about Error

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

Tuesdays, Jan. 10-Feb. 28 6:00pm: Dinner 6:30pm: Presentation Intended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. What is “heresy?”  At first glance, the term “heresy” might be dismissed as […]

People: Fr. Peter Bernardi, SJ