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SUMMARY:A Spiritual Manual for the Technological Age: A Discussion of Paul Kingsnorth's Against the Machine
DESCRIPTION:This event is full.  You can register for the livestream below.  To inquire about the waiting list for the in-person event\, please email Margaux (Killackey) Taffet: mtaffet@lumenchristi.org. \n  \n“A Spiritual Manual for the Technological Age” is the Lumen Christi Institute’s 2025 Kolber Lecture. \n  \nREGISTER HERE (Online Only) \n5:00 Cocktail and Hors d’Oeuvres  |   6:00 Dialogue and Q&A   |   7:30 End  \n“Our culture is not in danger of dying; it is already dead\, and we are in denial.  This\, now\, is the reality we have to wrestle with—and transcend.” \nWe all experience how the rapid advance of technology\, especially AI\, has affected the way we live\, think\, and experience the world. But has it also changed who we are? In his new book\, Against the Machine: on the Unmaking of Humanity\, Paul Kingsnorth explores the consequences of hyper-technologized society. With the deftness of an essayist who is also a poet\, Kingsnorth takes us through the historical and theological roots of post-Industrial Revolution advancement. He ultimately suggests that the dangers we face have a spiritual cause\, and spiritual consequences.  “If you knock out the pillars of a sacred order\,” he writes\, “the universe itself will change shape.”  This technological reshaping will lead man to become the machine—unless we can learn to transcend it. \nPaul Kingsnorth is a poet\, novelist\, and essayist.  He wrote his first book after traveling around the world to study the effects of globalization on culture; since then\, he has written five other works of nonfiction\, three novels\, two collections of poetry\, and has contributed essays to numerous journals\, including First Things\, The Guardian\, London Review of Books\, and The Ecologist.  He also writes a popular Substack\, “The Abbey of Misrule\,” with a following of over 70\,000 subscribers.  Kingsnorth resides in Ireland with his family. \nWe at the Lumen Christi Institute are excited to host Paul Kingsnorth at the University Club as he takes his book tour for Against the Machine.  The evening will begin at 5:00pm with cocktails and appetizers.  At 6:00pm\, Kingsnorth will bring us into the major themes of his book in dialogue with another great contemporary poet and cultural critic\, James Matthew Wilson\, followed by an audience Q&A\, and a book signing.  You may pre-order a signed copy of the book when you register. \nRegistration for the livestream will go live on September 1st.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/a-spiritual-manual-for-the-technological-age-a-discussion-of-paul-kingsnorths-against-the-machine/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
CATEGORIES:Downtown Lectures
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SUMMARY:What Can We Say About God? An Interview with David Novak on God-Talk
DESCRIPTION:11:15am Doors Open | 11:45am Welcome\, Blessing\, Lunch is Served   |   12:00pm Interview   |   1:00pm End  \nREGISTER HERE\nThe dress code and parking information for the University Club is here.\nFor questions\, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org. \nThis event is copresented by the Regenstein Foundation.  It is cosponsored by Public Discourse\, the Tikvah Fund\, and Spertus Institute. \n\n\nDavid Novak\, one of the most distinguished Jewish theologians in the world\, offers a new interpretation of how the Jewish people and the Jewish tradition talk about God. What does the Torah say about God? How does the God of the Torah talk about Himself? And how does the God of the Torah talk about human beings? The book traces the history and theology of God-talk in Judaism\, and how it remains relevant\, now more than ever\, and speaks directly to contemporary issues such as human rights. \n\nJoin us over lunch as Melanie Barrett\, professor of moral theology at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, interviews David Novak on his new book on God-talk in Judaism.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/what-can-we-say-about-god-an-interview-with-david-novak-on-god-talk/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
CATEGORIES:Downtown Lectures,Cultural Forum
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SUMMARY:An Inquiry into the Value of Work: A Discussion of Matt Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \n5:30 Cocktail and Hors d’Oeuvres  |   6:30 Opening Remarks   |   6:45 Dialogue and Q&A   |   7:30 End   \nThrough the generosity of LCI’s donors\, undergraduate and graduate students are able to attend this event for free. Interested students should email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org to register. \nThis event is cosponsored at The Point Magazine. \nPublished in 2009\, Matthew Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft became an unexpected best-seller.  Written by a University of Chicago PhD and motorcycle mechanic\, the book explored the value of craftsmanship and manual work in a world increasingly dominated by technology and abstract thinking. \nDrawing on his own experiences as a philosopher and motorcycle mechanic\, Crawford argued that hands-on labor offers a sense of purpose\, fulfillment\, and autonomy often lacking in the world around us. The book delves into the intellectual and philosophical richness of craftsmanship\, challenging the conventional wisdom that separates thinking from doing\, and seeks to reintegrate man with the created world. \nIn this downtown conversation\, Crawford will rehearse the major themes of his bestseller. He will then enter into conversation with experts in Catholic social thought\, to discuss the ways in which his insights about purposeful work and craft resonate with the Church’s insights about the dignity of labor and the value of the created world. \nCrawford will be joined by Kirk Doran\, a University of Notre Dame economist and expert in labor economics and Catholic Social Thought\, and Elisa Rubbo\, a University of Chicago economist\, whose research focuses on how macroeconomic variables affect different industries and labor markets.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-shopclass-as-soulcraft/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
CATEGORIES:Downtown Lectures
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SUMMARY:What is Ideology? A Conversation with Mark Shiffman and James Matthew Wilson
DESCRIPTION:5:30 Cocktail and Hors d’Oeuvres  |   6:30 Opening Remarks   |   6:45 Dialogue and Q&A   |   7:30 End   \nCo-presented by Public Discourse\, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute\, dedicated to renewing the culture through thoughtful reflections on education\, family\, and religion. Supported by Wiseblood Books.\nDiscounted student tickets are available. Please contact Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org for more information on this or any other matter. \n“Ideology” is a word in near-ubiquitous use: it is deployed to describe everything from religious identity (‘radical Islamic ideology’) and political principle (‘the contest between woke and MAGA ideology’) to gastronomic preferences (‘the ideology of meat in US culture’). \nDoes a word used so widely and vaguely still possess concrete meaning? In his new book\, What is Ideology?\, political theorist Mark Shiffman has studied the history of the concept and identified it as a distinctly modern phenomenon. Shiffman argues that ideological thinking attempts to subject all reality to a narrow and reductive schema in order to produce a redemptive social-political order and engineer a new type of human being. Moreover\, he  explains how  our own imprecise use of the term makes us even more susceptible to ideological control. \nTo point towards an escape from ideological thinking\, Shiffman engages a diverse array of thinkers\, from Thomas Hobbes and Karl Marx\, to John Adams and Antonio Gramsci\, to Ralph Ellison and Hannah Arendt. \nOn the evening of May 2nd\, Mark Shiffman will discuss these topics with the esteemed poet and cultural critic James Matthew Wilson. They will trace the history of the term ideology\, discuss its deforming effects on political life and the soul\, and suggest how “non-ideological thinking” can be restored by drawing on resources from the classical and Christian traditions of philosophy\, theology\, art\, and literature.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-05-what-is-ideology-a-conversation-mark-shiffman-james-matthew-wilson/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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SUMMARY:Dante the Theologian: Ken Woodward Interviews Denys Turner
DESCRIPTION:12:00 Welcome\, Blessing\, Lunch is Served   |   12:30 Interview   |   1:30 End  \nREGISTRATION OPENS ON MARCH 1\nThe dress code for the University Club can be consulted here\, and parking information here.\nFor questions\, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org. \nAll agree: Dante Alighieri was a great poet. But Denys Turner insists that he was also a great theologian—and that what makes his theology great is his poetry. Moreover\, Turner argues\, Dante was able to write his masterpiece only after he had personally journeyed through Hell and Purgatory like Dante\, the pilgrim character in The Divine Comedy. Is this the case? \nKen Woodward\, former Newsweek religion editor and Lumen Christi’s Writer-in-Residence\, will press these questions during a luncheon interview with Denys Turner\, to help us learn about Dante’s pilgrimage in hope\, and appreciate his poetry as an entry point into theological discovery.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-10-luncheon-featuring-denys-turner-his-new-book-dante-theologian/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231026T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231026T133000
DTSTAMP:20260728T055722
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SUMMARY:Dante the Theologian: A Conversation
DESCRIPTION:12:00 Welcome\, Blessing\, Lunch is Served   |   12:30 Interview   |   1:30 End  \nREGISTER HERE\nThe dress code for the University Club can be consulted here\, and parking information here.\nFor questions\, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org. \nAll agree: Dante Alighieri was a great poet. The Divine Comedy stands as a masterwork of Western literature\, integrating theology\, philosophy\, and history into a compelling vision of the cosmos. \nKen Woodward\, Lumen Christi’s Writer-in-Residence\, will explore Dante’s greatness and enduring relevance during a luncheon conversation with esteemed scholars Jennifer Martin and Jason Baxter. This conversation will help us learn about Dante’s journey and appreciate his poetry as an entry point into theological discovery.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-10-luncheon-featuring-denys-turner-his-new-book-dante-theologian-2/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230428T113000
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SUMMARY:Catholic Lawyers Guild Speaker Series | Luncheon with Sr. Helen Prejean
DESCRIPTION:Registration required. This event is presented by the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago and co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Hank Center of Loyola University Chicago. To find out more\, visit https://www.clgchicago.org/events. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSister Helen Prejean\, who is known around the world for her tireless work against the death penalty\, will be joining Catholic Lawyers Guild this Spring for a community event. Sr. Helen has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on capital punishment and in shaping the Catholic Church’s vigorous opposition to all executions. We look forward to welcoming her and invite you to join us for what is sure to be a dynamic and thought-provoking event. \nOur time together will consist of a plated lunch\, followed by a presentation by Sr. Helen Prejean with an opportunity for Q&A. \nOne hour of Illinois CLE credit will be provided for this program. Registration is required to attend\, please provide ARDC during registration to attain CLE credit. \nWe hope you can join us! \n\nThis event is a CLG Speaker Series Luncheon.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUniversity Club of Chicago\nMichigan Room\n76 E. Monroe St.\, Chicago
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-04-catholic-lawyers-guild-speaker-series-luncheon-with-sr-helen-prejean/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T143000
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SUMMARY:Lessons from the Past to Heal the Future: A Perspective on healing Ukraine post-war
DESCRIPTION:This event is open to the public. Registration is required. Please contact info@lumenchristi.org with any questions. \nAs a Church historian\, Metropolitan Borys Gudziak has dedicated his vocation to transcribing and articulating the experience of the underground Church in Ukraine during the 20th century. These lessons of perseverance and adherence to the gospel—embodying the cross\, death and resurrection—form the foundation of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv\, where Metropolitan Borys was at the beginnings of its re-birth and now serves as its president. \nAt this luncheon\, hear Metropolitan Gudziak draw deep from these hard-earned lessons from the past to discuss strategies for healing the wounds in the body of Christ in post-war Ukraine.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-02-briefing-on-ukraine-borys-gudziak/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220528T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260728T055722
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SUMMARY:The Vocation of the Patristic Theologian: Inheriting the Voice of Early Christians
DESCRIPTION:This forum and reception\, following the annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society\, is co-sponsored by the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. \nThis forum invites graduate students and scholars of patristics to reflect on the nature of the craft and its relationship to contemporary theological studies\, the academy\, and church today. A panel of scholars\, featuring John Cavadini\, Lewis Ayres\, Ellen Scully\, and Bogdan Bucur\, will speak on the nature of the vocation of the Patristic theologian and the challenges and opportunities one faces in research\, scholarship\, and teaching. We will further attend to the question of how patristic theologians participate in a fuller reception of the depth and the breadth of the Christian intellectual tradition in an ecumenical key\, as well as provide opportunities for common reflection among the participants on the work of making present the Christian past.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-05-vocation-of-patristic-theologian-inheriting-voice-of-early-christians/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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SUMMARY:A Life in Service of the Truth: The Legacy of Fr. Paul Mankowski\, SJ
DESCRIPTION:Fr. Paul Mankowski (1953 – 2020) was a brilliant essayist\, a singular wit\, and a devoted son of the Church. Born in South Bend\, Indiana\, he put himself through the University of Chicago while working summers in a steel mill. Called to a vocation with the Society of Jesus\, Fr. Paul entered the novitiate in 1976 before studying Classics at Oxford and Semitic languages at Harvard. \nThough lacking all instincts for self-promotion\, Fr. Paul quickly gained a reputation for his erudition and his razor-sharp intellect.  He suffered greatly for his loyalty to the Church before finding a home at the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago. Having returned to his alma mater\, he served as a fulcrum of intellectual and spiritual formation for countless students. In passing away unexpectedly on September 3\, 2020\, Fr. Paul Mankowski left a legacy of principled and courageous allegiance to the Church and her tradition of integrated intellectual and spiritual life. \nThis event will celebrate the life and legacy of Fr. Paul Mankowski through a conversation with Professor Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame)\, who will comment on Fr. Paul’s work as a scholar. and Fr. Kevin Flannery\, SJ ( Pontifical Gregorian University)\, who will reflect on Fr. Paul’s life as a Jesuit (with Fr. Paul’s letters as a point of departure).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-10-a-life-in-service-of-truth-legacy-of-fr-paul-mankowski-sj-gary-a-anderson-kevin-flannery-s-j/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200514T133000
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SUMMARY:Faith and Science at Notre Dame: Fr. John Zahm\, Evolution\, and the Catholic Church
DESCRIPTION:The Reverend John Augustine Zahm\, CSC\, (1851–1921) was a Holy Cross priest\, an author\, a South American explorer\, and a science professor and vice president at the University of Notre Dame\, the latter at the age of twenty-five. Through his scientific writings\, Zahm argued that Roman Catholicism was fully compatible with an evolutionary view of biological systems\, an argument that would get him (but not his book) censured in 1897 by the Vatican. In his talk Faith and Science at Notre Dame: John Zahm\, Evolution\, and the Catholic Church\, John Slattery will chart the rise and fall of Zahm\, examining his ascension to international fame in bridging evolution and Catholicism and shedding new light on his ultimate downfall via censure by the Congregation of the Index of Prohibited Books. Slattery draws on previously unknown archival letters and reports that allow Zahm’s censure to be fully understood in the light of broader scientific\, theological\, and philosophical movements—including Neo-Scholasticism–within the Catholic Church and around the world.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200213T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200213T143000
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SUMMARY:Flannery O'Connor and the Vision of Grace
DESCRIPTION:Flannery O’Connor is one of the most celebrated American fiction writers.  Yet she has often been misunderstood by the very critics who praise her.  O’Connor was sometimes called a hillbilly nihilist\, but she responded that she was simply “a hillbilly Thomist.” In this talk\, Dr. Frey explores the action of divine grace in the short stories of O’Connor\, and how her vision of grace is inspired by the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. \nProf. Frey also gave a talk on What Good is Happiness? at the University of Chicago on February 12\, 2020\, and led a lunch discussion for students and faculty on novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch\, on February 14\, 2020.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-02-flannery-oconnor-vision-of-grace-jennifer-frey/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191024T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191024T133000
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SUMMARY:The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila
DESCRIPTION:This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. \nA luncheon talk with Professor Carlos Eire (Yale) on the recent book on the life and many afterlives of one of the most enduring mystical testaments ever written: The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila. \nSaint Teresa of Avila’s Life is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography at all\, but rather a confession written for inquisitors by a nun whose raptures and mystical claims had aroused suspicion. Despite its troubled origins\, the book has had a profound impact on Christian spirituality for five centuries\, attracting admiration from readers as diverse as mystics\, philosophers\, artists\, psychoanalysts\, and neurologists. How did a manuscript once kept under lock and key by the Spanish Inquisition become one of the most inspiring religious books of all time? \nIn The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography (Princeton University Press\, 2019) National Book Award winner Carlos Eire tells the story of this incomparable spiritual masterpiece\, examining its composition and reception in the sixteenth century\, the various ways its mystical teachings have been interpreted and reinterpreted across time\, and its enduring influence in our own secular age. \nProf. Eire also participated in a panel discussion of his book later that afternoon at the University of Chicago.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-10-life-of-saint-teresa-of-avila-carlos-eire/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190411T133000
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SUMMARY:The Life and Legacy of Saint Oscar Romero
DESCRIPTION:Listen to the address as a podcast episode. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page\, iTunes channel\, Stitcher\, TuneIn\, ListenNotes\, Podbean\, Pocket Casts\, and Google Play Music. \nTo view photos of the talk\, visit Lumen Christi’s Facebook page. \nThis program was made possible in part by a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. \nJoin us for a luncheon talk on the recently canonized Óscar Romero. Since his death in 1980\, the world is still absorbing the witness of Óscar Romero\, the Archbishop of San Salvador\, martyred for his commitment to the poor and social justice. Prof. Lee will consider how Romero’s witness challenges Christians in the U.S. to reimagine a robust Christian spirituality that is at once a mystical encounter with God and a prophetic engagement in the struggle for justice. He will also reflect on the implications of the archbishop’s recognition as a martyr and on the model of holiness he offers for the wider Church today. \nProf. Lee also participated in a panel discussion of his book later that afternoon at the University of Chicago.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-04-life-of-saint-oscar-romero/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181115T143000
DTSTAMP:20260728T055722
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SUMMARY:How Catholics Can Realize the Royal Priesthood of the Laity and Rebuild a Church in Crisis
DESCRIPTION:You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page\, iTunes channel\, Stitcher\, TuneIn\, ListenNotes\, Podbean\, Pocket Casts\, and Google Play Music. \nTo view photos of the address\, visit Lumen Christi’s Facebook page. \nTo read the published version of the address in Commonweal\, click here. \nYou can download the event poster here. \n$30 Student (with ID) / $60 General / $600 Host Committee\nRegistration includes lunch.  \nThe Church has long taught that all baptized Christians share in Christ’s royal priesthood\, and that we are “a chosen race\, a royal priesthood\, a holy nation\, God’s own people\,” who should “declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” \nThe current crisis in which the American Church finds herself lies in a failure to realize this common priestly vocation\, and has led to clericalism\, the cover-up of sexual abuse\, lack of lay discipleship\, and a dearth of vocations. Fr. Michael Sweeney\, OP\, has developed a theology of the laity that addresses this theological misunderstanding. He has applied this theology of the laity both as co-founder of the St. Catherine of Siena Institute and as the co-founder of the Lay Mission Project of the Western Dominican Province. \nFr. Sweeney will speak to the suggestion of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger that we ought to recognize a lay office in the Church in order to promote the full participation of the laity in the Church’s mission\, with a view to enabling a real collaboration between the laity and the hierarchy. \nFr. Sweeney also participated on a panel discussion on similar topics on the afternoon of November 15.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2018-11-how-lay-catholics-can-realize-royal-priesthood-of-laity-rebuild-a-church-in-crisis-fr-michael-sweeney-op/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180312T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180312T193000
DTSTAMP:20260728T055722
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SUMMARY:Silence\, Prayer\, and Contemplation in a Secular Society
DESCRIPTION:Information on directions and parking can be found HERE. Information on the club’s dress code can be found HERE. \nOur secular society does nothing to encourage us to discover God’s presence in our lives through silent\, prayerful reflection. To the contrary\, the overload of media and noise discourage cultivating a habit of silent\, meditative prayer. Yet prayer of this kind is essential if we are to recognize and accept God’s mercy and love acting in our lives. The theological virtues of faith\, hope\, and charity grow in us when we cooperate with the grace that enables us to pray contemplatively and so enter into a deeper communion with the God who is Love. Cardinal Arborelius explores these themes and places them in conversation with the thought of Lawrence of the Resurrection\, Elizabeth of the Trinity\, Teresa of Ávila\, and John of the Cross.\n\nTo view photos of the evening\, visit Lumen Christi’s Facebook page. \nTo read the Chicago Catholic‘s coverage of the event\, click here. \nTo read the Arlington Catholic Herald‘s coverage of the event\, click here. \nYou can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page\, iTunes channel\, Stitcher\, TuneIn\, ListenNotes\, Podbean\, Pocket Casts\, and Google Play Music. \n\nCardinal Arborelius also gave a lecture at the University of Chicago on March 13 on “The Witness of Contemplative Women in the Heart of the Church.” \nTo learn more about Cardinal Arborelius\, read this Lumen Christi news item about his visit.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2018-03-silence-prayer-contemplation-in-a-secular-society-anders-cardinal-arborelius/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180118T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180118T143000
DTSTAMP:20260728T055722
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SUMMARY:The State of Religion in America
DESCRIPTION:$60 General / $600 Host Committee Member \nSince publishing Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics in 2012\, Ross Douthat’s commentary on American religious culture has established him as a prominent and thoughtful critic. This lecture will describe the three “world pictures” that dominate American religiosity: the biblical\, spiritual\, and secular. As these world pictures jockey for cultural dominance\, interesting questions arise. Can the biblical world picture gain ground? Will the secular world picture carry the day? Will the spiritual world picture be forced to give way to one of its more inflexible alternatives? These and other questions will be considered in view of contemporary political and cultural events. \nDouthat explored these themes in a popular 2013 column accessible here. \nRoss Douthat also participated in a panel discussion on “Religion and Religious Expression in the Academy and Public Life” at the University of Chicago on January 17. \nTo view photos of the luncheon\, visit Lumen Christi’s Facebook page. \nYou can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page\, iTunes channel\, Stitcher\, TuneIn\, ListenNotes\, Podbean\, Pocket Casts\, and Google Play Music.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2018-01-state-of-religion-in-america-ross-douthat/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161021T073000
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SUMMARY:Religious Faith and Modern War
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\n$25 Registration includes breakfast \nYou can read Phil Klay’s recent piece “The Citizen-Soldier: Moral Risk and the Modern Military” HERE. \nPhoto courtesy of Hannah Dunphy
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-10-religious-faith-modern-war-phil-klay/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
CATEGORIES:Downtown Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160927T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160927T193000
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SUMMARY:Getting Religion: Faith\, Culture\, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE BOOK \nImpeccably researched\, thought-challenging and leavened by wit\, Getting Religion\, the highly-anticipated new book from Kenneth L. Woodward\, is ideal perfect for readers looking to understand how religion came to be a contentious element in 21st century public life. \nHere the award-winning author blends memoir (especially of the postwar era) with copious reporting and shrewd historical analysis to tell the story of how American religion\, culture and politics influenced each other in the second half of the 20th century. There are few people writing today who could tell this important story with such authority and insight. A scholar as well as one of the nation’s most respected journalists\, Woodward served as Newsweek’s religion editor for nearly forty years\, reporting from five continents and contributing over 700 articles\, including nearly 100 cover stories\, on a wide range of social issues\, ideas and movements. \nBeginning with a bold reassessment of the Fifties\, Woodward’s narrative weaves through Civil Rights era and the movements that followed in its wake: the anti-Vietnam movement; Liberation theology in Latin America; the rise of Evangelicalism and decline of mainline Protestantism; women’s liberation and Bible; the turn to Asian spirituality; the transformation of the family and emergence of religious cults; and the embrace of righteous politics by both the Republican and Democratic Parties. \nAlong the way\, Woodward provides riveting portraits of many of the era’s major figures: preachers like Billy Graham and Jerry Falwell; politicians Mario Cuomo and Hillary Clinton; movement leaders Daniel Berrigan\, Abraham Joshua Heschel\, and Richard John Neuhaus; influential thinkers ranging from Erik Erikson to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross; feminist theologians Rosemary Reuther and Elizabeth Schussler-Fiorenza; and est impresario Werner Erhardt; plus the author’s long time friend\, the Dalai Lama. \nFor readers interested in how religion\, economics\, family life and politics influence each other\, Woodward introduces fresh a fresh vocabulary of terms such as “embedded religion\,” “movement religion” and “entrepreneurial religion” to illuminate the interweaving of the secular and sacred in American public life. \nThis is one of those rare books that changes the way Americans think about belief\, behavior and belonging.\nPRAISE FOR THE BOOK \n“In this thoughtful book\, Ken Woodward offers us a memorable portrait of the past seven decades of American life and culture. From Reinhold Niebuhr to Billy Graham\, from Abraham Heschel to the Dali Lama\, from George W. Bush to Hillary Clinton\, Woodward captures the personalities and charts the philosophical trends that have shaped the way we live now.” – Jon Meacham\, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of Destiny and Power \n“For decades\, Kenneth Woodward covered religion like no one else in the field: with a keen intellect\, an open mind\, a big heart\, and most of all\, the inability to write a dull sentence. In his new memoir\, which mixes his own religious upbringing with a typically clearheaded analysis of the times in which he lived (and on which he reported)\, he takes us on a fascinating journey of what he rightly calls the most volatile religious period in American history.  You may open the book for the historical tour\, but you’ll stay with it because of your brilliant guide.” – James Martin\, SJ\, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage. \nWoodward’s book is brilliant—lively\, historically informed\, and spiced throughout with his trademark wit. Having personally witnessed many of most important events in American religion over the past half century\, Woodward provides close-up\, moment-to-moment reality to stories others often missed. His judgments are consistently edgy but also appreciative of the achievements of the era’s key players he came to know so well. – Grant Wacker\, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Christian History\, Duke Divinity School \n“No American journalist has patrolled the borders of that often-troubled relationship between faith and culture longer or better than Kenneth Woodward. He’s a reporter of the old school\, taking the time both to get the story right and to be artful about how he crafts his prose. As Woodward says himself\, “being there matters\,” and in this book\, you’ll find the wisdom of someone who’s just flat-out been there. This is a superb book.” – John L. Allen Jr\, editor of Crux and author of A People of Hope \n“This survey and interpretation of the American socio-religious scene over the past half century is deeply resourced\, comprehensive in coverage\, fair-minded in its judgments\, and eminently readable. It covers much more than politics\, but Woodward has original things to tell us on that highly charged topic. His account of the religious right is a model of clarity\, and he balances that by calling attention to often overlooked religious dimensions to Democratic party politics — especially the importance of Methodism in the political formation of George McGovern and Hillary Clinton. All in all\, a terrific book.” – Philip Gleason\, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. \n“If ever there were a journalist who could write of his journey through the multi-dimensional worlds of religion in America — and in the world\, it is Kenneth Woodward. Religion Reported is a fascinating account of his almost 40 years as the religion editor of Newsweek. He takes us behind the scenes with illuminating portrayals of some of the major religious and political leaders of the latter twentieth century and does so with thorough research\, balanced reporting\, candid assessments\, and more than a little humor. As Woodward notes\, ‘being there’ mattered. It becomes clear that the author has been everywhere on the religion scene and his observations are incisive and insightful.  Readers of this engaging book will feel\, as I did\, that they were there also.” – Michael Cromartie\, Vice President\, Ethics and Public Policy Center \nNot since de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America\, has there been such a personal and insightful survey of religion in American life. Ken Woodward’s Getting Religion is in some ways even better because de Tocqueville was a just visitor to America while Woodward is a sympathetic insider who loves church and state as well as the separation between them that mutually enriches both.  This is a masterful record of the dance of religion on American shores since the second world war.  Ken Woodward may be the only one who could have written it. –Rabbi Marc Gellman\, Ph.D.\, former religion columnist for Newsweek.com \n \n\n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-09-getting-religion-faith-culture-politics-from-age-of-eisenhower-to-era-of-obama-kenneth-woodward-martin-marty/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
CATEGORIES:Downtown Lectures
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SUMMARY:Reception for A Godly Humanism: Clarifying the Hope That Lies Within
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reception to celebrate the recently released book A Godly Humanism: Clarifying the Hope that Lies Within (CUA Press\, 2015) by the late Francis Cardinal George\, O.M.I. on the one-year anniversary of his passing. \n\n\nFinished by Francis Cardinal George\, O.M.I. nine days before his death\, A Godly Humanismoffers an account of the Catholic intellectual life by one of the most gifted thinkers to serve as bishop in the American Church. It draws on figures such as St. Augustine\, St. Thomas Aquinas\, St. John Paul II\, and Pope Benedict XVI to express a vision of the Church as a communion built around the relationship of God to human beings and of human beings to one another. The book provides a starting point for the interpretation of “Pope Francis’s Magisterium [as] evidence of another horizon having been opened more clearly for believers.”
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-04-reception-for-a-godly-humanism-clarifying-hope-that-lies-within-gary-a-anderson-jean-luc-marion-anna-bonta-moreland-francis-cardinal-george-omi/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160331T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160331T123000
DTSTAMP:20260728T055722
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings
DESCRIPTION:Due to unforeseen personal reasons\, Carol Zaleski’s visit has been postponed. We hope to reschedule this event for a future date. \nwith co-authors Philip & Carol Zaleski \nREGISTER HERE\n$50 General/ $15 Student/ $500 Table Sponsorship \nAt this luncheon event\, authors Philip and Carol Zaleski will discuss their book The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien\, C.S. Lewis\, Owen Barfield\, Charles Williams. \nFor three decades\, C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia)\, J.R.R. Tolkien (author of The Lord of the Rings)\, and their closest associates met weekly in Oxford pubs as a literary club known as the Inklings. This book examines their project of recovering a tradition of Christian Humanism in the face of war\, environmental degradation\, and secular indifference. \nRomantics who scorned rebellion\, fantasists who prized reality\, wartime writers who believed in hope\, Christians with cosmic reach\, the Inklings sought to revitalize literature and faith in the twentieth century’s darkest years-and did so in dazzling style. \n\nPraise for The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings \nNamed Book of the Year by the Conference on Christianity and Literature \n“The husband-and-wife team of Philip and Carol Zaleski bring to bear both extensive scholarship and a neatly interwoven narrative; this is a story about storytellers\, and it shows . . . In The Fellowship\, the authors never cease to feel for the Inklings\, particularly sympathizing with their yearnings for spiritual and professional fulfillment\, with occasional wry asides on the nature of their marriages and their politics to take note of shortcomings both personal and institutional. Taken together\, it makes the overarching life of the group something greater than the sum of its parts.” ―Genevieve Valentine\, The New York Times Book Review \n“This is a long overdue study of an abidingly fascinating and creative group of writers. There has not been a serious treatment of the whole group and their interactions for more than thirty years\, and this excellent book brings together a great deal of new discussion and discovery in a lively\, readable\, sympathetic but not uncritical survey that allows these remarkable figures to emerge in all their human complexity and diverse gifts. The authors deserve warm congratulations.” ―Rowan Williams\, former Archbishop of Canterbury and author of The Lion’s World: A Journey into the Heart of Narnia \n“The Zaleskis have produced a major work of biography and criticism\, and if you are a devotee of any of the Inklings\, you will want to read it.” ―Michael Dirda\, The Washington Post \n“The Zaleskis deftly interweave the four stories [of Lewis\, Tolkien\, Barfield\, and Williams]\, showing how\, when read together\, these very different men can help us more clearly see the state of literary and religious culture in mid-century England and beyond.” ―Anthony Domestico\, Christian Science Monitor \n“A fascinating overview of this ‘intellectual orchestra’ . . . a captivating story of young writers finding their literary footing while trying to rectify competing desires for happiness\, love\, fame\, and faith.” ―Ethan Gilsdorf\, The Boston Globe \n“The Fellowship makes a convincing case that [the Inklings’s] cultural legacy deserves comparison with that of the less Christian\, more intellectually austere Bloomsbury group.” ―Lev Grossman\, Time Magazine \n“A gutsy\, glorious adoration of the English fantasy and faerie traditions\, which celebrates what sometimes seems like a fantastical time when religion didn’t destroy art but created it.” ―Joshua Cohen\, Harper’s Magazine \n“A highly readable group biography . . . The Zaleskis do an impressive job.” ―Elizabeth Hand\, Los Angeles Times \n“It’s difficult to overstate the influence of the two most famous Inklings\, Tolkien and C.S. Lewis\, on varied fields including Christian apologetics and fantasy writing. The Zaleskis trace the history of this informal club of Oxford-educated\, Christian intellectuals\, which first coalesced in the early 1930s\, by focusing on four of the most prominent Inklings: Tolkien\, Lewis\, mystic Charles Williams\, and philosopher Owen Barfield. As scholarship\, the book is immensely successful\, describing its protagonists’ strengths and shortcomings with insight and facility.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) \n“Like expert commentators at a fencing match\, Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski give a sparkling account of how J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis\, those friendly duelists\, and their eager teammates\, Owen Barfield and Charles Williams\, sharpened one another’s wits and dazzled the world with words. The Inklings were that rare thing\, an elite with an inclusive spirit\, and the Zaleskis share the same ethos\, brilliantly mastering the details of their brief but never forgetting to be readable. Thorough\, lucid\, balanced\, and well judged\, this is literary biography of the very best kind.” ―Michael Ward\, University of Oxford\, author of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis \n“[A] well-researched\, consistently engaging group biography . . . richly detailed . . . A bountiful literary history.” ―Kirkus \n“[A] prodigious work . . . [The Fellowship\,] which is extensively researched\, provides a fascinating look at British literary society during the first half of the 20th century. . . For all fans of Tolkien and Lewis\, this excellent title will also appeal to readers interested in Christian scholarship and 20th-century British literature and history.” ―Erica Swenson Danowitz\, Library Journal (starred review) \n“The Fellowship . . . is a mental map\, a religious journey\, and the biography of a brotherhood. Plenty of distinguished Inklings came and went over the years . . . but the Zaleskis zoom in on (and out from) the primary axis of Tolkien\, Lewis\, Williams\, and Barfield . . . . Christians all\, these men formed what the Zaleskis call ‘a perfect compass rose of faith’: Barfield the proto-New Ager\, Tolkien the rather prim orthodox Catholic\, Lewis the noisy and dogmatically ordinary layman and popular theologian\, Williams the ritualistic Anglican with a taste for sorcery . . . . Who can compare with these writers? . . . . The Inklings . . . are still gathering steam.” ―James Parker\, The Atlantic
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-03-cancelled-fellowship-literary-lives-of-inklings-carol-zaleski-philip-zaleski/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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SUMMARY:Putting First Things First: The Story of Richard John Neuhaus' Vocation to Public Life
DESCRIPTION:Randy Boyagoda (author of Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square) \nCosponsored by First Things\, the Chicago Leadership Forum\, and Relevant Radio \nFor all the political controversies that Fr. Richard John Neuhaus was involved in over his four decades in American public life\, and these were many\, he really understood his work in vocational terms. In other words\, he understood his work foremost as the work of a man of God. It’s too simple to dismiss him (or admire him!) as a Republican in a Roman collar\, as many of his later critics and fans did. Learn the full story of Fr. Neuhaus’ life\, his moving from Lutheran to Catholic and from Left to Right\, and discover that a religiously-informed vocation to public life is  as straightforward\, triumphant or disappointing as these markers might suggest (depending on your own religious and intellectual politics). \n  \n \n \n\nReviews of Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square (Image\, 2015) \n“Deeply researched\, lucidly written.” – New York Times \n“In Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square\, Randy Boyagoda captures his subject’s deep sense of vocation and the complexity of his personality\, offering a comprehensive biography and\, along the way\, a thoughtful introduction to some of the ‘culture wars’ of the past several decades.” – Wall Street Journal \n“[A] stellar biography.” – Publishers Weekly \n“Boyagoda dispassionately describes this fascinating and active life\, and he manages to blend skills as a folksy storyteller\, researcher and unbiased historian\, providing a biography that is balanced\, interesting and relevant. A useful\, provocative spotlight on one of the leading lights of the 20th century.” – Kirkus \n“[A] page-turner.” – National Review \n“Boyagoda’s biography is an invaluable account of the political and ecclesiastical controversies in which Neuhaus played a central\, influential and controversial role.” – America Magazine \n“A wonderful biography.” − Raymond Arroyo\, New York Times bestselling author and host\, EWTN’s The World Over \n“Boyagoda persuasively argues that Neuhaus was a charismatic leader and original thinker whose contributions to American culture and politics make him someone worth knowing about.” − American Conservative \n“Boyagoda’s luminously intelligent study of the man makes clear that Richard John Neuhaus — however one regards his politics — deserved his place in a long line of memorable American preacher politicians.” − National Post \n“Neuhaus was a hugely influential figure\, and Boyagoda tells his story with novelistic empathy and narrative panache.” − The Globe and Mail \n“Boyagoda found the Neuhaus I knew\, complete with all the man’s winsome qualities and not a few of his contradictions. Not surprisingly\, he also revealed facets of the man I could never guess.” − Russell E. Saltzman\, Aleteia \n“And up until now\, no one has offered a more credible\, careful\, and colorful biography of this convert to Catholicism. “ – Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan\, Archbishop of New York\, author ofTrue Freedom \n“Thorough\, vivid\, and keenly understanding of the interplay of personality\, faith\, and cultural context\, Boyagoda’s biography of Neuhaus does justice to this man of faith.” – Carl A. Anderson\, Supreme Knight\, Knights of Columbus \n“Until his death in 2009\, Father Richard John Neuhaus was a powerhouse in American public life and a monument in American Catholic history…Randy Boyagoda\, an extraordinary author best known for his work in fiction\, knew that someone had to tell Fr. Neuhaus’ story — and that it deserved to be told well.” − CatholicVote.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-02-putting-first-things-first-story-of-richard-john-neuhaus-vocation-to-public-life-randy-boyagoda/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150221T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150221T143000
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SUMMARY:Science\, Faith\, and the New Atheism
DESCRIPTION:John Haught (Georgetown University \nThe bestselling books by the “New Atheists” Richard Dawkins\, Sam Harris\, Daniel Dennett and Christopher Hitchens provide colorful portraits of the evils of religions\, especially those that profess belief in a personal God. In their passionate denunciation of faith in God\, the New Atheists appeal not only to morality but also to reason to convince readers of the absolute wrongness of belief in God. This lecture will summarize the main claims of the New Atheists and examine whether these claims are themselves reasonable.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-02-science-faith-new-atheism-john-f-haught/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150102T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150102T200000
DTSTAMP:20260728T055722
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165048Z
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SUMMARY:The Vocation of a Christian Law Professor
DESCRIPTION:An event for legal scholars and law students cosponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Law Professors’ Christian Fellowship. \nFRIDAY\, JANUARY 2\n4:00-7:00PM\nUniversity Club of Washington\, DC\n1135 16th Street NW\nWashington\, DC 20036 \nwith\nBarbara E. Armacost (University of Virginia Law School)\nRobert Vischer (University of St. Thomas School of Law) \nREGISTER HERE \nThis event is intended for legal scholars and law students. Others interested in attending\, please contact info@lumenchristi.org or 773-955-5887. \nEVENT SCHEDULE: \n4:00\n“The Vocation of a Christian Lawyer”\nwith Barbara E. Armacost & Robert Vischer \n5:15\nVespers\, Fr. Paul K. Rourke\, S.J. \n5:45\nReception
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-01-vocation-of-a-christian-law-professor-barbara-e-armacost-robert-vischer/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141016T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141016T133000
DTSTAMP:20260728T055722
CREATED:20241003T165812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T141754Z
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SUMMARY:A Guide to the Thought of Pope Francis
DESCRIPTION:Anna Bonta Moreland (Villanova University) \nIn this luncheon presentation\, Argentinian-born theologian Anna Bonta Moreland employs Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel) as a roadmap to the Pope’s vision for the Church and the Christian life as a call to evangelization.  She  shows how the Apostolic Exhortation is representative of how Pope Francis thinks through most issues.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-10-a-guide-to-thought-of-pope-francis-anna-bonta-moreland/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140626T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140626T170000
DTSTAMP:20260728T055722
CREATED:20241003T165815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T142746Z
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SUMMARY:A Crisis of Community: Catholic School Closures and Urban Neighborhoods
DESCRIPTION:A book event with the authors of Lost Classroom\, Lost Community: Catholic Schools’ Importance in Urban America Margaret Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett moderated by Fr. Tim Scully (Hackett Family Director\, Institute for Educational Initiatives\, University of Notre Dame) \nIn the past two decades in the United States\, more than 1\,600 Catholic elementary and secondary schools have closed\, and more than 4\,500 charter schools—public schools that are often privately operated and freed from certain regulations—have opened\, many in urban areas. With a particular emphasis on Catholic school closures\, Lost Classroom\, Lost Communityexamines the implications of these dramatic shifts in the urban educational landscape. \nMore than just educational institutions\, Catholic schools promote the development of social capital—the social networks and mutual trust that form the foundation of safe and cohesive communities. Drawing on data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods and crime reports collected at the police beat or census tract level in Chicago\, Philadelphia\, and Los Angeles\, Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett demonstrate that the loss of Catholic schools triggers disorder\, crime\, and an overall decline in community cohesiveness\, and suggest that new charter schools fail to fill the gaps left behind. \nThis book shows that the closing of Catholic schools harms the very communities they were created to bring together and serve\, and it will have vital implications for both education and policing policy debates. \ncosponsored by the Alliance for Catholic Education\, Notre Dame Law School\, and the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Catholic Schools Office
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-06-a-crisis-of-community-catholic-school-closures-urban-neighborhoods-margaret-f-brinig-nicole-stelle-garnett/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140508T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140508T133000
DTSTAMP:20260728T055722
CREATED:20241003T165821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260315T163555Z
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SUMMARY:Pope Francis and the New Evangelization
DESCRIPTION:Fr. Robert Barron\n(Rector\, Mundelein Seminary/University of Saint Mary of the Lake; founder\, Word on Fire) \nCosponsored by Word on Fire \nIn this lecture\, Fr. Robert Barron discussed how to put faith into action in today’s increasingly secular world. With Pope Francis as a model of how to present “the joy of the Gospel\,” Barron argued that Catholics have a duty to awaken the faith of the baptized and bring back those who have drifted. While the message has remained unchanged since the first century\, Catholics are called to share the beauty\, goodness\, and truth of the faith with new ardor\, new expressions\, and new methods that will reach the disenchanted and bring people closer to Christ and to his Church.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-05-pope-francis-new-evangelization-most-reverend-robert-barron/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140313T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140313T133000
DTSTAMP:20260728T055722
CREATED:20241003T165831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T162820Z
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SUMMARY:Who Was Saint Patrick?
DESCRIPTION:a luncheon address by\nPhilip Freeman (Luther College)\nwith an introduction by\nThe Hon. Edward M. Burke (Alderman\, 14th Ward; Chairman\, Finance Committee\, Chicago City Council) \nSponsored by the Boshell Family Foundation \nEveryone knows about St. Patrick\, the man who drove the snakes out of Ireland\, defeated fierce druids in contests of magic\, and used the shamrock to explain the Christian Trinity to the pagan Irish. It’s a great story\, but none of it is true. Not only were there never any snakes in Ireland\, but Patrick wasn’t even Irish. The real story of this saint—pirates\, murder\, slavery\, escape\, and the struggles of faith against all odds—is even better.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-03-who-was-saint-patrick-philip-freeman/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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