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The Life and Legacy of Saint Oscar Romero

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

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. To view photos of the talk, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Our Sunday Visitor Institute. Join us for a […]

How Catholics Can Realize the Royal Priesthood of the Laity and Rebuild a Church in Crisis

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

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. To view photos of the address, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. To read the published version of the address in Commonweal, click here. You can download the event poster here. $30 Student (with ID) / $60 General / […]

Silence, Prayer, and Contemplation in a Secular Society

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

Information on directions and parking can be found HERE. Information on the club's dress code can be found HERE. Our 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. […]

The State of Religion in America

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

$60 General / $600 Host Committee Member Since 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 […]

Religious Faith and Modern War

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

REGISTER HERE $25 Registration includes breakfast You can read Phil Klay’s recent piece “The Citizen-Soldier: Moral Risk and the Modern Military” HERE. Photo courtesy of Hannah Dunphy

Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

ABOUT THE BOOK Impeccably 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. Here the award-winning author blends memoir (especially of the postwar era) with copious reporting […]

Reception for A Godly Humanism: Clarifying the Hope That Lies Within

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

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. Finished by Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. nine days before his death, A Godly Humanismoffers an account of the Catholic intellectual life […]

CANCELLED: The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

Due to unforeseen personal reasons, Carol Zaleski’s visit has been postponed. We hope to reschedule this event for a future date. with co-authors Philip & Carol Zaleski REGISTER HERE $50 General/ $15 Student/ $500 Table Sponsorship At this luncheon event, authors Philip and Carol Zaleski will discuss their book The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the […]

Putting First Things First: The Story of Richard John Neuhaus’ Vocation to Public Life

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

Randy Boyagoda (author of Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square) Cosponsored by First Things, the Chicago Leadership Forum, and Relevant Radio For 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 […]

Science, Faith, and the New Atheism

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

John Haught (Georgetown University The 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 […]

The Vocation of a Christian Law Professor

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

An event for legal scholars and law students cosponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Law Professors’ Christian Fellowship. FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 4:00-7:00PM University Club of Washington, DC 1135 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 with Barbara E. Armacost (University of Virginia Law School) Robert Vischer (University of St. Thomas School of Law) REGISTER […]

A Guide to the Thought of Pope Francis

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

Anna Bonta Moreland (Villanova University) In 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 […]