Andrew Radde-Gallwitz, Loyola University Chicago Thursday, May 16, 4:30 PM Swift Hall, Common Room 1025 East 58th Street REGISTER HERE The creed recited by Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and many Protestant Christians every Sunday originated from the first two ecumenical councils … Continue reading
John Welch, O.Carm. Wednesday, May 1, 7:00 PM Swift Hall, 3rd Floor, 1025 East 58th Street REGISTER HERE Long before developmental psychologists charted the seasons and passages of our human journey, St. Teresa of Avila mapped the transformation of her personality … Continue reading
Machaut’s Musical Monuments a concert featuring Schola Antiqua of Chicago Sunday, April 28, 4:00 PM Rockefeller Memorial Chapel 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue BUY TICKETS Schola Antiqua presents some of the most notable works by the fourteenth century’s most celebrated composer, … Continue reading
A Master Class on The Cloud of Unknowing with Steven Justice, UC Berkeley Friday, April 26, 2:00-5:00 PM Gavin House, 1220 East 58th Street Co-sponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop This master class is intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate … Continue reading
Steven Justice, University of California, Berkeley Thursday, April 25, 4:30 PM Swift Hall, 1025 East 58th Street REGISTER HERE Co-sponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop Readers interested in the history of Christian writing are often surprised and nonplussed by the … Continue reading
A Public Symposium in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Pope John XXIII’s Encyclical on Establishing Universal Peace on Earth April 4, 2013, 4:00-6:00 PM Max Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall University of Chicago 1212 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL … Continue reading
Sacred study is the prayerful and attentive reading of a work with the initial goal of understanding it, the intermediate goal of reflectively appropriating it, and the final goal of making its teaching concrete in a life devoted to God. … Continue reading
Reason and Wisdom in Medieval Christian Thought Winter 2013 Non-Credit Course Gavin House, 1220 East 58th Street Informal Dinner: 6:00PM Lecture: 6:30PM Intended for University students, faculty, and recent graduates. Others interested in attending, contact info@lumenchristi.org. With the recovery of the … Continue reading
Wednesday, February 27, 7:00PM “The Virgin Mary as Model of the Church: From Vatican II to Thomas Aquinas” Thomas Joseph White, O.P., Dominican House of Studies Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall 1025 East 58th Street Co-sponsored by the History … Continue reading
Tuesday, February 26, 4:30PM “The Careful Rationality of Monotheism: Thomas Aquinas on Analogical Knowledge of God” Thomas Joseph White, O.P., Dominican House of Studies Swift Hall, Common Room 1025 East 58th Street Co-sponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop How can … Continue reading
Thursday, February 21, 7:00PM “Philosophy and Martyrdom: Tertullian and Justin Martyr” Jean-Luc Marion, University of Chicago, Université Paris-Sorbonne Kent 107, 1020 East 58th Street Co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Philosophy of Religions Club During the first two centuries of … Continue reading
Saturday, February 16, 4:00pm-8:00pm Monastery of the Holy Cross 3111 South Aberdeen Street Chicago, IL 60608 Intended for University Students. Transportation from Hyde Park will be provided. Registration required as space is limited. REGISTER HERE SCHEDULE: 4:00 Depart from Hyde … Continue reading
Thursday, February 7, 4:30PM “The Theologico-Political Problem Today” Russell Hittinger (University of Tulsa) Rosenwald 405, 1101 East 58th Street Co-sponsored by the History of Christianity Club For three hundred years the modern nation-state appeared to determine the relationship between politics and … Continue reading
Tuesday, January 29, 7:00PM “The Capacious Mind of St. Thomas Aquinas” Kevin Flannery, S.J., Gregorian University, Rome Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall Note Room Change 1025 East 58th Street Co-Sponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop The … Continue reading
Friday, January 25, 2-5PM “How to Write a Biography of a Medieval Saint” a master class on Francis of Assisi: A New Biography Augustine Thompson, O.P., Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology Gavin House, 1220 East 58th Street Cosponsored by … Continue reading
Thursday, January 24, 7:00pm “Francis of Assisi: Lost Between Myth and History” Augustine Thompson, O.P., Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley Swift Hall, Third Floor Lecture Hall 1025 East 58th Street Cosponsored by the Department of History and the … Continue reading
Wednesday, January 23, 4:30 PM Book Symposium on Francis of Assisi: A New Biography Swift Hall, Third Floor Lecture Hall 1025 East 58th Street Cosponsored by the Department of History and the Medieval Studies Workshop with Augustine Thompson, O.P., Dominican School … Continue reading
Saturday, January 19, 5:30 PM “Benedict XVI on the Liturgy” Paul Mankowski, S.J. Gavin House, 1220 East 58th Street Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) has long cherished Catholic liturgy, and his writings on the subject illuminate the man as well as … Continue reading
Saturday, January 5, 2013, 1 PM to 6:15 PM Wyndham Riverfront New Orleans 701 Convention Center Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70130 Conference Topic: The Statement on the Nature of Law from Evangelicals and Catholics The cost of the conference is … Continue reading
“Tidings True: Advent Music from Long Ago” Schola Antiqua of Chicago Michael Alan Anderson, Artistic Director BBC Music Magazine has placed Schola Antiqua’s “Tiding True” concert series among the top 20 recommended concerts in the United States during the month … Continue reading
Tuesday, November 20, 4:30 PM “Augustine and the Doctrine of Universal Restoration” Ilaria Ramelli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan Swift Hall, Room 106 1025 East 58th Street Cosponsored by the History of Christianity Club Lecture Free and Open to … Continue reading
A Conversation on Faith and Science with Mark Wyman and Minyoung Wyman Saturday, November 10, 5:30pm-7:00pm Gavin House 1220 East 58th Street This event is intended for college students. Dinner will be served. RSVP HERE Contemporary culture is built … Continue reading
Wednesday, November 7, 7:00 PM “Shakespeare, Identity, and Religion” John Finnis, Notre Dame Law School Swift Hall, Third Floor Lecture Hall 1025 East 58th Street Cosponsored by The Nicholson Center for British Studies Lecture Free and Open to the Public. RSVP … Continue reading
Thursday, November 1, 4:30 PM “Vatican II’s Declaration on Religious Liberty, 50 Years Later” Russell Hittinger, University of Tulsa Fulton Recital Hall, Goodspeed Hall 1010 E. 59th St. Cosponsored by The Department of History and The St. Thomas More Society … Continue reading
Wednesday, October 24, 7:00 PM “The Dialogue of Economics and Catholic Social Thought” Joseph Kaboski, University of Notre Dame Martin Schlag, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross Social Sciences 122 1126 East 59th Street Cosponsored by the University of Chicago Ethics Club … Continue reading
Friday, October 19, 4:00 PM “Gregorian Chant as Splendor Formae of the Liturgy” William Mahrt, Stanford University Classics 110 1010 E. 59th Street Cosponsored by the Department of Music and the Medieval Studies Workshop Lecture Free and Open to the … Continue reading
Thursday, October 18, 7:00 PM “What Makes Music Sacred?” William Mahrt, Stanford University Social Sciences 122 1126 East 59th Street Cosponsored by the Department of Music and the Medieval Studies Workshop Lecture Free and Open to the Public. RSVP Required. … Continue reading
The Book of Psalms Autumn 2012 Non-Credit Course Instructor: Paul Mankowski, S.J. Location: Gavin House 1220 East 58th Street Lecture: 7:00PM Informal Dinner: 6:30PM Intended for University students, faculty, and recent graduates. Others interested in attending, contact info@lumenchristi.org. October … Continue reading
Thursday, October 11, 7:00 PM “The Second Vatican Council and the Church’s Engagement with the Modern World” Edward Oakes, University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary Rosenwald 405 1101 E. 58th Street Cosponsored by the University of Chicago … Continue reading
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Wednesday, September 26, 5:30pm Richard Garnett (University of Notre Dame Law School) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 155 North Wacker Drive, 28th Floor Chicago, IL 60606 As President Clinton observed, “religious freedom is . . . our first … Continue reading
Thursday, May 31, 2012 “Toward a Moral Economy: Policies and Values for the 21st Century” Ida Noyes Hall, Max Palevsky Cinema 1212 East 59th Street Keynote Address: Reinhard Cardinal Marx, Archbishop of Munich Presentations: Roger Myerson, University of Chicago, Kevin … Continue reading
Thursday Evenings, Non-Credit Course, Spring Quarter 2012 “The Church Fathers” Gavin House 1220 East 58th Street Lecture, 7:00pm Informal Dinner, 6:30pm Intended for University students, faculty, and recent graduates. Others interested in attending, contact info@lumenchristi.org. May 24 “John Climacus: Cleansing, Death, … Continue reading
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 “The Making of Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae” Bernard McGinn, University of Chicago Swift Hall, Third Floor Lecture Hall 1025 East 58th Street CLICK IMAGE BELOW FOR VIDEO Co-sponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop The Summa Theologiae of … Continue reading
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 “The Catholic Roots of Religious Freedom” Robert Wilken, University of Virginia Social Sciences 122 1126 East 59th Street CLICK IMAGE … Continue reading
Saturday, May 12, 4:30pm-8:10pm Monastery Visit and Lecture on “St. John Cassian, Monasticism, and the Kingdom of God” Fr. Peter Funk, Prior at Monastery of the Holy Cross and U of C Alum Registration Required. RSVP to info@lumenchristi.org. About the … Continue reading
Tuesday, May 8, 4:30 PM The Unintended Reformation Brad Gregory, University of Notre Dame Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame Rachel Fulton Brown, University of Chicago Classics 110 1010 E. 59th Street Co-sponsored by the Department of History and The … Continue reading
Wednesday, April 25, 4:30 PM “Newman, Vatican II, and the Hermeneutic of Continuity” Ian Ker, University of Oxford Swift Hall, Third Floor Lecture Hall 1025 East 58th Street CLICK IMAGE BELOW FOR VIDEO Often called “the Father of the Second … Continue reading
Tuesday, April 24, 7:00 PM “G.K. Chesterton on Humor” Ian Ker, University of Oxford Ida Noyes, Third Floor Theatre 1212 East 59th Street Co-sponsored by The Nicholson Center for British Studies, The American Chesterton Society, and the Literature and Philosophy Workshop CLICK … Continue reading
Friday, April 20, 8:00 PM Rockefeller Chapel 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 Saturday, April 21, 8:00 PM St. Clement Church 642 West Deming Place Chicago, IL 60614 Sunday, April 22, 3:00 PM St. Isaac Jogues 306 West Fourth … Continue reading
Tuesday, April 17, 4:30 PM “Irony and Humanity” Jonathan Lear, University of Chicago Alasdair MacIntyre, University of Notre Dame Oriental Institute, Breasted Hall 1155 East 58th Street Presented by the Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy. Co-sponsored … Continue reading
Wednesday, April 11, 4:30 PM Thomas Aquinas on God and Evil Brian Davies, Fordham University Denys Turner, Yale University Michael Kremer, University of Chicago Swift Hall, Third Floor Lecture Hall 1025 East 58th Street CLICK IMAGE BELOW FOR VIDEO Many … Continue reading
Friday, March 23, 12:00pm-1:30pm Donald DeMarco (St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo, Ontario) Union League Club 65 West Jackson Boulevard CLICK IMAGE BELOW FOR VIDEO The continuing success of the books of Ayn Rand, even among Catholics, reveals the influence of … Continue reading
Friday, March 2, 4:00pm “Emotion and Virtue in Thomas Aquinas” Fr. Nicholas Lombardo (Catholic University of America) Swift Commons 1025 East 58th Street Co-sponsors: The Templeton Foundation and The Philosophy Department CLICK IMAGE BELOW FOR VIDEO Abstract: For Aquinas, ethics is … Continue reading
Thursday, February 23, 7:00pm Russell Hittinger (University of Tulsa) Swift Hall, Third Floor Lecture Hall 1025 East 58th Street map CLICK IMAGE BELOW FOR VIDEO While Roman civilization collapsed around him, Benedict — a fifth-century monk and abbot — authored … Continue reading
Wednesday, February 8, 4pm-6pm A Symposium on Timothy Matovina’s new book Latino Catholicism: Transformation in America’s Largest Church Social Sciences 122 1126 East 59th Street map Cosponsored by The American Religious History Workshop and The Center for Latin American Studies … Continue reading
Thursday, February 2, 7:15pm “The Grand Design: An Augustinian Reply to Stephen Hawking” John Cavadini (University of Notre Dame) Social Sciences 122 1126 East 59th Street map Cosponsored by The Theology Workshop CLICK IMAGE BELOW FOR VIDEO Stephen Hawking has … Continue reading
Thursday, January 26, 4:30pm Thomas C. Kohler (Boston College Law School) Swift Hall, Room 106 1025 East 58th Street map CLICK IMAGE BELOW FOR VIDEO Before “solidarity” became a legal concept and later the name of the Polish labor movement, … Continue reading
Thursday Evenings, Non-Credit Course, Winter Quarter 2012 “The Church Fathers: The Shaping of Christian Orthodoxy” Gavin House 1220 East 58th Street Lecture, 7:00pm Informal Dinner, 6:30pm Intended for University students, faculty, and recent graduates. Others interested in attending, contact info@lumenchristi.org. January 19 … Continue reading
Saturday, January 7, 2012, 8:45am to 6:00pm The University Club of Washington DC 1135 Sixteenth Street, NW • Washington, D.C. 20036 Registration Fee $85 This conference is offered for legal scholars, law students, and others interested in Christian legal thought. … Continue reading
Thursday Evenings, Non-Credit Course, Autumn Quarter 2011 “The Age of the Church Fathers: From Pagan Philosophy to Christian Wisdom” Cobb Lecture Hall, Room 201 5811 S. Ellis Avenue Lecture, 7:00pm Informal Dinner, 6:30pm October 13 “Introduction: Why Study the Fathers?” … Continue reading
