Lumen Christi Institute

We're continuing our year in review with another event from September featuring Paul Kingsnorth and James Matthew Wilson. If you missed it, check out the links below>>>

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJHETnjIQsw&t=181s
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/lumenchristi/a-spiritual-manual-for-the-technological-age-a-discussion-of-paul-kingsnorths-against-the-machine
Learn more: https://lumenchristi.org/event/a-spiritual-manual-for-the-technological-age-a-discussion-of-paul-kingsnorths-against-the-machine/

Yesterday was the beginning of our "Catholic Social Thought in Business Education" at the Catholic University of America.

19 participants from disciplines ranging from business management and higher ed admin to political philosophy are deep into conversations about how to inculcate the principles of Catholic social teaching in business students at universities around the globe.

https://lumenchristi.org/event/catholic-social-thought-in-business-education-2/

Markets, Culture and Ethics Research Centre - MCE University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business

Catholic Social Thought in Business Education - Lumen Christi Institute Apply here We are pleased to announce the sixth annual seminar on “Business and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer.” During the seminar, graduate students and faculty members in business schools will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought and apply them to their own field of res...

The end of the academic year means the end of campus programming at Lumen Christi. But we don't want you to miss us, so each week we will share our "year in review"--highlights from the 2025-2026 academic cycle.

Today we're remembering the West Suburban Catholic Culture Series lecture with Jared Ortiz from September.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2n7-Se3Z94
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/lumenchristi/in-the-one-we-are-one-christian-unity-and-the-city-of-god
Learn More: https://lumenchristi.org/event/wsccs/

Yesterday was Day 1 for summer seminar season! Lumen Christi kicked off two graduate seminars:

- Glimpses of Wonder: Epiphanies of Beauty in the Midst of Technological Change at Duke
- The Mystery of Christ from Chalcedon to Maximus here in Chicago!

32 graduate students are now immersed in a week of intensive study, great conversations and new friends.

The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies
John Templeton Foundation

Lumen Christi’s public events throughout Chicagoland touch the hearts of many. It is your presence–Lumen Christi’s faithful friends–that makes these gatherings what they are: engaging and rooted in a shared desire to explore the wisdom of Catholic thought and spirituality.

Yet many participants do not know that it is their support that allows us to sustain and expand these programs.

Your gift by June 30 will support their continuatio--and all gifts up to 5,000 will be matched!

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It's summer seminar season! This Sunday kicks off our first *two* summer seminars and for the next two months we will be sharing updates from the offerings this year: 1 high school, 1 undergrad, and 8 graduate seminars.

Seminars will be hosted from California to Rome, with participants hailing from four continents. Stay tuned!

https://lumenchristi.org/seminars

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By making a gift by June 30th, you will enrich a living community of Catholic thinkers.

This spring, we need 67 new or renewed supporters to reach our goal of 400 total donors this year. Every gift – of any size – sustains our mission. Thank you!

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Calling all high schoolers!

Join us on the beautiful grounds of Mundelein Seminary for a week of exploring the Western and Catholic intellectual tradition as we examine together the rich theme of the journey. In our expedition together—alongside the likes of such adventurers as Odysseus, Augustine, Dante, Bonaventure, Teresa of Avila, and Don Quixote—we will consider what it means to set out as sojourners and pilgrims longing for a true homeland in which we’ve never lived, to act heroically in the face of a broken world, and finally to return home to God, accepting the call to be saints.

Learn more and register: https://lumenchristi.org/event/newman-forum-2026-summer-institute-there-and-back-again-the-adventures-of-heroes-saints-and-pilgrims/

APPLY BY MAY 31: The Fons Vitae Institute is hosting a three-day seminar to examine what has long been called the “contraceptive mentality,” along with new challenges related to in vitro fertilization (IVF).

From the outset, the Magisterium of the Catholic Church has warned of the potential negative consequences of separating union from reproduction intrinsic to both contraception and IVF. The emerging field of restorative reproductive medicine, on the other hand, focuses on diagnosing and treating underlying causes of reproductive problems, aiming to restore natural function.

Students will encounter theological, epidemiologic, clinical, and pastoral experts to spur us toward a robust dialogue about reproductive medicine in its personal and social context in the twenty-first century and, ultimately, how to improve the health of couples, children, and families while also promoting the common good of society as a whole, especially those who are socio-economically disadvantaged.

The application closes on May 31. Participants will be admitted on a rolling basis; applicants are therefore encouraged to apply early.

https://divinity.duke.edu/events/theology-and-reproduction-ethical

Duke Divinity School

Theology and Reproduction: Ethical and Medical Considerations of Modern Reproductive Medicine | Duke Divinity School The SeminarThis seminar examines what has long been called the “contraceptive mentality,” along with new challenges related to in vitro fertilization (IVF). From the outset, the Magisterium of the Catholic Church has warned of potential negative consequences, opposing the secular philosophy on s...

U Chicago faculty, staff, and students are invited to join us for our end of year social this Friday!

https://lumenchristi.org/event/spring-social-5-13-2026/