Diane Kennedy, OP Lecture and Dinner, Donald Goergen, OP (canceled)
One Earth Film Festival Screening, The Green Lie
What Truth Sounds Like, Michael Eric Dyson
Seventh Annual Caesar and Patricia Tabet Poetry Reading,Naomi Shihab Nye
Mazzuchelli Lecture: “River of Fire: One Woman’s Spiritual Journey to Get Jesus Right,” Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ
Mini-Course: Faithful People, Living Word VII Making Sacred our Lives,“Celebrating the Religious Lifecycle and Following the Religious Calendar in the Three Abrahamic Traditions,” Team from the Chicago Coalition for InterReligious Learning (CCIRL)
The Stories We Tell: Latinx Narratives and the Future of Catholicism, Natalia Imperatori-Lee, PhD
Science and Religion: Prerequisites for an Integral Ecology, Nancy Tuchman, PhD and Michael Schuck, PhD
2019 Catholic Imagination Conference,Paul Mariani, Tobias Wolff, Alice McDermott, Paul Schrader, Richard Rodriguez, Dana Gioia, Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, and others
Albertus Magnus Society
Albertus Magnus Lecture: "Biblical Themes on Laudato Si'," Dianne Bergant, CSA, PhD
2018–2019
Mini-Course: Life in the Catholic Church: Ministry and Authority, Thomas O'Meara, PhD, OP
Mini-Course: Delving into the Prophetic Experience with Jeremiah as Our Guide, Pauline Viviano, PhD
Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship, Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ
Mini-Course: The Power and Mystery of Archive, ĢƵ Follett Chair Verne Harris
Biennial Interfaith Artist Panel, Gregory Deddo, Carole P. Kundstadt and Rachel Braun.
How Do We Measure Up? A Report Card on Health Care for "the least of these our brethren,” Kristi Kirschner, MD
Diane Kennedy, OP Lecture and Dinner: “Samuel Mazzuchelli, Rose Hawthorne, and the Search for an American Saint,” Kathleen Sprows Cummings, PhD
Spirituality, Health, and Justice, C. Vanessa White, PhD
Carrie Newcomer & Over the Rhine, Carrie Newcomer and Over the Rhine
The Recurring Call of Advent to Become What WePray, Fr. James Marchionda, OP
Mazzuchelli Lecture: “The Next Generation of Catholic Higher Education: Promise and Challenge,” Hosffman Ospino, PhD
A Native Perspective on Caring for the Earth: The Journey of an Anishinaabe Water Walker,Kathy Heskin and Maryellen Baker
Mini-Course: Faithful People, Living Word VI:Muhammad: The Man and the Message
Siena in the City: “Finding God in All the Wrong People,” Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber
Albertus Magnus Society
Albertus Magnus Lecture: “The Complex Science of Simple Faith: Why a Healing Faith is a Good Experiment,” Fr. John Kartje, PhD
2017–2018
Mini-Course: Biblical Themes in Laudato Si’,Dianne Bergant, PhD
Mini-Course: The Prophets: Bearers of God’s Message, Pauline Viviano, PhD
Mini-Course: Hamlet's Education,Yates Hafner, PhD
St. Catherine of Siena Lecture: “Creating a Culture of Mercy—Pope Francis as a Merciful Leader,” John Allen, Jr.
Fifth Annual Caesar and Patricia Tabet Poetry Reading, Julia Alvarez
Tradition on the Move: Leadership Formation in Catholic Health Care, John Shea, Senior Fellow of the Ministry Leadership Center
Mind-Body Approaches to Mental Health and Wellness, Inger Burnett-Zeigler, PhD
Mini-Course: Poetry: Bringing Faith to Life, Jon Nilson, PhD
Diane Kennedy, OP Lecture and Dinner: “Fire in My Bones: Biblical Foundations of the ĢƵ Charism,” Sr. Laurie Brink, OP
The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: Reflections from Dorothy Day's Granddaughter, Kate Hennessy
Mazzuchelli Lecture: “Living a Life of Depth and Meaning,” David Brooks
To Redeem the Soul of America: Martin Luther King's Vision and Its Challenge to American Catholics, Rev. Bryan Massingale
C Suite, Chris Lowney
The Vocation of Health Care—A Journey of Accompaniment, Kristen Bayer, MSN, APN, FNP-C
Mini-Course: Faithful People, Living Word V: Describing the Moral Person from the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Perspective,Team from the Chicago Coalition for InterReligious Learning (CCIRL)
Spirituality, Health Care Reform, and the Happy Death, Charles Bouchard, OP
Albertus Magnus Society
Albertus Magnus Lecture: “Faith, Spirituality, and Caregiving.” Myles Sheehan, SJ, PhD
2016–2017
Summer Series Mini-Course: The Rejection of Renaissance Humanism and the Corruption of Political Discourse, Yates Hafner, PhD
One Book, One Oak Park: Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
Summer Series Mini-Course: Jesus in the Gospels, Mary Deeley, PhD
Summer Series Mini-Course: Four Great Biblical Themes: Fertility, Covenant, Sin, and Redemption, Fr. John Kartje, STD, PhD
Families, Love, and Justice in the Era of Pope Francis, Julie Hanlon Rubio, PhD
St. Catherine of Siena Lecture: “The Ecclesiology of Pope Francis,” Massimo Faggioli, PhD
NEW! Is the Future of American Religion Already in the Past? Kenneth L. Woodward
Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, Michel Andraos, PhD
Mini-Course: Paul’s Letters in Context, Tim Milinovich
Laudato Si: Human Rights’ Guidelines for Environmental and Climate Justice in the Postmodern Era of Science, Technology and Medicine, Dr. Sylvia Hood Washington
Diane Kennedy, OP Dinner and Lecture: “The End of the Beginning,” Ann Willets, OP
Shakespeare’s Tempest in The Year of Mercy, 2016, Yates Hafner, PhD ( rescheduled)
Lessons and Carols, University Ministry
No Justice, No Peace: A Catholic Perspective on Israel and Palestine, Donald Senior, CP
Mini-Course: God and The Mystery of Human Suffering, Robin Ryan, CP, PhD
Religion & Politics 2016, Thomas Reese, SJ, PhD (Sold Out)
Reconciling Our Privileges in Order to Build Peace, Tina Taylor-Ritzler, PhD with respondent Anthony Suarez-Abraham
On the Side of the Poor—The Theology of Liberation, Gustavo Gutiérrez, OP, PhD
Mini-Course: Faithful People, Living Word IV: Who Do You Say That I Am?, Team from the Chicago Coalition for InterReligious Learning (CCIRL)
Building a Better Peace, Maryann Cusimano Love, PhD
Albertus Magnus Society
Albertus Magnus Lecture: “All is Connected: Relationships and Truth in Laudato Si',” Dan Misleh
2015–2016
Crucifixion: How a Terrible Form of Capital Punishment Became a Symbol of Abundant Life, Don Senior
Three Week Mini-Course: You searched me God, and you know me” (Psalm 139:1)—An Introduction to Biblical Spirituality, Laurie Brink, OP, PhD
St. Catherine of Siena Lecture: “Catherine of Siena: Accidental Theologian,” Elizabeth Dreyer, PhD
Time: Faith, Science, and Science Fiction, Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ
Water: Sustainability, Climate Change and Future Conflicts,
The Church as Field Hospital: Chicago’s Catholic Church in Action, Archbishop Blase Cupich
Three Week Mini-Course: Meet the ĢƵs: Saints, Mystics, Gadflies, and Villains, Richard Woods, OP, PhD
Things Change, Mark Massa, SJ, PhD,
Diane Kennedy, OP Dinner and Lecture celebrating Caritas et Veritas: “Truth Serving Love: A ĢƵ Charism for the 21st Century,” Rev. Timothy Radcliffe, OP
Deciding in Time: Moral Relativity and God’s Eternal Now, William George, PhD with respondent Irina Calin-Jageman, PhD
Deciding in Time: Moral Relativity and God's Eternal Now (Part 1), William George, PhD and Irina Calin-Jageman, PhD
Deciding in Time: Moral Relativity and God's Eternal Now (Part 3), William George, PhD and Irina Calin-Jageman, PhD
Lessons & Carols,University Ministry
The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime,Adrian Raine, PhD with Tobias Winwright, PhD
Three Week Mini-Course: What Is Hope?,Yates Hafner, PhD
Mazzuchelli Lecture: “So Proudly ĢƵ: 800 Years and Counting on You,” Donna M. Carroll
Three Week Mini-Course: The Science of Climate Change and the Consequences of Global Warming, Gerald Gulley, PhD
New Faces, New Voices, New Ways of Being Church, Maria Pilar Aquino, STD; Rev. Bryan Massingale, STD; Jamie Manson, and Joan Chittister, OSB (Sold Out)
Cosmic Time in “Big History,” Grace Wolf-Chase, PhD,
Time: Eternal, Infinite, Finite, David Tracy, PhD
Catholic Sisters: Who They Are and Why the World Needs Them, Sr. Mary Johnson, SNDdeN, PhD, Sr. Patricia Wittberg, SC, PhD, and Mary Gautier, PhD
Albertus Magnus Society
Albertus Magnus Lecture: “An Astonishing Wonder: Albert the Great (1200-1280)—Scientist and Theologian,” Rev. Thomas O’Meara, OP, PhD
2014–2015
American Women and Women of the World, Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB
Faith in Flux? Is There a Place for Spirituality in the Later Years?, Clemente Davlin, OP
El Futuro Is Here!, Timothy Matovina
El Futuro Is Here! Faculty Panel Discussion: “Latinos and the New Moment of Faith”
El Futuro Is Here! Student Panel Discussion: “Latinos and the New Moment of Faith”
Three Week Mini-Course: The Catholic Imagination in Literature and Life, Diane Kennedy, OP, DMin.
The Seven Last Words of Christ, The Vermeer Quartet (Sold out)
Three Week Mini-Course: Moses, Prophet, and Leader, Team from the Chicago Coalition of InterReligious Learning
Violence and Victims: Caritas for Victims of Trauma, William Jenkins, MFA
Crucifixion and Abundant Life:Crucifixion: How a Terrible Form of Capital Punishment Became A Symbol of Abundant Life, Fr. Donald Senior
Restorative Justice and the Abolition of Capital Punishment, Margaret Pfeil, PhD
The Present and Future of Jewish/Catholic Dialogue: “Arguments for the Sake of Heaven (Pirke Avot 5.20): The Present and Future of Jewish/Catholic Dialogue,” Amy-Jill Levine, PhD
Diane Kennedy, OP Lecture: “A New Evangelization of the Economy: Possible Contributions from the ĢƵ Family,” Helen Alford, OP, PhD
Lonergan’s “Law of the Cross”: Transforming the Sources and Effects of Violence, Mary Gerhart, PhD
Lessons and Carols, University Ministry
Three Week Mini-Course: The Focus and Forms of Liberation Theology, Jon Nilson, PhD
Mazzuchelli Lecture: “Caritas et Veritas: The Case for Cultural Competence,” Tina Taylor-Ritzler, PhD
The Past, Present and Future of Using Neuroscience to Achieve Moral Perfection, Bob Calin-Jageman, PhD
Three Week Mini-Course: The Provenience of Moral Evil, Yates Hafner, PhD
Living Water: The Story of St. Gabriel the Archangel Church, Still Point Theater Collective
The Power of Boundless Compassion, Father Gregory Boyle, SJ (Sold Out)
“Hidden behind a Veil of Blood:” God and the Violence against Women in the Bible, Susan Ross, PhD and Pauline Viviano, PhD
Albertus Magnus Society
Albertus Magnus Society: “The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime,” Adrian Raine, PhD with respondent Tobias Winright, PhD
2013–2014
The Seven Last Words of Christ, Vermeer Quartet
St. Catherine of Siena Lecture: “Catherine of Siena and the Church, Unauthenticity and Conversion,” M. Shawn Copeland, PhD
Feelings, Emotions and the Spiritual Self: Affective Neuroscience and the Problem of Consciousness, David Hogue, PhD
Exploring the Mystery Around Us: An Introduction to Doing Theology, Rev. Stephen Bevans, SVD, PhD and Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD
A Forgiveness that Heals, Avis Clendenen, PhD; Sister Irene Dugan; and Troy Martin, PhD
Women, Religion & Dialogue, Jeannine Hill Fletcher, ThD; Paula Hirschboeck, PhD; and Jenan Mohajir
Mini-Course: Wisdom: A Way of Life, Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA, PhD and Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP
We are a People who Become with Others: A Trinitarian Reading of E pluribus unum, Miguel H. Díaz, PhD
All in Your Mind: A Buddhist Perspective on Consciousness and Reality, Gen Kelsang Dorje
Inaugural Diane Kennedy, OP Lecture Celebrating Caritas et Veritas: “Beggars of God's Word: The Way of the Preacher,” Rev. Brian Pierce, OP
Mystical Consciousness: Brain, Mind, and the Presence of God, Rev. Richard Woods, OP, PhD
American Women and Women of the World,Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB
Mazzuchelli Lecture: “Leading from the Center: The Genius of Samuel Mazzuchelli,” Sr. Diane Kennedy, OP, DMin
Do Catholics Make Good Americans?: The Catholic Church and Political Homelessness in America, William Cavanaugh, PhD
Mini-Course: Adam and Eve, Our First Parents, Team from the Chicago Coalition for InterReligious Learning
Mini-Course: Shakespeare as Spiritual Guide, Yates Hafner, PhD
Mini-Course: Murder, He Wrote: An Introduction to Theological Ethics, William George, PhD
Albertus Magnus Society
Albertus Magnus Lecture: “The Coming of the Cosmic Person: God, Evolution and the Power of Love,” Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD
The Dynamics of Consciousness: From Experience to Insight to Transformation,Mary Gerhart, PhD
On Consciousness and Criminal Responsibility,Katrina Sifferd, JD, PhD
2012–2013
“Band of Sisters,”&Բ;A documentary film by Mary Fishman
Things Change,Rev. Mark Massa, SJ, PhD
History in the Making: Three Generations Reflect on the Council,Hugh McElwain, STD; Glodagh Weldon, DPhil; Cathy Jaskey
Vatican II Vision for a Globalized World, Susan Abraham, ThD
St. Catherine of Siena Lecture: “True Reform: Assessing the Legacy Fifty Years after Vatican II,” Rev. Paul Philibert, OP
Election 2012: Voting Beyond the Water's Edge,Gerard Powers, PhD
Elections, Economics, and Ethics,Dan Finn, PhD
Mazzuchelli Lecture: “All Are Immigrants featuring Rev. James Barnett, OP,” Mary Jo Leddy, PhD
Advent Lecture: “The Other Face of God: When the Stranger Calls Us Home,” Mary Jo Leddy, PhD
Reading Jesus Book Discussion, University Librarians
Reading Jesus: How Story Shapes Us, Mary Gordon
Peace is Possible. Peace is Practical, Maryann Cusimano Love, PhD
Albertus Magnus Society
Albertus Magnus Lecture: “Making Waves: Life in the World's Oceans,” Alyssa M. Braun, PhD ;
Albertus Magnus Lecture: “Human Uniqueness Reconsidered: Human Evolution and the Image of God,”&Բ;Celia Deane-Drummond, PhD, PhD
City by the Lake: The Health and Welfare of Chicago's Water Resources, Nancy C. Tuchman, PhD
Water: Sustainability, Climate Change and Future Conflicts, Gerald Gulley, PhD
Living Water: Ecology, Sacramentality, and the Hydrography of Faith, Christina Z. Peppard, PhD
Human Uniqueness Reconsidered: Human Evolution and the Image of God,Celia Deane-Drummond, PhD
Water 101: Adventures of the Miracle Molecule, Paul Heltne, PhD
A University Awash, Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, PhD
2011–2012
Caritas et Veritas Dinner and Lecture: “God-talk That Nourishes and Delights,” Angel Méndez Montoya, OP
Catholics in the Public Square: Prophecy, Civility and Truth, M. Cathleen Kaveny, JD, PhD
Conversations and Lessons with ĢƵ Theologians,Richard Woods, OP, PhD, and Clodagh Weldon, DPhil,
Lent Lecture: "Taking up the Cross: From Atonement for Sins to Birthing New Life," Barbara E. Reid, OP, PhD
"A Question of Habit," A film and panel discussion, including filmmaker Bren Ortega Murphy, PhD
St. Catherine of Siena Lecture: “From Spotless Bride to Working Partner: Images of the Laity in the 21st Century Church,”&Բ;Susan Ross, PhD
"Science, Salvation, and Side Effects" Nuclear Power promise or peril,William George, PhD and Thomas George, PhD,
Peace is Possible. Peace is Practical,Maryann Cusimano Love, PhD
Reading Jesus: How Story Shapes Us,Mary Gordon
Lund-Gill Lecture: “Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadership in a Time of Global Religious Crisis,” Eboo Patel, DPhil
Mazzuchelli Lecture: “Resistance, Faith and Social Change,” Jeanette Rodriguez, PhD
Advent Lecture: “How the Pendulum Swings: The New Translation of the Roman Missal,” Edward Foley, Capuchin
Albertus Magnus Society
Albertus Magnus Lecture: “Children of a Fertile Universe: Chance, Destiny and a Creator God,” George Coyne, SJ
Dr. Frankenstein's Footsteps: A Critical Look at Some Key Films, Dan Dinello
Nuclear Power: Promise and Peril, William George and Thomas George
In the Beginning...Recasting the Christian Story in the Light of Scientific Developments, Heidi Russell, PhD
Children of a Fertile Universe: Chance, Destiny, and a Creator God, George Coyne, SJ
Discernment and Community in the Twitter Age, Trevor Betchel, PhD
Defining the Human Person in an Age of Technology, Jame Schaefer, PhD
2010–2011
Life-Long Aging and the Baby Boom Phenomenon,Martha Jacob, PhD
Tradition and the Fabric of Life: How Ordinary People Future Our Past, Orlando Espin, PhD
The Formative Years, Dennis Kirchen, EdD
Is Dreaming Illegal? Seeking Sustainable Solutions, Mark Lopez, PhD; Craig Mousin, JD, MDiv; Elizabeth Collier, PhD; Elena Segura
Radical Disciple: Fr. Pfleger, St. Sabina Church and the Fight for Social Justice, Fr. Michael Pfleger, Bob Hercules, Bob McClory
St. Catherine of Siena Lecture: “Young Adult Catholics Today: Finding Power, Passion and Voice,” Donna Freitas, PhD
Trade vs. Aid: Haiti's Growing Social and Economic Opportunities, Steve Hollingworth, Erica Green, and Most Rev. Thomas Wenski
Finding Sacred Space in Cyberspace,Cathleen Falsani
Caritas et Veritas Lecture, Timothy Radcliffe, OP
What Was Handed On To Me–Passing the Faith from One Generation to the Next, Melissa Musick Nussbaum and Anna Keating
Mazzuchelli Lecture: “ĢƵ by Adoption: Growing in a Life of Service,” William Lies, CSC, PhD
Advent Lecture: Is God’s Reign of Peace Really Possible?, Dianne Bergant, CSA, PhD
Albertus Magnus Society
Albertus Magnus Lecture: “Genomic Research and the Catholic Moral Tradition: Opportunities for a New Synergy Between Science and Religion,” Kevin T. FitzGerald, SJ, PhD
Unequal Distribution of Health Services in the U.S. and Across the Globe, Aana Maria Vigen, PhD
The Secrets of the Gourd: Chinese Pharmacology, Chia-Feng Chang, PhD
The Mathematics of Morality in the NICU, William Meadow, MD, PhD
Genomic Research and the Catholic Moral Tradition: Opportunities for a New Synergy Between Science and Religion, Kevin T. FitzGerald, SJ, PhD, PhD