Upcoming Lectures

Wednesday, March 28, 4:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.
The Catholic Calumet: Colonial Conversations in French and Indian North America
Lecture by Dr. Tracy Neal Leavelle, Department of History, Creighton University.
His first book, The Catholic Calumet: Colonial Conversions in French and Indian North America, examines the nature of spiritual encounters between Catholic missionaries and American Indians in colonial North America. The work explores such issues as the translation and reception of religious concepts, the impact of gender and generational differences on Native responses to Christianity, and the role of religion in shaping colonial geographies.
Co-sponsored with Departments of English, History, Theology and the University Libraries.
Information Commons, 4th Floor, Lake Shore Campus, LUC.

Thursday, April 12, 2012 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Catholic Actors in the Third Wave of Democratization:
Lessons for the Arab Spring and the Muslim Fourth Wave
Lecture by Dr. Jose Casanova Department of Sociology, Georgetown University.
He has published works in a broad range of subjects, including religion and globalization, migration and religious pluralism, transnational religions, and sociological theory.
Co-sponsored with Islamic World Studies Program, LUC.
Simpson Living Learning Center Multi- Purpose Room, Lake Shore Campus, LUC.

Past Lectures

Thursday, December 1, 2011 3:30 PM-5:00 PM 

Holy Fathers, Abusive Fathers and the Missing Father: How Catholic Schools Cure Urban Poverty
Lecture by Patrick J. McCloskey, MS, School of Education, Loyola University Chicago.  Klarcheck Informations Commons, 4th Floor, Lake Shore Campus, Loyola University Chicago. Watch video of this lecture

Monday, February 28th, 2011 3:30pm

A Catholic Origin of Human Rights

Lecture by Fr. Robert John Araujo,S.J., the inaugural holder of the John Courtney Murray, S.J. University Professorship at Loyola University Chicago, School of Law. Watch video of this lecture.

Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 3:30pm

Food for the Body, Food for the Soul: Hunger and Catholic Social Teaching
Lecture by Kathleen Maas Weigert. University Research Professor. Klarchek Information Commons, 4th Floor, LSC. Watch video of this lecture

Friday, November 12, 2010 at 3:30pm

Religion and Public Discourse about Bioethics
Lecture by Catholic Bioethicist Fr. William Stempsey, S.J. College of Holy Cross. Simpson Hall Multipurpose Room, LSC.

March 25, 2010
Montaigne, God, and Other
Dr. David Posner, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages, Loyola University Chicago. Watch video of this lecture.

February 2, 2010
Still Learning from the Exorcist: Catholicism and American Film
Dr. Colleen McDannell, Professor of History and Sterling M. McMurrin Professor of Religious Studies, University of Utah. DVD available for viewing.

October 29, 2009
Reawakening to the Relationship Between Study and Worship
Fr. John C. Haughey, S.J., Senior Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University. Watch video of this lecture.

September 17, 2009
Paths to Muslim-Christian Dialogue: The Role of Forgiveness in Islamic Jurisprudence
Dr. Russell Powell, Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law. Watch video of this lecture.

February 16, 2009
“God, if you are up there, prove it”: Eugene O’Neill and the Absence of God”
Lecture by Jonathan C. Wilson, Professor, Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Loyola University Chicago
Illustrative scenes performed by students from the Department of Fine and Performing Arts. Watch video of this lecture.

January 29, 2009
“Of Elves and Angels: J.R.R. Tolkien as a Catholic Thinker”
Mark McIntosh, Professor, Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago. Watch video of this lecture.

October 23, 2008
"Augustine on the Legacy of Plato's Academy"
Dr. Blake Dutton, Dept. of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago. Watch video of this lecture.

October 16, 2008
"Sexually Abusive Priests and Church Law: A Study in Institutional Meltdown"
Dr. Nicholas P. Cafardi, Duquesne University School of Law. Watch video of this lecture.

March 26, 2008
“Pedro Arrupe and the Faith that Does Justice”
Dr. Kevin Burke, S.J. of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. Watch video of this lecture.

February 7, 2008
"Don Quijote de la Mancha:  Conflicted Catholic?  Miguel de Cervantes and Baroque Catholicism in Spain"
Dr. Carole Holdsworth, Dept. of Modern Languages, Loyola University Chicago. Watch video of this lecture.

November 26, 2007
"The Catholic Intellectual University and the Contemporary University”
Rev. Robert Barron, Faculty of Theology, University of St. Mary of the Lake

October 30, 2007
“Faithful Architecture: Catholic Thought, Catholic Buildings”
Dr. Denis R. McNamara, Liturgical Institute, University of St. Mary of the Lake

March 29, 2007
“Science and Worship:  God, Time, and the Vatican Oberservatory”
Dr. William Stoeger, S. J., Astrophysicist, Vatican Observatory. Watch video of this lecture.

November 15, 2006
“Dissonance or Harmony?  The Symphonic Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar”
Dr. Susan A. Ross, Dept. of Theology, Loyola University Chicago

October 19, 2006
“Denise Levertov:  The Poet as Pilgrim, the Pilgrim as Poet?”
Dr.  Albert Gelpi, Emeriti, Dept. of English, Stanford University