Catholic Thought, Citizenship, and the Common Good
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Remembering Pope Benedict
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years, died on December 31st at the age of 95. The Hank Center has compiled some of the remembrances of Pope Benedict which focus not only on his life, but also his legacy.
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Welcome and Protect: Jesuit Refugee Service's Response to the Ukraine Crisis
February 9, 2023
4:00-5:00 PM CDT
McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall, LSC.
Staff member, Diana Haidemak, a legal counselor for JRS Romania, visits Loyola to discuss the expansive work that JRS is leading in response to the Ukraine crisis.
This event is in-person and will be livestreamed. It is free & open to the public. Please register in advance for the link to the livestream.
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Fratelli Tutti: A Conversation Addressing Pope Francis’s New Encyclical on Human Solidarity and its Socio-Political Implications for the United States
October 16, 2020, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
During this time when our nation experiences an unprecedented health and socio-political crisis, a nationally recognized panel of voices will explore the teaching of this encyclical on human solidarity and draw some concrete implications for this pivotal moment in our nation’s history. With M. Shawn Copeland, John Gehring, Carmen Nanko-Fernández, and Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv.This event is free and open to the public. Registration Required.
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Stephen Colbert and Being Catholic in the Public Square, with Stephanie Brehm
March 11, 2020, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
IC 4th floor, LSC
Stephanie N. Brehm of Northwestern University discussed her new book: America’s Most Famous Catholic (According to Himself): Stephen Colbert and American Religion in the Twenty-First Century. This event was free and open to the public.
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The 2018 Cardinal Bernardin Common Cause Lecture
In honor of Cardinal Bernardin's legacy, Bishop Robert McElroy outlined resources for forming an astute political imagination in a time of cultural crisis. How might a Catholic imagination amplify a national moral aspiration founded in justice, freedom, and solidarity?
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Faith and Public Life: The Church in the Americas
The John Courtney Murray, SJ University Chair in Public Service brought the former US Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) - Carmen Lomellin - to LUC to discuss the role(s) of the Church in the Americas as part of JCM Chair's Faith in Public Life Series.
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Pope Francis' Moral Message: Care for the Earth, Care for the Poor, and Our Environmental Responsibility
In conjunction with Loyola’s Public Interest Law Society and the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago, the Hank Center is proud to have co-sponsored this address by Chancellor Garanzini and the accompanying panel discussion hosted by Loyola University Chicago's School of Law.
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Spirituality in the Public Square
Kerry Weber—Managing Editor of America Magazine and author of Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned, and Keep Your Day Job—spoke at the Catholic Minds, Catholic Matters lecture series during the fall of 2014 on spirituality in the public square.
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The challenges of Global Jesuit Education: Responses to Poverty and displacement
Symposium with Prof. David Hollenbach, S.J., University Chair in Human Rights and International Justice and Director of The Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College. Wednesday, November 13, 2013. 3:30pm - 5:30pm. Damen Student Center MPR-South.
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Publication Colloquium: Democracy, Culture, Catholicism & the Transnational Impact of Jesuit Higher Education
In the fall of 2015, Fordham University Press published a collection of essays titled Democracy, Culture, Catholicism: Voices from Four Continents. Join us for a discussion of this publication, and its impact on the transnational community of Jesuit institutes of higher education.
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Sanctuary and Sustenance: Syria and the Plight of Refugees
Throughout Spring 2014, a team of Chicago based partners hosted a series of events across the city looking at the current political situation and humanitarian crisis in Syria through the eyes of displaced and refugee civilians. Loyola's Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage took part in this series with a symposium.
