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Nexus: Conversations on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Nexus is a digital-age journal that amplifies and publishes scholarly dialogue taking place in the Hank Center.
Conversations on the Catholic Imagination
A public voices archive featuring writers, poets, playwrights, and more. Recorded at the 2019 Catholic Imagination Conference.
Highlights of the Third Biennial Catholic Imagination Conference
Poets, novelists, filmmakers, and more gathered at Loyola in September 2019 to reflect on the future of the Catholic literary tradition. Join us in a look back.
Recommended Reading
Each month CCIH will recommend new and notable books that integrate, interrogate, and celebrate the Catholic intellectual and artistic tradition.
Faculty Seminar
The Hank Center has been tasked by the university to offer an innovative seminar for faculty and administrators on the mission of the university and its commitment to social justice.
LUCatholic Post: Succession
Catholic Studies Minor Maxwell Dziabis shares a new short story on the LUCatholic blog. “Succession" is about practicing Catholicism in a post-COVID-19 and climate disaster world.
CCIH Conferences
- Third Biennial Catholic Imagination Conference
- George Saunders and the Fiction of Radical Humanism
- The Challenge of God: Continental Philosophy and Catholic Intellectual Heritage
- Andalusia in Andalucía: An International Conference on Flannery O'Connor
- The Poetry and Poetic Life of Denise Levertov
- Chicago Catholic Immigrants Conference
News
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Fourth Biennial Catholic Imagination Conference
Along with Cowan Center at the University of Dallas and a host of others, the Hank Center was pleased to once again serve as a major co-sponsor of the Fourth Biennial Catholic Imagination Conference last fall. This one-of-a-kind conference was held from September 30 - October 1, 2022 in Dallas; and, in a style that is characteristic of this conference, the circle expanded, and the session rooms were bursting at the seams. More than 400 attendees delighted in an array of substantive speakers and topics, spent good time and treasure in the bustling book room, and shared lovely meals and conversation with one another. View the program, proceedings, and session videos by clicking the title of this post -- and we hope to see you for CIC Number Five at the University of Notre Dame in the fall of 2024. All are Welcome! -
2023 Annual Cardinal Bernardin Common Cause Lecture - Bishop John Stowe, O.F.M. CONV.
April 11, 2023
The Cardinal Bernardin Common Cause lecture series provides Catholic prelates a platform to engage people of good will in common cause with the Church on important issues facing us today. The Hank Center welcomes our 2023 Bernardin Lecturer - the Most Rev. John Stowe, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky.
This event is free & open to the public.
7:00-8:30 pm (with a Zoom Option)
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PAST EVENTS
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Inaugural Jesuit Lecture: Bill McCormick, SJ The Christian Structure of Politics: On the De Regno of Thomas Aquinas
March 22, 2023
In an age dominated by guilt for historical complicity in violence and injustice, how are Christians to engage in public life? Through a reading of Aquinas’ De regno, McCormick argues for a political theology that is both public in its commitment to justice and humble in its awareness of the injustices in which it has been complicit.
This event was free & open to the public.
7:00-8:30 pm (with a Zoom Option)
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2023 Annual Newman Lecture: Dawn Eden Goldstein "You cannot do this without God’s Grace": Newman, Dowling, and Conversion as Daily Practice
March 14, 2023
In the conversionary spirit and legacy of St. John Henry Newman, the Hank Center invites scholars each spring to recount their own discovery (or rediscovery) of the Catholic intellectual heritage. This year featured Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein who integrated aspects of her own experience with her research for Fr. Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor--recently released biography of Fr. Ed Dowling, S.J.
This event was free & open to the public.
7:00-8:30 pm (Event Video Coming Soon)
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Welcome and Protect: Jesuit Refugee Service's Response to the Ukraine Crisis
February 9, 2023
Video now available. We were pleased to welcome Jesuit Refugee Services staff members, Diana Haidemak, a legal counselor for JRS Romania, and Oleana Zinkevych, Ukrainian Team Coordinator. Diana and Oleana shared stories from their work providing support to refugees from Ukraine, as well as refugees from across other parts of the world.
This event was free & open to the public.
4:00-5:00 pm (with a Zoom Option)
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Restorative Justice: Unguarded Viewing and Discussion
November 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Damen Cinema, LSC
Join us for a viewing of Unguarded, a documentary film that tells the story of successful restorative justice work in Brazil and America through the experience of Association for the Protection and Assistance of the Convicted (APAC). Discussion with film director and producer, Simonetta D'Italia-Wiener, film producer and Loyola Alumnus, T.J. Berden, Loyola Criminal Justice and Criminology Graduate School Alumnus, Phil Whittington, and The Honorable Thomas More Donnelly of Loyola University's School of Law will follow viewing. This event is Co-sponsored with the School of Communications, the School of Law, the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, and the Center for Criminal Justice. Free and open to the public. -
Michael O'Loughlin - Hidden Mercy
October 18, 2022
McCormick Lounge
7:00-8:30pm
A Loyola--Rogers Park Community Book Club Event
Michael O'Loughlin read from his book Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear and engaged our community in conversation. A collaboration between the Hank Center, St. Gertrude Church, and Loyola's Office of Mission Integration. This event was free and open to the public. Thanks to all those who participated in this wonderful discussion!LEARN MORE -
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2022 Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. Lecture
Video Available on the Event Page
October 13, 2022
7:00pm-8:30pm
McCormick Lounge
The Hank Center was honored to welcome the Fall 2022 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. Fellow in Catholic Studies, Kathleen Sprows Cummings to offer this year’s lecture. This year's lecture was titled "A New Kind of Saint: Catholics and Canonization in the 21st Century," and also includes a discussion and Q&A following the lecture.
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Solving the Climate Crisis: Changing Our Lightbulbs and Ourselves
POSTPONED
October 6, 2022
4:00-5:30pm
McCormick Lounge
Brian Henning-- Solving the Climate Crisis: Changing Our Lightbulbs and Ourselves
The ecological crisis requires more than reducing pollution and developing clean energy: it demands that we change our minds. Dr. Henning proposes a renovated approach to cultivating sustainability-- one that requires a fundamental transformation of how we see ourselves as a species, our relationship to our planet, and how we think and act. In order to practice an adequate environmental ethics, we must first develop an adequate environmental metaphysics. Please join the in-person dialog and all are welcome.
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15 Years at the Hank Center!
This year we recognize and celebrate 15 amazing years and the generous support the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage has received. Throughout the year we will have several events and initiatives to mark this important milestone, so make sure to check back periodically for those. -
The Inaugural Graduate Summer Institute on the Catholic Imagination
“The definition of Christian art is to be found in its subject and its spirit. Everything, sacred and profane, belongs to it. God does not ask for “religious” art or “Catholic” art. The art he wants for himself is Art, with all its teeth.”
― Jacques Maritain, Art and Scholasticism (1935)
We are pleased to announce that after some delays due to the pandemic, the Inaugural Graduate Summer Institute on the Catholic Imagination is almost upon us. You can learn more about the sessions and GSI faculty here. LEARN MORE -
Pope Francis, Vatican II, and the Way Forward
Along with our friends at Boston College's Boisi Center and Fordham University's Center on Religion and Culture, the Hank Center was pleased to host “Pope Francis, Vatican II, and the Way Forward.” Over two days, a diverse group of conference attendees were provided a forum where bishops, academics, journalists, and others could speak frankly to each other about important issues affecting the Church today-- all of us working and praying together to carry forward the synodal vision of the Second Vatican Council in the pontificate of Pope Francis, and beyond.
Conference Dates: March 25-26, 2022
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Mission Drift in Catholic Higher Education
The role of Mission Drift and how to potentially remedy it in Catholic Higher Education is an important and ongoing conversation happening across Catholic Colleges and Universities. You can read thoughts from the Hank Center Director Michael P. Murphy about this issue here. You can also engage in the larger conversation occurring on this topic with this article by Christopher Kaczor here which also includes links to replies to Kaczor's article on this issue. -
The Synod and Women: Which Way to the Future?
September 27 at 4pm
Damen Student Center, Sister Jean MPR North
We were pleased to cohost a talk from Phyllis Zagano, an internationally claimed Catholic scholar and lecturer on contemporary spirituality and women's issues in the church. Dr. Zagano belonged to the 2016-2018 Papal Commission for the study of the Diaconate of Women and holds a research appointment at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York.
Free to attend for Loyola students, faculty, and staff.
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Leadership Roundtable: Catholic Partnership Summit
Living Synodal Leadership: Our Call to a Unified Church
The Hank Center is pleased to once again cosponsor the annual meeting of Leadership Roundtable in Washington DC. Featured speakers will address tangible ways our Church answers the call to heal, strengthen, and unify the body of Christ. Representing a diversity of voices, perspectives, and experiences, they will share how they are living synodal leadership and offer best practices for other leaders. This meeting is by invitation only. You can learn more about the event by clicking here. -
Second Annual Catholic Studies Centers and Programs Symposium
September 8-10, 2022
By Invitation Only
The Hank Center welcomed over 50 national scholars, leaders, and directors of centers in Catholic Studies. Topics for this year's symposium include:
Teaching Catholic Studies:What is distinctive about teaching in Catholic Studies? Catholic Studies course?
Outside the Classroom:What roles, over and above offering courses, does Catholic Studies play in an institution?
Faith, Reason, and Justice:How do faith, reason, and justice inform Catholic practice in the professions?
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Video Available | Preventing Unjust War: A Catholic Argument for Selective Conscientious Objection
Why does humankind continue to be plagued by war?
With the example of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at hand, Loyola sociologist of religion Fr. Paddy Gilger, SJ, will engage author Roger Bergman in a lively discussion of what the Catholic intellectual heritage can contribute to this perennial problem.
May 25, 2022
12:00-1:30 PM CT
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Video Available | The 2022 Cardinal Bernardin Common Cause Lecture: Bishop Daniel Flores
The Cardinal Bernardin Common Cause lecture series offers Catholic prelates a platform to engage people of good will in common cause with the Church on important issues facing us today. The Hank Center welcomes our 2022 Bernardin Lecturer - the Most Rev. Daniel E. Flores, Bishop of Brownsville, Texas.
May 5, 2022
6:00pm CT
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Video Available| Unequal Impact: Environmental Racism and Faith Based Resources in Restorative Justice
Climate change and Restorative Justice are deeply connected. From workers’ rights, to land use, to pollutant loads in neighborhoods, people of color are exposed to far greater environmental health hazards than others. Join the Hank Center and special guests for a conversation on these vital topics. Part of SES’s Sixth Annual Climate Change Conference.
March 16, 2022
6:00-7:30 PM CT
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Father Stu Screening with Featured Guest Mark Wahlberg
We recently co-hosted a special premiere screening of Father Stu starring Mark Wahlberg here at Loyola University Chicago. Mark Wahlberg was in attendance for some comments and introduction to this film for a full audience at the Damen Cinema on campus. Father Stu is based on a true story of Father Stuart Long, an amateur boxer who discovered his calling in the Church.
March 3, 2022, 7:00-9:30 PM CT
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Building Bridges Initiative
Loyola University Chicago had the honor of hosting Pope Francis for his historic visit with college students on February 24, 2022. Yet this was just the beginning of the Building Bridges Initiative. Click here to read more and learn how you can be involved in this ongoing initiative. -
Student Perspectives on Building Bridges North-South
Loyola students are excited to welcome Pope Francis! Please view our welcome message where students share their hopes and dreams for the future. Video Available Here -
Read More About Our Historic Event With Pope Francis
Interested in reading more about the upcoming event with Pope Francis? Below are two highlighted pieces, but all of the conversation surrounding this historic event can be seeing by clicking on the title above.
Pope Francis to meet with college students in virtual dialogue hosted by Chicago's Loyola University
By Brian Fraga
National Catholic Reporter
Pope Francis to speak with Loyola University of Chicago Students
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Video Available: The 2022 Saint John Henry Newman Lecture: Dr. Jennifer Newsome Martin
Jennifer Newsome Martin, Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, offers this year's Newman Lecture: The Sacrament of the Possible, or, Why I Became a Catholic. The Newman Lecture series invites scholars to recount their own discovery of the Catholic intellectual tradition in light of their ongoing research and thought.
February 17, 2022, 7:00-8:30 PM CT
Zoom Forum
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Video Available| Conversations on the Catholic Imagination
Cardinal Seán O’Malley and Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete were friends for decades, starting before the latter entered the seminary. Though their particular paths in the Church diverged – O’Malley became the Archbishop of Boston and Albacete went on to lead the Communion and Liberation movement in the U.S. -- they shared a passion not only for the rich tradition of Catholic culture and thought but also for addressing the urgent question of how to live a Christian life in a postmodern era. The publication of a posthumous collection of some of Albacete’s most brilliant talks and essays -- “The Relevance of the Stars: Christ, Culture, Destiny” -- provides a perfect opportunity to reflect on the Mystical Monsignor’s legacy as a theologian, pastor, and public intellectual.
Book Discussion with Cardinal Seán O'Malley
The Relevance of the Stars: Christ, Culture, Destiny
November 18, 2021, 6:00-7:30 PM CST
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Video Available| Stephen Schloesser, S.J. | THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING: Taking the Roots of our Traditions and Making for the Mountain
In his lecture, The Hank Center’s 2021 Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. Fellow, Dr. Stephen Schloesser, S.J., will explore the ways that we can re-source the Catholic intellectual heritage so that we might creatively engender its innovative radiance. What elements of our traditions might we draw from as we as we make for the mountain? What materials, attitudes, and dispositions will we need?
October 26, 2021, 4:00-5:15 PM CDT
Zoom Forum
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Video Available| Conversations on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition: Catholic Higher Education in the 21st Century
St. John Paul II proposed in in the landmark Ex Corde Ecclesiae “that a Catholic university unites “the search for the truth with the certainty of already knowing the fount of truth.” Thirty years later, what are the implications and challenges of this “constitution for Catholic higher education” for teachers, researchers, thinkers, and students in Catholic universities? Three Loyola professors and a doctoral student discuss education as the pursuit of truth, the philosophical and pedagogical balance between reason and faith, and challenges encountered in the multicultural landscape of the 21st Century. This event marks the launch of the Hank Center's journal, Nexus: Conversations on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. Presented in partnership with Mission Integration.
Nexus Journal Launch
October 14, 2021, 3:30-5:00 PM CDT
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VIDEO AVAILABLE | Catholicism in Dialogue: Conversations on Racial Justice
An ecumenical and interfaith conversation exploring racial justice in Judaism, Islam, Catholicism, and Baha’i. Featuring Pastor Chris Harris (Bright Star Church Chicago), Omer M. Mozaffar (LUC), Steve Sarowitz (Baha'i Faith), and Rabbi Michal Woll (Congregation Shir Hadash). This thought-provoking event is part of our series on Catholicism in Dialogue.
September 22, 2021, 4:00-5:30 PM CDT
Zoom Forum
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VIDEO AVAILABLE | Conversations on the Catholic Imagination: Why Dante Matters Today
Marking the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death—and his enduring influence on the Catholic imagination in theology, art, politics, and culture. Part of our series of Conversations on the Catholic Imagination. Featuring Fr. Stephen Gregg (Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey), Angela Alaimo O’Donnell (Fordham University), Randy Boyagoda (University of Toronto), and Paul Mariani (Boston College, retired).
September 9, 2021, 4:00-5:30 PM CDT
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'No Kind of Place': Location, Migration, and Imagination
The Hank Center is pleased once again to cosponsor the International Flannery O'Connor Conference, hosted virtually this year by Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, Canada on August 2-3, 2021 and honoring the 57th anniversary of Flannery's death. The conference will be held via Zoom and will feature 24 presentations, music, film and poetry celebrating O'Connor's life and work, including audio drama of the short story "Revelation"--adapted and set by Karin Coonrod--on the evening of Monday, August 2nd. Registration is FREE.
August 2 & 3, 2021
Zoom Event
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VIDEO AVAILABLE | A Better Way to Work: Pope Francis, the Care Economy, and the Future of Work
In the aftermath of the global pandemic, the economic value of care reemerges as what it has always been: a matter of human dignity and justice. Re-prioritizing care requires new mindsets--from building a world that is socially and environmentally just, to reevaluating the meaning of decent work in contemporary life, to developing feasible economic and public policies that place care of people and care of environment at the center of life. Please join us as we dialogue about these crucial questions.
June 22, 2021, 11:30 AM CDT
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VIDEO AVAILABLE | Spirit and the Machine: Catholic Responses to an Increasingly Artificial World
An interdisciplinary conversation with Fr. Phillip Larrey (Pontifical Lateran University), Ann Skeet (Santa Clara University), and John W. Farrell (journalist) on Artificial intelligence (AI), one of the most important technologies in the world today-- but also one rife with serious spiritual, social and ethical questions.
May 12, 2021, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CDT
Zoom Forum
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VIDEO AVAILABLE | The 2021 Cardinal Bernardin Common Cause Lecture: Cardinal Joseph Tobin
Cardinal Joseph Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, offers this year’s Bernardin Lecture, which seeks to engage LUC’s community in dialogue about issues facing the Church today. Co-sponsored by Loyola’s Jesuit Community.
May 4, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
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Flannery: The Storied Life of the Writer from Georgia
An award winning film by Elizabeth Coffman and Mark Bosco, SJ. Production of this film was supported by the Hank Center and it premiered at the 2019 Catholic Imagination Conference. It premiered on PBS American Masters on March 23 (check local listings).
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Announcing the Hank Fellowships in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition for Graduate Students
The Hank Center administers yearly fellowships for graduate students who have demonstrated superior academic achievement and offer promise as scholars, teachers, and authors who will contribute to the dynamic life of the Catholic intellectual tradition. Applications due March 29, 2021. -
Videos Available| Signs of the Times: Context, Contingency, Crisis
This day-long symposium offers reflections on major events and current affairs impacting Catholics, the Church, and the study of theology and ethics today. Featuring current LUC doctoral students and recent graduates.
April 23, 2021, 9:00 AM
Zoom Forum
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Video Available| Loyola’s CATH 296 Students Sponsor Virtual Gala for RISE: Refugees In Schools Everywhere
Zoom Forum
All Are Welcome
This event included:
Remarks by Ann Strandoo of RISE
Interviews with student refugees, both here and abroad
Remarks from Fr. James Martin, SJ
A performance by the International Orchestra of Refugees (founded and directed by Loyola graduate Sebastian Agignoae)
An Examen prayer led by Jesuit Scholastics.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
4:00 - 5:15 PM CDT
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Video Available | The 2021 Saint John Henry Newman Lecture: Dr. Jennifer Frey
Jennifer Frey, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina, offers this year’s Newman Lecture, which invites scholars to recount their own discovery of the Catholic intellectual tradition in light of their ongoing research and thought. Professor Frey, a convert to Catholicism, shared part of her spiritual autobiography-- with special attention to Augustine, Aquinas, and John Paul II-- and provide observations on dynamic relationship between faith and culture.
March 25, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
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Videos Available | Catholic Higher Education in Light of Catholic Social Thought
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Video Available | War, Peace, and the Catholic Imagination
Featuring National Book Award winning novelist Phil Klay and multiple award winning poet Philip Metres discussing how violence, warfare, and oppression are mediated through an imagination that knows the profound failure of such human endeavors. Part of our series of Conversations on the Catholic Imagination.
March 11, 2021, 4:00 PM CST
Zoom Forum
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Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Named a 2020 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Distinguished Scholar
Congratulations to Gema Kloppe-Santamaría, Assistant Professor of History and a past recipient of a Hank Center research grant, on being named a 2020 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Distinguished Scholar for her research project In the Name of Christ: Religious Violence and Its Legitimacy in Mexico (1920-2020). She will be speaking on her research on Wednesday, March 17, at 5:15 PM EDT/ 4:15 CDT.
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Video Available| The Origins of Mass Incarceration: The Courts and the 1960s Criminal Procedure Revolution?
A conversation with Judge Stephanos Bibas and Emeritus Professor William Pizzi, moderated by Cook County Judge Tom Donnelly. This event is part of the Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network, a new initiative of the Lumen Christi Institute co-sponsored by the Hank Center and many other partners.
April 8, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
Zoom Forum
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Video Available | Publication Lecture with Deborah E. Kanter: Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican
Featuring Deborah E. Kanter speaking on themes from her 2020 publication Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican. This event is cosponsored by the History Department.
February 23, 2021, 4:00 PM CST
Zoom Forum
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Video Available | A Canticle for Leibowitz and the Monastic Figure in a Dystopian World
January 26, 2021
Avoiding excesses of both pietism and pessimism, Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz has an enduring relevance. Join us in conversation about this classic of speculative fiction -- a novel that rhymes with many realities of 21st Century life. Featuring Fr. Stephen Gregg, O. Cist. in dialogue with Katy Carl, Editor in Chief of Dappled Things. Free and open to the public. Registration Required.
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Videos Available| Spring 2021 Series | Catholic Higher Education in Light of Catholic Social Thought
Read more about our multi-part series on the forthcoming publication Catholic Higher Education in Light of Catholic Social Thought: Critical-Constructive Essays, edited by Bernard Prusak and Jennifer Reed-Bouley. This series is cosponsored by The Ann Ida Gannon Center for Women and Leadership.
Spring Semester 2021
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Video Available| Venerating the Saints: An Ancient Tradition Actual Today
On November 1, 2020, the Lumen Christi Institute hosted John W. O'Malley, S.J. for this talk in honor of All Saints' Day. Co-sponsored by the Hank Center and many others.WATCH VIDEO -
Video Available| Steven P. Millies | "The Gift of Our People": A Fresh Look at Our Faithful Citizenship in a Foreboding Moment
The Hank Center is honored to welcome the fall 2020 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. Fellow in Catholic Studies, Steven P. Millies to offer this year’s lecture. Dr. Millies is associate professor of public theology and director of The Bernardin Center at Catholic Theological Union.
October 29, 2020, 4:00 PM
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Video Available| Catholic Vote 2020: How Will Faith be a Factor?
Featuring Cathleen Kaveny, Matthew Sitman, and Kenneth Woodward.
October 28, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
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Video Available| Reconciliation, Reparations, and Racial Justice in Healthcare: What do Catholic Institutions Owe? | October 28
October 28, 2020, 7:00 - 8:00 PM CDT
What would it look like for Catholic universities, medical schools, hospital systems, and other employers to implement true racial justice? What form might reparations take? Join White Coats for Black Lives at Loyola's Stritch School of Medicine for this series of important conversations. This series is supported by the Hank Center and other valued cosponsors. -
Video Available| Fratelli Tutti: A Conversation Addressing Pope Francis’s New Encyclical on Human Solidarity and its Socio-Political Implications for the United States
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.
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Video Available| The Storm Cloud of the 21st Century: Capitalism, the Technocratic Paradigm, and the Sacramental Imagination
Featuring Eugene McCarraher of Villanova University. Co-sponsored by Commonweal.
October 15, 2020
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Video Available| Faith in Focus Film Series: The Two Popes
The Two Popes is a moving portrayal of the real-life friendship between Pope Benedict XVI and the future Pope Francis. Watch the film in advance and join in the post-film discussion with Michael P. Murphy, Director of the Hank Center.
October 8, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
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Video Available | Faith and Secularization: A Dialogue
Featuring Jerome Baggett, Paul Lakeland, and Kaya Oakes.
October 1, 2020, 4:00 - 5:30 PM -
Videos Available | A Prophet is Not Known in Her Town: Conversations on Visionary Women
Sr. Carol Zinn, SSJ, Ph.D., offers the keynote address for this special two-day symposium.
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Video Available | Election 2020: "There is no Catholic Vote--and, it's Important"
Fall 2020 Series on Catholic Thought, Citizenship, and the Common Good
Featuring E.J. Dionne, Emma Green, Steven Millies, and Michael Bayer.
September 17, 2020, 4:00 PM
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Healing the Wounds of Racism
August 26, 5:00 PM
Join the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago and co-sponsors for a discussion with members of Chicago's Back of the Yards community and the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation. Free and open to the public. Registration required. -
Video Available| Race, Justice, and Catholicism
A conversation hosted by the Lumen Christi Institute and cosponsored by the Hank Center, featuring distinguished legal scholars Herschella Conyers, Vincent Rougeau, and Eduardo Peñalver.
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VIDEO AVAILABLE | Everything is Connected: Reflections on "Home" on the 5th Anniversary of Laudato Si'
May 21, 4:00 PM CDT
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Honoring the Class of 2020
Congratulations to the senior Catholic Studies Minors and the whole Class of 2020! -
Stephanie Brehm: Stephen Colbert and Being Catholic in the Public Square
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.
March 11, 2020, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
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Research Fellowship Applications Now Available
Applications Due March 1, 2020.
Research fellowship of $2000 available to declared Catholic Studies minors. Completed applications must be submitted online through Loyola Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (LUROP). Awards will be announced on April 15. For more information about this research fellowship or the Catholic Studies Minor, email Dr. Michael P. Murphy at mmurphy23@luc.edu. -
Robert Alter: The Challenge of Translating the Bible
Professor Alter is author of more than 20 books of criticism, translation, and commentary, most recently The Art of Bible Translation (2019). His complete translation of the Hebrew Bible, a work 24 years in the making, was published by W.W. Norton in 2018 and has been acclaimed as stylistically faithful to the Hebrew while inventively artful in English.
Februrary 26, 2020, 4:00 PM
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Catholic Q&A with Brother Mark Mackey, S.J.
Catholic Q&A offers students an opportunity to dialogue with Jesuits in an intimate and personal setting. Br. Mackey led discussion on “Responsible Hope in the Midst of Environmental Crisis”.
February 20, 6:00 - 7:00 PM
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Faith In Focus Film Series: J.E.S.U.S.A.
CCIH hosted a viewing of J.E.S.U.S.A. (2020), a compelling documentary that explores the relationship between Christianity, American nationalism, and violence. Post-film dialogue with Suzanne Ross of the Raven Foundation.
February 18, 2020, 7:00 PM
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Catholic Studies Minor Retreat: Finding Your Place - February 15 - 16
Join Catholic Studies minors for an overnight retreat at LUREC to explore our place in the church, culture, and Loyola community today. All students welcome! You don't have to be a Catholic Studies minor to attend. For more information, contact: mmurphy23@luc.edu -
Video Available: Catholic Minds, Catholic Matters featuring Austin Ivereigh
London-based journalist and Pope Francis biographer, Austen Ivereigh, discussed his newly released Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert the Catholic Church a study of the Francis papacy.
November 12, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
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Publication Luncheon: "'Do This in Memory of Me': Examining Catholic Subjectivity and Teacher Education"
November 19, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Cuneo 425, LSC
This publication luncheon will celebrate the work of CCIH Research Fellows, Seungho Moon, Ann Marie Ryan, and Terri Pigott. By Invitation Only. -
Ignatian Heritage Month: Lecture
LUC alum David Gandolfo (Chair of Poverty Studies at Furman University) reflected on the “Social and Historical Implications of Ignacio Ellacuría’s Insights on Being Human.”
November 7, 4:00 PM
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Fall 2019 Faith in Focus Film: Shadowlands (1993)
This film, based in Oxford University, narrates the surprising, late-in-life love story of philosopher (and The Chronicles of Narnia author) C.S.Lewis and American poet Joy Davidman. Post-film dialogue with Oxford study abroad students.
November 5, 7:00 PM
Damen Cinema, LSC -
Lunch with the Saints
This event featured speakers Father Jerome Overbeck, Dr. Michael P. Murphy, and artist David Csiscko. Discussion, hosted lunch, and gallery walk through the Saint Exhibit followed.
Friday, November 1st
11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
820 N Michigan Avenue (Water Tower Campus)
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John Henry Newman's Path to Sainthood
What makes a modern saint? On October 13th, Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890), English theologian, philosopher and cardinal, was officially canonized a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. This event featured presentations on the life and sanctity of John Henry Newman by leading Newman scholar of our time Fr. Ian Ker (Oxford) and Melissa Villalobos, the woman whose miraculous cure led to Newman’s canonization. The event was moderated by Kenneth Woodward, former religion editor of Newsweek and author of Making Saints.
October 30, 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Holy Name Cathedral Auditorium, 730 N Wabash Avenue, Chicago IL LEARN MORE -
Confronting Poverty in the USA: Discussion, Dialogue, Action
Keynote speaker Anna Galland (Executive Director of MoveOn.org) provided remarks, discussion, and a workshop about addressing and abating poverty.
October 30, 2:30 - 5:30 PM
McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall, LSCLEARN MORE -
Integral Ecology: A Jesuit Scientist's Perspective
The Hank Center welcomed 2019 Teilhard Fellow in Catholic Studies, Dr. John Braverman, S.J. This major lecture focused on aspects of eco-theology and spiritualities of sustainability and action.
John Braverman, S.J.
October 29, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall, LSC
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Catholic Q&A: Faith & Science - The Lourdes Experience
A Students Only discussion about one of LUC’s most important programs: the mystery of healing at Lourdes and the spiritual dimensions of working in public health. Dr. Ann Solari-Twadell, Niehoff School of Nursing, led the conversation.
October 9, 7:00 PM
IC 4th Floor, LSC -
Francisco Suárez CCIH Conference: Predecessors & Successors
This two-day international conference explores the ways in which Suárez both revives elements of scholasticism, and prefigures modern philosophers in his metaphysics. Co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy & the Jesuits.
April 26-27, 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Beane Hall, Lewis Towers, WTC -
The 2019 Living Tradition Award honoring the Rev. Dr. Mark McIntosh
Every year the Hank Center presents the Living Tradition Award to a Loyola University Chicago emeritus faculty member who has exemplified the integration of Catholic thought into their work, research, and teaching. The 2019 Living Tradition Award honored the Rev. Dr. Mark McIntosh, Professor of Christian Spirituality at Loyola University Chicago. -
Sixth Annual John Courtney Murray Forum: Head & Heart
April 11, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Damen Den, Damen Student Center, LSC
This 6th annual student-led forum explored the journeys of Catholic Studies students through the Minor, and their efforts to reconcile head and heart with regards to their faith. Featuring student talks, artwork, and discussion. -
Lured: The Curse of Swans
This play portrays three Irish women coming to terms with the death of Paddy, their husband and father, familial estrangement, and struggles for senses of personal authenticity. Written by Terry Boyle (Department of English) and directed by Becca Holloway.
April 11-13th
8:00 p.m.
Mullady Theatre, Mertz Hall -
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SPRING 2019: Quo Vadis? Scholars and Journalists Discuss the Future of Catholicism
Catholicism in America is at a crossroads. What are the hopes and challenges of American Catholics today? Thanks to those who joined our panelists for a conversation on accountability, leadership, participation, and other issues facing the Church in America.
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Pope Francis - A Man of His Word
As part of a week dedicated to marking the 6th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis, the Hank Center was excited to host a viewing of this documentary film, which focused on the life and goals of Pope Francis. Directed by Wim Wenders.
Tuesday, March 19th, 7:00 p.m.
Damen Cinema, Damen Student Center -
Through the Lens of Data: The Enslaved Population Owned & Sold by the Maryland Province Jesuits
The Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities and CCIH hosted special guest speaker Sharon Leon of Michigan State University, who talked about her work on the Jesuit Plantation Project. This event was also the first in a new Jesuit Studies Series being offered by the Hank Center.
Friday, February 22, 2 PM
McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall -
Honoring the season of Lent
Hank Center Director, Michael P. Murphy, recently spoke with Christine and Chip from WGN News Now about the 40 day adventure of Lent. The three talked about the intentionality of sacrifice and how also adding service can help create spiritual fulfillment during this time of year. You can watch the full conversation here.
