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Against Free Market Economics: Lecture and Luncheon with Dr. Tony Annett

Free markets are good at producing wealth but fall quite short in engendering justice or well-being. On the other hand, Catholic social teaching– and the economic theories attached to the Catholic intellectual tradition–offer a more balanced view of market economies and who markets are meant to serve. Resisting free market ideology, Catholic social teaching emphasizes how the common good must take precedence in economic life. Anthony Annett, author of “Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy” explores the insights of this tradition in light of current debates. Response by Dayle M. Smith, Ph.D., Dean of the LMU College of Business Administration.

2023 Annual Cardinal Bernardin Common Cause Lecture - Bishop John Stowe, O.F.M.

Inaugural Jesuit Lecture: Bill McCormick, SJ

2023 Annual Newman Lecture: Dawn Eden Goldstein

Welcome and Protect: Jesuit Refugee Service's Response to the Ukraine Crisis

2022 Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. Lecture

Hank at 15 Gala

Preventing Unjust War: A Catholic Argument for Selective Conscientious Objection

2022 Cardinal Bernardin Common Cause Lecture

Unequal Impact: Environmental Racism and Faith Based Resources

The 2022 Saint John Henry Newman Lecture: Dr. Jennifer Newsome Martin

Conversations on the Catholic Imagination: The Relevance of the Stars

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Catholicism in Dialogue: Conversations on Racial Justice

Conversations on the Catholic Imagination: Why Dante Matters Today

Catholic Higher Education in the 21st Century

Spirit and the Machine: Catholic Responses to an Increasingly Artificial World

2021 Cardinal Bernardin Common Cause Lecture with Cardinal Joseph Tobin

Signs of the Times: Context, Contingency, Crisis | Part 1

Signs of the Times: Context, Contingency, Crisis | Part 2

Signs of the Times: Context, Contingency, Crisis | Part 3

Signs of the Times: Context, Contingency, Crisis | Part 4

Eyes on RISE: A Virtual Gala

The 2021 Saint John Henry Newman Lecture: Dr. Jennifer Frey

Beyond Patriarchy: Women and Lay Leadership

War, Peace, and the Catholic Imagination

Help Wanted: Labor Policies, Problems, and Opportunities

Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican

What Students? Which Mission?

A System Adrift? Catholic Social Thought as an Anchor for Catholic Higher Ed

A Canticle for Leibowitz and the Monastic Figure in a Dystopian World

Catholic Q&A: Are God's Providence and My White Privilege the Same Thing?

The Gift of Our People: A Fresh Look at Our Faithful Citizenship

Catholic Vote 2020: Results, Reflection, Renewal

Catholic Vote 2020: How will Faith be a Factor?

Election 2020: "There is no Catholic Vote--and, it's Important"

A Prophet is Not Known in Her Town | Keynote Address: Sr. Carol Zinn

A Prophet is Not Known in Her Town | Panel Presentation 1

A Prophet is Not Known in Her Town | Panel Presentation 2

A Prophet is Not Known in Her Town | Panel Presentation 3

Faith and Secularization: A Dialogue

Teilhard Lecture - Uwem Akpan "Personal Portraits of Grace"

Robert Alter: The Challenge of Translating the Bible

Latinx Catholic Identities and the Catholic Experience

Sacramental Telepathy: What Goes On in Catholic Writers' Heads?

Presence 2019: Poems, Essays, and Translations from the Current Issue

Poetry: Featured Readings

Flannery O'Connor: From A PRAYER JOURNAL to her Letters

The Catholic Imagination in Culture: Journalism, Magazines, and Web Spaces

Lost in the Cosmos 2.0: Reconsidering Walker Percy in the 21st Century

Graces Seen and Unseen: Catholic Imagination and Contemporary Literary Studies

Polish Religious Literature after Miłosz

As Satan Falls: Rene Girard and the Mystery of Paying Attention

The Art and Craft of Spiritual Autobiography and Memoir

Poetry: Featured Readings

The Aesthetics of Faith and Doubt

Handmaids, Prophets, and Misfits: Cinematic Moments, Transformative Encounters

Catholic Artists in Modernist Spaces

Seeking After the Whole: The Catholic Imagination as Critical Context

Midway Upon the Journey of our Life: Dante as Resource for the Present Moment

Dreaming the Black Imagination: The Spiritual Foundations of Black Art

Dynamics of Belief and Unbelief in Modern and Contemporary Fiction

Searching for God in the Postmodern World: Fiction, Poetry, and Television

Pre-Conference | The Catholic Imagination in Dystopian and Science Fiction

Pre-Conference | CUA Contemporary Catholic Writers

Pre-Conference | Women's Voices in Catholic Literary and Artistic Traditions

Pre-Conference | Commonweal Lunch Event

Pre-Conference | From "Parker's Back" to Fleabag

Pre-Conference | Art and Act: Performing the Catholic Imagination

Dynamics of Belief and Unbelief in Modern and Contemporary Fiction

Plenary | Paul Schrader

Plenary | Alice McDermott

Plenary | Richard Rodriguez

Plenary | Dana Gioia and Angela Alaimo O'Donnell: On the Catholic Imagination

The 2019 George W. Hunt, S.J. Prize Honoring Mary Szybist

Keynote | Paul Mariani

Flannery O'Connor Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul Mariani

Plenary | Tobias Wolff

Student Perspectives on the Future of Catholicism

People and Practice | The Future of Catholicism in America

Church In the Public Square | The Future of Catholicism in America

Leadership and Public Influence Panel | The Future of Catholicism in America

Catholic Minds, Catholic Matters: Austen Ivereigh

Catholic Minds, Catholic Matters: Fr. James Heft

An Evening With Micheal O'Siadhail: The Five Quintets Poetry Reading

Hank Center Presents | A Public Voices Series: Micheal O'Siadhail

Global 1968 Symposium Day 1 Part 1

Global 1968 Symposium Day 1 Part 2

Global 1968 Symposium Day 2 Part 1

Global 1968 Symposium Day 2 Part 2

Global 1968 Symposium Day 2 Part 3

Global 1968 Symposium Day 3 Part 1

Global 1968 Symposium Day 3 Part 2

Conversation on The Berrigan Letters

Bill Wylie-Kellerman: Berrigan and Stringfellow

Q&A with Bill Wylie-Kellerman

Panel on the New Catholic Left

The New Catholic Left Q&A

Hank Center Presents | A Public Voices Series: Bishop Robert McElroy

2018 Cardinal Bernardin Common Cause Lecture

Cardinal Bernardin 2018 Common Cause Lecture Q&A

Habemus Papam - Massimo Faggioli

Habemus Papam - Response by Melanie Barrett

Habemus Papam - Response by Miguel Diaz

Dr. Charles Camosy's Lecture during the 1968 Series pt. 1

Rebecca Bratten Weiss' Lecture during the 1968 Series pt. 1

Dr Julie Hanlon Rubio's Lecture during the 1968 Series Part 1

First Panel Discussion 1968 Series pt. 1

Second Panel Discussion 1968 Series pt. 1

Hank Center Presents | A Public Voices Series: George Saunders

Hank Center Presents | A Public Voices Series: The George Saunders Radio Hour

Alex Miller Lecture: George Saunders and the Technologies of Affect

George Saunders speaking at CCIH's Symposium: Good God, but Life Can Be Less Tha

George Saunders Q & A following his Plenary Address

Shelby Sleevi Lecture: Intimate Narration in George Saunders and Djuna Barnes

Keynote Address: Faith and Neuroscience Colloquium, Dr. William Jaworski

Dr. Susan Ross' Lecture: Personhood and Reductionism

Dr. Rebecca Silton's Introduction and Lecture: Personhood and Reductionism

Dr. CJ Love Lecture: Personhood and Evolution

Dr. James M. Calcagno Introduction and Lecture: Personhood and Evolution

Martin Marty on "Martin Luther and the Day that Changed the World"

Dr. Pauline Viviano Introduction and Lecture: Personhood and Evolution

Panel: Personhood and Evolution- Featuring Love, Calcagno, and Vivianno

Aaron William Perry - Sacred Sustainability Part 1

Aaron William Perry - Sacred Sustainability Part 2

Aaron William Perry - Sacred Sustainability Part 3

"Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved By Beauty" with Kate Hennessey

"The World Will Be Saved By Beauty: Dorothy Day's Message of Hope" by Kate Hennessey, the granddaughter of Day. This lecture was delivered as a part of The Joan and Bill Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage's "Revolution of the Heart: A Symposium on Dorothy Day" Recorded on 17 February 2017.

See the full schedule of the symposium here: http://luc.edu/ccih/stories/archive/dorothydaysymposium.shtml

“Dorothy Day: A Saint for Today” with Robert Ellsberg

“Dorothy Day: A Saint for Today” delivered by Robert Ellsberg recorded on 17 February 2017

Robert Ellsberg was a member of the Catholic Worker community in New York from 1975 to 1980, and served as the managing editor of The Catholic Worker newspaper from 1976 to 1978. He is now editor-in-chief of Orbis Books. Ellsberg looks at his good friend Day and the ways her mission should be carried out today. This lecture was delivered as a part of The Joan and Bill Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage's "Revolution of the Heart: A Symposium on Dorothy Day"

See the full schedule of the symposium here: http://luc.edu/ccih/stories/archive/dorothydaysymposium.shtml

"Religious Freedom before Ecumenism and Slave Emancipation" with Thomas Murphy

Black History Month Lecture" "The Jesuit Choice: Religious Freedom before Ecumenism and Slave Emancipation" delivered by Dr. Thomas Murphy, S.J., on 9 February 2017.

Beginning in colonial times, the Jesuits in Maryland owned slaves as part of their belief that their Roman Catholic faith did not exclude them from an English subject's right to possess all forms of legal property.  Despite the passage of the Bill of Rights by the recently independent United States in 1791, Jesuits remained insecure about the recognition of their American citizenship.  They feared that advocating the removal of the protection of slavery from the Constitution would lead to their freedom of worship being removed from it too.  They also began to see abolitionism as a Protestant heresy that they must reject.  The result of these forces was that in 1838 they sold their slaves rather than set them free. Dr. Thomas Murphy S.J., department of history, Seattle University, will examine the legacy of these events for Jesuit ministries today.

"Astronomy and Faith" with Dr. Jonathan Lunine

"Astronomy and Faith: From Lemaitre's Big Bang to the Jesuit Fathers of the Vatican Observatory," delivered by Jonathan Lunine on November 10, 2016.

Dr. Jonathan Lunine is professor of physical sciences at Cornell University. As a part of a day-long Faith and Science Symposium, Lunine delivered this talk about Fr. Georges Lemaitre, whose "Big Bang" theory model of the universe was initially discredited by scientists because they attributed it to his Catholic faith and the politics of the Church. Dr. Lunine's talk offered insights about how science need not be disassociated from faith.

The 2016 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ Lecture

"A Luminous Absence: Poetry and the Need for God's Absence," delivered by John F. Deane on November 3, 2016.

Irish poet and novelist John F. Deane is the 2016 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ Research Fellow with the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage. Deane's talk explores the poetry of faith in an attempt to discover the personal response of poets to the person of Jesus Christ.

Introduced by Michael P. Murphy, Ph.D., Assistant Director of the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage.

The Challenge of God Plenary Address: Robyn Horner

“A Phenomenology of Revelation: Contemporary Encounters with Saint Ignatius of Loyola,” delivered by Robyn Horner at The Challenge of God: Continental Philosophy and the Catholic Intellectual Heritage Conference

Robyn Horner is an Associate Professor in the Office of the Dean of Theology and Philosophy at Australian Catholic University. Her work is focused on the contributions of phenomenology and post-structuralism, especially the work of Levinas, Derrida, and Marion, to the field of Christian theology and philosophy of religion, particularly on the topic of r/Revelation.

Response by J. Michelle Molina, The John and Rosemary Croghan Chair, Associate Professor in Catholic Studies at Northwestern University.

The Challenge of God Plenary Address: Adriaan Peperzak

"The Challenge of God," delivered by Adriaan Peperzak at The Challenge of God: Continental Philosophy and the Catholic Intellectual Heritage Conference

Adriaan T. Peperzak is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, where he held the Arthur J. Schmitt Chair from 1991-2015. His research in the history of philosophy has focused on Hegel (six books and numerous articles) and Levinas (two books and three others edited). He also published on Plato, Aristotle, Bonaventura, Descartes, Heidegger, and Ricoeur, and on thematic questions in ethics, social and political philosophy, metaphilosophy, and philosophy of religion.

Response by David Tracy, the Andrew Thomas Greeley and Grace McNichols Greeley Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Catholic Studies and Professor of Theology and the Philosophy of Religions at the University of Chicago.

The Challenge of God Plenary Address: Richard Kearney

“What Comes After God? Some Anatheist Reflections,” delivered by Richard Kearney at The Challenge of God: Continental Philosophy and the Catholic Intellectual Heritage Conference

Richard Kearney holds the Charles B. Seelig Chair in Philosophy at Boston College and has served as a Visiting Professor at University College Dublin, the University of Paris-Sorbonne, and the Australian Catholic University. He is the author of over 20 books on European philosophy and literature (including two novels and a volume of poetry) and has edited or coedited 15 others, many on the intersection of hermeneutics and the problem of God.

Response by Hille Haker, Richard A. McCormick, S.J., Chair of Moral Theology at Loyola University Chicago.

The Challenge of God Plenary Address: Luc Marion

“God and the Ambivalence of Being,” delivered by Luc Marion at The Challenge of God: Continental Philosophy and the Catholic Intellectual Heritage Conference

Jean-Luc Marion is the Andrew Thomas Greeley and Grace McNichols Greeley Professor of Catholic Studies and Professor of the Philosophy of Religions and Theology at the University of Chicago; Dominique Dubarle Chair of Philosophy at l’Institut Catholique de Paris; Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris-Sorbonne; and a member of the Académie française. His work is well-known in the history of philosophy and in philosophy of religion, in which he has initiated and written extensively on the phenomenology of givenness.

Response by Hugh Miller, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago.

The Challenge of God Plenary Address: Thomas J.J. Altizer

"Radical Catholicism and God: A Theological Exploration of Dante and Joyce," delivered by Thomas J.J. Altizer at The Challenge of God: Continental Philosophy and the Catholic Intellectual Heritage Conference

Thomas J.J. Altizer is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at State University of New York at Stony Brook. During his long and distinguished career, Altizer has published numerous books working out the implications of a theology of the “Death of God,” recently including Living the Death of God, The Apocalyptic Trinity, and The Call to Radical Theology.

Response by Adam Kotsko, Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College.

The Challenge of God Plenary Address: John D. Caputo

“Tradition and Event: Radicalizing the Catholic Principle," delivered by John D. Caputo at The Challenge of God: Continental Philosophy and the Catholic Intellectual Heritage Conference

John D. Caputo is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities Emeritus at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. Caputo specializes in continental philosophy of religion, working on approaches to religion and theology in the light of contemporary phenomenology, hermeneutics and deconstruction, and also the presence in continental philosophy of radical religious and theological motifs. He is known especially for his notions of radical hermeneutics and the weakness of God.

Response by John McCarthy, Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at Loyola University Chicago.

"From Black-Belt Sinner to Sweet Baby Jesus" - The 2016 Cardinal Newman Lecture

Reflections on Democracy, Culture, Catholicism: Voices from Four Continents

In the fall of 2015, Fordham University Press published a collection of essays titled Democracy, Culture, Catholicism: Voices from Four Continents. This volume was the result of a three year, international research project sponsored by the Hank Center that brought together scholars from Jesuit, and Jesuit related, institutions of higher education around the world. Meetings in four parts of the globe – Peru, Indonesia, Lithuania, and the U.S. – these diverse scholars explored and interrogated the relationship(s) between democracy, culture, and Catholicism in each of their respective locations. On the one hand, this volume offers a unique, scholarly contribution to the academy; on the other hand, this volume stands as a testament to the collaborative and transformative possibilities contained within the transnational community of Jesuit institutes of higher education.

In this video, volume co-editor John Crowley-Buck (Loyola University Chicago) engages Dr. Danute Gailiene (Vilnius University) in a conversation about the impact of this project and publication on her as a scholar of psychology, a specialist in trauma studies, and a citizen of Lithuania.

Reflections on Democracy, Culture, Catholicism: Voices from Four Continents

In the fall of 2015, Fordham University Press published a collection of essays titled Democracy, Culture, Catholicism: Voices from Four Continents. This volume was the result of a three year, international research project sponsored by the Hank Center that brought together scholars from Jesuit, and Jesuit related, institutions of higher education around the world. Meetings in four parts of the globe – Peru, Indonesia, Lithuania, and the U.S. – these diverse scholars explored and interrogated the relationship(s) between democracy, culture, and Catholicism in each of their respective locations. On the one hand, this volume offers a unique, scholarly contribution to the academy; on the other hand, this volume stands as a testament to the collaborative and transformative possibilities contained within the transnational community of Jesuit institutes of higher education.

In this video, volume co-editor John Crowley-Buck (Loyola University Chicago) engages Dr. Baskara Wardaya, S.J. (Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta, Indonesia) in a conversation about the impact of this project and publication on him as a scholar, as a Jesuit, and as a citizen of Indonesia.

2015 Denise Levertov Conference Plenary: Kevin Burke, SJ

"Still There and Always There: The Drama of Faith in the Life of Denise Levertov," by Kevin Burke, SJ, Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University

2015 Denise Levertov Conference Plenary: Mary Gordon

"Denise Levertov: The Uses of Outrage," by Mary Gordon, Barnard College, Columbia University

2015 Denise Levertov Conference Plenary: Albert Gelpi

"The Poem as Sacrament," by Albert Gelpi, Stanford University

Caring for Our Common Home: Conversations on Ecology and Justice-Part I

Part 1: Welcome

The Laudato Si' Symposium was a day-long series of events responding to, reflecting upon, and enacting the recent encyclical from Pope Francis on the environment - Laudato Si. In this video, we hear a welcome from Mark Bosco, S.J.,PhD, Director of the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, and John Pelissero, PhD, Interim President Loyola University Chicago.

Caring for Our Common Home: Conversations on Ecology and Justice-Part II

Part 2: Academic Responses from Loyola Faculty

The Laudato Si' Symposium was a day-long series of events responding to, reflecting upon, and enacting the recent encyclical from Pope Francis on the environment - Laudato Si. In this video, we hear academic responses by Loyola faculty with a welcome from Susan Ross, PhD, Chair and Professor, Department of Theology.

Caring for Our Common Home: Conversations on Ecology and Justice-Part III

Part 3: Town Hall II

The Laudato Si' Symposium was a day-long series of events responding to, reflecting upon, and enacting the recent encyclical from Pope Francis on the environment - Laudato Si. In this video, we view an intercampus and interdisciplinary town hall conversation introduced by Michael P. Murphy, Ph.D., Director of Catholic Studies.

Honorary Degree Conferral On Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi

On March 25th, Loyola University Chicago conferred upon His Eminence Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi an honorary doctoral degree. Cardinal Ravasi is the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology. An expert in biblical languages, he served as Prefect of the Biblioteca-Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan and taught Old Testament Exegesis at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy.

Cardinal Ravasi is widely recognized as one of the leading intellectuals of the Roman Curia and has published over 150 volumes, mainly on biblical topics. As part of his conferral celebration, Ravasi offered a lecture entitled "American Culture, Catholic Higher Education, and their Contributions to the Global Church."

The degree conferral and lecture by Cardinal Ravasi, coincided with the installation of Dr. Miguel H. Díaz as Loyola University Chicago's John Courtney Murray, SJ University Chair in Public Service.

The Preferential Option for Culture in Latino/a Theology - Part I

The Preferential Option for Culture in Latino/a Theology - Part II

The 2015 Cardinal Newman Lecture: Dr. Colby Dickinson (LUC)

Crossings and Dwellings Plenary Address: Dr. Carol Coburn

Crossings and Dwellings Plenary Address: Dr. Carol Coburn
“Crossing Boundaries and Cultural Encounters: Women Religious as Builders and Shapers of Catholic Culture and American Life”

Crossings and Dwellings Plenary Address: Dr. John T. McGreevy

Crossings and Dwellings Plenary Presentation: Dr. John T. McGreevy
"Globalization: Rewriting 19th-century American Jesuits"

Crossings and Dwellings Plenary Address: Rima Lunin Schultz

Crossings and Dwellings Plenary Presentation: Rima Lunin Schultz
"Jane Addams’s Dilemma: American Catholic Education in the Progressive Era, 1890-1925"

Crossings and Dwellings Plenary Address: Dr. Kathleen Sprows Cummings

Crossings and Dwellings Plenary Presentation: Dr. Kathleen Sprows Cummings

Crossings and Dwellings Student Roundtable

Crossings and Dwellings Student Roundtable

Jessica Hagen (Loyola University Chicago)
Michael Polowski (Loyola University Chicago)
Hope Shannon (Loyola University Chicago)
Evan Thompson (Loyola University Chicago)

Respondent: Dr. Monica Mercado (Bryn Mawr College)

2014 Ignatian Heritage Month at LUC: A Lecture by Jon Sobrino, S.J.

2014 Ignatian Heritage Month at LUC: A Panel Discussion with Jon Sobrino, S.J.

Catholicism in Dialogue: Hinduism and Catholicism: Finding God in All Things

Habemus Papam +1 - Pope Francis the Latin American Jesuit

Habemus Papam +1 - Francis Among the Theologians and Diplomats

Habemus Papam +1 - The Pillars of the Francis Revolution

Habemus Papam +1 - Panel Discussion

Shouts or Whispers? A Journey Through Catholic Letters Today

"In my Cardinal Newman Lecture I'll be reflecting on the changing face of Catholic literature from the twentieth century to the present - and how that body of writing has shaped my life and vocation, including my work as editor of the literary journal Image. My conversion to the Catholic Church while a graduate student at Oxford University was profoundly influenced by writers such as Flannery O'Connor, Georges Bernanos, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, and Walker Percy -- all Catholic novelists. These writers shared O'Connor's belief that "for the hard of hearing you have to shout" -- in other words, that the Christian writer in a secular age needs to use bold, dramatic gestures to help people sense what religious faith is like. But the succeeding generations of Catholic writers - those writing late in the previous century and up to the present moment, I discovered, were more inclined to "whispers" than to "shouts." I'll speak about the contention made by some critics who have argued that this is simply evidence of a lack of strong Catholic identity and conviction, and I'll attempt to show that this is an unhelpful simplification. This topic has surfaced recently as I've found myself publishing responses to essays by Paul Elie and Dana Gioia, two leading contemporary Catholic writers - both of whom favor a "narrative of decline" when evaluating the state of Catholic letters. The more I've been involved in editing Image, the less inclined I am to embrace a narrative of decline. I believe that there is, in fact, a host of gifted Catholic writers at work today, so I will conclude my talk by asking why thinkers like Elie and Gioia sense decline. In part, my belief is that the problem lies with the relentless politicization of discourse in Catholic periodicals and intellectual forums, and I'll close by suggesting some ways to help kick-start the critical discussion - so that writers and critics can create a healthier literary ecosystem."

-Gregory Wolfe

Jesuit Global Education and the Plight of Refugees

The Jesuit Restoration with Rev. John Padberg

'On Pilgrimage' with Fr. Pat Ryan

For the full text of Fr. Ryan's lecture, please click on the link below:

Patrick Ryan, SJ - On Pilgrimage

Restored Jesuits and the American Experience, 1814-2014

As the first installment of the three year conference commemorating the bicentennial of the Restoration of the Society of Jesus in 1814, Padberg provided an introduction to both the Suppression (1773-1814) and the Restoration (1814) of the Jesuits which is necessary for interpreting their activity throughout the 19th century.

Rev. Padberg, S.J. is a renowned authority on the history of the Society of Jesus in the late-modern period; but his now-classic work on the shifting fortunes of Jesuit educational institutions in 19th-century Francefrom reestablishment in 1815 to final suppression in 1880 provides a case study in the European narrative as a backdrop for the American experience.
Watch video from this colloquium.

The Spirit of Vatican II: Then and Now Part I

The Spirit of Vatican II: Then and Now Part II

Dr. Joseph Komonchak, S.T.L., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America
“Two Witnesses of the Council: The Diaries of Yves Congar and Henri de Lubac”

Dr. Susan Ross
Professor & Chair, Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
“Joys and Hopes, Griefs and Anxieties: Catholic Women Since Vatican II”

Rev. Jared Wicks, S.J.
Scholar-in-residence, Josephinum Seminary
“Bea's Unity Secretariat: Engine of Renewal at Vatican II”

Dr. Pauline Viviano
Associate Professor, Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
“Is There Nothing New Under the Sun?: Biblical Interpretation in Post-Vatican II Church”

The Spirit of Vatican II: Then and Now Part III

Dr. Joseph Komonchak, S.T.L., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America
“Two Witnesses of the Council: The Diaries of Yves Congar and Henri de Lubac”

Dr. Susan Ross
Professor & Chair, Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
“Joys and Hopes, Griefs and Anxieties: Catholic Women Since Vatican II”

Rev. Jared Wicks, S.J.
Scholar-in-residence, Josephinum Seminary
“Bea's Unity Secretariat: Engine of Renewal at Vatican II”

Dr. Pauline Viviano
Associate Professor, Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
“Is There Nothing New Under the Sun?: Biblical Interpretation in Post-Vatican II Church”

The Spirit of Vatican II: Then and Now Part IV

Dr. Joseph Komonchak, S.T.L., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America
“Two Witnesses of the Council: The Diaries of Yves Congar and Henri de Lubac”

Dr. Susan Ross
Professor & Chair, Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
“Joys and Hopes, Griefs and Anxieties: Catholic Women Since Vatican II”

Rev. Jared Wicks, S.J.
Scholar-in-residence, Josephinum Seminary
“Bea's Unity Secretariat: Engine of Renewal at Vatican II”

Dr. Pauline Viviano
Associate Professor, Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
“Is There Nothing New Under the Sun?: Biblical Interpretation in Post-Vatican II Church”

Catholic Actors in the Third Wave of Democratization

Holy Fathers, Abusive Fathers and the Missing Father: How Catholic Schools Cure

Jesuit Mission of Chiquitos Part 1

Jesuit Mission of Chiquitos Part 2

A Catholic Origin of Human Rights

Robert John Araujo, S.J. became the inaugural holder of the John Courtney Murray, S.J. University Professorship at Loyola University Chicago in 2009. He was a professor of Law at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA and Ordinary Professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. He has also served as a legal advisor and attaché to the Holy See representing the Church before foreign sovereigns and international organizations. He writes and publishes in the fields of international law, law and religion, and legal philosophy.

In his lecture Fr. Araujo discussed what role natural law moral theory played in emerging human rights discourse, placing a particular focus on the work of 16th century Spanish theologian and political theorist Francisco de Vitoria. Fr. Araujo also explored the implications of natural law’s history for contemporary human rights theory.

Food for the Body, Food for the Soul: Hunger and Catholic Social Teaching

Montaigne, God, and Other

Women of the Word Colloquium Part 1

Women of the Word Colloquium Part 2

Women of the Word Colloquium Part 3

Women of the Word Colloquium Part 4

Spring Irish Festival: Celtic Sites and Sounds Part 1

Spring Irish Festival: Celtic Sites and Sounds Part 2

Spring Irish Festival: Celtic Sites and Sounds Part 3

Paths to Muslim-Christian Dialogue

"Reawakening to the Relationship Between Study and Worship"

"'God, if you are up there, prove it': Eugene O’Neill and the Absence of God"

Of Elves and Angels: J.R.R. Tolkien as a Catholic Thinker

Augustine on the Legacy of Plato's Academy

Sexually Abusive Priests and Church Law: A Study in Institutional Meltdown

Jesuits and Science Part 1

Jesuits and Science Part 2

Jesuits and Science Part 3

Don Quijote de la Mancha: Conflicted Catholic?

Gifford Lecturers’ Panel: Introduction

Gifford Lecturers’ Panel: Professor J. Wentzel van Huyssteen

Gifford Lecturers’ Panel: Professor Ralph McInerny

Gifford Lecturers’ Panel: Professor Michael Ruse

Gifford Lecturers’ Panel: Jeremy Campbell

Gifford Lecturers' Panel: Responses and Discussion

Science and Worship: God, Time, and the Vatican Observatory

Reflections on Democracy, Culture, Catholicism: Voices from Four Continents

In the fall of 2015, Fordham University Press published a collection of essays titled Democracy, Culture, Catholicism: Voices from Four Continents. This volume was the result of a three year, international research project sponsored by the Hank Center that brought together scholars from Jesuit, and Jesuit related, institutions of higher education around the world. Meetings in four parts of the globe – Peru, Indonesia, Lithuania, and the U.S. – these diverse scholars explored and interrogated the relationship(s) between democracy, culture, and Catholicism in each of their respective locations. On the one hand, this volume offers a unique, scholarly contribution to the academy; on the other hand, this volume stands as a testament to the collaborative and transformative possibilities contained within the transnational community of Jesuit institutes of higher education.

In this video, volume co-editor John Crowley-Buck (Loyola University Chicago) engages Dr. Danute Gailiene (Vilnius University) in a conversation about the impact of this project and publication on her as a scholar of psychology, a specialist in trauma studies, and a citizen of Lithuania.