Eric Boldiszar, a friend and supporter of the Saint Benedict Institute, recently created this artwork in gratitude to those who contributed West Michigan’s 3rd Annual Restorative Justice Conference.

Mary Magdalene is the first person to see the risen Christ and the first to proclaim the Gospel, "Christ is risen."  She is known as "The Apostle to the Apostles."  Thomas the Apostle, unfortunately known to history as "Doubting Thomas," is the first to proclaim that Christ is God.  Please join professors Kevin Kambo and Jack Mulder as they offer reflections on these widely misunderstood Apostles of Easter.

At 8:00PM EDT (7:00PM CDT) on Thursday, May 21st, Professor Kevin Hughes  will introduce the complex and multifaceted thought of Bonaventure in a Zoom webinar called, “On St. Bonaventure.”

At 8:00PM EDT (7:00pPM CDT) on Thursday, May 14th, Professor Katie Bugyis will examine Julian’s thought in the context of her vocation of enclosed prayer in a Zoom webinar with the title, “The Wisdom of Enclosure in Julian of Norwich's Showings.”

At 8:00PM EDT (7:00PM CDT) on Thursday, May 28th, Professor Bernard McGinn will introduce the life and some of the principal themes of Meister Eckhart’s enigmatic thought in a Zoom webinar, “On Meister Eckhart.”

At 8:00PM EDT (7:00PM CDT) on Thursday, June 4th, Professor David Albertson will offer an introduction to the lesser-known but rich life and thought of this great German personality in a Zoom webinar, “On Nicholas of Cusa.”

Join us on Zoom Tuesday, May 5th at 6:00PM ET for a dialogue between Economists Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde (Penn), Joseph Kaboski (Notre Dame) and Casey Mulligan (University of Chicago) on Economics, Catholic Social Thought, and the cost of the pandemic.

Join us at 6:00PM ET (5:00PM CT) on Tuesday, April 28th as we cosponsor, together with the Lumen Christi Institute, a webinar with Jeffrey Bishop and Stephen Meredith. This moderated dialogue, “Disease and the Problem of Evil” will take place on Zoom. The Saint Benedict Institute is a cosponsor of this event.