We look forward to cosponsoring a moderated discussion at 2:00PM EDT (1:00PM CDT) Tuesday, June 9th on “Christians in times of Catastrophe: Augustine’s City of God". Speakers include Russell Hittinger (Lumen Christi Institute) and Fr. Michael Sherwin, OP (University of Fribourg); Jennifer Frey  (University of South Carolina) will moderate the dialogue.

Join us at 6:00PM EDT (5:00PM CDT) for a Zoom webinar with the title “Lessons after the Lockdown: Public Health, Economics, and the Common Good.” Speakers include Kirk Doran, Fr. Paul McNelis, SJ, Dan Sulmasey, and Mary Hirschfeld. The conversation will be moderated by Joe Capizzi. Registration is required.

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.”