Author Archives: The Newman Forum

Your Mind Is Not A Computer, and God is Not Nice: Learning How To Think About God and Why

November 5, 2022 with Ulrich Lehner An online interview for high-school students and teachers.  What happens when I think? What makes for good thinking? Can I discover “truth,” and how would I know when I found it? How should I think about God? What is He like and how would my life change if IContinue reading “Your Mind Is Not A Computer, and God is Not Nice: Learning How To Think About God and Why”

Magis Lecture | Pro and Con: Does Faith Ignore Reason?

October 19, 2022 with Stephen Fields, S.J. Every Sunday, Christian worshipers profess the Nicene Creed.   The Creed formulates and supports our belief in one God, but there appears to be scant empirical evidence for many of its claims that we acknowledge to be true.  We don’t profess the Creed because we’ve been persuaded by overwhelmingContinue reading “Magis Lecture | Pro and Con: Does Faith Ignore Reason?”

Summer Institute 2023

Cosponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations Office and The University of Saint Mary of the Lake at Mundelein Seminary In-person summer experience for high school students exploring the Christian Life at Mundelein Seminary.  Summer 2023 POINTS OF DEPARTURE “Consider your origin: you were not made to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.”Continue reading “Summer Institute 2023”