Colloquia, Symposia, and Public Events
The Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage hosts a number of colloquia every academic year. These events are so named because of their conversational nature. Seeking to spearhead the universal significance of Catholicism, each colloquium engages a unique topic and features a number of guest speakers, each one a noted authority in their respective discipline. Such events generally include a keynote address, a response, and free time for Q&A.
Events
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Blessed, Broken, and Given: Students’ Perspectives on the Eucharist and Social Justice
November 7, 2024
Palm Court, MDS Chapel, Damen Den, Ignatius House
As part of Ignatian Heritage Month, the Hank Center and Campus Ministry invites you to take part in an event investigating the connection between the Eucharist and Social Justice. The day will include two research colloquia where invited undergraduate students will present short papers on this topic, the celebration of Evening Prayer/Vespers, dinner, Mass, and a concluding pizza social.
All members of the Loyola Community are invited to this event, but RSVP is required no later than October 31.
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Continental Philosophy Symposium
April 4-6, 2024
Regents Hall, Lewis Towers, WTC
The so-called “theological turn” of the mid-20th Century describes the several ways that Continental philosophy is frequently taken up in Catholic academic settings– both as a courting of religious belief and, as frequently, a way past belief. At the same time, debates within Continental Philosophy about secularization, atheism and the deconstruction of Christianity directly mark the decline of ontotheology in the West, which demands an opening to non-European voices. The rise of these secular forms becomes a critique of the West from within, a self-reflexive gesture made in the wake of the death of Europe’s God, while also providing liberation for those on the margins of its ‘civilizing’, violent ethos. This conference hosted an array of leading global voices–scholars who interrogated these questions and a host of others.
This event was a closed meeting by invitation only.
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A Better Way to Work: Pope Francis, the Care Economy, and the Future of Work
June 22, 2021, 11:30 AM CDT
Zoom Forum
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. We were pleased to host a dialogue about these crucial questions. This event was free and open to the public.
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Videos Available| Signs of the Times: Context, Contingency, Crisis
This day-long symposium offered reflections on major events and current affairs impacting Catholics, the Church, and the study of theology and ethics today. Featured current LUC doctoral students and recent graduates.
April 23, 2021, 9:00 AM
Zoom Forum
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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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Videos Available| Spring 2021 Series | Catholic Higher Education in Light of Catholic Social Thought
Read more about our multi-part series on the publication Catholic Higher Education in Light of Catholic Social Thought: Critical-Constructive Essays, edited by Bernard Prusak and Jennifer Reed-Bouley. This series was cosponsored by The Ann Ida Gannon Center for Women and Leadership.
Spring Semester 2021
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Fratelli Tutti: A Conversation Addressing Pope Francis’s New Encyclical on Human Solidarity and its Socio-Political Implications for the United States
October 16, 2020, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
During this time when our nation experiences an unprecedented health and socio-political crisis, a nationally recognized panel of voices explored 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.This event is free and open to the public. Registration Required.
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Through the Lens of Data: The Enslaved Community Owned & Sold by the Maryland Province Jesuits
The Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities and CCIH were excited to host special guest speaker Sharon Leon of Michigan State University, who talked about her work on the Jesuit Plantation Project. This event also was the first in a new Jesuit Studies Series being offered by the Hank Center.
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Berrigan Week
In Fall 2018, the Hank Center's semester-long 1968 Series kicked off with Berrigan Week, a three day commemoration of the activist Jesuit priest's powerful impact on the evolution of the Church during the civil rights era. -
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Good God, But Life Could Be Less Than Easy: George Saunders and the Fiction of Radical Humanism
This symposium featured not only a morning address by George Saunders, but also traditional conference panels interspersed with creative expressions and responses to conference themes. The day concluded with a special visit from the creative writing students at 826Chi, a local nonprofit organization, and a book signing session.
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My Dream Act: A Play by Martha Razo and Cecilie Keenan
My Dream Act, performed by Martha Razo under the direction of Cecilie Keenan, was presented by FRONTERA: Artists Crossing Borders. The play took place on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at the Citizenship, Public Service, and the Common Good Symposium.
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An Islamic Response to ISIS: A Panel Discussion with Omer Mozaffar, Dr. Lisa Reiter & the LUC Community
The Hank Center and Campus Ministry joined forces for this panel discussion about an Islamic response to ISIS. The panel featured Dr. Omer Mozaffar (Muslim Chaplain, LUC), Dr. Lisa Reiter (Director, Campus Ministry), and student representatives from the Loyola community.
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Collectio Avellana Project
The Collectio Avellana is a compilation of 244 imperial, papal, and senatorial letters and documents. The goals of this project was to provide a systematic study of the Collectio Avellana a whole, as well as of individual documents, events, and to contribute to a better understanding of the history of both the Later Roman Empire and the Early Church.
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His Eminence Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi to Receive Honorary Degree from Loyola University Chicago
In honor of the installation of the John Courtney Murray Chair in Public Service, His Eminence Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi addressed the Loyola University Chicago community and received an honorary degree from Loyola.
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Sanctuary and Sustenance: Syria and the Plight of Refugees
Throughout Spring 2014, a team of Chicago based partners hosted a series of events across the city looking at the current political situation and humanitarian crisis in Syria through the eyes of displaced and refugee civilians. Loyola's Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage took part in this series with a symposium.
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Habemus Papam +1: The First Year of Pope Francis A symposium to mark the first year of Pope Francis's reign
To mark the one-year anniversary of Pope Francis’s election, The Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage hosted a symposium, Habemus Papam +1: The First Year of Pope Francis. The symposium ran from Thursday, March 27, from 1– 5:30 p.m. for a lively discussion focused on the first year of the Pope’s reign: What has he accomplished? Where do we go from here? What remains to be done?
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The challenges of Global Jesuit Education: Responses to Poverty and displacement
Symposium with Prof. David Hollenbach, S.J., University Chair in Human Rights and International Justice and Director of The Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College. Wednesday, November 13, 2013. 3:30pm - 5:30pm. Damen Student Center MPR-South.
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Jesuit Libraries Project: Final Research Symposium
Over the course of the Fall 2013 semester, graduate students from Loyola’s Digital Humanities, History, and Public History Programs each reconstructed a segment of Loyola’s original library catalogue (c.1878) in an innovative virtual library system. -
Music of the Jesuit Missions I
On April 10 Chicago based chamber music chorus Bella Voce and Chicago Arts Orchestra performed American Colonial Music at Madonna della Strada Chapel. The concert was part of a day long research colloquium: Music of the Jesuit Missions. This colloquium explored the history, traditions, and efforts to restore and re-introduce the colonial music of Latin America. Watch Video
Music of the Jesuit Missions II
On April 10 Chicago based chamber music chorus Bella Voce and Chicago Arts Orchestra performed American Colonial Music at Madonna della Strada Chapel. The concert was part of a day long research colloquium: Music of the Jesuit Missions. This colloquium explored the history, traditions, and efforts to restore and re-introduce the colonial music of Latin America. Watch Video-
Habemus Papam: Abdication, Conclave, and the Chair of St. Peter
A panel discussion that explored the history of the papacy, Pope Benedict's unexpected decision to step down as the leader of the Catholic Church, and challenges ahead. | February 26, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall
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Jesuits and Sports: Historical Perspectives and Resources for our Times
On January 31, the Hank Center hosted a lecture by Fr. Patrick Kelly, S.J., Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University. In his book Catholic Perspective on Sports Fr. Kelly, S.J. provides a historic overview of the changing Catholic views towards sports, broadens traditional understanding of the interconnectedness between spirituality and athletics, and explains why this topic has been neglected by scholars. The author offers new insights on the contributions of Catholic thought and its relevance to sports today.
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