Events

The Center for Advanced Studies in Religion and Science (CASIRAS) hosts quarterly lectures grounded in how science informs our religious understanding of the cosmos which God has created.

The next event will take place Wednesday, December 1 at 5 p.m. Central.

Dr. Heidi Hammel, Vice President for Science at AURA, a consortium that operates large astronomical observatories, will present Will the James Webb Telescope See God?.

Learn more and register today!

The Spring LSTC Seminary Sampler will take place March 7-9. During this event, prospective students are offered the opportunity to meet faculty and fellow students, engage with LSTC alumni, explore LSTC housing and opportunities in Chicago (for those interested in living on or near campus), and learn about the LSTC admissions process, including information about student services and financial aid.

For further details, please continue to monitor our Visit page. Interested individauls should also register below!

In partnership with the Chicago Committee for Global Mission, LSTC will convene the 2022 World Mission Institute with a keynote offered by Dr.George Sabra, President of the Near East School of Theology, Beirut, Lebanon.

More information coming soon!

Annually, LSTC participates in a two-day fundraising event, hosted by the LSTC community with events offered virtually and in-person (as possible) that showcase LSTC's commitment to the development of leaders for the church and world. We appreciate your donation consideration during this event.

More information coming soon!

Save the date for LSTC's fourth annual LSTC Homecoming, taking place October 10-14! Together, we will reminisce and reconnect with former classmates, learn what’s new at LSTC, engage in special worship services and programs and celebrate our many years of ministry and service.

More information coming soon!

LSTC partnered with Other+Wise for the 13th Annual Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium on November 16 and 17, 2021. The theme for this year's symposium was "On Our Way to Truth and Healing." The symposium educates seminarians, church leaders, and allies about the work of Vine Deloria Jr. and about Indigenous culture, movements, and activism. This year, symposium content focused on the intersection between Indian boarding schools and Christian and theological education.

Please visit the LSTC Facebook video page to review presentations and sermons.

Alumni enjoyed opportunities to participate in classes taught by LSTC faculty plus presentations centering on equity, eco-healing, decolonizing Latinequis semantics, and more. Guest preachers led worship services each day. Special recognition was given to classes marking 10-, 25-, 40- and 50-year reunions with distinct gatherings for each, and celebrating our 2021 Distinguished Alumni Awardees was a final event of Homecoming.

Visit the 2021 Homecoming and Alumni Awards webpages for further details and follow-up links to recordings (coming soon!)

The Center for Advanced Studies in Religion and Science (CASIRAS) hosts quarterly lectures grounded in how science informs our religious understanding of the cosmos which God has created.

Guy Consolmagno, SJ of the Vatican Observatory, presented "Your God is too Small" on Friday, October 1.

Review the recorded livestream of the lecture on Facebook.

In partnership with McCormick Theological Seminary and Catholic Theological Union, LSTC offered the 2021 Scherer Lecture virtually on September 28, 2021 at 4 p.m. The lecture featured Dr. George Hunsberger, one of the founders of the Gospel and Culture movement. The Scherer Lecture, titled “Three innovators in mission: Lamin Sanneh, Lesslie Newbigin, and Dorothy Day,” focused on three Christians in our own day who brought creative innovation to the practice of mission. Watch the livestream of the 2021 lecture on the LSTC Facebook page.