Past Events
How to Be Happy: Leisure, Festivity, Art, and Contemplation
Apply now for How to Be Happy: Leisure, Festivity, Art, and Contemplation, a three day summer seminar for high school students in University City from June 26 to June 28.
Beauty in the Catholic Tradition: A Workshop for High Schoolers
Through seminar discussions, students will explore thinkers like Pope John Paul II, Thomas Merton, Madeleine L'Engle, C.S. Lewis, and others; in addition, they will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on creative workshops with guest artists and writers, engaging the mind, the heart, and the hand.
Poetry in the Park: Shakespeare & Friendship
Please join us for the Collegium Institute's Poetry in the Park: Shakespeare on Friendship, Collegium's inaugural program for high school students at the Willows Park in Radnor, PA on 11/14 from 2pm to 4:30pm.
Young Catholic Leaders Initiative: On Reconciling Science and Religion
Register for the Inaugural Workshop of the Young Catholic Leaders Project on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. The first session, On Reconciling Science & Religion, will take place on Monday November 14th*, featuring two keynote lectures by world-renowned Catholic scientists and speakers, breakout seminars with peers and Collegium Institute facilitators, an interactive activity on science-faith-and-modern film, and a panel discussion on vocations in science, medicine, and engineering, along with a special Gold Mass for Catholic Scientists at midday!
*Due to the coronavirus outbreak and restrictions, this event is being postponed until November 14th 2020. Click here for more details
Catholicism and the Common Good Summer Seminar
The Collegium Institute is excited to introduce Catholicism and the Common Good, the summer session of CI’s Young Catholic Leaders Initiative for advanced high school students at the Penn Catholic Newman Center and on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus.
Each day will focus on one of the ‘three necessary societies’ stipulated by Catholic Social Teaching, namely, the family, the state, and the Church. Through a combination of keynote lectures and seminars with Penn faculty, panel discussions and city tours with experts in local history, we will explore the principles undergirding Catholic thought on the common good by engaging with thinkers ranging from Augustine and Aquinas to Weil and Wojtyla, as well as seeking to apply those principles to our contemporary American context. Click here for more details