Summer Scripture Seminar

Where Scholarship, Spirituality and Ministry Converge

Newly restored statues beckon visitors to the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary.

Welcome to the 2008 Seminar:

     “The Bible and The Church”

Five diverse scholars will offer their insights about The Bible and The Church at the 2008 Summer Scripture Seminar at the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein.   The annual conference will take place from June 22^nd through June 27^th.

The conference begins on Sunday, June 22^nd with Fr. Robert Schoenstene, associate professor of Biblical Exegesis and Proclamation at University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary.  He will discuss The Church in the Old Testament.

Starting from the evening of Monday, June 23^rd and continuing through the morning of Tuesday, June 24^th, Fr. Daniel Harrington, S.J., New Testament professor at Weston Jesuit School of Theology, will discuss Church in the Gospel of Matthew: The Church’s Roots in Judaism, Key Matthean Texts in Ecclesiology and The Church’s Mission To All Nations.

On Tuesday, June 24^th, and Wednesday, June 25^th,  Dr. Margaret Mitchell, New Testament professor at the University of Chicago, will address Church in Pauline Epistles.

Dr. Urban von Wahlde, theology professor at Loyola University (Chicago), will speak on Wednesday, June 25^th and Thursday, June 26^th. He’ll present three talks: Be Careful How You Read the Gospel of John, John & His Community I: A (Too?) Radical View of the Spirit and Life, and John & His Community II: The Struggle for Truth & Love. 

Fr. Thomas Baima, professor of systematic theology at University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary and the seminar’s scholar-in-residence, will discuss Biblical Images in Lumen Gentium on Thursday, June 26^th and conclude the conference on Friday, June 27^th with insightful commentary on the week’s presentations.

“The Summer Scripture Seminar offers the insights of distinguished scholars, time for prayer and reflection and lively fellowship with a dynamic community,” said Fr. James McIlhone, director of the conference.

As always, there’ll be ample time for prayer, private study and fellowship with an extraordinary group of people.