Serving the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The Kateri Institute for Catholic Studies offers a home for faculty, staff, and students at the University of Michigan to integrate their studies with the Catholic intellectual tradition.
Events
Offerings
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Lectures and Seminars
Lecture and seminar series for U-M faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, and the local community. Registration is required for dinner seminars; lectures are open to all.
Cinema Sanctus
Cinema Sanctus is a monthly film series co-sponsored by Catholic Student Evangelization focusing on high quality movies that have some sort of Christian interest.
Transcendence
Transcendence is a literary magazine of that meditates on how artistic expressions of the transcendentals -- Truth, Beauty, and Goodness -- bring us closer to God.
This Year's Life of The Mind Lecture Series
Catholic Social Thought and Civic Virtue: America at 250
As Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, this year-long series will help us to reflect on who we are becoming, understand our obligations and opportunities, and uncover resources within Catholic Social Thought that can contribute to justice and the common good.
Impact
Your tax-deductible gift will support the Catholic intellectual tradition and our students.
About our Patron Saint
"Who will teach me what is most pleasing to God, that I may do it?"
St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint, converted to Catholicism when she was 19. She faced staunch opposition from her family and community, who threatened to marry her against her will and even accused her of practicing sorcery. Nevertheless, she held strong in an environment deeply hostile to Catholicism and traveled over 200 miles to live in community at Caughnawaga, a beautiful riverside mission frequently depicted in art of her. Through the priests and Native American Catholic faithful she met, she was able to come closer to Christ and deepen her knowledge and love of him more than she ever could have on her own. She is remembered today for the strength of her purity and devotion, and her vow to be a bride of Christ.
"The duty of an academic institution is in a certain sense: to give birth to souls for the sake of knowledge and wisdom, to shape minds and hearts."
JOHN PAUL II TO THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY, 9/11/2000
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