Note: This is an early, preliminary schedule, and is subject to change. Please check back periodically for updates.
Last updated: April 10, 2022.
Thursday, 28 July 2022
| 2:00 – 5:30 p.m. | Conference Check-in | St. Catherine’s College (St. Catz) |
| 2:00 p.m. | Lodging Check-in begins | |
| 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Optional: Oxford Walking Tour with Melanie Jeschke | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner (on your own) | |
| 7:30 p.m. | OPENING SERVICE OF EVENING PRAYER – Welcome – Sermon: C.S. Lewis’s “Weight of Glory” – reading by Max McLean | Wesley Memorial Church |
| 9:00 | Opening Reception | TBA |
Friday, 29 July
| 7:45 a.m. | – Morning Prayer (Optional) – Breakfast opens (for those lodging at St. Catz) | – Location tba – St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 9:00 a.m. | MORNING PLENARY SESSION – Worship – Meditation – Andrew Lazo, Summer Institute Chaplain – Plenary Address 1: Diana Pavlac Glyer on the Inklings & Intellectual Hospitality – Break – Whimsy – the Sweet Ayres – Plenary Address 2: Cherie Harder | St. Catz – Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre |
| 12:45 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 2:30 p.m. | AFTERNOON ELECTIVES – Academic Roundtable (2:30-5:30) – Seminars & Workshops (2:30 – 5:00) | St. Catz or Medical Sciences Teaching Centre (see on-site program for location) |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner Together | St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 8:15 p.m. | EVENING SESSION – Film: The Most Reluctant Convert with Q&A with Max McLean | St. Catz – Bernard Sunley |
| 10:30 p.m. | Optional Late Night Session – Bag End Cafe (after-hours gathering and sharing) | St. Catz |
Saturday, 30 July
| 7:45 a.m. | – Morning Prayer (Optional) – Breakfast Opens (for those lodging at St. Catz) | – Location tba – St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 9:00 a.m. | MORNING PLENARY SESSION – Worship – Meditation – Plenary Address 1: Michael Wear – Break – Whimsy – TBA – Plenary Address 2: Elaine Howard-Ecklund | St. Catz – Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre |
| 12:45 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Free Afternoon | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner Together | St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 8:30 p.m. | EVENING SESSION – Concert: Steve Bell | TBA |
| 10:30 p.m. | Optional Late Night Session – Bag End Cafe (after-hours gathering and sharing) | St. Catz |
Sunday, 31 July
| 7:45 a.m. | – Morning Prayer (Optional) – Breakfast opens (for those lodging at St. Catz) | – Location tba – St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 9:00 a.m. | FREE MORNING – Attend church of your choice in Oxford | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 1:00 p.m. | FREE AFTERNOON – Optional Kilns Tours (1:00 – 6:30) – Optional Oxford Tours – Melanie Jeschke, Anthony Amor | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner (on your own) | |
| 8:00 p.m. | EVENING SESSION – Documentary Showing – A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great War, with q&a with the filmmakers. | St. Catz – Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre |
| 10:30 p.m. | Optional Late Night Session – Bag End Cafe (after-hours gathering and sharing) | St. Catz |
Monday, 1 August
| 7:45 a.m. | – Morning Prayer (Optional) – Breakfast opens (for those lodging at St. Catz) | – Location tba – St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 9:00 a.m. | MORNING PLENARY SESSION – Worship – Meditation – Laura Biron-Scott, Vicar, Holy Trinity Headington Quarry – Plenary Address 1: Philip Yancey – Break – Whimsy – TBA – Plenary Address 2: Patti Callahan Henry | St. Catz – Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre |
| 12:45 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 2:30 p.m. | AFTERNOON ELECTIVES – Academic Roundtable (2:30-5:30) – Seminars & Workshops (2:30 – 5:00) | St. Catz or Medical Sciences Teaching Centre (see on-site program for location) |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner (on own) | |
| 8:30 p.m. | EVENING SESSION – “Ordinary Saints” Evening of Art, Music, & Poetry – Bruce Herman, J.A.C. Redford, & Malcolm Guite | St. Giles Church |
| 10:30 p.m. | Optional Late Night Session – Bag End Cafe (after-hours gathering and sharing) | St. Catz |
Tuesday, 2 August
| 7:45 a.m. | – Morning Prayer (Optional) – Breakfast Opens (for those lodging at St. Catz) | – Location tba – St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 9:00 a.m. | MORNING PLENARY SESSION – Worship – Meditation – Plenary Address 1: Andrew Peterson – Break – Whimsy – TBA – Plenary Address 2: Jessica Hooten Wilson | St. Catz – Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre |
| 12:45 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Free Afternoon – Optional walking tours of Oxford – Melanie Jeschke, Anthony Amor | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner (together) | St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 8:30 p.m. | EVENING SESSION – Hymn Sing | Holy Trinity Headington Quarry |
| 10:30 p.m. | Optional Late Night Session – Bag End Cafe (after-hours gathering and sharing) | St. Catz |
Wednesday, 3 August
| 7:45 a.m. | – Morning Prayer (Optional) – Breakfast opens (for those lodging at St. Catz) | – Location tba – St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 9:00 a.m. | MORNING PLENARY SESSION – Worship – Meditation – Plenary Address 1: Bruce Herman – Break – Whimsy – TBA – Plenary Address 2: Davis Bunn – “The Life of Jesus as Story: The First Act of John’s Gospel” | St. Catz – Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre |
| 12:45 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 2:30 p.m. | AFTERNOON ELECTIVES – Academic Roundtable (2:30-5:30) – Seminars & Workshops (2:30 – 5:00) | St. Catz or Medical Sciences Teaching Centre (see on-site program for location) |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner Together | St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 8:15 p.m. | EVENING SESSION – Evening of music – Matthew Clark, the Sweet Ayres | St. Catz – Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre |
| 10:30 p.m. | Optional Late Night Session – Bag End Cafe (after-hours gathering and sharing) | St. Catz |
Thursday, 4 August
| 7:45 a.m. | – Morning Prayer (Optional) – Breakfast opens (for those lodging at St. Catz) | – Location tba – St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 9:00 a.m. | MORNING PLENARY SESSION – Worship – Meditation – Plenary Address 1: Alan Noble – Break – Whimsy – TBA – Plenary Address 2: Michael Ward | St. Catz – Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre |
| 12:45 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Free Afternoon | |
| 5:00 p.m. | CLOSING SERVICE OF DEDICATION – Sermon: Malcolm Guite | University Church |
| 7:00 p.m. | Closing Reception | Location tba |
| 8:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks and Conference Farewell | St. Catz – Bernard Sunley |
| 10:30 p.m. | Optional Late Night Session – Bag End Cafe (after-hours gathering and sharing) | St. Catz |
Friday, 5 August
| 7:45 a.m. | Breakfast opens (for those lodging at St. Catz) | St. Catz – Dining Hall |
| 8:30 a.m. | Departure |
Special Post-Conference Optional Cambridge Tour
Led by Anthony Amor
Not quite ready to go home after the Summer Institute?
Come join Anthony Amor for a couple of days (August 5 & 6) in Cambridge to visit this more pastoral, secluded, and quieter (and some say more beautiful) university town where C.S. Lewis taught. There is no charge for this optional add-on. You will just have to make your own travel and lodging arrangements.
And as your tour guide, there is no fee and no expectation of tips (although they are always appreciated). — Anthony
I plan on going to these sites and would love to have you join me:
- Walk and/or punt along “the Backs” on the river Cam
- Magdalene College
- St. Mary’s, the University Church
- King’s College Chapel
- Walk to Grantchester
- Girton College
- Mill Lane Lecture Hall
- Trinity College
- The Pickerell Inn
- and many more sites!
The walking tour with Anthony will start the afternoon on August 5th in Cambridge to give you plenty of time to get there and check-in to your lodging. The tour will last through the evening of August 6th. More details and an itinerary will come in June.
To sign up, please click here. The number of tour guests is limited at this point to 15.
Disclaimer: this walking tour is offered as a completely optional gathering of friends which takes place after the 2022 C.S. Lewis Summer Institute. The C.S. Lewis Foundation and Anthony Amor are not responsible for the contents, details, itinerary, or any issues or problems which may occur in the course of travel or while attendees are touring with Mr. Amor. The tour is a free tour. Any associated costs for travel, meals, and lodging are not covered by the registration fees of the C.S. Lewis Summer institute.
