We invite you to join the Acton Institute on

Thursday, April 30, 2026

at the beautiful

University Club of Chicago

 Please RSVP by Friday, April 24

Join us for Acton’s annual Chicago Luncheon, an encouraging midday gathering for friends and supporters in the Chicagoland area.

Our featured speaker and program details will be announced shortly. In the meantime, you can expect a timely conversation rooted in Acton’s mission—exploring the enduring relationship between liberty and virtue, and how a vibrant moral culture sustains a free society.

You will also hear updates on Acton’s work and the practical ways we are equipping leaders to defend human dignity, strengthen civil society, and carry forward the best of the American tradition of ordered liberty.

Register now to save your spot at this popular event or become an official sponsor of our Chicago Luncheon.

Sponsoring a table is a great way to secure your own seat at the lunch and introduce your friends and colleagues to Acton’s mission. 

Here are this year's sponsorship opportunities:

Exclusive Underwriting event sponsorship ($10,000) benefits include:

  • exclusive recognition as the Underwriting sponsor in our printed program, at the event, and on the event website.
  • recognition as Underwriting sponsor in pre- and post- event emails to attendees.
  • reserved premier seating for a table of ten (10), plus unlimited individual tickets

Founding Fathers event sponsorship ($5,000) benefits include:

  • reserved premier seating for table of ten (10), plus unlimited individual tickets
  • recognition in our printed program, at the event, and on the event website.

Lord Acton table sponsorship ($1250) benefits include:

  • reserved premier seating for a table of ten (10)
  • recognition in our printed program, at the event, and on the event website.

Liberty Circle table ($750) benefits include:

  • reserved seating for a table of ten (10)

To reserve your table, register online or email events@acton.org or call 616.369.5716

Speaker: To Be ANNOUNCED

SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

Questions?

Email us at events@acton.org or call Kayla Kaseska at 616-369-5716

Event Details

EVENT: Chicago Luncheon 2026

DATE: April 30, 2026

LOCATION:

University Club of Chicago

76 East Monroe Street

Chicago, IL 60603

ROOM: Michigan Room

 

SCHEDULE:

11:30 a.m. Registration Opens

12:00 p.m. Lunch & Program

1:00 p.m. Q&A

1:30 p.m. Event Ends

 

TICKETS:

  • $10,000 Underwriting Sponsor (10+ seats)
  • $5,000 Founding Fathers Sponsor (10+ seats)
  • $1,250 Lord Acton Sponsor (10 seats) 
  • $750 Liberty Circle Table (10 seats)
  • $75 Individual Ticket
  • $50 Student Ticket

 

DIRECTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY CLUB OF CHICAGO

Meet the cofounders

Rev. Robert A. Sirico

Acton Institute

President Emeritus and Co-Founder

Father Robert A. Sirico is the co-founder and president emeritus of the Acton Institute and the pastor emeritus of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish and Academy in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A regular writer and commentator on religious, political, economic, and social issues, Rev. Sirico's contributions have been carried by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Washington Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, and BBC, among others. In his newest book The Economics of the Parables, he discusses the spiritual lessons contained in the parables of Jesus, about human action in the economic sphere. He holds dual American and Italian citizenship.

Kris Alan Mauren

Acton Institute

President and Co-Founder

Kris Mauren is co-founder and president of Acton Institute, an international educational and public policy organization based in Grand Rapids, Michigan with international affiliates in Rome, Italy and Buenos Aires, Argentina.  The Institute publishes scholarship and film and organizes educational seminars around the world for current and future religious leaders across denominations promoting an understanding of the ethical dimensions of the free market economy.  The Institute also works with business leaders, helping them to embrace their work as a worthy calling and to encourage their positive moral defense of a free society characterized by individual liberty and personal moral responsibility.  Since its inception in 1990, The Acton Institute has experienced tremendous growth and today employs more than 50 people with an annual budget of $12,000,000.