The Cassini mission to Saturn is one of the most ambitious efforts in planetary space exploration ever mounted. A joint endeavor of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Cassini is a sophisticated robotic spacecraft orbiting the ringed planet and studying the Saturnian system in detail. Cassini […]
Br. Guy Consolmagno presents the concept of God as Creator is not tied to any particular cosmology, but has endured even as our scientific cosmologies have radically changed. The traditional Christian understanding of God is not merely as some force within nature, operating alongside gravity or electromagnetism at ‘time zero’ to start a universe. Rather, […]
Br. Guy Consolmagno to speak at Faith AND Science workshop at the MAPS Air Museum
Celebrated every 10 November, World Science Day for Peace and Development highlights the significant role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives. By linking science more closely with society, World Science […]
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Spend an evening with Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ - Director of the Vatican Observatory 6PM Thursday Nov. 14, 2024 Cosponsored by Saint Ignatius College Prep and the Lumen Christi Institute Tully Hall - Saint Ignatius College Prep 1076 W. Roosevelt Road Chicago IL 60608-1594 RSVP to Christopher Kennedy: c.kennedy@vaticanobservatory.org
Albertus Magnus , also known as Saint Albert the Great was born on this date in 1206
Br. Guy Consolmagno to give the 2024 Von Hügel Lecture at St Edmund's College
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Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a series of five Marian apparitions in December 1531, and a venerated image on a cloak enshrined within the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The basilica is the most visited Catholic pilgrimage […]
