Outside Organization Events

The 64rd Conference of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science in partnership with the Parliament of the World's Religions Artificial Intelligence Turns Deep: Who’s In Control? June 23 - June 30, 2018 From early myths of artificially created beings to today, the question “who’s in control” has troubled us. The future of AI is likely to have powerful consequences related to jobs, income distribution, social justice and our polity in general. On the 50th anniversary of 2001,…

Creation Ex Nihilo: Conversations in Science, Faith and Philosophy about the Origins of our Universe June 25 - 29, 2018 Hosted at the University of Pennsylvania For more information, click here

The Emergent Universe Oratorio Composed by Sam Guarnaccia Hosted by Villanova University Saturday, July 28, 2018, 7:30 pm Please join us for a Pennsylvania debut performance of the “Emergent Universe Oratorio.” Composed by Sam Guarnaccia, the oratorio presents the story of the universe from its beginning to the future of humanity, in a series of alternating intensively scored recitatives with major lyrical choral sections. It will be performed by the Main Line Symphony Orchestra, directed by Don Liuzzi. The oratorio…

June 16-18, 2022 Collegium Institute University City, Philadelphia Time: 7:00 PM (June 16) - 4:30 PM (June 18) Join Collegium Institute for a summer conference on the meaning of life from a philosophical, scientific, and theological standpoint Are we in the midst of a second Copernican Revolution, with the frontiers of scientific research leading us to reevaluate our place and role in the universe? The discovery of untold numbers of planets outside our solar system that seem to meet certain…

“Prophets of Hope in Calamitous Times: Julian of Norwich and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin” With Joshua Canzona, PhD March 1, 2023 Online at 7pm EST View the flyer. Register here.   Temptation to despair is strong in the present moment. War, political upheaval, economic uncertainty, and a global pandemic focus attention on surviving the day rather than building the future. Amidst such challenges, we can learn from those who persevered before us. We can turn toward those who sustained a…

  American Teilhard Association Annual Event May 13, 2023 Online at 12 pm – 2:00 pm ET “Seeing: Gazing into the Cosmos through the Eyes of Vatican Astronomers” View the flyer. Register here. In the beginning of The Human Phenomenon, Teilhard tell us, “Seeing. One could say that the whole of life lies in seeing.” What better way to heed Teilhard’s imperative to SEE or to perish than to look contemplatively at the cosmos and to ask two Jesuit Astronomers…

“Images of God in Teilhard and Merton” Guided by Kathleen Duffy, SSJ, PhD   June 19-26, 2023 The Sisters of St. Joseph Center for Spirituality 21 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove, NJ Contact: S. Joannie Cassidy, 732-898-9981   July 9-15, 2023 Bon Secours Retreat & Conference Center 1525 Marriottsville Road Marriottsville, MD Contact: 410-442-3120   View the flyer.

"Embracing the Struggle: Walking in Hope with Teilhard de Chardin" With Kathleen Duffy, SSJ September 16, 2023 9:30am - 3:30pm Weber Center 1257 E. Siena Heights Dr. Adrian, MI 49221 To register, contact: Janet Doyle, OP, Director jdoyle@adriandominicans.org or 517-266-4015 View the flyer. The call to embrace struggle is not an act of resignation but a commitment to live life to the fullest.In the early 20th century, when Teilhard de Chardin suggested an approach to science and religion that would integrate the science…