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Prophets of Hope in Calamitous Times: Julian of Norwich and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“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…
Find out more »Can AI Systems Be Persons?
“Can AI Systems Be Persons?” With Anne Foerst, PhD March 21, 2023 Online at 7pm ET View the flyer. Register here. Humans have the tendency to treat anything that interacts with them as a person and we have the universal tendency to anthropomorphize. At the same time though, we are willing to treat humans as non-persons for which each genocide or war is an example. The new crop of Artificial Intelligences falls right into this tension. I will discuss some…
Find out more »American Teilhard Association Annual Event
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…
Find out more »Teilhard, Jung, & Berry: Integrating Spirit, Psyche, and Earth
“Teilhard, Jung, & Berry: Integrating Spirit, Psyche, and Earth” With Andrew Del Rossi, Th.D. May 20, 2023 10am – 2:30pm Offering: $30 Daylesford Abbey 220 South Valley Road Paoli, PA 19301 View the flyer. Register here.
Find out more »Images of God in Teilhard and Merton
“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.
Find out more »Embracing the Struggle: Walking in Hope with Teilhard de Chardin
"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…
Find out more »Whitehead & Teilhard: Convergences, Divergences, Integrations
"Whitehead & Teilhard: Convergences, Divergences, Integrations" September 21-23, 2023 The Inn at Villanova University 601 County Line Rd. Wayne, PA Co-sponsored by The Center for Process Studies, Center for Christogenesis, and Connelly Chair of Villanova University. View the flyer. Register here.
Find out more »How a Physicist, a Singer, and an Ordinary Houseplant Can Give Us Hope for a Better World
"How a Physicist, a Singer, and an Ordinary Houseplant Can Give Us Hope for a Better World" A Zoom Presentation with the Art and Stories of Brother Mickey McGrath October 25, 2023 Online at 7pm - 8:30pm EDT View the flyer. Register here. Albert Einstein, an immigrant Jew who escaped Nazi Germany, witnessed first-hand the rampant racism of the United States and was vocal in his condemnation of it. His creative talents as a musician helped him nurture a deep…
Find out more »Teilhard’s Cosmic Images
"Teilhard’s Cosmic Images" With Kathleen Duffy, SSJ November 10-12, 2023 Nazareth Retreat Center 134 Main Street Nazareth, KY 4004 Contact: nazarethretreatcenter@scnky.org or 502-348-1513 View the flyer. Today, when so much of the evolutionary process is being explained from a materialistic view, one of the most challenging questions for believers is how to envision the role of the Divine in the ongoing creation. Contemporary mystics have discovered powerful images that address this dilemma. In particular, Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin speaks eloquently on the Cosmic Christ…
Find out more »Teilhard in NY: The Meaning of Exile
“Teilhard in NY: The Meaning of Exile” With Tracy Higgins November 15, 2023 Online at 7pm EST View the flyer. Register here. In this lecture, Tracy Higgins will share details of Teilhard’s last four years in New York: his medical condition, his psychological state from a Jungian perspective, and his experience of exile. She will refer not only to Teilhard’s letters but also to observations from witnesses that are not readily accessible to most readers. It might be helpful to read…
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