Humanity’s robots have visited every planet in the solar system and instruments like the new James Webb Space Telescope have made the earliest epochs of the universe visible to us. The contrast between “the World” and “the Cosmos” is becoming blurred, even as we are learning just how big the Cosmos is. This presents a wonderful opportunity for us to revisit the words of the Psalmist: "When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?”
Join Collegium Institute's Magi Project for Science & Theology for our Spring Magi Lecture on Monday, March 16at 7:00 PM featuring Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ, President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. In his remarks, Br. Guy will explore the relationship between science and faith through the lens of his experiences as both astronomer and religious.
Br. Consolmagno received his BS and MS in Planetary Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his PhD in Planetary Science from the University of Arizona. He is the author of numerous books, including A Jesuit's Guide to the Stars: Exploring Wonder, Beauty, and Science (2025), Finding God in the Universe (2022), and God's Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion (2008).
Date: Monday, March 16, 7:00 - 8:30 PM Location: Penn Newman Center (111 S 38th St, University City Philadelphia)
