A post by Fr. James Kurzinski on the Catholic Astronomer website. “My pondering of fear of the Lord has been aided by Astronomy. When I gaze upon objects like the Orion Nebula, contemplating how it is a place of star birth, made possible through star death, and reflect on the beauty of its rich color, the experience evokes the sense of reverential awe and wonder I was taught to embrace in Sacramental Theology.”
Continue reading →A post by Fr. James Kurzinski on the Catholic Astronomer website. “In short, the interplay between sacred time and mechanical time helps us appreciate the reason why we measure time in the first place: to reflect on lifes meaning and purpose.”
Continue reading →A post by Fr. James Kurzinski on the Catholic Astronomer website. “As a hobby astronomer, it is rather easy for me to see the night as sacred, imagining the stars and planets I can gaze upon with the naked eye as reminders of the hundreds of candles that burn at the Easter Vigil, taking their light from the Paschal flame. “
Continue reading →A post by Fr. James Kurzinski on the Catholic Astronomer website. “The critiques of faith and astronomy can be summarized with the notion that both may be great at exploring things like wonder and awe, but what do they really contribute to society on a practical level? When these arguments are made, it is a painful reminder that we have become quite utilitarian in our worldview, valuing things more if they have a functional or usable purpose, while devaluing things that are more meaning driven, exploring realities that are not easily measured in earthly terms.”
Continue reading →A post by Br. Guy Consolmagno on the Catholic Astronomer website, based on a column first published in the Tablet. The topic is the Star of Bethlehem how did the Magi recognize the infant Jesus as the king they were looking for?
Continue reading →A post by Fr. James Kurzinski on the Catholic Astronomer website. “Just as being overly technology focused in astronomy can injure our sense of wonder, so, too, can being overly tech oriented with the New Evangelization breed a similar danger: Obsessing to much on the tools of evangelization instead of focusing on what evangelization is supposed to create – an encounter with the living God.”
Continue reading →Two astronomers from the Vatican’s world-famous observatory offer their views on the profound developments in our knowledge of the universe during the last 400 years.
Continue reading →Polish translation of Wayfarers in the Cosmos: The Human Quest for Meaning
Continue reading →In Italian. Book of chapters on science and faith topics by a number of authors, designed for use in Italian seminaries.
Continue reading →Booklet 52 pages Level: high school audiences and above In this booklet published by CTS, Br. Guy Consolmagno, S. J., of the Vatican Observatory, writes on what we know about the search for intelligent life, how we search and why we search, and what it can mean for Catholics and our understanding of our faith: God is bigger than our family problems, our city, our sports teams, our nation. Bigger than bombs; bigger than history. Bigger than the whole world and all its past and future. Bigger than our sky or our Sun or our solar system. Bigger than the galaxy we see spread out above us at night, as far as we can see. Bigger than all the galaxies, seen and unseen. Bigger than whatever parallel universes may or may not exist beyond our own. Indeed, God is so big that, even in all this immenseness, He is able to concentrate His entire effort, energy, and love on each … Continue reading →