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Upcoming Events

Oct
4
Fri
all-day World Space Week
World Space Week
Oct 4 – Oct 10 all-day
World Space Week
World Space Week is the largest space event on Earth. More than 5,000 events in over 80 countries celebrated the theme “Space Unites the World” in 2018. The 2019 theme is “The Moon: Gateway to the Stars.” “The General Assembly … Continue reading →
Oct
7
Mon
1:00 pm IPGP Seminar
IPGP Seminar
Oct 7 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
 
Oct
22
Tue
11:30 am Is Your God Too Small?
Is Your God Too Small?
Oct 22 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Humanity’s robots have visited every planet in the solar system; and fifty years ago humans even walked on the Moon. The contrast between “the World” and “the Cosmos” is becoming blurred, even as we are learning just how big the … Continue reading →
Oct
30
Wed
10:30 am Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer @ Glasgow University Memorial Chapel
Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer @ Glasgow University Memorial Chapel
Oct 30 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
A one hour event in Glasgow University Memorial Chapel with potentially the most diverse audience of the week: university students, Catholic trainee teachers, Christians from Glasgow Diocese and Glasgow Presbytery as well as senior students from local schools. They will … Continue reading →
Oct
31
Thu
6:00 am Scottish Catholic Schools Confer...
Scottish Catholic Schools Confer...
Oct 31 @ 6:00 am – 10:30 am
Session one: Creation and Genesis 1 (half hour) Genesis does not tell us the science of how the universe was created. Rather, and more importantly, it tells us why we should care. Session two: Talking Faith and Science (half hour) … Continue reading →
Nov
1
Fri
7:30 am Dundee School Conference
Dundee School Conference
Nov 1 @ 7:30 am – 10:30 am
 
7:30 pm Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer
Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer
Nov 1 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
 
Nov
2
Sat
7:00 am Is There Evidence of Purpose in ... @ Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh
Is There Evidence of Purpose in ... @ Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh
Nov 2 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am
 
Nov
26
Tue
all-day Blackholes, religion, science an... @ Largo della Sanità Militare, 60
Blackholes, religion, science an... @ Largo della Sanità Militare, 60
Nov 26 all-day
 
Jan
1
Wed
all-day Moon at Apogee (18:30 MST)
Moon at Apogee (18:30 MST)
Jan 1 all-day
 
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VOF News & Announcements

  • Interviews with Students from the 2018 Vatican Observatory Summer School June 25, 2018
  • 2018 Annual Seminar in Tucson, Arizona February 24, 2018
  • 2018 Vatican Observatory Summer School in Astrophysics September 15, 2017
  • 2016 Vatican Observatory Summer School June 26, 2016

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