Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ
Big Bang Cosmology and Divine Creation: The New Physics and the Old Metaphysics
Sunday October 20, 2024 @ 2pm
The concept of God as Creator is not tied to any particular cosmology, but has endured even as our scientific cosmologies have radically changed. This talk will explore the outline and history of our current cosmological thinking, and how it both challenges and expands our traditional metaphysics.
Norman Wirzba
Loving the World that God Loves
Sunday March 23, 2025 @ 2pm
The widespread assumption that planet Earth will soon become uninhabitable, and that we will therefore have to move to other planets, signals profound despair about our world. Christians are not immune to this despair. In fact, many think the goal of their faith is for the soul to escape Earth and live with God somewhere far, far away. Norman Wirzba's presentation will develop several scriptural passages to show why this other-worldly spirituality is a mistake. God loves precisely this created world and wants us to love it too. What that means and what it spiritually and practically entails will be our primary focus.