Podcast appearances and mentions of Guy Consolmagno

Good morning! On a special Summer best-of edition of the Son Rise Morning Show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell share some of their favorite interviews, including Fr. John Gavin on how Justin Martyr tells us about what Mass looked like in the early Church, and Br. Guy Consolmagno on connections between his work as an astronomer and the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Plus news, weather, sports, and more… HOUR 1:Brandon McGinley on the role of the Church in the familySteve Ray on rivers and streams in the BibleDr. John Bergsma on the Biblical account of creationAmy Alznauer, author of The Strange Birds of Flannery O’ConnorFr. Sebastian Walshe on The Good Samaritan Hour 2:Fr. John Gavin on St. Justin Martyr and the MassGary Michuta on Jesus’ tassels and the healing of the woman who touched themMike Aquilina on Jesus as the Divine PhysicianDr. John Cuddeback on Christian grandparentingBr. Guy Consolmagno, author of A Jesuit’s Guide to the StarsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good morning! On another best of edition of the Son Rise Morning Show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Brother Guy Consolmagno to discuss meteorites and Relics, Dr. Edward Sri on the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church, and a whole lot more… Hour 1:Rita Heikenfeld on Spring salad colander gardens for kidsFr. Robert Nixon on what St. Albert the Great taught regarding generosityCatherine Fishlock on Asperges and Vidi AquaBr. Guy Consolmagno on Meteorites and RelicsDr. Edward Sri on the Holy Spirit in the Life of the Church Hour 2:Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo on SaulDr. John Cuddeback on men and fastingSteve Ray on the incarnation in the Nicene CreedStephanie Mann on Mary Tudor and Steven GardnerJoe Heschmeyer on why Jesus chose Cesarea Philippi to commission PeterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good morning! On a special Summer best-of edition of the Son Rise Morning Show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell share some of their favorite interviews, including Fr. John Gavin on how Justin Martyr tells us about what Mass looked like in the early Church, and Br. Guy Consolmagno on connections between his work as an astronomer and the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Plus news, weather, sports, and more...

How do you pray with the stars? That's the question underpinning today's conversation with returning guest, Br. Guy Consolmagno. Guy is a Jesuit brother and director of the Vatican Observatory. He's also the author of the new book, “A Jesuit's Guide to the Stars: Exploring Wonder, Beauty and Science.” As you'll soon learn, Br. Guy is infinitely quotable. Let me give you an example. He writes, “To me, miracles have nothing to do with scientific laws. Rather, a miracle is any remarkable sign that serves to direct our attention to God.” For Br. Guy, that's what his work in planetary science is all about: How do we better understand God? How do we better see God at work in our world? If you've heard Br. Guy speak before, you know he sees no conflict between science and religion. Rather, they're different forms of knowing, different ways of coming into contact with our God of the universe. What does it mean to pray with the stars? Br. Guy tells the story of how many folks often ask him to explain what the star of Bethlehem was. Stars are his thing, right? He should know! But Br. Guy, true to that quote I read above, isn't interested in collapsing science into religion or vice versa. What's the star of Bethlehem? Whatever leads us closer to Christ. But that's not all. We also talk about how formative science fiction and fantasy have been for Br. Guy's vocation and about that one time he met William Shatner. Get Br. Guy's book: https://store.loyolapress.com/a-jesuits-guide-to-the-stars Learn more about the Vatican Observatory: https://www.vaticanobservatory.va/en/

Br. Guy Consolmagno chats with Dr. Deana L. Weibel - a cultural anthropologist whose work focuses primarily on religion, especially the topics of pilgrimage, sacred space, the mutual influence of scientific and religious ideas on each other, and religion and space exploration. She spoke to us on those topics… and science fiction movies, as well!Co-Hosts:Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ: Director of Vatican Observatory and President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation.Bob Trembley: Factotum for the Vatican Observatory Foundation.Guest:Dr. Deana L. Weibel:  A Space Anthropologist and Anthropologist of Religion.She spent a month in 2019 at the Vatican Observatory, studying "the Pope's Astronomers;" from mid-March to mid-April 2019, where she conducted ethnographic research including interviews, attended daily activities and events, and got to know the astronomers and staff. Vatican Observatory website: https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/ Follow Deana on: Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In and Bluesky. Intro music: Irreducible by ComaStudioFinale music:  Cinematic Documentary by Lexin_Music

Good morning! On today's show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Br. Guy Consolmagno from the Vatican Observatory to share thoughts from his new book, A Jesuit's Guide to the Stars. Other guests include Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo from the Institute of Catholic Culture and Fr. Jonathan Duncan from the Diocese of Charleston to preview the Sunday Mass readings. Plus all the latest news, weather, sports and more...

We still need help to hit our Lenten Membership Drive goal; if you didn’t have a chance to give yet, there’s still time! If you appreciate all that you’ve received through Sacred Heart Radio over the past 24 years, including a live daily Catholic morning radio show to help you start your day a better way, please consider making a one-time or persevering gift to help us keep spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ across multiple media platforms! Make your gift now to support Sacred Heart Radio and the Son Rise Morning Show ***** Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Bobby Schindler from the Life and Hope Network to share more ways to protect the dignity of the medically vulnerable. Other guests include Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo from the Institute of Catholic Culture and Fr. Jonathan Duncan from the Diocese of Charleston to preview the Sunday Mass readings. Plus all the latest news, weather, sports and more… ***** Br. Guy Consolmagno, author of A Jesuit’s Guide to the Stars John Zaller discussed Catholic stories from the Titanic. Fr. Philip Larrey is online at philiplarrey.com. Full list of guestsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining Ashley and Zac to cover the cosmos on this week's episode of “Jesuitical” is Guy Consolmagno, S.J., the director of the Vatican Observatory and author of the new book, A Jesuit's Guide to the Stars: Exploring Wonder, Beauty, and Science. A research astronomer, physicist and Jesuit brother, he has served at the Vatican Observatory since 1993, and in 2015 Pope Francis appointed him director. He is the author of God's Mechanics and co-author of Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial? and Turn Left at Orion. Zac, Ashley and Brother Guy discuss:  - The relationship between science, theology and faith—how science points to God and God enables science - Brother Guy's passion for teaching science and inspiring “oh my God” moments in his students - Brother Guy's vocation story and the history of Jesuits making scientific advancements  In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley unpack Pope Francis' recent hospitalization for a respiratory infection, later confirmed as double pneumonia. As of Thursday, Feb. 20, he is stable, without fever and in good spirits.  Links for further reading:  A Jesuit's Guide to the Stars: Exploring Wonder, Beauty, and Science Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia, ‘alert and responsive,' according to Italian PM Cardinals push back on rumors Pope Francis will resign while in hospital Three ways Pope Francis should fix the procedures for papal illness, death and elections You can follow us on X and on Instagram @jesuiticalshow.   You can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/jesuitical.  Please consider supporting Jesuitical by becoming a digital subscriber to America Media at americamagazine.org/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers-LaBadie and guest Don Stevens from Perkins Observatory at Ohio Wesleyan University.  This week we chat about the upcoming Learn About the Night Sky program at the Liberty Branch Library. And, of course, what we're reading!  Recommendations include Women in White Coats by Olivia Campbell, Millie Fleur's Poison Garden by Christie Mandin, and Turn Left at Orion by Guy Consolmagno. Read more about today's episode here.  Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/  This episode originally aired on January 24, 2025.

To kick off the fourth season of “Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols” we're embarking on an adventure to learn about an American-born carol that features some classic nativity characters—figures that, though very familiar to us, we know little about. It's a Christmas song that begins on a plodding, somber note and erupts into a thrilling epiphany. We're exploring “We Three Kings.” To help us understand who the magi were—at least from the perspective of Matthew's Gospel— host Maggi Van Dorn invites Eric Vanden Eykel, author of The Magi: Who They Are, How They've Been Remembered, and Why They Still Fascinate and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Ferrum College. The magi's gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh have long been viewed as symbolic of Jesus' kingship, divinity and humanity, but how were these two herbs used in antiquity? Maggi learns about their earliest uses from Emiliana Patrick, a fourth year doctoral student in Classical Chinese Medicine at Daoist Traditions College in Asheville, North Carolina. To trace the star the magi followed, Maggi turns to the director of the Vatican's observatory, Guy Consolmagno, S.J., a Jesuit brother.  Finally, to better appreciate the musical genius of the carol's composition, she speaks with ContraForce, a folk metal band known for their eclectic range of musical styles at contra dances, who specially created an instrumental rendition of “We Three Kings,”specially for “Hark!,” that is woven throughout the episode. The music featured in this episode is courtesy of ContraForce, Michael Logozar, Cynthia Boener, Dante Bucci, the Lee siblings of the Seasons band, Jeff Black and Lotos Nile Music. Special thanks to Jim Bilodeau, our sound engineer, and Jonathan Reid Gealt for lending their vocal talent. Support Hark! by becoming a digital subscriber to America Magazine at: americamagazine.org/subscribe Please donate for Giving Tuesday! From all of us at America Media, thank you! This season of Hark! is sponsored by Saints for Sinners, offering divine saint medals imported from Italy and meticulously hand-painted in New Orleans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Br. Guy Consolmagno chats with Dr. Michelle Francl about her book  Steeped: The Chemistry of Tea, which explores the chemistry behind different styles of tea. The book caused quite a stir with various international news agencies - and a virtual firestorm in Britain.Dr. Francl was a guest for the Vatican Observatory podcast in Dec. of 2021 with an episode named: A Taste for Heavy Water. Hosts:Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ: Director of Vatican Observatory and President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation.Bob Trembley: Factotum for the Vatican Observatory Foundation.Guest:Dr. Michelle Francl: The Frank B. Mallory Professor of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, and an Adjunct Scholar for the Vatican Observatory.Vatican Observatory website: https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/Michelle's Blog: https://quantumtheology.blogspot.com/Intro music: Irreducible by ComaStudioFinale music:  Cinematic Documentary by Lexin_Music

Br. Guy Consolmagno chats with Br. Bob Macke about being a team member of two asteroid missions:  the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission, and the Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids. Hosts:Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ: Director of Vatican Observatory and President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation.Bob Trembley: Factotum for the Vatican Observatory Foundation.Guest:Br. Bob Macke, SJ: Curator of meteorites at the Vatican ObservatoryVatican Observatory website: https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/Macke Makerspace: https://www.youtube.com/@MackeMakerSpaceGaliLEGO Stop-Motion video: [Link] Intro music: Irreducible by ComaStudioFinale music:  Cinematic Documentary by Lexin_Music

Br. Guy Consolmagno chats with Charles F. Bolden Jr. during the 30th anniversary celebration of 'first light' into the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope.Hosts:Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ: Director of Vatican Observatory and President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation.Bob Trembley: Factotum for the Vatican Observatory Foundation.Guest:Charles F. Bolden Jr.: Marine Corps Major General (retired), space shuttle astronaut and former NASA Administrator, Vatican Observatory website: https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/Intro music: Irreducible by ComaStudioFinale music:  Cinematic Documentary by Lexin_Music

Ever gazed up at the night skies and wondered not only if it's a comet or a shooting star but also about the glory of God? Fr Toby talks to the expert - Br Guy Consolmagno SJ, American researcher, physicist and Director of the Vatican Observatory - about the meeting point of faith, stars and more.

A common misunderstanding about Catholicism is that the church has preset answers to every possible moral or theological question, and that discussion about the church's teachings or traditions is limited to apologetics. In reality, the Catholic Church does not have a ready answer to every question, and many of its magisterial teachings have evolved and changed over time. So while memorizing definitions from a religious education class can be helpful for an elementary grasp of Catholic thought, it's really just a first step. There's a lot about Catholicism that is not delineated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the teaching tradition itself is filled with complexities and gray areas. U.S. Catholic's Glad You Asked podcast is dedicated to creating a space for questions about Catholic teaching and tradition that don't have easy or obvious answers. In the first season of the podcast, the U.S. Catholic editors invited scholars, teachers, activists, and men and women religious to discuss some of these questions. And now the podcast is back for a second season, with a new set of intriguing questions and an exciting lineup of guests, including Elizabeth Johnson, Guy Consolmagno, Grace Ji-Sun Kim, and many more. Glad You Asked will launch its second season on March 3. Sign up below for updates. Or subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

From May 2013: Brother Guy Consolmagno has an asteroid named after him! The planetary scientist for the Vatican talked to Justin about his journey of faith, his scientific research and answered questions from listeners on the interaction of science and Christianity. Including: Did the church persecute Galileo? Could there be extra-terrestrial life? And Is the Pope pro-science?   • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

Detroit native Bro. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, director of the Vatican Observatory, gazes at the stars and finds God gazing back. (0:03) Jesuit Bro. Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory and a Detroit native, describes growing up during the height of the 1950s space race. (2:42) As a student at University of Detroit Jesuit High School, Bro. Guy describes how his Catholic education and upbringing influenced his decision to go into astronomy, and opened his mind to the wonders of the universe and God's creation. (5:01) Ten years after he graduated with a Ph.D. from MIT, Bro. Guy began to question the “big things” in life. As a graduate of a Jesuit high school, one question nagged him more than any others: “Why am I doing astronomy when there are starving people in the world?” This realization led him to join the Peace Corps, and eventually the Jesuits — where he learned he combine his life's two great loves: science and faith. (7:33) Not long after professing his vows, Bro. Guy was given an assignment he never expected: to live and work at the Vatican Observatory in Rome, studying meteorites and leading the pope's outreach to astronomers worldwide. Bro. Guy describes the history and purpose of the Vatican Observatory, which traces its roots to the 19th century, when the Church was fighting rumors that it was “anti-science.” In an effort to show the world that wasn't true, Pope Leo III established the observatory and commissioned professional astronomers to research the cosmos. (11:29) Today, Bro. Guy's role involves working to build bridges between the scientific and faith communities, two groups that may seem to be at war, but who actually have a lot in common, Bro. Guy says. (13:26) Bro. Guy debunks the myth of the “God of the gaps,” the idea proposed by new atheists that given enough time, science will uncover all of life's secrets, and God's existence will be disproven. (15:46) Instead of a cold, distant God, Christians believe in a God of love — a God who cares enough to die on the cross, to forgive sins, and to give his children the wonders of the universe to explore in harmony with faith and reason, Bro. Guy says. Reporting and narration by Michael Stechschulte; script by Casey McCorry; production by Ron Pangborn This episode is brought to you by Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services. Pre-planning is a gift of love for your family. To start this important end-of-life conversation, visit cfcsdetroit.org. Listen to ‘Detroit Stories' on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Fireside. Podcasts also will be posted biweekly on DetroitCatholic.com.

Br Guy Consolmagno says that science is an important way to get to know God. In this conversation with Paula Gooder about Br Guy's role as director of the Vatican Observatory, they explore what meteorites tell us about God; why science and faith are more compatible than people imagine and the importance of story-telling to both science and religion. Thinking of the season of Epiphany, they also touch on the Magi and what star they might have seen at the time of Jesus' birth. Br Guy Consolmagno is the director of the Vatican Observatory (www.vaticanobservatory.org) and president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. His latest book is 'My Theology: Finding God in the Universe'. Dr Paula Gooder is Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, and a leading Biblical scholar and writer.

 “The dogmas of the faith are points that we can start at to begin the lifelong adventure of trying to understand them.” Edmund welcomes the Director of the Vatican Observatory, Br. Guy Consolmagno. Together they dive into the mystery of the universe, science, and how all of God's creation leads back to him. Listen to hear practical advice of walking with science-minded skeptics of the faith, and how ‘bridges of faith' can help bring others close to Jesus. (00:04) Edmundo welcomes us to this episode and introduces us to the episode's guest Brother Guy Consolmagno who is the Director of the Vatican Observatory. He earned his Ph.D. from Georgetown University and holds the Carl Sagan Medal for Outstanding Communication by an Active Planetary Scientist to the General Public. Br. Guy explains why the Vatican has an observatory and the role it plays in modern astronomy. (03:40) “How can science supplement our faith and not be against it?” Edmund asks Br. Guy to explain the relationship between faith and reason, and how science and theology intertwine. He goes on to tell us that reason comes from God. And also, that we can't overlook the desire we have for good explanations and the pleasure we receive in them. Science is powerful because we enjoy it and because it leads us to a greater understanding of God. (10:20) “Is Christianity just to fill in the gaps that science can't explain?” Br. Guy addresses this question that Edmund poses to him. And goes on to explain that many scientists he encounters believe in God, and have some sort of faith system. Br. Guy shares that wearing the collar of a religious has opened the door for many fruitful conversations between him and his colleagues about faith since it clearly shows that Br. Guy is religious.  (15:21) The danger of looking to science for certainty: Br. Guy describes what he sees in our culture concerning how people search for absolute answers about the world around them, and ultimately religion does offer the answers we are all looking for. The conversation goes on to “The universe has to be logical or it wouldn't work. But it doesn't have to be beautiful. And yet it is.” The discussion revisits the idea of certainty and Br. Guy shares a quote from Anne Lamot:, "the opposite of faith isn't doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty." He says, “If you had certainty, then you wouldn't need faith.”(20:35) Edmund asks Br. Guy about his popular books, the stories behind their names, and why he wrote them. Br. Guy shares the interpretations of his books and the purpose of his writings. They discuss the importance of bridges of faith, of finding ways to connect with those who are skeptical of the faith, and using science and what we know of the universe to proclaim God's goodness. An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

Welcome back to Behind Greatness. We are joined by Brother Guy Consolmagno from the Vatican. Br. Guy is a Jesuit and is the Director of the Vatican Observatory and the President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. He is often referred to as the “Pope's Astronomer” as he reports directly to the Pontiff. We learn about his upbringing in Detroit and his early curiosities, getting into science for the wrong reasons, living in Kenya and then coming back to science and eventually joining the Jesuits later in his life. We discuss the importance of the 3 pillars that he must be devoted to: poverty, chastity and obedience – and which of the pillars he has the most difficulty with. Oh, there's more. We hear about the marvelous desolation of Antarctica. And we hear answers to questions on the Vatican having an Observatory in the first place, on baptizing Extraterrestrials, on understanding ourselves through the universe and on his childlike approach to exploration. We talk the sparks of joy, the joy of discovery, Bob Dylan, the fun with asking the questions and the fun in spreading the ideas.   Giving a nostalgic thanks to our past guests Denis Molin (ep4), Max Catricala (ep6) and Meganne Christian (ep10). Let's go! To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors.  Br. Guy, Books: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AGuy+Consolmagno&s=relevancerank&text=Guy+Consolmagno&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 Vatican Observatory: https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/

Episode 113 Today, we are joined by astronomer, author, speaker, and Director of the Vatican Observatory, Guy Consolmagno! We talk about asteroid mining, the ethics of renewable energy, alien spirituality, and why the Vatican has an observatory in southern Arizona.   https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/   Support this podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/DowntheWormholepodcast   More information at https://www.downthewormhole.com/   produced by Zack Jackson music by Zack Jackson and Barton Willis 

Happy feast of St. Bonaventure! On today's show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Dr. Matthew Bunson and Kris McGregor to discuss the life and thought of this Franciscan Doctor of the Church. Other guests include Br. Guy Consolmagno from the Vatican Observatory to discuss the latest images from the Webb space telescope, and Fr. Jonathan Duncan from the Diocese of Charleston and Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo from the Institute of Catholic Culture to preview the Sunday Mass readings. Plus news, weather, sports and a whole lot more...

An Astronomical Guide to the Night Sky.

Dr. Michelle Francl puts her own twist on combinations that most people might think are impossible. In this podcast she tells Br Guy Consolmagno about how the Sisters of Loreto in the small town where she grew up encouraged a love of science fiction that eventually led to her to a PhD with Nobel Laureate F. Sherwood Roland; about heavy-duty computational quantum chemistry and the taste of heavy water; about her articles for Nature Chemistry and for the Liturgical Press.Guests:Dr. Michelle Francl, professor of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College and Adjunct Scholar of the Vatican ObservatoryBr. Guy Consolmagno, Director of Vatican Observatory

Julie tries to high-five a flippered Delfein. Scott reads St. Zenobius' instructions to the atheist doctor on the spaceship.Episode 271: "The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke and "Joyful and Triumphant: St. Zenobius and the Aliens" by Jo Walton.Download or listen via this link: |Episode #271| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| LINKS!"Joyful and Triumphant: St. Zenobius and the Aliens" by Jo Walton"The Star" by Arthur C. ClarkeArthur C. Clarke reads his story "The Star"Jo Walton's LTUE Guest of Honor Address (2018)Good Story 100: Among Others by Jo Walton (with guest Br. Guy Consolmagno)Good Story 212: Lent by Jo WaltonGood Story 224: Genesis 1 and Seven Glorious Days by Karl W. Giberson

Br. Guy Consolmagno calls himself a 'Sputnik Kid'. He started school the year the Russians launched the world's first satellite. Growing up in Detroit during the space race he remembers the excitement he felt watching Nasa launch rockets into space, "I grew up at a time when anything was possible." He was always fascinated with astronomy. In fact, his father always wanted to be an astronomer but could never turn it into a career. He would show Guy the stars at night and point out the different constellations. Little did he know back then that his son would not only go on to be an astronomer, lecturing at the prestigious colleges of Havard and MIT, but he would go on to become the director of one of the oldest observatories in the world - The Vatican Observatory. The Vatican Observatory has been gazing at the stars since 1582. The church started the observatory to study the heavens in order to make changes to the church calendar. Over the years it became a way for the church to marry science and faith and explore the points where they intersect. The first telescopes were placed right on top of the Vatican, but as Rome grew bigger and brighter, the view of the stars started to fade and so in the 1930s the Vatican built a new large telescope at the Pope's summer residence at Castel Gandolfo 25km south of Rome, and also one in Arizona in the US! There are twelve astronomers working at the Vatican observatory, but Br. Guy, the director, is unique as he is the only one who was appointed by a pope and saint, Saint Pope John Paul II. He worked under JPII, Pope Benedict, and now Pope Francis. He still wears his MIT ring, as well as his white priest's collar. For this Heart and Soul special on the BBC World Service, we will visit the Vatican Observatory to hear about its fascinating history and meet the 'Sputnik Kid' who is passionate about showing the world that science and faith are not as opposed as you might think.

Prof. Dr. Christian Koeberl has had a fascinating career in planetary sciences. An expert in how planetary impacts make craters, he served for ten years as the director of the Natural History Museum of Vienna, one of the most important natural history museums in Europe.Today, Dr. Koeberl is the Chair in Impact Research and Planetary Geology at the University of Vienna.In this episode of the Vatican Observatory podcast, Dr. Koeberl joins Br. Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory, and host Bob Trembley to discuss the wide dimensions of his work, from impact craters, to meteorite strikes, to the public understanding of natural history.Guests:Christian Koeberl, former director of the Natural History Museum of Vienna.Br. Guy Consolmagno, Director of Vatican Observatory

What do kids today think about astronomy and space travel? And how do they think differently about these topics compared to kids 40 years ago? In this episode of the Vatican Observatory podcast, longtime middle school astronomy teacher Constance Martin-Trembley joins Br. Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory, and host Bob Trembley to discuss the changing landscape of astronomy youth education.Guests:Constance Martin-Trembley, Middle School Science TeacherBr. Guy Consolmagno, Director of Vatican Observatory

On this episode of the Vatican Observatory Podcast, a pioneer in black hole imaging, Prof. Dr. Heino Falcke joins Br. Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory, and host Bob Trembley for a conversation to discuss his new book Light in the Darkness: Black Holes, the Universe, and Us, his trailblazing work on black hole imaging, and the intersection of faith and science.Dr. Falcke is a professor of radio astronomy and astroparticle physics at the Radboud University Nijmegen, as well as the winner of the 2011 Spinoza Prize. Famously, he is known as the originator of the concept of the 'black hole shadow'. Guests:Heino Falcke, Br. Guy Consolmagno, Director of Vatican ObservatoryLink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opfb0ieCcSs 

How does a spacecraft get designed and built? How do you maneuver a spacecraft to make sure it gets where it's going? What's it mean to work on “Mars time”? In this episode, Steve Collins, Senior Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), joins Bob Trembley and Br. Guy Consolmagno to answer these questions and more about what it takes to create a spacecraft that can go where humans can't. Guests:Steve Collins, Senior Engineer, Jet Propulsion LaboratoryBr. Guy Consolmagno, Director of Vatican Observatory

The third of three Christchurch interviews with Br. Guy Consolmagno, the Vatican astronomer on his visit to Christchurch. This evening conversation was held at the Piano Performing Arts Centre in the city in May 2019.

The second of three Christchurch interviews with Br. Guy Consolmagno, the Vatican astronomer on his visit to Christchurch. This conversation was held at the Piano Performing Arts Centre in the city in May 2019.

The first of three Christchurch interviews with Br. Guy Consolmagno, the Vatican astronomer on his visit to Christchurch. This conversation is at the Business Lunch in May 2019.

Galileo was not only a great scientist, but a great philosopher of science. And yet, he was a man who sometimes contradicted his own philosophy. In this episode, Br. Guy and Chris Graney continue their discussion of the real story of Galileo and how science and history textbooks alike often get it wrong. Guests:Chris Graney, historian of 17th century science and Public Relations Officer of Vatican Observatory FoundationBr. Guy Consolmagno, Director of Vatican Observatory

Galileo's championing of Copernican heliocentrism led to two encounters with the Church: an informal meeting with Cardinal Bellarmine in 1616 and a formal trial in 1633. It's a muddled piece of history which has caused many people to falsely stake the claim that the Church is an enemy of science. In this episode, Br. Guy and Chris Graney discuss the real story of Galileo's relationship with the Church.Guests:- Chris Graney, historian of 17th century science and Public Relations Officer of Vatican Observatory Foundation- Br. Guy Consolmagno, Director of Vatican Observatory

A fun fact about the Society of Jesus is that there are more than 30 craters on the moon named for Jesuits, which is a great reminder that faith and science are not the adversaries so many people make them out to be. Since the beginning of the Society of Jesus almost 500 years ago, Jesuits have looked to the heavens to learn more about the wonders of our universe. (That's how so many got their names on the moon.) Jesuits continue this work today, perhaps most notably by running and staffing the Vatican Observatory in Rome. The director of the observatory is an American Jesuit named Brother Guy Consolmagno, today's guest. He chatted recently with host Mike Jordan Laskey on the occasion of the launch of the brand-new Vatican Observatory website and podcast. They also talked about Br. Guy’s vocation story, why science and faith aren’t enemies, why he’s still amazed by the universe after decades of work and study, why it’s important to keep exploring space, and more. Visit the Vatican Observatory's new website: https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/ Subscribe to AMDG wherever you listen to podcasts. AMDG is a production of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States.

Why is the Vatican interested in space and how is it actively contributing to space exploration? In this podcast, Br. Guy explains some of the biggest moments in the Observatory's history in space and talks about the space missions where the VO is making a contribution. He is joined by Dr. Daniel Britt, the Pegasus Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences at University of Central Florida, and Br. Bob Macke, curator of the Vatican Observatory's meteorite collection.Guests:- Br. Guy Consolmagno - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Consolmagno- Daniel Britt - https://sciences.ucf.edu/physics/person/daniel-britt/- Br Bob Macke

U.S. astronaut Nicole Stott and her husband Christopher Stott of the International Institute of Space Commerce explore with Br. Guy what living on (or in) the Moon would look like. Where's the best spot for a Moon base? And when we can expect Moon tourism to start?Guests:- Br. Guy Consolmagno - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Consolmagno- Nicole Stott - https://www.npsdiscovery.com/ - Chris Stott - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Stott

In this inaugural episode, world-renowned Vatican astronomer Br. Guy Consalmagno, SJ sits down with Dr. Larry Lebofsky, a planetary astronomer specializing in small solar system bodies, to discuss the chances a meteorite will end life on Earth, how to stop it, and whether or not we'd be safer on Mars.Guests:- Br. Guy Consolmagno - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Consolmagno- Dr. Larry Lebofsky - https://www.psi.edu/about/staffpage/lebofsky

Where do you draw the line between space fact and space fiction? In this episode, Br. Guy and Dr. Larry Lebofsky of the Planetary Science Institute examine what the genre gets right and how science fiction has influenced real-life space programs.Guests:- Br. Guy Consolmagno - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Consolmagno- Dr. Larry Lebofsky - https://www.psi.edu/about/staffpage/lebofsky

W ramach akcji "Opowiadamy Polskę światu" w 42. rocznicę wyboru Karola Wojtyły na Papieża, prezentujemy artykuły poświęcone intelektualnemu i światowemu dziedzictwu św. Jana Pawła II. Czyta: Mateusz MLECZKO.

In this episode of The Two Wings Seminar, Br. Guy Consolmagno, Executive Director of the Vatican Observatory, presents on Talking about Faith and Science. (October 5, 2020)

In this episode of The Two Wings Seminar, Br. Guy Consolmagno, Executive Director of the Vatican Observatory, presents on Talking about Faith and Science. (October 5, 2020)

Desculpem, mas eu é que não vou perder este trocadilho: Esta será Uma Conversa de outro mundo! Quais as implicações para os que creem se existir vida em outros mundos? Como as fronteiras do desconhecido transformam cientistas em crentes? Afinal, porque gostamos tanto de falar de ETs? Estas perguntas não foram respondidas, só serviram para mostras que todo mundo que olha para o céu procurando sinais tem coisas em comum.| Referência: Guy Consolmagno e Paul Mueller - Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?| Você, de qualquer galáxia, mande saudações aqui: conversaconosco@gmail.com(Para ouvir primeiro que todo o Universo sintonize na Rádio 9 de Julho, AM 1600, todo Domingo às 13h.)extraterrestre alienígena et ufo ovni deuses astronauta interespacial interestelar intergalática intraterrenos ultramarinos estrangeiros ide universo batismo criatura missão humano inteligenteespiritualidade cotidiano dia-dia mística uma conversa bate-papo filosofia padres teologia catolicismo católica católico igreja diálogo Maria Jesus life style estilo vida culturapodcast, espiritualidade, cotidiano, dia-dia, mística, uma conversa, bate-papo, filosofia, padres, teologia, catolicismo, católica, católico, igreja, diálogo, Maria, Jesus, life style, estilo de vida, cultura, extraterrestre, alienígena, et, ufo, ovni, deuses, astronauta, interespacial, interestelar, intergalática, intraterrenos, ultramarinos, estrangeiros, ide, universo, batismo, criatura, missão, humano, inteligente

Join Civil War General, astronomer, and founder of the Cincinnati Observatory, Ormsby Mitchel (as portrayed by Frazier History Museum Teaching Artist, Tony Dingman), and American astronomer Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory and winner of the 2014 Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science, as they discuss their work in the field of astronomy.

Join Civil War General, astronomer, and founder of the Cincinnati Observatory, Ormsby Mitchel (as portrayed by Frazier History Museum Teaching Artist, Tony Dingman), and American astronomer Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory and winner of the 2014 Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science, as they discuss their work in the field of astronomy.

The wise and beloved Vatican astronomer Father George Coyne died last week. Like most of the Vatican astronomers across history, he was a Jesuit. More than 30 objects on the moon are named after the Jesuits who mapped it, and ten Jesuits in history have had asteroids named after them. Father Coyne was one of the few with this distinction, alongside his friend and fellow Vatican astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno. In a conversation filled with laughter, we experience a spacious way to approach life, faith, and the universe.Father George Coyne was the Director of the Vatican Astronomical Observatory from 1978 to 2006 and author of the book Wayfarers in the Cosmos: The Human Quest for Meaning. He died on February 11, 2020, at the age of 87.Brother Guy Consolmagno was appointed Director of the Vatican Astronomical Observatory by Pope Francis in 2015. His books include Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist and Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?: and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org

The wise and beloved Vatican astronomer Father George Coyne died last week. Like most of the Vatican astronomers across history, he was a Jesuit. More than 30 objects on the moon are named after the Jesuits who mapped it, and ten Jesuits in history have had asteroids named after them. Father Coyne was one of the few with this distinction, alongside his friend and fellow Vatican astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno. In a conversation filled with laughter, we experience a spacious way to approach life, faith, and the universe.Father George Coyne was the Director of the Vatican Astronomical Observatory from 1978 to 2006 and author of the book Wayfarers in the Cosmos: The Human Quest for Meaning. He died on February 11, 2020, at the age of 87.Brother Guy Consolmagno was appointed Director of the Vatican Astronomical Observatory by Pope Francis in 2015. His books include Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist and Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?: and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory.This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Guy Consolmagno and George Coyne — Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God" Find more at onbeing.org.

Kanye's new "Jesus is King" album makes believers of Lindsay and Caroline in the its potential for evangelization. Plus Br. Guy Consolmagno on the relationship between faith and science and then thoughts on Disney+ and the Mandalorian, as well as a shoutout to Fr. Cory Sticha. The post Humbled by Faith, Humbled by Science appeared first on SQPN.com.

Scott finds the Holy Grail in a hollowed out book. Julie prays to fall on her face like all good people. Episode 212: Jo Walton's Lent.Download or listen via this link: |Episode #212| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| Good Story 100: Among Others (with Br. Guy Consolmagno)A Just Recompense review of Lent - to which we refer several times during the podcast

Br. Guy Consolmagno earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Planetary Science from MIT and his Ph.D. in Planetary Science from the University of Arizona. He’s been at the Vatican Observatory since 1993 and is currently the director there where his research explores connections between meteorites, asteroids, and the evolution of small solar system bodies. Br. Guy has co-authored two astronomy books as well as popular books such as Would you Baptize and Extraterrestrial?” He is a Jesuit Brother. We chatted about Br. Guy’s post-graduate work, how he came to be at the Vatican Observatory—and then become the director. He explained why the Vatican has an observatory and how the Catholic Church is not anti-science. Actually he is just part of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences that advises the Pope. And there was much, much more.

0:00 Experience as a Christian scientist 1:00 The billion year contact; awe 2:00 Awe and the vast scale of Earth science 3:00 Discoveries never shake faith 4:00 Evolution, randomness, the shortage of provable things 6:00 The bureaucratic mindset: certainty and judgment 7:00 Yucca Mountain, studtite, and uranyl peroxides (Peter Burns, Karrie-Ann Hughes) 8:00 Uranyl chemistry 9:00 Guy Consolmagno's thought experiment on planetary atmospheres 10:00 Uranyl peroxide buckyballs... 11:00 NOT in the initial fate and transport model for Yucca Mountain 12:00 Real life is lack of certainty 13:00 Where we'd put uranium if we had to... 14:00 Hanford, Washington and uranium migration 15:00 Phosphates as immobilizers 16:00 Humans and squirrels: digging stuff up to bury it again 17:00 Kirby Runyon 18:00 Difficult conversations 20:00 The Bible 21:00 Cyclic nature of human history, scriptural history 22:00 The second millennium history of reaction, after reaction, after reaction against hypocrisy 23:00 Secularism and the irreligious right 24:00 Progressive movement as a para-Christian critique of society 26:00 Modern psychology and spirituality: Fulton Sheen's image of the psychologist pulling Christian truths out of the garbage can and passing them off as discoveries 29:00 The need for God 30:00 Companions on the way 31:00 Providence

Paul moves from popular books to Br. Guy's 1990s planetary science textbook, Worlds Apart which Paul switched to in 2015, despite its age, precisely because of Br. Guy's explicit acknowledgment that "students want to learn about THE PLANETS." The chapters of the book therefore start with a saga of some planet, and then focus in on some process that is well exemplified on that planet. Other textbooks try to focus on processes and lose ME, let alone my students, most of whom were headed toward high school teaching. Br. Guy goes on from the subject of his books to talk a little about John Scalzi's take on the common advice to authors to "kill your darlings"..."the failure mode of clever is idiot." (I am not unfamiliar with John Scalzi, who is certainly a master of the craft: see my review of Old Man's War on Goodreads.) Bill references the science & religion initiative at the McGrath Institute at Notre Dame, to which Br. Guy has contributed. The Institute tries to form high school teachers with a sense of the complementary, rather than adversary, nature of science and faith. Br. Guy goes on to talk about how hard a high school teacher's job is, and the need for enthusiasm in presentation. If you are listening to two enthusiastic people talk shop about almost any topic, however little you yourself know about it, you get drawn in. That's the goal, except most high school teachers have to do it by themselves. A teacher that can maintain enthusiasm and also model comfort with not knowing the answer and intellectual humility..."I don't know; let's go find the answer"...is a great gift to insecure, "self-conscious but not self-aware" teenagers. Paul probes Br. Guy about the modern attitude of trying to discard as much of the past as possible. Br. Guy comments how living in Italy gives you perspective on how the attitude has shifted from the medieval attitude (discussed in great depth by CS Lewis in The Discarded Image) of reverence for the past, whose achievements we could never match, to the modern one. Rome gives you the perspective that while science and engineering may have advanced, art and architecture have not. Humanity can only progress so far...we can't get away from original sin. We do things we know are wrong, destructive, etc. That's why Twelve Step programs exist. A great 20th century tragedy, as has been noted many times, is the failure of great schemes (like communism) for revising society in some theoretically perfect new form. A chance reference to Shakespeare, and then to Star Trek VI (of course), leads us off into a discussion of language and the way it shapes our lives, from the fun people have had since Tolkien inventing whole new languages, to the difference in what Sarah cooks for Abraham's visitors in English (yuck) versus Italian. Br. Guy makes the provocative statement that one has to learn more new words in freshman biology than in freshman French. When you learn philosophy, you learn new words, and with those words (if you're really learning them) you learn new ways of thinking. As a final note, that's why you need others to truly learn and work in a subject...or in a faith. The Ethiopian that Phillip baptized in the Acts of the Apostles had a hard row to hoe.   https://vofoundation.org/blog https://vofoundation.org/faith-and-science   Books mentioned in the interview: Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Unapologetic by Francis Spufford The Rock by T.S. Eliot Image courtesy Robert Macke (wikimedia Commons)

We hope you've enjoyed the podcast so far, and in particular our last two episodes with Guy Consolmagno. TSSM has been running for over six months now, and we would love to get your feedback on how to make it better: What topics or approaches have you liked and want more of? Whom should we seek out for interviews? We definitely are cooking up our own lists, but you can influence us! What should we do less of? What about the audio works or bothers you? Volume (too low, too high, not consistent enough?) Quality (noise, voices muffled, other problems) Feel free to comment at our Facebook page (look at the Links section to the right) or send Paul an email (there is also a link for that). We are really looking forward to hearing from you.

Br. Guy starts with a brief bio of himself as the meteorite curator and now director of the Vatican Observatory. If you aren't familiar with his life and career, I cannot suggest strongly enough to go find a copy of Brother Astronomer. Paul takes the opportunity to geek out a bit about the VO's collection of Martian meteorites, which includes pieces of varying size of the three flagship members of the three great classes of Martian meteorites: Chassigny, Shergotty, and Nakhla. We discuss the romance and suspense of finding meteorites in the dry deserts. Paul then poses the question of the recently discovered Galileo letter. Br. Guy defuses a bit of the noise surrounding this letter, likening the situation to scientists down to this very day putting out provocative theses and then pulling them back under criticism from their peers. (My dog Riley starts barking at UPS personnel sometime between 13:00 and 13:30. This was an eventful session.) Galileo in his time was rather like Carl Sagan in his time: a popularizer and a controversialist. Br. Guy, who met Carl Sagan a few times, recognizes the value that both of these controversial figures brought to the field. He goes on to discuss the travails that Sagan faced in his own life, dealing with fame and the risks he ran to get his message out (the massive debt he incurred in making Cosmos) and notes his own fraught relationship with his own faith. Carl Sagan was a serious scientist, in the 1960s one of the first to grapple with the unexpectedly, incredibly hot temperatures the first Venus probes reported and to link it with the very thick carbon dioxide atmosphere Venus has. Br. Guy talks a little about his experience "coming out" as a religious believer, and the opposition he _didn't_ receive in publicizing his decision to become a Jesuit. He moves on to discuss the romance of science, why we're attracted to it, and why it's important to steer a middle path (that Aristotelian mean again) in both science and faith between "I already know everything worth knowing" and "God / the universe is so big I can never understand it." Of course you won't learn it all, but of course you'll be able to learn and love something. He likens it to a good friendship or romantic relationship, in which you rejoice in both the known and the unknown. Paul probes Br. Guy on whether Sagan influenced him in his own popular books. Br. Guy professes that not only did Carl Sagan influence his confidence in being able to discuss the wonders of planetary science and astronomy with a popular audience, as well as his colloquial tone, but even his wardrobe served as a good precursor (compare Carl at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755981/ with Guy at https://www.radiokerry.ie/portraits-of-gc36-delegates/ and for good measure another great Italian scientist who wore the collar well https://www.torinoscienza.it/personaggi/giuseppe-mercalli). Image courtesy Robert Macke (wikimedia Commons)

The team discuss the discovery of water on the Moon and take a look back at the Apollo 7 mission. Vatican observatory director Guy Consolmagno gives his advice for getting started in practical astronomy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The team discuss the discovery of water on the Moon and take a look back at the Apollo 7 mission. Vatican observatory director Guy Consolmagno gives his advice for getting started in practical astronomy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Whoever says you have to choose between science and faith has not met Guy Consolmagno, S.J.—a Jesuit brother and director of the Vatican Observatory. We ask what projects the pope’s astronomers are working on now, if he believes in aliens and why people in every time and place look to the stars with big questions. And in Signs of the Times, Pope Francis denounces a chemical attack in Syria that killed dozens of innocent civilians. How should the United States respond? And U.S. and Mexican bishops push back on President Trump’s plan to send the National Guard to secure the border as a group of Central American migrants travels north seeking sanctuary. Next, the pope has released a new apostolic exhortation on holiness. Zac, Olga and I discuss our favorite parts of the document. Plus, updates on Catholics in France, Sweden and Brazil—where one church decided to incorporate a drone into the liturgy. As always, we want to hear from you. You can tweet us @jesuiticalshow or send us an email jesuitical@americamedia.org. Please leave us a review on Apple podcasts, tell your friends about the show and check out our Patreon page to support Jesuitical. P.S., if you’re in the New York area next week, come see us talk to New York Times-bestselling author, Mary Karr, for a live recording of Jesuitical! You can buy your tickets here—drinks are on us. Links from the show: Pope Francis denounces chemical weapons attack in Syria Top Five Takeaways from ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’ Bishops on both sides of Mexico border criticize troop deployment France's Macron sparks uproar by reaching out to Catholic Church Sweden's Lutherans to let Catholic parish hold Masses in Lund cathedral Video: Jesus Saves, but Drone Delivers This Catholic Church from Boredom What’s on tap? Need. Coffee.

On this episode, Mark has a grand chat with Br. Guy Consolmagno, the director of the Vatican Observatory and an all-around brilliant and fascinating man. Support this Podcast and the Breadbox Media network with your Premium Membership and unlock your deals today! https://www.breadboxmedia.com/marksheasupport.html

André Brandalise e Felipe Bezerra apresentam um novo podcast, que falará sobre como ser ao mesmo tempo nerd/geek e católico. É possível conciliar tudo isso?Inicialmente a previsão do podcast é de que seja mensal, mas quem sabe isso não muda? Tudo vai depender da participação dos ouvintes.Não deixe de ouvir e divulgar, e participe comentando suas críticas, elogios e sugestões aqui no post.Ou diretamente no link Ser Nerd, Geek E CatólicoFEED: http://feeds.feedburner.com/PodcastNGCCOMENTADOS NO EPISÓDIO:Ir. Guy Consolmagno, S.J. (site do Observatório do Vaticano)Site do Bispo Robert Barron - World on FirePodcast do Padre Roderick VönhogenSite O CatequistaBlog PROJEÇÕES DE FÉPara entender melhor a mídia Podcast, segue um vídeo curto e simples para aprender a gostar:.

​​I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Br. Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory. (Recorded and Aired on August 25, 2017.)

​​I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Br. Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory. (Recorded and Aired on August 25, 2017.)

Carl Sagan inspired him to embark a career that would lead him to some of NASA's most important missions. Listen to our podcast interview with one of the leading Catholic Christian astronomers, Professor Jonathan Lunine, PhD. In this episode, we discuss with him the exciting possibility of finding alien life, right in our own solar system, living on the moons of Jupiter or Saturn. We also discuss his journey into the top echelon of science, starting with being a child of wonder growing up in New York City to spending decades working on the teams responsible for some of the most successful and longest running space exploration missions in NASA history. Dr. Lunine's science journey included Carl Sagan and Francis Drake, but it was also journey that almost did not happen -- if not for a spare ticket to a science talk. We'll also hear his decades long journey to faith, from a Jewish family to an Arizona preacher to Vatican astronomers. Prof. Jonathan Lunine's biography: http://www.purposenation.org/jonathan-lunine-phd The organization Prof Lunine founded along with Stephen Barr, PhD: https://www.catholicscientists.org/ Books recommended by Prof. Lunine: "How I Stayed Catholic at Harvard" by Aurora Griffin: https://www.ignatius.com/Products/SCH-P/how-i-stayed-catholic-at-harvard.aspx "God's Mechanics" by Guy Consolmagno: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1118087313/

Do you know of any St. Paul-type conversion stories? This week on the SLHour, author Sally Read tells us about her night's bright darkness. Mark Matthews tells us why everyone in Hollywood is weird; Sebastian Gomes speaks with Vatican astronomer, Br. Guy Consolmagno on Connect5 and Mags has a n...

Do you know of any St. Paul-type conversion stories? This week on the SLHour, author Sally Read tells us about her night’s bright darkness. Mark Matthews tells us why everyone in Hollywood is weird; Sebastian Gomes speaks with Vatican astronomer, Br. Guy Consolmagno on Connect5 and Mags has a n...

“If you’re sure about something, you don’t need faith. It’s when you have the doubts that faith kicks in. And that’s true in science as well as anything else.” Vatican astronomers Brother Guy Consolmagno and Father George Coyne on the joy of discovery and delighting in what we don’t know. Find more at onbeing.org/becoming-wise.

Question and Answer session with Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, following his lecture entitled, "The Heavens Proclaim: Astronomy and the Vatican" Recorded on Fri, March 4, 2016. Presented by the Bishop Keane Institute, a Ministry of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ, a Jesuit brother, is Director of the Vatican Observatory and the President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. He studies planets, meteorites and asteroids. He is a native of Detroit, Michigan, received BA and MA degrees from MIT, and earned his PhD in Planetary Sciences from the University of Arizona in 1978. Along with more than 200 scientific publications, he is the author of six popular astronomy books. In 2014 he received the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences for excellence in public communication in planetary sciences. The Bishop Keane Institute, a ministry of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, takes its name and animating spirit from the fifth bishop of Richmond and the founding rector of Catholic University, John J. Keane (1839 – 1918). The Institute serves as a gathering place for learning, conversation and community. Its primary effort, the Bishop Keane Institute Lecture Series, brings the leading voices in Catholic thought, ministry and education to Hampton, VA, as a way of engaging and energizing the Hampton Roads community to participate fully in the mission of Christ’s Church. Learn more at keaneinstitute.org

"The Heavens Proclaim: Astronomy and the Vatican" Lecture given by Br. Guy Consolmagno on Fri, March 4, 2016. Presented by the Bishop Keane Institute, a Ministry of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. About This Lecture: The roots of the Vatican Observatory go back to the Gregorian Reform of the Calendar in 1582, and it has been part of an extensive history of Church support for astronomy (Galileo to the contrary!) Its modern mission for the last hundred years is to show there is no inherent conflict between science and religion by simply being people supported by the Church whose sole mission is to "do good science." We'll look into the history of this activity, including a summary of what's being done at the Vatican Observatory today. Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ, a Jesuit brother, is Director of the Vatican Observatory and the President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. He studies planets, meteorites and asteroids. He is a native of Detroit, Michigan, received BA and MA degrees from MIT, and earned his PhD in Planetary Sciences from the University of Arizona in 1978. Along with more than 200 scientific publications, he is the author of six popular astronomy books. In 2014 he received the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences for excellence in public communication in planetary sciences. The Bishop Keane Institute, a ministry of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, takes its name and animating spirit from the fifth bishop of Richmond and the founding rector of Catholic University, John J. Keane (1839 – 1918). The Institute serves as a gathering place for learning, conversation and community. Its primary effort, the Bishop Keane Institute Lecture Series, brings the leading voices in Catholic thought, ministry and education to Hampton, VA, as a way of engaging and energizing the Hampton Roads community to participate fully in the mission of Christ’s Church. Learn more at keaneinstitute.org

Guy Consolmagno is not your typical scientist. The director of Vatican Observatory is also a Jesuit Brother, astronomer extraordinaire, MIT graduate, former Peace Corp volunteer and self-described science fiction geek. The second-generation Italian-American, born in Detroit, now divides his time between the Vatican Observatory in Italy and the Mount Graham International Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. In 2014, Brother Guy received the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society for his unique position as a scientist and man of faith, and he believes firmly that the scientific and spiritual inquiry are more complementary than conflictual. Consolmagno is the author of several books about astronomy, and science and faith, including most recently, “Would You Baptize an Extra-terrestrial?” He also authored “God’s Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion,” and gave a lecture at IHMC on that topic. That lecture can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/MJGsdY2bcsk In another IHMC lecture, Brother Guy discusses “Discarded Worlds: Astronomical Ideas that Were Almost Correct”: https://youtu.be/Gr0R5oiIoak Brother Guy writes for a blog called the Catholic Astronomer, which can be found at www.vofoundation.org/blog STEM-Talk co-host Tom Jones, a former NASA astronaut who shares Brother Guy’s love of astronomy—as well as the same MIT thesis advisor, John Lewis—interviews Brother Guy about his life-long journey to understand the universe and the role of faith in that pursuit. Introducing this podcast episode is host Dawn Kernagis and IHMC CEO Ken Ford. 1:15: The Vatican Observatory is in a town outside of Rome called Castel Gandolfo, which is also the Pope’s summer residence. Ford and his wife Nancy first met Brother Guy there a few years ago. 3:52: A day in the life of Brother Guy in Rome: after his 6 a.m. wake-up call, he works until the Italian coffee break at 10 a.m., then goes back to work until the big meal of the day at 1:30 p.m., which is followed by an afternoon siesta. In late afternoon, he spends an hour of prayer walking in the gardens, followed by Mass. Then he works again until 9 or 10 p.m., responding to emails from America. 4:44: “It’s a full day, but it’s almost like getting two days of work in,” Brother Guys says of his daily routine. “It’s exhilarating because it reminds me of all the different worlds I get to live in.” 5:07: A “Sputnik kid,” Brother Guy was in kindergarten when the Soviets launched the first satellite into the earth’s orbit. He was a high school senior when NASA astronauts landed on the moon. “How could you not be crazy about astronomy and science?” 6:18: Brother Guy followed his best friend to MIT for college. “I discovered MIT had weekend movies, and pinball machines, and the world’s largest collection of science fiction, and I knew I had to go there.” 6:55: At MIT, he studied geology, quickly discovering meteorites. “From then on meteorites were where my heart was. I never looked back.” 7:36: Astronomy reminded Brother Guy about “bigger things than what’s for lunch”; and also our human intellectual capacity to puzzle about these things. 7:52: Since the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church has backed the study of astronomy at universities, Brother Guys says. “In those days, understanding how universe works was a way of understanding how the creator works.” 9:01: In 1891, Pope Leo XIII established the Vatican Observatory to show that the church supported science. This came during a politically-charged atmosphere of anti-clericalism in France and Italy, based in part on the church’s opposition to the fashionable science of eugenics. 9:45: “You can’t do science without faith,” Brother Guy says. This means that you must have a positive world view to sustain scientific inquiry—in other words, “not think people are inherently evil.” 10:34: Not every religion can support science.

Hosted by Greg Thompson and Steve DeLaney. This month, we interview Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, a Jesuit brother, Director of the Vatican Observatory and President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. He studies planets, meteorites and asteroids. He is a native of Detroit, Michigan, received BA and MA degrees from MIT, and earned his PhD in Planetary Sciences from the University of Arizona in 1978. Along with more than 200 scientific publications, he is the author of six popular astronomy books. In 2014 he received the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences for excellence in public communication in planetary sciences. For more, subscribe to "Sounds at ICC" on iTunes, or your preferred podcast app. For tickets to Br. Guy's lecture on Fri, Mar 4, 2016, visit keaneinstitute.org/tickets --- Music Credits: "Jarvic 8" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dan Nguyen, Theology teacher, St. Mary's High School instructs us on how to approach Scripture as part of the Catholicism 101 series. Br. Guy Consolmagno, director, Vatican Observatory and president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation helps us understand the relationship of faith to science and invites listeners to an upcoming seminar. Mike Phelan, director, Marriage … Continue reading The Bishop's Hour: 1/11/16 – Reading Scripture, Vatican Observatory and Assisted Suicide

Join Civil War General, astronomer, and founder of the Cincinnati Observatory, Ormsby Mitchel (as portrayed by Frazier History Museum Teaching Artist, Tony Dingman), and American astronomer Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory and winner of the 2014 Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science, as they discuss their work in the field of astronomy.

Join Civil War General, astronomer, and founder of the Cincinnati Observatory, Ormsby Mitchel (as portrayed by Frazier History Museum Teaching Artist, Tony Dingman), and American astronomer Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory and winner of the 2014 Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science, as they discuss their work in the field of astronomy.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, brother Guy Consolmagno tells us about the work of the Vatican Observatory and Jerry Galipeau takes us into the world of Catholic publishing; We also catch up with singer/songwriter Janelle and meet new artist, Luke Spehar. These interviews first aired ...

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, brother Guy Consolmagno tells us about the work of the Vatican Observatory and Jerry Galipeau takes us into the world of Catholic publishing; We also catch up with singer/songwriter Janelle and meet new artist, Luke Spehar. These interviews first aired ...

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, brother Guy Consolmagno tells us about the work of the Vatican Observatory and Jerry Galipeau takes us into the world of Catholic publishing; We also catch up with singer/songwriter Janelle and meet new artist, Luke Spehar. Email us your comments ...

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, brother Guy Consolmagno tells us about the work of the Vatican Observatory and Jerry Galipeau takes us into the world of Catholic publishing; We also catch up with singer/songwriter Janelle and meet new artist, Luke Spehar. Email us your comments ...

Jennifer is in Catholic nerd heaven when she has the opportunity to talk with Vatican astronomer Br. Guy Consolmagno, who recently won the Carl Sagan Medal in astronomy. She asks him how his fellow scientists react to him when they find out that he's a religious brother, and he discusses why his faith makes him a better scientist. This is a must-hear podcast for anyone who has ever wondered if science and Christian faith are incompatible.

Institute of English Studies 'For the Greater Glory of God and the More Universal Good': A Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the Foundation of Heythrop College and of the Jesuit Educational Tradition A Celebration of the 400th Anniversary o...

Institute of English Studies 'For the Greater Glory of God and the More Universal Good': A Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the Foundation of Heythrop College and of the Jesuit Educational Tradition A Celebration of the 400th Anniversary o...

“A Mecânica de Deus” escrito por um padre Jesuíta e cientista no Vaticano, Guy Consolmagno. O autor deu já o nome a um asteróide.