Podcasts about theological encounter

In this webinar entitled AI and Sin: Medieval Robots and the Theology of Technology, hosted by the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, Dr. Chris Reilly and Dr. Jordan Joseph Wales offer their insights into the promises and challenges of Artificial Intelligence. (April 5, 2025)Christopher M. Reilly, ThDAI and Sin: How Today's Technology Motivates EvilChristopher M. Reilly writes and speaks in regard to a Christian response to advanced technology, and he has written numerous articles on bioethics and moral theology and philosophy. Chris holds a doctor of theology degree and three masters degrees in philosophy, theology, and public affairs. He resides in the greater Washington, DC region. His website is ChristopherMReilly.com. Chris is Associate Director of ITEST.AbstractArtificial intelligence technology (AI) motivates persons' engagement in sin. With this startling argument drawn from Catholic theology and technological insight, Christopher M. Reilly, Th.D. takes on both critics and proponents of AI who see it as essentially a neutral tool that can be used with good or bad intentions. More specifically, Reilly demonstrates that AI strongly encourages the vice of instrumental rationality, which in turn leads the developers, producers, and users of AI and its machines toward acedia, one of the “seven deadly sins.”Jordan Joseph Wales, PhDResponse: Medieval Robots and the ​Theology of TechnologyJordan Wales is the Kuczmarski Professor of Theology at Hillsdale College. With degrees in engineering, cognitive science, and theology, his scholarship focuses on early Christianity as well as contemporary theological questions relating to artificial intelligence. He is a member of the AI Research Group for the Holy See's Centre for Digital Culture, under the Dicastery for Culture and Education; a fellow of the Centre for Humanity and the Common Good; and a fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion.AbstractMedieval theologians and storytellers grappled with humankind's tendency to confine our aims to what a technology can represent rather than to situate that technology within the wider horizon of the human journey to God. Responding to Dr. Reilly, I draw on legends of robots that illustrate a theological approach to AI as a perilous but also potent instrument mediating between human volition and our natural and social environment. In their diverging outcomes, these texts suggest paths toward a more humane positioning of AI within our lives.Webinar resourcesChris Reilly's ResourcesRadio interview on Relevant Radio, Trending with Timmerie: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-reason-acedia–64575876Book – AI and Sin: How Today's Technologies Motivate Evil: https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/aiandsin/Chris Reilly's website: https://christophermreilly.com/Chapter – “Seven Christian Principles for Thriving with Artificial Intelligence”: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e3ada1a6a2e8d6a131d1dcd/t/66bb63fdcdba62679b200277/1723556861413/Artificial+Intelligence-1.pdfJordan Wales' Resources“What Will a Future with Androids among Us Look Like”: https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/what-will-a-future-with-androids-among-us-look-like/“The Image and the Idol: A Theological Reflection on AI Bias”: https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-image-and-the-idol-a-theological-reflection-on-ai-bias/“Encountering Artificial Intelligence: Ethical and Anthropological Investigations”: https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/91230-encountering-artificial-intelligence-ethical-and-anthropological-investigations

In this ITEST webinar, Dr. Rob Koons and Dr. Terrence Lagerlund deliver talks on Brain and Artificial Intelligence: A Tale of Two Computers, but Only One Made in the Image of God (October 12, 2024)AI and Aristotle: Why No Artifact could ever be ConsciousRobert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds an M. A. from Oxford and a Ph.D. from UCLA. He is the author or co-author of five books, including The Atlas of Reality with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017) and Is Thomas Aquinas's Philosophy of Nature Obsolete? (St. Augustine Press, 2022). He is the co-editor of four anthologies, including The Waning of Materialism (OUP, 2010) and Classical Theism (Routledge 2023).  He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, and on defending and articulating hylomorphism in contemporary terms.AbstractThe ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle developed a comprehensive philosophy of nature that laid the foundations for all subsequent scientific inquiry. A central notion of Aristotle's notion is that of a substance (ousia in Greek)—an essentially independent entity that has the highest possible degree of unity (what Thomas Aquinas called ‘per se unity'). Living organisms have this kind of unity, which explains their possession of essentially unified causal powers, like nutrition, growth, and sensation. Simple, homogeneous inorganic substances also exist, like drops of water or quartz crystals. However, all human artifacts, including all robots and computers, are mere “heaps” of inorganic components, lacking the sort of unity required for life, sensation, and consciousness. AI programs can emulate the behavior of conscious organisms, but there is an irreducible gap between appearance and reality.Terrence Lagerlund, MD, PhDBrain, Soul, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum MysteryDr. Terrence Lagerlund has been a neurologist in the Division of Epilepsy at Mayo Clinic for 35 years, treating patients with epilepsy and interpreting their electroencephalograms. He also lectures to residents and fellows on electroencephalography including basic principles of electricity and neurophysiology. He has published papers and authored book chapters on electroencephalography and epilepsy, particularly regarding quantitative analysis of electroencephalograms. Prior to becoming a neurologist, he obtained a Ph.D. in physics and worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science (doing research at Brookhaven National Laboratory and CERN) and as a term physicist at Fermilab.AbstractSome computer scientists claim that artificial general intelligence systems will soon be created which can duplicate and eventually far exceed the intellectual abilities of humans. In this presentation we will compare the architecture and learning ability of artificial neural networks implemented on an electronic digital machine and the neural networks of the human brain (of which Professor Marvin Minsky of MIT once pronounced that “the brain is merely a meat machine”). We will demonstrate by philosophical arguments and a mathematical theorem involving Turing machines that understanding abstract concepts, abstract reasoning to ascertain truth, and making free decisions are powers of the human mind that exceed the capabilities of any physical system whether made of electronic circuits or of biological neurons; rather, these capabilities require a nonphysical soul that tightly integrates with the human brain, because of which we can truly say that humans are made in the image and likeness of God.  We will also discuss a new theory of how the soul may interact with the brain by influencing the outcome of quantum processes involving passage of ions through neuronal ion channels within the brain's neural networks synchronized by the 40-70 Hz oscillation, and thereby continually influence retrieval of memories and behavioral choices occurring in these networks so as to allow the soul's choice based on rational deliberation to cause a neuronal network undergoing chaotic behavior to converge upon a different final state (attractor), thereby allowing the soul's choice to be implemented in the brain and body.Brain and Artificial Intelligence—A Tale of Two Computers—But Only One Made in the Image of God - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)

ABORTION PILL REVERSAL – TRUTH OR FICTION?Abortion Pill Reversal - Truth or Fiction? - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)OUR PRESENTERSSTEPHEN SAMMUT, PHDABORTION-PILL REVERSAL: PRECLINICAL EVIDENCEDr. Stephen Sammut received a B.Pharm from Monash University (Victoria, Australia) and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Malta (Malta, Europe). His research utilizes preclinical models to investigate psychopathological behavior. He has authored and co-authored papers in leading scientific journals, including his groundbreaking studies relating to abortion and abortion-pill reversal. His research efforts currently focus on investigating: 1) the neurological, biological and behavioral consequences of drug-induced abortion, 2) the abortion-pill-reversal, 3) the development of an animal model for relocating the embryo in ectopic pregnancy and 4) mental health and related behaviors in the university student population.ABSTRACTAbortion-pill reversal (APR) is the process where a woman, regretting her abortion shortly after taking mifepristone (RU486), is administered progesterone in an effort to stop and reverse the abortion process. APR is treated as medically/scientifically unsound and dangerous to women. However, what does the reality tell us? Does objective reality support the narrative fed to the public? This presentation will seek to address the objective scientific reality underlying APR, including recent findings from my laboratory. The presentation will also address briefly the previous preclinical findings pertaining to the negative consequences of abortion and aspects relating to the abuses and manipulation of objective scientific truth in the current mode of operation of the scientific and medical fields that are driving the attack on APR.STACY TRASANCOS, PHDFROM BLUE JEANS TO VACCINES: THE CONSCIENCE OF AN ABORTIFACIENT WORLDStacy Trasancos has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Penn State University and worked as a senior research chemist for DuPont before converting to Catholicism. She left her career to stay home with her children. In those years, she earned a M.A. in dogmatic theology and published five books on the integration of science and theology. Dr. Trasancos teaches online science and theology courses for Seton Hall University, Holy Apostles College and Seminary, and Belmont Abbey College and is a Fellow of the Word on Fire Institute. She is, at last, pursuing a second M.A. in systematic philosophy.ABSTRACTAn abortion is characterized by pro-choice advocates as a concern of personal autonomy, expressed most succinctly in Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992): “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life. Beliefs about these matters could not define the attributes of personhood were they formed under compulsion of the State.” The abortion industry naturally exploits this narrative by politicizing in the name of human rights a procedure that denies those very rights. At the heart of these politics is an anti-personhood agenda that counts on the complicity of pro-life advocates. Such a shaky moral landscape became apparent during COVID when prominent Catholic leaders were promoting, under the principle of double-effect, immorally created vaccines as morally licit. This presentation will engage the moral dimension of an issue that pervades even those areas of our lives where we least expect it to surface.

In this webinar of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, Sr. Marysia Weber, RSM, and Dr. Kevin Powell, discuss the effects of social media on children. (April 13, 2024)Is the increasing number of hours that children are spending using smartphones having any effects on their brains and psychosocial well-being? Research is telling us that the answer to this question is a resounding yes! This presentation will address how excessive use of digital devices is impacting psychosocial maturation and is altering brain development in ways similar to the alterations noted in substance use disorders. Practical means of addressing these detrimental effects will also be highlighted.Technology changes communication and social lifestyles. This has been true since the invention of the printing press and the telephone. Technological progress will have both positive and negative effects on society. It is not enough to measure harms and act like outraged Luddites. Ethical societies measure and balance the positive impacts. It is not enough to weigh pros and cons. Communities should regulate technology so that positives are appropriately rewarded, negatives are mitigated, and just remediation is provided for economic externalities that generate profit for some while harming other people, society, and the environment. Laws are not enough. Moral formation needs to be updated and augmented to enable beneficial development and adoption of technology. Children, who have never known anything different, are the most strongly impacted by the harms, the least able to resist trends, and the most in need of the moral formation.How Does Social Media Affect Children? - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)

ITEST Webinar entitled "Science, Reason, and Faith: Discovering the Bible" with Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, SJ, and Dr. Tom Sheahen (December 2, 2023)Built into our very nature is a desire to know about the world around us. The big questions of human existence are inescapable: Who am I? Why am I here, and where am I going? Why is there evil in the world? What is the meaning of life?This yearning for truth ultimately leads us to our Creator. God knows the longings of the human heart, and he reveals himself to us through creation, through Scripture, and ultimately through the Incarnation. Because God the Son became man, we have a person to look to in our pursuit of truth: Jesus Christ himself, who is Truth. Christ helps us see that truth is not just the object of science and reason, but what animates the mysterious and loving power of faith.In Science, Reason, and Faith, Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ, explores in depth the Bible and the intersection of three realms that the secular world tells us are separate and incompatible. Fr. Spitzer draws the modern reader's attention to the many seeming conflicts between science, reason, and Catholic teaching. By tackling these difficult questions, he shows that it is precisely through the integration of science, reason, and faith that we can truly discover ourselves, our world, and our God.Fr. Spitzer's new book Science, Reason and Faith is subtitled Discovering the Bible because it displays the unity between science, the Biblical texts, and the presentation of the Christian faith contained in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. For the scientific reader, it is a reassuring surprise to discover how the elements of faith and science fit together so well.Matters such as finding compatibility between modern physics and cosmology and the text of Genesis 1, or the significance of Old Testament miracles, are explained carefully in a way that a reader without expertise in Biblical scholarship or science can understand. New Testament questions range from the eyewitness accounts of Jesus' miracles, through the full understanding of the real presence of the Eucharist, to the need for there to be an organized religion.Structured in question-and-answer form, multiple topics containing a scientific component are explored across both Old and New Testament. This format enables the reader to quickly locate a particular topic of interest; and thus, the book serves as a handbook or reference guidebook. Several hundred citations guide the reader pursuing greater depth.In my supplement to Fr. Spitzer's presentation at this Webinar, I will develop some of these topics further, relating them to the principle of God's omnipresence, which includes God's supremacy over time, enunciated in my own book Everywhen: God, Symmetry and Time. Our independent approaches converge, which further shows the compatibility of faith and science.Science, Reason, and Faith: Discovering the Bible - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology presents Greg Miller and Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, in a webinar entitled Education and Evangelization in the Age of AI: Promise and Perils (November 18, 2023)his session will be led by a former Catholic principal and theology teacher, Greg Miller. Dive deep into the intersections of faith and technology, understanding how Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed for the greater glory of God while being vigilant of its challenges. Discover the potential of AI in enhancing Catholic education and evangelization and engage in meaningful discussions of its risks to the people of God.In a mediated world filled with dystopic science fiction that problematizes a transformative technology like AI, our culture is embracing its promise, perhaps forgetting Marshall McLuhan's salient point that our technologies first ape us, then shape us. Our Christian faith is already a counter-cultural phenomenon, so authentic and integral human and spiritual formation has never been more important than it is today for the restoration of our human identity created as it was in the image and likeness of God.

In this episode of The Open Door , without special fuss, and certainly without making a scene, we'll explore the life and times of the man behind the scenes. Our welcome guest is our producer and, indeed, the producer of the full range of WCAT Radio & Television programs. The President of En Route Books and Media, the peripatetic Sebastian Mahfood, OP, Ph.D., will join us! Though his heart is in East Texas, St. Louis is the launching pad of his projects and peregrinations. He lives there with his wife, Dr. Stephanie Mahfood, and their children, Alexander and Eva Ruth. Among the questions we'll be asking are the following. Dr. Mahfood, Sebastian, could you tell us about your roots and introduce us to your family?How did you become a lay Dominican and what does it mean for you?Back in the day, and our audience should hear it directly, you wrestled professionally. Were you, even then, a voice from the periphery?Turning away from the distractions of youth, you left the ring for the groves of academe. Your tenure at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary and Holy Apostles College & Seminary was rich: teacher, administrator, and pioneer developer of on-line academic programs. Could you share with us the highlights of your career?You've authored half a dozen books of special interest. To name a few: Catholic Realism, The Narrative Spirituality of Dante's Divine Comedy and Missionary Priests in the Homeland: Our Call to Receive. Could you explain their themes to our audience?The Open Door, we understand, is your longest running WCAT Radio program. How did it start? What is its future?You are not one to let the grass grow under your feet. Could you tell us about your travels, especially in Africa and Europe?Before your retirement, what was the nature of your work as a professor of interdisciplinary and intercultural studies?How does the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology feature in your professional life?What's next for your publishing house and radio station?Some links: https://www.enroutebooksandmedia.comhttps://www.wcatradio.comhttps://www.faithscience.org

ITEST Presents...CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN A CULTURE OF DEATH: CREATING THE WORLD'S MOST FAITHFUL CATHOLIC MEDICAL SCHOOLSTEPHEN MINNIS, President of Benedictine College, JERE PALAZZOLO, President ofCatholic Healthcare International, GEORGE MYCHASKIW, II, DO, President of the Saint Padre Pio Institute for the Relief of Suffering, School of Osteopathic MedicineOur society is declining in a culture of death and self-interest. Higher education is contributing to this cultural decline by renunciation of Western, Judeo-Christian values and ethics. This is particularly true in medical schools, which have advanced the causes of abortion, gender ideology, organ harvesting and in-vitro fertilization, without regard to Catholic and other religious ethical standards. Catholic Healthcare International and Benedictine College intend to reclaim the culture and change society by creating the world's most faithful Catholic medical school, which will stand for the worth and dignity of every human life, from conception to natural death, as created in the image and likeness of God. This webinar will discuss the challenges of contemporary Catholic higher education, the charism of St. Padre Pio and the relief of human suffering, and the creation of a new, faithful Catholic medical school as an instrument to change the culture.Catholic Higher Education in a Culture of Death: Creating the World's Most Faithful Catholic Medical School - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)

In this webinar we will discuss the work of Mary Kloska's books in renewing and spreading the Catholic faith in Pakistan. Joined by Aqif Shahzad, her translator and a great missionary in his own right, the two will explain specifically the founding of Children's Prayer Groups (named Children of the Cross) who are dedicated to meet at least once a month to pray for priests and persecuted Christians. Aqif will also share how he has used Mary's writings for retreats, seminars, and personal one-on-one encounters with people, which in turn have become life-saving. How does one spread the faith in a primarily Muslim nation that persecutes Christians? It's through becoming little, “meek and humble of heart” like Jesus. Join us and you will find out.Sowing Wildflowers in the Desert: God's Powerful Work of Love in Pakistan - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)

In this ITEST Webinar entitled Finding God in Space Exploration and Extraterrestrial Life (April 22, 2023), Paul Segura and Ted Peters talk about space and the possibility of life outside the earth. The Space Race to the Moon in the 1960s is an example of science and engineering excellence peaking at the national level to achieve a seemingly impossible goal. Yet even in the midst of this technological achievement, God could not only be found but made a lasting impact. In addition, as the search for intelligent life beyond Earth continues, it's reasonable to expect we have morally ambiguous space neighbors who have been similarly graced by a loving creator and redeemer.Finding God in Space Exploration and Extraterrestrial Life - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)

In this episode of The Open Door, panelists Jim Hanink and Mario Ramos-Reyes talk with Dr. Thomas Sheahen and Dr. Thomas Storck on Everywhen: God, Symmetry, and Time (February 8, 2023)Welcome to The Open Door. On our next program (February , we explore the relationship between faith and science. Our welcome guest is Thomas P. Sheahen. He holds a Ph.D. degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his 45-year career as a research physicist, he worked for, among others, Bell Telephone Laboratories, the National Bureau of Standards, and the U.S. Department of Energy. He was chosen as a Congressional Research Fellow by the American Physical Society, dealing with energy-related national legislation. A lifelong Catholic, Dr. Sheahen is director emeritus of the Institute for the Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (ITEST). He is the author of Everywhen (En Route Books and Media, 2021). Among the questions, we'll be asking are the following. Dr. Sheahen, Tom if we may, what led you to write Everywhen?Just what is the Institute for the Theological Encounter with Science and Technology? What sort of programs and events does it offer?If there is no conflict between faith and science, why do so many people think otherwise?What, for you, is the theological significance of the symmetry of the laws of physics? In what sense are these laws beautiful? Why does beauty matter?Do we live in a deterministic universe? If not, does it make sense to say that God knows the truth of future contingent statements?How would you explain the biblical teaching of Creation to someone like the late Stephen Hawking?The Catholic Church teaches that the soul is the form of the body. Can this claim have any meaning for, say, an evolutionary biologist?How might a believer in Divine Providence understand God's acting on the physical world?Who are some contemporary thinkers on the relation between faith and science that you would recommend to our audience?Could you give us a sneak preview of your next project?Have you been told that science and religion are incompatible? Do you think you have to give one up to be consistent?You don't. In this book, MIT-trained physicist Thomas Sheahen explains how you can:trust in God more readily, by realizing that God is not limited by space and timeexpand your human thinking and step up to a higher plane of understandingrealize that religion and science are complementary paths to knowledge–not opposedunderstand that God thought up the laws of nature and uses them in creation.Everywhen | En Route Books and Media

In this episode of Saint Paul's Letters to America, Ray Gerard talks with Sebastian Mahfood, the Director of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (A Faith Science Conversation) (December 3, 2022)

Host: Ray Gerard / Guest: Sebastian Mahfood / St. Paul's Letters to America - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science & Technology / 2022.12.03 - Sebastian Mahfood & Ray Gerard - Saturday, December 3, 2022

Host: Ray Gerard / Guest: Sebastian Mahfood / St. Paul's Letters to America - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science & Technology / 2022.12.03 - Sebastian Mahfood & Ray Gerard - Saturday, December 3, 2022

Get ready, science lovers! (and even non-science lovers) This episode is about to blow your mind. Dr. Thomas Sheahen joined Gary to talk about the relativity of time, how science always points to God, and much more!Also in this episode:Consciousness, the higher functions of mankindOur view of time vs God's view of timeThe comprehension of total timeFalse godsHow religion and science can both be rightThe possible existence of UFOs & aliensHow the moon affects usThere's a great intelligence behind “coincidences”Constraints humans impose upon GodPossible realities of different versions of HellQuantum MechanicsYou can get Dr. Sheahen's book here:https://www.amazon.com/Everywhen-Symmetry-Dr-Thomas-Sheahen/dp/195671510XDr. Thomas P. Sheahen is vice president of the Science and Environment Policy Project (SEPP), Director of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (ITEST), and president/CEO of Western Technology, Inc., an independent consulting firm specializing in energy technology issues with business implications,From 2005 – 2009, Dr. Sheahen served as a Senior Analyst in the Systems Integration Office of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. From 1993 - 2002  he was a senior scientist in the Energy Systems Group for Science Applications International Corporation, where he led a team of evaluators in selecting renewable energy projects for support by NREL. He previously held positions with Argonne National Laboratory, Energy Research Advisory Board to the Department of Energy, SRI International (Stanford Research Institute), Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, National Bureau of Standards, and Bell Telephone Laboratories.Dr. Sheahen is the author of Introduction to High-Temperature Superconductivity  (Plenum Press: 1994). His research papers have appeared in many peer-reviewed scientific journals, including Physical Review, Applied Optics, Journal of  Technology Transfer, Reviews of Modern Physics, Energy the International Journal, Strategic Planning, and Energy Management, and The Science Teacher.Dr. Sheahen has co-authored numerous reports on topics including rocket re-entry instrumentation (Bell Labs), industrial instrumentation and analysis of measurement economics (Industrial Nucleonics), research program plans (National Bureau of Standards), industrial energy conservation (Office of Technology Assessment), national energy policy planning (DOE), and renewable energy technology (SAIC).Dr. Sheahen holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Dr. Stacy Trasancos presents for the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology on Assessing Contemporary Science in the Light of Faith. (January 15, 2022)Today we hear, “Follow the science!” People use that idiom as if to say that science is the path to all truth and that if we follow where science leads, we will never be led astray. But science doesn't work like that. The Catholic Church has a long history, codified in Genesis and professed still in our Creed, that science is the study of the handiwork of God. Science is a search for truth, but it must be guided by the light of faith. Dr. Trasancos tells about her efforts to reunite contemporary science back with theology and philosophy in a more mature way than the Middle Ages when science was first born of Christianity. To authentically follow science in the light of faith will be the way to true progress in technology that benefits humanity, both in this world and the one to come.https://faithscience.org/theology-of-science/

The Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology presents Dr. Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco in Counterfeit: The Psychology of Pornography -- The Science, the Effect on your Marriage or Vocation, and the Gospel Take on It (October 23, 2021)This presentation will look at understanding why persons of both sexes engage in pornography, and how it affects their relationships. The particular emphasis here is on matrimony and the wounds pornography inflicts, even when one spouse is unaware of the use of pornography. What is the draw? How does pornography connect with other mental health disorders? What is its psychological function and how does it affect marital intimacy? What about when pornography is engaged in together by a couple? Why and how is this still harmful to their relationship? What are the underlying areas that need developing and healing for a person to overcome it? What happens when these are not specifically addressed and the person just stops cold turkey? Are there still risks? If so, what are they? Why do partners often feel betrayed when they discover their spouse has been using pornography? What are the necessary ingredients for the traumatized spouse to be healed? What is the porn-engaging partner's responsibility and task in the healing process? What controls over the situation can be attained?

The Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology presents Dr. Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco in Counterfeit: The Psychology of Pornography -- The Science, the Effect on your Marriage or Vocation, and the Gospel Take on It (October 23, 2021)This presentation will look at understanding why persons of both sexes engage in pornography, and how it affects their relationships. The particular emphasis here is on matrimony and the wounds pornography inflicts, even when one spouse is unaware of the use of pornography. What is the draw? How does pornography connect with other mental health disorders? What is its psychological function and how does it affect marital intimacy? What about when pornography is engaged in together by a couple? Why and how is this still harmful to their relationship? What are the underlying areas that need developing and healing for a person to overcome it? What happens when these are not specifically addressed and the person just stops cold turkey? Are there still risks? If so, what are they? Why do partners often feel betrayed when they discover their spouse has been using pornography? What are the necessary ingredients for the traumatized spouse to be healed? What is the porn-engaging partner's responsibility and task in the healing process? What controls over the situation can be attained?

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology hosts Joe Provenzano, Ron Morgan, and Dan Provenzano as they discuss the idea within their book that the fall of the angels may have resulted in the creation of the universe. (July 31, 2021)https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/fallenangelmodel/

In this webinar hosted by the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, Dr. Peter Redpath and Dr. Tom Sheahen speak on the topic of Media Bias. (June 19, 2021)https://faithscience.org/media-bias/

Episode 45 of WCAT Radio’s “Inter Vitam et Mortem: Between Life and Death: Interviews and Discussion with a Catholic Bioethicist” is broadcast in conjunction with the Institute for the Theological Encounter Between Science and Technology (ITEST) and an upcoming webinar entitled “The Moral Arguments in the Embryo Adoption Debate.”Show host and Co-Founder of the Dignitas Personae Institute for Nascent Human Life, Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis, discusses the sacred dignity of embryonic human life with Laura Elm, the Founder and President of Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter. Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter is a charitable organization, guided by a profound respect for the dignity of every human person from the first moment of existence and founded with the mission of providing corporal and spiritual care for the youngest and smallest members of the human family. To this end, Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter facilitates a dignified, prayerful, Catholic burial for embryos who die in Artificial Reproductive Technology (ART) laboratories. In this episode, Mary Anne and Laura discuss the fragility of embryonic human life and the necessity of treating each and every human person with the sacred dignity requisite to being created in the Image and Likeness of God.Additional information and registration for the May 8, 2021 ITEST Webinar, entitled “The Moral Arguments in the Embryo Adoption Debate” can be found on the Institute for the Theological Encounter Between Science and Technology page at: Embryo Adoption - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org).

Dr. Stacy Trasancos joins Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis for Episode 44 of WCAT Radio’s “Inter Vitam et Mortem: Between Life and Death: Interviews and Discussion with a Catholic Bioethicist” to discuss the current COVID vaccinations. Dr. Trasancos is a scientist, theologian, and mother; she holds a Doctorate in Chemistry from Penn State University and a Master’s in Dogmatic Theology (summa cum laude) from Holy Apostles College and Seminary. Dr. Trasancos is the Executive Director of Bishop Joseph Strickland’s St. Philip Institute of Catechesis and Evangelization in Tyler, Texas, and the Chief Research Officer of Children of God for Life. She is a Fellow of the Word on Fire Institute and an Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University Catholic Studies program. Her work focuses on the integration of faith and science. In this episode Stacy Trasancos and Mary Anne Urlakis discuss the ethical implications of the current COVID vaccines, as well as those vaccines currently in development. Their ethical inquiry centers on three significant bioethical issues: (1) the liceity of using abortion-derived cell-lines for vaccine production, (2) the necessity of authentically informed consent, and (3) the sanctity of the human conscience and the issue of paternalism and coercion.Dr. Trasancos is a frequent guest on Catholic media, including Relevant Radio, Ave Maria Radio, EWTN, Catholic Answers Live, and The Journey Home. She has written numerous articles for Catholic publications and is the author of Science Was Born of Christianity: The Teaching of Fr. Stanley L. Jaki and Particles of Faith: A Catholic Guide to Navigating Science (Ave Maria Press), which has also been published as a textbook for Catholic high schools and colleges.Additionally, she has published a Catholic Answers booklet 20 Answers: Bioethics, and she writes the Science column for the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. In her most recent book, she examines the scientific evidence for Eucharistic miracles, co-authored with Fr. George Elliott entitled Behold, It Is I: Scripture, Tradition, and Science on the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist (TAN Books). More information is available on the Children of God for Life website: https://cogforlife.org. Additionally, Dr. Stacy Trasancos’ position statement regarding the use of tissue derived from abortion in the development and production of COVID vaccines can be found at National Catholic Register and Catholic Answers. Her recent webinar presentation for ITEST, the Institute for the Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, entitled: “Is it Moral to Take the COVID Vaccine?” is available at: COVID-19 Vaccine Ethics - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org).

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology presents a Webinar on Gender Dysphoria with Dr. Paul Hruz and Fr. Philip Bochanski (March 6, 2021)

In this episode of The Two Wings Seminar, Dr. Tom Sheahen, director of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, explains the Relationship between Faith and Science (February 23, 2021)For more about ITEST, see https://www.faithscience.org

Sr. Marysia Weber, R.S.M., M.A., D.O., joins WCAT Radio Host, Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis for Episode 43 of “Inter Vitam et Mortem: Between Life and Death: Interviews and Discussion with a Catholic Bioethicist,” to discuss the challenging topic of achieving hope, healing, and chastity after pornography addiction or compulsion.Sr. Marysia is a board-certified physician, specializing in psychiatry with a fellowship in consulting-liaison psychiatry; she completed her residency and training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Sister earned a Master’s Degree in Theology from Notre Dame. Sr. Marysia Weber practiced psychiatry at her religious institute’s multidisciplinary clinic- Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center, in Alma, MI from 1988-2014. In 2014, Sr. Marysia accepted the role of Director of the Office of Consecrated Life for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, where she is also a facilitator for Project Rachel, the Chair of the Board of Directors for MyCatholic Doctor, and an executive board member of the St. Louis Guild of the Catholic Medical Association, and an executive board member for the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. Sister also serves as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the Dept of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis. Additionally, Sr. Marysia has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has authored several books -- most recently penning two chapters in the new text on priestly formation: Spiritual Husbands- Spiritual Fathers: Priestly Formation for the 21st Century, edited by Bishop Felipe Estevez and Bishop Andrew Cozzens, published by Holy Apostles College and Seminary’s Enroute Books and Media. Sr. Marysia is a highly sought-after speaker and expert, and has presented to the Roman Curia, at the Vatican in 2002 regarding the Sexual Abuse by Clergy in North American.In this interview, Sr. Marysia and Dr. Urlakis address the issue of pornography use, compulsion, and addiction. Sr. Marysia shares her expertise, not only discussing the scope of the problem and the neuroscience behind internet pornography addiction, but also revealing effective and authentically Catholic strategies for hope and healing.

This webinar brought to you by the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology provides an introduction to genetic manipulation, they will explore considerations of what is practical, moral, and ethical when it comes to genetic engineering.Co-sponsors include WCAT Radio, En Route Books and Media, Society of Catholic Scientists, Office of Consecrated Life – St. Louis Archdiocese, Department of Medical Humanities, School of Medicine at Creighton University, St. Louis Guild of the Catholic Medical Association, and the Liberty Institute for Faith & Ethics (L.I.F.E) - https://liberty4life.org/For more on the webinar, see https://faithscience.org/genetic-engineering/

Sr. Marysia Weber, R.S.M., M.A., D.O., joins WCAT Radio Host, Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis for Episode 23 of “Vows, Vocations, and Promises: Discerning the Call of Love,” to discuss her chapter, entitled “Guideposts for the Seminary Formator in Understanding and Assessing Levels of Preoccupation with Use of Internet Pornography as a Formative Process for Moving From Vice to Virtue” in the new text Spiritual Husbands- Spiritual Fathers: Priestly Formation for the 21st Century.Sr. Marysia is a board-certified physician, specializing in psychiatry with a fellowship in consulting-liaison psychiatry; she completed her residency and training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Sister earned a Master’s Degree in Theology from Notre Dame. Sr. Marysia Weber practiced psychiatry at her religious institute’s multidisciplinary clinic- Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center, in Alma, MI from 1988-2014. In 2014, Sr. Marysia accepted the role of Director of the Office of Consecrated Life for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, where she is also a facilitator for Project Rachel, the Chair of the Board of Directors for MyCatholic Doctor, and an executive board member of the St. Louis Guild of the Catholic Medical Association, and an executive board member for the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. Sister also serves as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the Dept of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis. Additionally, Sr. Marysia has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has authored a number of books and chapters- including Chapter 15, in Spiritual Husbands-Spiritual Fathers, which is the subject of this interview. Sr. Marysia is a highly sought-after speaker and expert, and has presented to the Curia, at the Vatican in 2002 regarding the Sexual Abuse by Clergy in North American.In this interview, Sr. Marysia and Dr. Urlakis address the issue of pornography use, compulsion, and addiction. Sr. Marysia shares her expertise, not only discussing the scope of the problem and the neuroscience behind internet pornography addiction, but also revealing effective and authentically Catholic strategies for hope and healing. In discussing her recently published chapter, Sr. Marysia also addresses specific recommendations for the seminary formator faced with assessing the level of preoccupation with the use of internet pornography among men in formation.Sr. Marysia’s Chapter 15, entitled: “Guideposts for the Seminary Formator in Understanding and Assessing Levels of Preoccupation with Use of Internet Pornography as a Formative Process for Moving From Vice to Virtue,” is published in Spiritual Husbands- Spiritual Fathers: Priestly Formation for the 21st Century, edited by Bishop Felipe Estevez and Bishop Andrew Cozzens, published by Holy Apostles College and Seminary’s En Route Books and Media, which is available at: https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/spiritualhusbands/. (Oct. 8, 2020)

The role of a seminary formator is to accompany the seminarian in the external forum and to discern with him, the seminary community, and larger Church community, whether he has a vocation to the Catholic priesthood. To accomplish this task effectively, the formator needs a vast array of skills that will enable him or her to listen to, understand, encourage, challenge, and adequately assess the seminarian in an open and honest way. The book The Art of Accompaniment by Sister Marysia Weber, RSM, offers many invaluable insights and practical tools that seminary formators can employ in their work and may be found here: https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/artofaccompaniment/ along with a couple of important templates. https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Markers-of-Human-Maturation-Weber.pdf (template on webpage)https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Narrative-Assessment-Weber.pdf (template on webpage)This material by Sr. Marysia is also available in Spiritual Husbands, Spiritual Fathers, edited by Bishops Cozzens and Estevez and published by En Route Books and Media in the spring of 2020. https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/spiritualhusbands/Sr. Marysia is a board-certified physician, specializing in psychiatry with a fellowship in consulting-liaison psychiatry; she completed her residency and training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Sister earned a Master’s Degree in Theology from Notre Dame. Sr. Marysia Weber practiced psychiatry at her religious institute’s multidisciplinary clinic- Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center, in Alma, MI from 1988-2014. In 2014, Sr. Marysia accepted the role of Director of the Office of Consecrated Life for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, where she is also a facilitator for Project Rachel, the Chair of the Board of Directors for MyCatholic Doctor, and an executive board member of the St. Louis Guild of the Catholic Medical Association, and an executive board member for the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. Sister also serves as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the Dept of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis. Additionally, Sr. Marysia has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and has authored a number of books and chapters. She is a highly sought-after speaker and expert, and has presented to the Curia, at the Vatican in 2002 regarding the Sexual Abuse by Clergy in North America.

The role of a seminary formator is to accompany the seminarian in the external forum and to discern with him, the seminary community, and larger Church community, whether he has a vocation to the Catholic priesthood. To accomplish this task effectively, the formator needs a vast array of skills that will enable him or her to listen to, understand, encourage, challenge, and adequately assess the seminarian in an open and honest way. The book The Art of Accompaniment by Sister Marysia Weber, RSM, offers many invaluable insights and practical tools that seminary formators can employ in their work and may be found here: https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/artofaccompaniment/ along with a couple of important templates. https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Markers-of-Human-Maturation-Weber.pdf (template on webpage)https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Narrative-Assessment-Weber.pdf (template on webpage)This material by Sr. Marysia is also available in Spiritual Husbands, Spiritual Fathers, edited by Bishops Cozzens and Estevez and published by En Route Books and Media in the spring of 2020. https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/spiritualhusbands/Sr. Marysia is a board-certified physician, specializing in psychiatry with a fellowship in consulting-liaison psychiatry; she completed her residency and training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Sister earned a Master’s Degree in Theology from Notre Dame. Sr. Marysia Weber practiced psychiatry at her religious institute’s multidisciplinary clinic- Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center, in Alma, MI from 1988-2014. In 2014, Sr. Marysia accepted the role of Director of the Office of Consecrated Life for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, where she is also a facilitator for Project Rachel, the Chair of the Board of Directors for MyCatholic Doctor, and an executive board member of the St. Louis Guild of the Catholic Medical Association, and an executive board member for the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. Sister also serves as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the Dept of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis. Additionally, Sr. Marysia has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and has authored a number of books and chapters. She is a highly sought-after speaker and expert, and has presented to the Curia, at the Vatican in 2002 regarding the Sexual Abuse by Clergy in North America.

Sr. Marysia Weber, R.S.M., M.A., D.O., joins WCAT Radio Host, Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis for Episode 21 of “Vows, Vocations, and Promises: Discerning the Call of Love,” to discuss her chapter, entitled “Affective Maturity: Markers of Human Development, Psychological Insights and Resources,” in the new text Spiritual Husbands- Spiritual Fathers: Priestly Formation for the 21st Century.Sr. Marysia is a board-certified physician, specializing in psychiatry with a fellowship in consulting-liaison psychiatry; she completed her residency and training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Sister earned a Master’s Degree in Theology from Notre Dame. Sr. Marysia Weber practiced psychiatry at her religious institute’s multidisciplinary clinic- Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center, in Alma, MI from 1988-2014. In 2014, Sr. Marysia accepted the role of Director of the Office of Consecrated Life for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, where she is also a member of the Archdiocesan Review Board, the Child Safety Committee, a facilitator for Project Rachel, the Chair of the Board of Directors for MyCatholic Doctor, and an executive board member of the St. Louis Guild of the Catholic Medical Association, and an executive board member for the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. Sister also serves as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the Dept of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis. Additionally, Sr. Marysia has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and has authored a number of books and chapters- including Chapter 9, in Spiritual Husbands- Spiritual Fathers, which is the subject of this interview. Sr. Marysia is a highly sought-after speaker and expert, and has presented to the Curia, at the Vatican in 2002 regarding the Sexual Abuse by Clergy in North American.In this interview, Sr. Marysia discusses the important process of assessing the development of human formation and affective maturity of seminarians as prospective candidates for the ministerial priesthood. Recent directives, including the 2008 Guidelines for the Use of Psychology in Administration and Formation of Seminarians for the Priesthood from the Congregation for Catholic Education, the 2016 Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis from the Congregation for the Clergy, and the most recent edition of the USCCB’s Program for Priestly Formation all stress the sacred duty of bishops and formations to assess the totality the human person when considering the suitability of seminarians for ordained priestly ministry. Utilizing the six-interrelated markers that are common to all major psychological theories of development, Sr. Marysia has developed an on-going tool to assist seminary formators charged with the task of assessing the capacities of seminarians to fulfill the role of spiritual husband and spiritual father which is at the core of the vocation of the priesthood. Sr. Marysia’s Chapter 9, entitled: Affective Maturity: Markers of Human Development, Psychological Insights, and Resources, is published in Spiritual Husbands- Spiritual Fathers: Priestly Formation for the 21st Century,Spiritual Husbands- Spiritual Fathers: Priestly Formation for the 21st Century, edited by Bishop Felipe Estevez and Bishop Andrew Cozzens, published by Holy Apostles College and Seminary’s Enroute Books and Media, which is available at: https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/spiritualhusbands/.

Dr. Al Kertz is Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis’ guest on Episode 40 of “Inter Vitam et Mortem: Between Life & Death: Interviews and Discussion with a Catholic Bioethicist.” Dr. Kertz earned his Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from Cornell University, as well as a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Missouri and is a distinguished member of the American Dairy Science Association. Dr. Kertz is also a member of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. As a renown scientist and authority in the field of Dairy Science, Dr. Kertz is a highly-sought-after consultant, sharing his expertise in the United States and abroad. Dr. Kertz has traveled to China approximately 30 times, and has visited 15 of the 22 provinces, 3 of the 4 major metropolitan areas, and flown into 14 airports. As both a scientist and as an individual who has traveled extensively in China, Dr. Kertz is able to share a unique perspective. In this episode, Dr. Kertz and Dr. Urlakis explore issues regarding the current COVID19 Pandemic and discuss the implicit challenges to bioethical analysis in this rapidly changing situation. Among the topics they discuss are the reliability of information and data regarding the origin of the COVID19 virus and the far-reaching ramifications of scientific discovery in this unique moment in history. (May 4, 2020)

Co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of St. Louis Office of Consecrated Life, the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, and the St. Louis Catholic Medical Association, the Shroud of Turin webinar features Mark Antonacci and Fr. John Nickolai. More information is available at https://faithscience.org/shroud/Mark's presentation is entitled THE SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL ASPECTS OF THE SHROUD, and Fr. John Nickolai's presentation is entitled NOT MADE BY HANDS: A MYSTERIOUS IMAGE IN LEGENDS, LITURGIES, AND PAINTINGS. Mark Antonacci obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Illinois University in 1971 with a major in political science and a minor in history. He graduated with distinction from John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1977 and practices Law in Missouri and Illinois. Antonacci is an author who has studied all aspects of the Shroud of Turin for over 38 years. He wrote The Resurrection of the Shroud (New York: M. Evans and Co., 2000), the most comprehensive book written on the Shroud until his landmark book, Test the Shroud released in 2016.Father John Nickolai currently serves as Associate Pastor at St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Parish in Florissant. Prior assignments were at St. Joseph Parish in Imperial and St. Ferdinand Parish in Florissant. Before entering the seminary and receiving Holy Orders, he studied the fine arts as an undergraduate receiving a BFA from Washington University in 1999. His master’s thesis at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary was Why This Face? The Shroud of Turin and Icons of Christ.

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, guest interviewer Dr. Stephen Barr, founder and president of the Society of Catholic Scientists (https://www.catholicscientists.org/) engages Dr. Tom Sheahen, executive director of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (https://www.faithscience.org) on the subject of a recent presentation given at Notre Dame entitled "Everywhen: Examining Omnipresence on the Limited Human Perception of Space and Time" (July 12, 2019)

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, guest interviewer Dr. Stephen Barr, founder and president of the Society of Catholic Scientists (https://www.catholicscientists.org/) engages Dr. Tom Sheahen, executive director of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (https://www.faithscience.org) on the subject of a recent presentation given at Notre Dame entitled "Everywhen: Examining Omnipresence on the Limited Human Perception of Space and Time" (July 12, 2019)

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, guest interviewer Dr. Stephen Barr, founder and president of the Society of Catholic Scientists (https://www.catholicscientists.org/) engages Dr. Tom Sheahen, executive director of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (https://www.faithscience.org) on the subject of a recent presentation given at Notre Dame entitled "Everywhen: Examining Omnipresence on the Limited Human Perception of Space and Time" (July 12, 2019)

Dr. Al Kertz is Mary Anne Urlakis’ guest on this Episode of Inter Vitam et Mortem: Between Life & Death: Discussion with a Catholic Bioethicist. In this program, Dr. Kertz and Dr. Urlakis discuss the history and relevance of Faith and Science. Dr. Kertz earned is Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from Cornell University, as well as a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Missouri, and is a distinguished member of the American Dairy Science Association. Dr. Kertz is also a member of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. As a renown scientist and authority in the field of Dairy Science, Dr. Kertz is a frequently sought consultant, sharing his expertise in the United States, and throughout the world, including work in Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuala, Spain, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, South Korea, China, and Russia. It is with his distinguished background as a scholar and scientist as well as his expertise as a Magisteriaum-faithful Catholic that Dr. Kertz joins Dr. Urlakis in this interview to explore the relationship between Science and Faith. (July 1, 2019)

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Bob Olson interviews Dr. Tom Sheahen and Sr. Marianne Postiglione, RSM of the Institute of Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (February 27, 2017)

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Bob Olson interviews Dr. Tom Sheahen and Sr. Marianne Postiglione, RSM of the Institute of Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (February 27, 2017)

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Bob Olson interviews Dr. Tom Sheahen and Sr. Marianne Postiglione, RSM of the Institute of Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (February 27, 2017)

In this episode, the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology hosts a conference on Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Cardinal Rigali Center in St. Louis, MO. Father D. Bruce Nieli, C.S.P., a Paulist evangelist and missionary born and raised on Long Island, and Dr. David Keys, a PhD in physics from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, discuss the faith and the science behind the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe. November 18, 2018.

Dr. Elizabeth Rex, a faculty member at Holy Apostles in Cromwell, CT, interviews Dr. Ed O'Boyle, of the Mayo Research Institute, about his essay "Where Have All the Elders Gone?" Accompanying them on the interview is Dr. Tom Sheahen, Executive Director of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. For Ed's paper, see https://docdro.id/4kx1ZS9 For all of Ed's papers, see http://www.mayoresearch.org/ (October 11, 2018)

Dr. Elizabeth Rex, a faculty member at Holy Apostles in Cromwell, CT, interviews Dr. Ed O'Boyle, of the Mayo Research Institute, about his essay "Where Have All the Elders Gone?" Accompanying them on the interview is Dr. Tom Sheahen, Executive Director of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. For Ed's paper, see https://docdro.id/4kx1ZS9 For all of Ed's papers, see http://www.mayoresearch.org/ (October 11, 2018)

The Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, with Sr. Marianne Postiglione, RSM (associate director of ITEST), in collaboration with St. Joseph Evangelization Network show host Jim Deken, engages Stephen M. Keller, M.D. (a retired diagnostic radiologist) and Margie S. Hunter (chemist), both of St. Anselm's Parish in St. Louis, MO, as part of their parish speaker's program entitled "Scientists Speak of their Faith: A Model for Parish Discussion." Special thanks to St. Joseph Evangelization Network for allowing their recording to be rebroadcast on WCAT Radio. Scheduled to air June 28, 2018.

The Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, with Sr. Marianne Postiglione, RSM (associate director of ITEST), in collaboration with St. Joseph Evangelization Network show host Jim Deken, engages Stephen M. Keller, M.D. (a retired diagnostic radiologist) and Margie S. Hunter (chemist), both of St. Anselm's Parish in St. Louis, MO, as part of their parish speaker's program entitled "Scientists Speak of their Faith: A Model for Parish Discussion." Special thanks to St. Joseph Evangelization Network for allowing their recording to be rebroadcast on WCAT Radio. Scheduled to air June 28, 2018.

​​I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Dr. Ralph Olliges, Professor of Educational Technology at Webster University and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. (Recorded and Aired on September 1, 2017.)

​​I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Dr. Ralph Olliges, Professor of Educational Technology at Webster University and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. (Recorded and Aired on September 1, 2017.)

​​I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Dr. Tom Sheahen and Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, OP, talk about their work in the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. (Recorded and Aired on August 18, 2017.)

​​I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Dr. Tom Sheahen and Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, OP, talk about their work in the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. (Recorded and Aired on August 18, 2017.)

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