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For Catholic high school students, teachers, parents and the general public. Hear talks by and meet Catholic scientists. Click picture for details.

The theme of SCS2021 was “Extraterrestrials, AI and Minds Beyond the Human.” All twelve talks can now be viewed on the SCS Youtube channel.

The NM Regional Chapter has planned an exciting program with nine speakers. A great opportunity, especially for those who live in the US Southwest.  Click for complete information.

The conference on “Evolution and the Catholic Understanding of Creation” was held at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, April 23-24, 2021.  Click for the youtube links.

The annual conferences of SCS resume.  Click for the Program and livestream information. 

An SCS conference on Evolution will be held this Friday and Saturday.  All the lectures will be live streamed.  Click to find the full schedule of lectures with speakers, titles and livestream links.

The government of Washington, DC, announced that its COVID-19 restriction will be eased on May 1.  This will allow the SCS 2021 conference and the St. Albert Initiative to proceed as in-person events as originally planned.  

His article says “The Society’s website is a treasure trove of fascinating materials.”

The events are (1) a local (but live-streaed) conference on Evolution, on April 23-4, at Franciscan University of Steubenville; (2) the SCS annual conference (SCS2021), on June 4-6 in Washington, DC; and (3) the “St. Albert Initiative”, a FREE public event on June 4, in Washington, DC.  Click for details.

Watch recordings of the Oct 20 and Nov 14 Steno Lectures! And Register for the February 24 lecture by Br. Guy Consolmagno, S.J., Director of the Vatican Observatory, who will speak about "The Impact of Asteroids"..

Several Gold Masses are being celebrated this November.  Becaue of COVID, they are being held with social distancing and several are being livestreamed or zoomed.  Some have opted to celebrate them in the Spring semester.

November 14, Saturday, at 1:30 PM US Eastern time: Free zoom lecture and webinar on “Extraterrestrial Life: The Science and the Theology.”   

Might Extraterrestrial life exist? Where? How would we search for it? (Do we already have evidence of it?)  Could such life have human-level intelligence? If Extraterrestrial intelligent life (or “ETI” life) exists, what would be its theological implications?

On Oct 20, Prof. Christopher Baglow speaks on "Christ, the True Origin of Humanity." The Steno Lectures series is jointly sponsored by SCS, the Science & Religion Initiative of Univ. of Notre Dame and the Lumen Christi Institute.

Lecture on "Fearful Symmetry:  Cosmic Order and a Divine Creator" will be given by Stephen M. Barr, SCS President.  It is organized by the Harvard Catholic Forum and the lumen Christi Institute and co-sponsored by SCS.

The conference will be held in Washington DC at the Washington Hilton (1919 Connecticut Ave. NW)   Main conference theme: “Extraterrestrials, AI, and Minds Beyond the Human."  

The grant of $234,000 over three years is for expanding the public outreach of SCS and the scope of its activities.

University of Mary has an opening for Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Physics.  All application materials should be received by October 15, 2020. 

Aleteia has an article this month about Juan Maldacena, who is the most highly cited theoretical physicist in the world. His discoveries have revolutionized understanding of gravity and quantum field theory. Maldacena is a member of the Society of Catholic Scientistss and the 2018 recipient of its St. Albert Award. 

SCS Board member Maureen L. Condic has a book out on human twinning. SCS Scholar Associate Kenneth W. Kemp has a book on the supposed "war" between Science and Religion. SCS Scholar Associate Gerard Verschuuren has a book on how science points to God. SCS member Chih-Pei Chang is editor of a forthcoming volume on extreme weather and climate.

Coming soon:  answers to "Common Questions" about the Catholic faith and science given on the SCS website, "College Chapters" of SCS,  an SCS Speakers Program, Zoom Lectures on faith and science., and new website Articles.  Click on picture for more details.