Science in the Bluegrass — The longest Advent possible
byAdvent is four full weeks this year, the longest Advent possible. Christmas falls on a Sunday. So does the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy…
Science in the Bluegrass
Science in the Bluegrass — The Gold Mass
byThe Archdiocese of Louisville will celebrate science soon. You are invited to the celebration! Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre will celebrate a Gold Mass for…
Science in the Bluegrass — The church and science
by“For most of its history the Catholic Church rejected scientific findings that conflicted with its doctrine.” I work for the Vatican’s astronomical observatory and…
Science in the Bluegrass —
Does science conflict
with the book of Genesis?
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“Doesn’t science, like evolution and the Big Bang, conflict with Genesis and Adam and Eve?” This question was posed to me at a Science…
Science in the Bluegrass —
Astronomy for ministry and education
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Kentuckians “invaded” the Vatican’s astronomical observatory this winter. The Vatican Observatory has two sites: near Rome, and in Arizona (where the skies are darker…
Science in the Bluegrass —
Our adventure as beings
in the physical universe
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Some people love math. Recently I had the opportunity to visit the home of one such person — the 18th-century astronomer Benjamin Banneker. His…
Science in the Bluegrass —
The darkest evening of the year
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Robert Frosts’ poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” tells of him pausing to watch snow fall, far from any house, at a…
Science in the Bluegrass —
Celebrate science at the Gold Mass
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There is going to be a Gold Mass — for those in science — in the Archdiocese of Louisville. You may be familiar with…
Science in the Bluegrass —
‘Did you see the Tears of St. Lawrence?’
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Did you see the tears of St. Lawrence last week? The “Tears of St. Lawrence” is an old name for the Perseid meteor shower….
Science in the Bluegrass — Nothing ‘just happens’
byRandomness is a popular concept. People invoke it as an explanation for the world: Stuff just happens. No explanation or cause needed. The world…