by Joseph A'Hearn | Nov 11, 2017 | Astronomy, Basics, Cosmology, Featured, Science & Faith
Last month I spoke at the Vandal Catholic Encounter on the topic of the Church’s role in science. Here is a link to the video recording. I apologize for how much you’ll have to strain to listen and see. In the future I hope to write an article to revisit...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Aug 28, 2016 | Astronomy, Cosmology, Featured, Science & Faith
Today, August 28, the Catholic Church ordinarily celebrates St. Augustine’s feast day. This year, however, his feast is liturgically overshadowed since it fell on a Sunday. Nevertheless, it’s still an appropriate occasion to recall the contributions...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Mar 15, 2016 | Astronomy, Cosmology, Featured, Science & Faith
This image is a three-color composite of the Chandra Deep Field South. Take a moment just to look at it in wonder. Pretty much every object in the photo is a galaxy, containing billions of stars. The area of space in this photo takes up only one part in 375,000 of...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jan 19, 2015 | Featured, Science & Faith
“Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know himself—so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the...
