Jesuit Brother astronomer Guy Consolmagno (Courtesy photo)
Looking for God in the stars? The director of the Vatican Observatory will be in Hawaii next month to show you the way.
Famed astronomer, U.S. Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, will give a free lecture, “God’s Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion,” 4-5:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Mystical Rose Oratory on the Chaminade University-St. Louis School campus.
The presentation, which will cover the connection between science, faith and religion, is part of the ongoing Marianist Lecture series sponsored by Chaminade University, St. Louis School and the Marianist Center of Hawaii.
Brother Consolmagno, who is also the president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation, is a native of Detroit. He earned undergraduate and master’s degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorate in planetary science from the University of Arizona.
He was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard and MIT, served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Kenya, and taught physics at Lafayette College before joining the Jesuits in 1989.
Along with more than 200 scientific publications, he is the author of a number of popular books, including “Turn Left at Orion” (with Dan Davis) and “Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?” (with Paul Mueller).
Parking is free. The lecture can also be viewed online. For more information, visit chaminade.edu/mission-rector/marianist-lecture-series. Registration is encouraged but not required.
