Monthly beginning Saturday, February 8, 2025 Join me for the Mystics & Prophets Masterclass Series - a masterclass series on 20th century spiritual giants, with leading contemplative teachers. The mystics understood union: union with God isn’t an escape from the world, it’s the power to change it. This is why we need Pierre Teilhard de […]
Featuring Jay McDaniel, PhD and Ernie Tamminga, PhD We live in a time of need, where people throughout the world seek visions of hope. This discussion explores the shared vision of Teilhard de Chardin and Alfred North Whitehead, both of whom see the universe as an evolutionary process with inwardness or subjectivity present from the very beginning. […]
Featuring Libby Osgood, CND, PhD with Celia Ashton, Amirah Orozco, and Flora x. Tang Join us for an online conversation featuring the editor and three chapter authors of "Green Saints for a Green Generation," a book written by young Catholic women (scientists, sisters, theologians) on “saints”—canonized and not—who connect their faith to concern for our […]
On July 18, 2025, Albany Pro Musica’s Concert Chorus performed “Emergent Universe Oratorio,” a dramatic piece for chorus and orchestra by Sam Guarnaccia. This remarkable work tells the story of our universe's origin, evolution, and emergence of life up to the present environmental and civilizational crises facing our planet. A lush set design by painter […]
Emergent Universe Onatorio Friday, July 18, 2025 at 7:30pm EST Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College With the Albany Pro Musica and the Mostly Modern Orchestra A dramatic piece by Sam Guarnaccia that tells the story of the universe's origin, evolution, and the emergence of life Tickets: $62.25
Embracing Struggle: Walking in Hope with Teilhard de Chardin The call to embrace struggle is not an act of resignation but a commitment to life in its fullness. In this retreat, we walk with Teilhard de Chardin and explore the major challenges he faced as scientist, believer, lover, Jesuit, mystic, and faithful member of […]
A Zest for Life with Teilhard de Chardin Sunday, September 28, 2025 Featuring Amy Edelstein Save the Date! Join Amy Edelstein on Sunday, September 28, 2025 for an intimate experiential afternoon exploring Teilhard's passion for the possible. Edelstein will share excerpts and poems from her book, "A Zest for Life," and will examine the correspondence […]
Teilhard de Chardin’s Zest for Life: Coffee, Contemplation, and Conversation Sunday, September 28, 2025 Join us on Sunday, September 28, 2025 for an intimate, experiential afternoon, immersing ourselves in an exploration of Teilhard’s passion for the possible with Amy Edelstein. Edelstein will share selections from her new book, A Zest for Life, in which she […]