Our Team
Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J.
Rev. Paul R. Mueller, S.J.
Rev. Pavel Gabor, S.J.
Rev. Richard P. Boyle, S.J.
Rev. David A. Brown, S.J.
Rev. Christopher J. Corbally, S.J.
Rev. Richard A. D’Souza, S.J.
Rev. Matteo Galaverni, S.J.
Rev. Gabriele Gionti, S.J.
Rev. Robert Janusz, S.J.
Rev. Jean-Baptiste Kikwaya Eluo, S.J.
Rev. Giuseppe Koch, S.J.
Br. Robert J. Macke, S.J.
Rev. Alessandro Omizzolo, S.J.
Br. Thomas Willams, S.J.
Federico Balzoni
Antonio Coretti
Romano Reggio
Assunta Rodia
Gina Savinetti
Dan Avner
Michael Franz
Gary Gray
Chris Johnson
Paul Smith
Rev. Sabino Maffeo, S.J.
Rev. Sabino Maffeo, S.J. was the assistant to the director of the Vatican Observatory from 1985-2003 and continued working at the observatory as a historian and archivist until 2017, when he retired at the age of 95. He was born in Somma Vesuviana, Naples, Italy in 1922 and joined the Jesuits in 1937 at the age of 15. He earned a B.A. in philosophy and a B.A. in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and was ordained a priest in 1953…
Rev. George V. Coyne, S.J.
January 19, 1933 - February 11, 2020
Rev. George V. Coyne, S.J. was born on January 19, 1933 in Baltimore, MD, the third of nine children. He attended Catholic elementary schools and received a full scholarship to Jesuit-run Loyola Blakefield High School in Towson, MD.
Upon graduation in 1951 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Wernersville, PA. During his first year of studies in Latin and Greek literature, he was instructed by a Jesuit priest who, in addition to having a Ph.D. in the classical languages, also had a M.S. in mathematics and an educated interest in astronomy; he noticed George’s interest in astronomy and encouraged him in the field.
George earned a B.S. in mathematics and licentiate in philosophy from Fordham University in 1958, a Ph.D. in astronomy in 1962 from Georgetown University, and finally the licentiate in sacred theology from Woodstock College in 1966, the year after his ordination…
Rev. William R. Stoeger, S.J.
October 5, 1943 - March 24, 2014
Rev. William R. Stoeger, S.J. was born in 1943 in Torrance, California and grew up in Redondo Beach, California. He was a staff scientist for the Vatican Observatory Research Group in Tucson, specializing in theoretical cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, and interdisciplinary studies relating to science, philosophy and theology…
Rev. Andrew Whitman, S.J.
February 28, 1926 - January 7, 2015
Rev. Andrew Whitman, S.J. was born in Detroit, MI, on February 28, 1926, into a very loving, Catholic family. But within a few years the Depression hit the motor city and everything collapsed — jobs, mortgage, etc. — and chaos reigned…
Mr. Martin Delonis
Detroit, MI (2023)
Ms. Andrea Dudek
Chicago, IL (2022)
Rev. Pavel Gabor, S.J.
Tucson, AZ
Dr. Larry Lebofsky
Tucson, AZ (2023)
Mr. James Renn
Anthem, AZ (2021)
Mr. Paul Pohl
Pittsburgh, PA (2024)
Ms. Katie Steinke
Pasadena, CA (2024)
Rev. Justin Whittington, S.J.
Tucson, AZ
Mr. Robert Trembley
Clinton Township, MI
Mr. Christopher M. Graney
Louisville, KY
Mr. Roger Gamache
Holland, MI
Ms. Pamela Moore Snyder
Glendale, AZ (2021)
Mr. James McGee
Glendale, AZ (2021)
Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J.
Castel Gandolfo/Tucson, AZ
Mr. Richard J. Friedrich
Hewlett-Packard, San Jose, CA (2021)
Br. Thomas Willams, S.J.
Tucson, AZ (2021)
Rev. Pavel Gabor, S.J.
Tucson, AZ
Mr. Roger Gamache
Holland, MI
Assunta Rodia
Gina Savinetti
Paul Smith
Ms. Pamela Moore Snyder
Glendale, AZ (2021)
Ms. Katie Steinke
Pasadena, CA (2024)
Mr. Robert Trembley
Clinton Township, MI
S. E. R. Mons. Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C.
Vatican City State
Rev. Justin Whittington, S.J.
Tucson, AZ
Br. Thomas Willams, S.J.
Tucson, AZ (2021)