Calendar

Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas).

A tapestry from Strasbourg depicting the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus […]

2022 Spring Dehon Lecture: Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ

Covid, Faith, and the Fallibility of Science The lecture will begin at 10:30am and the respondent portion will begin at 1:00pm. Each talk will have their own livestream link. In […]

Moon at Apogee

Every month, the Moon’s eccentric orbit carries it to apogee – its most distant point from Earth.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Illustration of Vera Rubin from a series of illustrations for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Credit: BEATRIZ ARRIBAS DE FRUTOS. A significant gender gap has persisted […]

St Valentine’s Day.

Oil painting of St. Valentine by Leonhard Beck from around 1510. Saint Valentine (Italian: San Valentino, Latin: Valentinus) was a widely recognized 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Christianity on February 14. From the High Middle Ages his Saints’ Day […]