Join us on Monday, December 16th for our next Full Moon-th Meetup! Our guest will be Mr. Robert Lorenz, S.J., a Jesuit scholastic who is the midst of his studies towards ordination, and has been missioned to the Vatican Observatory in Tucson as our outreach officer.
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Our tradition of hosting online meetups with our Sacred Space Astronomy members and the Vatican Observatory staff, scholars and friends during the Full Moon in Tucson (or thereabout, as in this case) continues on Monday December 16th at 12:00 Noon ET (10:00 AM Tucson time). This meetup is a perk for our Sacred Space Astronomy subscribers- you get to chat with each other, and astronomers and scientists from the Vatican Observatory!
We’ll also have the latest astronomy news and an update about the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope1.
Mr. Robert Lorenz, S.J. was born in Kentucky, he got a degree in biology from Xavier University in Cincinnati back in 2000. After a couple of years with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in northern California, he spent seventeen years as a Park Ranger with the US National Park Service. Although he gave ranger talks on a wide variety of topics, his favorites were always the astronomy talks. In fact, he spent a significant amount of time not only giving these talks but training other rangers as well.
He joined the Jesuits in 2019 and has completed his novitiate and “first studies” courses in philosophy and theology. Now he begins his period of Jesuit formation called “regency,” a time to work in a Jesuit community, before continuing on after a few years with the theology studies that, with luck, will lead to ordination.
His Jesuit province has sent him to us to work in a number of areas involving education and outreach. These include coordinating public presentations among our Tucson staff on the topics of faith and science; helping out in the Astronomy for Catholics in Ministry and Education (ACME) program in 2026; working with our staff to prepare press releases and social media posts about our work; and learning the ropes when it comes to how Jesuit organizations go about fundraising.
When? Monday, December 16, 2024: Rain or shine
What time? These meetups will happen around lunch time in North America: in particular, 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, which is 10:00 AM Tucson time.
How do you access the Zoom link? Join Sacred Space Astronomy and you’ll get an email with the full link! If you are already a member, log in to the Vatican Observatory site, and you will see the Zoom info at the bottom of this post.
1The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope consists of the Alice P. Lennon Telescope, and the Thomas J. Bannan Astrophysics Facility.
