Vatican Observatory workshop nourishes sense of wonder about universe and God

For one week, Vatican astronomers gathered in Tucson with 20 amateur astronomers from across the continent, including “professional scientists, theology teachers, priests, laity, and people who are simply curious about the night sky,” remarked Fr. James Kurzynski, Wisconsin priest and hobby astronomer whose idea inspired the Vatican Observatory’s Astronomy for Catholics in Ministry and Education (ACME) workshop…