Mrs. Jimenez Explores Faith and Astronomy AT VATICAN FOUNDATION WORKSHOP
“The fact that we have a Universe that can be understood points to a God who wants to be understood and who wants us to understand Him, who is Love.” -Fr. Gabor paraphrased by Fr. James Kurzynski Upper School science teacher Karen Jimenez attended the 2019 Faith and Astronomy Workshop sponsored by the Vatican Observatory Foundation this past January. The four-day workshop in Tucson, Arizona, is “designed to bring those in Catholic parishes and schools an up-to-date overview of the universe: from the Big Bang working, to the search for life in the universe, to our exploration of the planets… as seen through the eyes of the Jesuit priests and
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brothers who work at the Vatican’s own astronomical observatory.” “Rather than seeing science as the enemy, we see it as a call to pilgrimage,” said Mrs. Jimenez. “We were not there to get quick soundbite answers to the age-old questions. In fact, the workshop did not aim to provide answers at all; we were there to delve more deeply into the questions.” Mrs. Jimenez has always been fascinated with science and faith, her two favorite subjects. She loved to discuss these topics in her youth groups and in college, trying to tackle the great questions of origin. More recently, she has attended
