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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (August 5, 2013): Mass on the World

Posted on August 5, 2013 by William Ockham

“Since once again, Lord — though this time not in the forests of the Aisne but in the steppes of Asia — I have neither bread, nor wine, nor altar, I will raise myself beyond these symbols, up to the … Continue reading →

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Scientific Potpourri (August 2, 2013)

Posted on August 2, 2013 by William Ockham

Attached are top stories from the past week in cosmology and evolutionary biology (with an Omega Point reflection thrown in:-).  Please click on the heading to see the article. Reflections on the Omega Point.  From Metanexus:  The Omega Point is … Continue reading →

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Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Ignatian Spirituality and the Controversial Jesuits

Posted on July 31, 2013 by William Ockham

Today is the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits).  This is a very special day for me as I attended a Jesuit university as an undergraduate and my prayer … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin, Pope Bendict XVI and the New Evangelization

Posted on July 30, 2013 by William Ockham

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Teilhard de Chardin as part of the Year of Faith. ______________________________ ______________________________ One of the goals of this blog is to show how the writings and teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin are part of mainstream … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (July 22, 2013)

Posted on July 26, 2013 by William Ockham

“To become unified and concentrated upon itself, the being must break many sensible attachments.  To make itself one with others and give itself to them, it must encroach upon those intimate personal intellectual and emotional reserves that it most jealously … Continue reading →

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Life of Teilhard de Chardin: Crisis of Obedience (1924-1926)

Posted on July 23, 2013 by William Ockham

Teilhard de Chardin returned to Paris in Fall 1924 and resumed teaching at the Institute Catholique.  Teilhard continued to teach about evolution to educated Catholics.  By that time, not only was biological evolution strongly supported by the sciences, but Teilhard … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (July 15, 2013): Collective Consciousness and the Consummated Christ

Posted on July 18, 2013 by William Ockham

“Without biological evolution which produced the brain, there would be no sanctified souls; similarly, without the evolution of collective thought which alone can realize on earth the fullness of human consciousness, could there be a consummated Christ?” — Pierre Teilhard … Continue reading →

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Life of Teilhard de Chardin: First China Trip and Mass on the World (1923-1924)

Posted on July 17, 2013 by William Ockham

Teilhard de Chardin set sail for his first trip to China in Spring 1923.  He landed at Shanghai and proceeded to travel by train to Tientsin, a coastal city some eighty miles from Peking where Emile Licent, S.J., had built … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (July 8, 2013): God is a Choice

Posted on July 12, 2013 by William Ockham

“God is a choice; a very simple choice; the choice between a Yes and a No, between the sign + and the sign -.  None of us can avoid making this choice, and it is extremely difficult to make the … Continue reading →

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Life of Teilhard de Chardin: Writing and Research in France (1918-1923)

Posted on July 10, 2013 by William Ockham

After World War I, Teilhard de Chardin recuperated which gave him the time to develop his thoughts.  Two of the essays that he wrote in late 1918 and early 1919 highlight the tension that he faced his entire life.   … Continue reading →

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