Discovering Fire: Kathleen Duffy on Teilhard de Chardin and the Evolutionary Energy of Love

Sister Kathleen Duffy is a member of a Catholic religious order, the Sisters of Saint Joseph, and she’s also had a decades-long academic career as a molecular physicist at Chestnut Hill College. In this weaving together of science and spirituality, she’s been guided by the paleontologist and mystic, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, also a person with deep commitments to both scientific inquiry and religious faith. In this conversation, Sr. Kathy reflects on Teilhard’s understanding of our Universe as a journey of both matter and spirit, evolving toward greater unity, beauty, and love.



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Earth & Spirit Center: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/



Institute for Applied Mindfulness: http://www.instituteforappliedmindfulness.org/



Sr. Kathy's upcoming retreat at the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, November 10-12, 2023: https://nazarethretreatcenterky.org/programs/65/teilhards-cosmic-images-of-god/



American Teilhard Association: https://teilharddechardin.org/



Institute for Religion and Science at Chestnut Hill College: http://irands.org/