Announcing New Executive Director, Robert Nicastro
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the Center for Christogenesis, I want to extend a warm welcome to our new Executive Director, Robert Nicastro. Robert has been on the Center’s team for the last few years, as manager of the Hunger for Wholeness Podcast, as well as Course facilitator. He has offered several excellent online workshops on behalf of the Center, sharing his rich background in theology and Teilhardian studies. Robert is currently a Ph. D. candidate in Systematic-Constructive Theology and Biblical Studies at Villanova University. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, and a Master of Arts in Theology from Saint Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland. Robert’s research interests lie at the intersection of theology and artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and quantum physics. He is currently writing his dissertation on Scripture and Teilhard’s hyperphysics.
Robert will assume his new position on April 1, 2024, at which time I will step down as Executive Director but remain as Founder of the Center; I will also continue to serve on the Board of Directors. I assumed the position of Executive Director as an interim position until a new Director could be appointed. I am now able to turn over this responsibility to Robert, which will allow me more time to develop ideas and to advance the Center through writing and teaching. As Founder, I will work closely with Robert, as we shape the next stages of the Center’s development.
The Center for Christogenesis has a vision for the hope that lies within us. One must be able to see the whole, Teilhard proclaimed; for the one who sees is already on the way to a new future. As we continue to see, through research, reflection, writing and speaking, we share the vision unfolding in our midst. The Center for Christogenesis is committed to the future and to the emergence of a new religion of the earth.
Following Teilhard de Chardin, we believe Christianity is a religion of evolution. We also feel that younger generations must be educated into a new religious paradigm, so that they may be empowered to build the earth into a community of justice and shared life. Education and spiritual formation are at the heart of the Center’s mission and integral to the process of Christogenesis.
I am confident that Robert will skillfully guide the Center toward growth and expansion in the coming years. I look forward to working with him and with our wonderful team—Kate, Dustin, Lisa and Emily—who keep the Center viable in its day-to-day operations.
I invite you to share a warm welcome to Robert, as he takes up the mantle of leadership. Your support provides the courage to forge a new path of faith charged with futurity. It is a path through the fields of the unknown, which are always dark and uncertain, but constantly guided by a mysterious presence of love that pushes us onward toward the light, onward to new beginnings and new life.
Blessings and peace,
Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF
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Robert, Thank you for actively participation in The Great Mystery and is proved of evolution.
Robert, I join with many others in congratulating you on your new position. You bring much in the way of learning and scholarship to you task. Elia rarely speaks of her deep contemplative life that is so apparent in all of her writings; among all your fine attributes I hope you have the time and, dare I say, the call to a life of deep contemplation to enhance all your work. I will pray that you do 🙏🏾
Welcome Robert
Congratulations, Robert. Know you will do well and make a difference.
CONGRATULATIONS Bob I am so happy for you and proud it is my pleasure to be your uncle and your friend I’m glad that you have found your calling in life and am sure you will do a superior performance as you move forward in life
Congratulations Robert! I have attended a few of your workshops and always left feeling stimulated and nourished. You teach with such deep passion about all the interconnected ideas of christogenesis and it seems to me you are an excellent choice as Executive Director. Gods bless.
Robert, I can imagine the Father saying”This is my son. Listen to him”. As Jesus was called and chosen, you have been chosen to do as Jesus did…..to listen…to ABBA”.to be a voice ….to be a gentle presence of the Beloved.
Robert, may the Spirit endow you each day with whatever gifts you need, to carry out this special role. You are gently held in my heart.
I am delighted to hear this good news. Congratulations Robert.
CONGRATULATIONS! Welcome, blessings, and a promise prayerful support as you undertake this crucial work of giving vision and hope to all of us. Together we evolve into an amazing future of faith and love.
Congrats, Robert, on your new position, one of huge responsibility and opportunity. Yes, education and the formation of young people are of the essence to forward a new vision for religion/Christianity on our earth. It’s breathtaking to me as I’m not a scientist, but I can see that faith and science are becoming more and more closely united in our modern world. And that much makes sense.
A Question: Karl Rahner said there will be no Christians in the future unless we are mystics, those who can see the unseen. Where does that leave the sciences, even neuroscience, which deal only with the measurable?
Congratulations, Robert, for taking on this new role. I listen to Hunger for Wholeness regularly and have taken a course with you. You have the experience and the knowledge to take on this new position. Many blessings to you and this organization.