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Celebrating a New Year: On the Cusp of the New

By Ilia Delio

We are on the cusp of a New Year. Our earth has made a complete revolution around the sun. While we mark the New Year as a temporal milestone, it fundamentally reflects a physical event - Earth completing its solar orbit. Time itself emerges from our perception of such change and movement. While the Earth’s orbital cycle is precise, our perception of this duration varies dramatically. As Einstein realized, time itself is not absolute but relative to the observer. Just as we recognize seasonal shifts and celestial motions, our consciousness transforms these physical phenomena into the concept of time. This awareness helps us navigate and understand life's continuous flow, turning abstract cosmic cycles into meaningful markers of existence. As we celebrate...

New Wine Needs New Wineskins

By Ilia Delio | June 21, 2021

The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops recently concluded their annual meeting by advancing a document on reception of the Eucharist for pro-choice Catholic politicians. The decision to produce such…

Community Sharing: Hope for the Future

By Center for Christogenesis | June 15, 2021

In reality, there are not two stories, a creation story and an evolution story. There is only one story spoken of from two non-integrated perspectives, one classified as science, the…

Christophany Divina

By Center for Christogenesis | June 7, 2021

Every Friday this month we will offer Lectio Divina and Visio Divina practices, inviting you to ponder a little longer, a little deeper into the depth of your own hearts, and…

Hope for the Future

By Ilia Delio | June 2, 2021

Dear Friends, As I wind down another semester of teaching, I cannot help but reflect on the potential of Teilhard’s vision for healing our world today. I had the…

A Short Reflection on the Feast of the Ascension

By Ilia Delio | May 14, 2021

When I was a child, I celebrated the feast of the Ascension by imagining Jesus like a space rocket launched into heaven. To this day there is an operative image…

Finding Our Way into A New World

By Ilia Delio | May 10, 2021

As many of you know by now, my bike accident last summer yielded a very challenging concussion and the persistence of a head injury that just doesn’t want to settle…

Christophany Groups Testimonies

By Center for Christogenesis | May 6, 2021

“Our Christophany group celebrates its 1st year anniversary in a few months. We have continually grown in our sense of shared ownership and within an empowering, collaborative leadership model,…

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Birthday

By Center for Christogenesis | May 1, 2021

“Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world… Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin + Pierre Teilhard…

Pre-Webinar Discussion – Teilhard de Chardin & Carl Jung: A Convergence

By Center for Christogenesis | April 28, 2021

In preparation for our upcoming webinar “Teilhard de Chardin & Carl Jung: A Convergence” with Matthew Fox we are inviting you to ponder the following questions and offer your own…