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InCarnation: God’s Life is Our Life

By Ilia Delio | December 16, 2025

Yesterday, I stopped by a local Starbucks for a hot coffee. Outside the store sat a homeless man asking for money and food. I was struck by his appearance—his sad eyes and shivering body, his look of quiet desperation. I went inside to order and, while waiting, noticed three young Dominican friars outside approach the man. They stood over him and prayed, then came inside for their coffees and pastries. I must confess, I felt annoyed. These clean-shaven, white-robed friars had offered nothing more than a prayer over a desperate human being. But then I caught myself. Who was I to judge what passed between them? Perhaps they would return. Perhaps their prayer meant more to the homeless man than...

Christophany Groups: from Vancouver

By Center for Christogenesis | July 27, 2021

Testimonial from a Vancouver based group, led by Bart Begalka: Our Christophany group is fairly new. We began this summer. However, we follow a format that I have been using…

Can the Earth be Healed? Insights from Teilhard de Chardin, SJ

By Ilia Delio | July 27, 2021

Closing address of the “Laudato Si’ and the U.S. Catholic Church” conference by Ilia Delio.This was the second of three co-organized by Catholic Climate Covenant and Creighton University. Ilia Delio…

Econoeisis: A New Contemplative Paradigm

By Ilia Delio | July 20, 2021

As we linger through the summer months with a blast of heat waves across the nation and a rise in COVID-related deaths, the question of sustainability looms large. Recently I…

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…