Br Guy Consolmagno, SJ
At the moment, there is no "link"; it *is* my life. If tomorrow I were asked to do a completely different work within the society, I would do so without much regret (I really like being a Jesuit, and everything else is secondary), but it would certainly be a different life.
Guy Consolmagno, SJ
Vatican Observatory - Specola Vaticana
V-00120 Cittá del Vaticano
Italy
Fr George V. Coyne, SJ
Our attempts to understand the universe have as much to say about ourselves as they do about the universe. In fact, in us the universe has become self-reflective. In our reflections we are increasingly aware that we are part of that upon which we are reflecting. Today, as we attempt, with the use of the most advanced methods of physics and mathematics, to understand ourselves and the universe of which we are a part, we realize that we stand on the shoulders of giants of the past and that the path to our present day understanding has been a long one relative to a human lifetime, but a very short one, relative to the age of the universe itself, and that it has been traveled by many. We Jesuit scientists together with our colleagues, are today's pilgrims, aware of what lies behind us, but impatient to know what lies ahead. Science has undoubtedly been one of the principal factors in determining the direction of our pilgrimage. In attempting to unify our scientific knowledge with all that we know as human beings we sense that we are being led in our pilgrimage to realities beyond understanding and that our passion to know is really a participation in Love. It is remarkable that science has brought us to this.
George V. Coyne, SJ
Vatican Observatory - Specola Vaticana
V-00120 Cittá del Vaticano
Italy
Fr. Charles L. Currie, S.J.
Implicitly, my work in science helps in all I do, e.g., in how I deal with university folks. Explicitly, that work influences my interest in projects, and certainly in what I do in my free time.
Charles Currie, SJ
President, AJCU