De chardin biography
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher and Jesuit priest (1881–1955)
Pierre Teilhard dem Chardin (French:[pjɛʁtɛjaʁdəʃaʁdɛ̃]ⓘ; 1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit, Catholic präst, scientist, palaeontologist, theologian, philosopher, and teacher. He was Darwinian and progressive in outlook and the author of several influential theological and philosophical books. His mainstream scientific achievements include his palaeontological research in China, taking part in the discovery of the significant Peking Man fossils from the Zhoukoudian cave complex nära Beijing. His more speculative ideas, sometimes criticized as pseudoscientific, have included a vitalist conception of the Omega Point. Along with Vladimir Vernadsky, they also contributed to the development of the concept of a noosphere.
In 1962, the Holy Office condemned several of Teilhard's works based on their alleged ambiguities and doctrinal errors. Some eminent Catholic figures, including Pop
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by Fr. John Welch, O.Carm.
The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) is an unlikely place for a pilgrimage. But recently I went there to visit the grave of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. The location formerly had been the novitiate for the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits, on the Hudson River in Hyde Park, New York. The cooking school bought the location and maintains the graves of hundreds of Jesuits, among them Chardin's.
It was a pilgrimage for me. When I was finishing theology studies and preparing to be ordained, I was looking for something inspirational about the priesthood. I came across an article by Teilhard de Chardin. This Jesuit priest was a paleontologist and geologist who, among other explorations, spent years in China studying geology, the natural world, and prehistoric human life.
The article, written about 1924, was titled "Mass on the World." On the steppes of Asia, Chardin found himself without bread, or wine or an altar. He prayed to the Lord,&