I Thought You'd Like To Know This, Too

For the Time Dilation Video, click here: https://youtu.be/yuD34tEpRFwWCAT TV is an en air wing of En Route Books and Media working with WCAT Radio to share the joys of the Catholic faith. To support the station, please visit our Patreon account at https://www.patreon.com/wcatradioIs science only another human intellectual achievement, as is music, literature, philosophy? Or is it something more? Are the techniques used in science—mathematics, experiment, and rational inquiry—given to humankind by God so that His creation be understood and glorified, as in Psalm 19A? What ethical constraints, if any, does God set on science? And why did science develop only with Christendom? And finally, why should we not worship the idol of Science? These questions will be addressed in this webinar.

WCAT TV is an en air wing of En Route Books and Media working with WCAT Radio to share the joys of the Catholic faith. To support the station, please visit our Patreon account at https://www.patreon.com/wcatradio Linda Blosser-Medley, Thom Brucie, Grace Bourget, Ronda Chervin, and David Ross talk about their Catholic novels in this WCAT Radio webinar.A Sword Will Pierce by Linda Blosser-Medley https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/aswordwillpierce/ This is a love story, showing the great love Mary has for God, always saying, “God’s will be done” and doing His will, always trusting fully in Him.Vale of Hope by Grace Bourget https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/valeofhope/ In 15th-century Spain, a reckless youth finds himself grounded with the worst punishment he can imagine: volunteering in a leper camp.Obsidian Mirth by Thom Brucie https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/obsidianmirth/ This is a heart-rending and beautiful story, and these characters will hover at the outskirts of your thoughts like whispering ghosts of past

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, ITEST presents a webinar with Dr. Gerard Verschuuren and Dr. Stacy Trasancos on Faith That Makes You Think (December 10, 2022)Can faith ever make you think? For most people, thinking contradicts having faith. People who think do not have faith. And people who have faith do not think. That is the most common perception nowadays. But that perception is seriously flawed.In fact, there is a strong connection between thinking and having faith. St. Augustine expressed this quite clearly saying, “Believers are also thinkers: in believing, they think and in thinking, they believe.… If faith does not think, it is nothing.” In the Catholic tradition, this connection has been known as “faith and reason.” Pope John Paul II even wrote an encyclical on this issue, making them two sides of the same coin.https://faithscience.org/faith-think/

Masereka Wenceslaus Felix Cleto on the Virtue Orphanage in Kasese, Uganda (November 24, 2022) To support the Virtue Orphanage, please visit https://gofund.me/b8ec0d57

In this episode of "I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too," Dr. Craig Turczynski and Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis present an ITEST webinar entitled "In Vitro Fertilization and the Sanctity of Human Life." Assisted Reproductive Technology Violates Natural Law and Causes Harm by Dr. Craig TurczynskiThe leaders in the field of assisted reproductive technology (ART) are promoting the use of technology in an increasingly more radical direction. Separating the unitive and procreative purpose of marital intercourse is foremost, but there are many ways in which ART promotes evil that even non-Catholics can identify with. These share a common characteristic of violating natural law. The first principle of natural law is “the good is to be done and pursued and evil is to be avoided.” This necessarily requires following an objective moral truth that can be ascertained using human reason. On the other hand, ART follows a subjective, relative interpretation of right and wrong. Application of the technology outside of objective

Dr. Thomas Sheahen and Dr. Stacy Trasancos present on How Science and Theology Read One Another (October 29, 2022)Pope St. John Paul II began his famous encyclical, “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.” Dr. Thomas P. Sheahen, with a Ph.D. degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, examines truth from the wing of science. Scientists depend on empirical data for conclusions. Dr. Stacy A. Trasancos, with a Ph.D. in chemistry and M.A. in dogmatic theology, explains how we find truth from the wing of faith. Theologians derive formulations from divine revelation. Together they seek an understanding of the axiom, truth cannot contradict truth.https://faithscience.org/two-wings/

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, ITEST board member Patrick Panozzo interviews Dr. David Roemer on his listing in Marquis' Who's Who in America (October 7, 2022)https://spotlight.marquiswhoswho.com/david-roemer/

This webinar will develop essential American Constitutional law principles and their relationship to the most significant bioethical issues of the day. Without this knowledge, meaningful participation in ongoing debates related to bioethics is seriously compromised. Topics will include the judicial lens by which legislation and regulations are examined for their constitutionality, including the tests applied to determine the validity of a claim of fundamental liberty. The meaning and application of the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Constitution will be presented and applied to topics such as: end of life health care, advance medical directives, capital punishment, contraception, marriage, and abortion – with special attention to the recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. If time permits, we will also examine government health care mandates and sexual orientation and gender identity laws and their relationship to constitutional and statutory rights to free exercise

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, WCAT Radio presents Gary Scott Thomas's interview entitled "Does Science Point Back to God?" with Dr. Tom Sheahen concerning Tom's book Everywhen. For the original source, see https://garyscottthomas.com/dr-thomas-sheahen/

Dr. Gerard Verschuuren with Jon Leonetti on Iowa Catholic Radio concerning his book Faith That Makes You Think 082422Doesn’t faith contradict thinking? Actually, no. The Catholic Church teaches that there is a strong relationship between faith and reason. In fact, it’s a characteristic of us rational creatures to practice a faith that seeks understanding. This book is specifically written for Catholics—fallen-away Catholics, lukewarm Catholics, struggling Catholics, would-be Catholics—for all those in search of the truth, as it gives life-saving answers to life-size questions.https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/faith/

* Science, Technology, Engineering, and MathematicsAbstract for WebinarSignature Courses at Seton Hall: STEM engages the Catholic Intellectual TraditionThe SHU University Core—taken by all undergraduate students—includes a sequence of three Signature courses. These are rooted in questions central to but not exclusive to the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. The third course, Engaging the World, encompasses a set of courses building on the first two from many differing academic perspectives. We look at challenges in developing such courses in STEM disciplines, and then at three particular courses, Science and Theology of Food; Logic, the Limits to Knowledge, and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition; and Creation and Science (which is also taken by students at the Seminary/School of Theology).The purpose of these courses is to inform and engage, and not at all to persuade or convert, and their goal to make better and wiser Catholics of Catholics, and everyone more informed and reflective.https://faithscience.org/

For the full show, see Christian Talk That Rocks with Richie L. Ep. 7/19/2022https://www.spreaker.com/user/christiantalkthatrocks/christian-talk-tha-trocks-with-richie-l-_2

How can a Catholic scientist speak about “a beautiful mind and soul”? Dr. Gerard Verschuuren does so as a Catholic who knows that science has nothing to say about mind and soul, but also that science has nothing to say against it. Using a lively, conversational dialog between a skeptical scientist and a religious scientist, this book provides an enlightening tour through the pivotal questions raised by our human minds and souls, which were created in God’s image.https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/beautifulmindandsoul/

Guest Host Marcus Peter discusses the month of Mary and the end of Roe with Noelle Mering. Also, Luke Lancaster discusses the Sacrament of Confirmation and Kevin Symonds celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. (May 13, 2022)

Fr. Dominic Ibok, D.Min., presents on his Faith and Facebook: Evangelizing a Rural Parish Community in Southeast Missouri through Social Media with Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, as respondent for the April 23, 2022, ITEST webinar. The book description is below:In Southeast Missouri, where Catholics are a minority, the challenge of diminishing participation and reduced membership requires an intentional engagement of the inactive members and the unaffiliated within the community. Unfortunately, many members of the laity do not have the awareness or skills to evangelize. In a rural community, the challenges seem more significant due to limited personnel and resources.This book aims to equip the laity with the skills and tools to evangelize inactive Catholics and the unaffiliated. It involves their growing in prayer, study, generosity, evangelization, and the discernment of their charisms. With the benefit of social media engagement like Facebook live stream, an opportunity to engage and evangelize is available for

A Marian song from Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, Nigeria.

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Michael O'Neill of The Miracle Hunter interviews Dr. Gerard Verschuuren on his book A Beautiful Mind and Soul (March 3, 2022)

This webinar focuses on the philosophical movement of Transhumanism and its quest to transcend biological limits toward enhanced life. The emphasis on transhumanist transcendence will be compared to the hybridity of posthumanism. Both movements will be contextualized within an evolutionary framework.SISTER ILIA DELIO, OSF, PHDTranshumanism advocates deeply transformative technologies for the betterment of humankind – a world in which the frailties of human biology are transcended. Sister Ilia will examine Transhumanism, compare it to Posthumanism, which emphasizes hybrid relationships, and contextualize these movements in an unfinished universe.NICHOLAS M. SPARKSA RESPONSE TO SISTER ILIA DELIOFirst, I register my agreement with Sister Ilia Delio, arguing that posthumanism can help Christians to recover insights obscured by Enlightenment humanism. Then, I note a few points of disagreement: (1) the relationship of nature and techne; (2) the account of nature as computational and informational; (3) to what exten

SocratesSocrates was on to something centuries agowhen he said to know yourself is all you need to knowat first I didn't get it wrote him off as old and bentnow I've got some years behind me I know what he meantit's the voyage of a lifetime it's the road that never endsit's staying straight and true when everybody’s got the bendsit's working out what I’m about and letting others beso thank you SocratesMoses heard the voice of God and transcribed every wordthou shalt not this thou shalt not that was all he ever heardwell we can't really blame him he was a victim of his timesbut let's thank God for Jesus he took a different linelike ‘love your brother as yourself that’s all you need to do...if he asks you for your shirt give him your jacket too...stick with me and I'll show you a place in paradise’thank you Jesus ChristI have to say my heroes never were the sporting kindI gravitated to the ones who exercised my mindeven though they’re dead and gonetheir contribution lingers on in meimperfectlyAlbert Schweitzer

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Dr. Thomas P. Sheahen and Rev. Lawrence C. Brennan, S.Th.D., discuss God's providence and omnipresence. (December 11, 2021)Have you been told that science and religion are incompatible? Do you think you have to give one up to be consistent?You don’t. In this book, MIT-trained physicist Thomas Sheahen explains how you can:trust in God more readily, by realizing that God is not limited by space and timeexpand your human thinking and step up to a higher plane of understandingrealize that religion and science are complementary paths to knowledge–not opposedunderstand that God thought up the laws of nature and uses them in creation.https://www.enroutebooksandmedia.com/everywhen/https://www.faithscience.org/everywhen