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November
19, 2003
NDGS Professor Prokes Observes Pontifical Academy of Sciences Meeting
 Sister
M. Timothy Prokes, FSE, Professor of Theology at Christendom’s Notre
Dame Graduate School, was invited to be an observer at the 400th Anniversary
Meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, held November 7-11 at the
newly restored Casina Pius IV, in the Vatican Gardens. Members of the
Pontifical Academy are appointed by the Pope, and represent a variety
of nations, disciplines, and beliefs. (Click HERE
for full text of Pope John Paul II's address)
Among the current
80 members, 30 have been awarded the Nobel Prize. Galileo was among the
first members of the Academy. The presentations from two working groups
at this year’s meeting focused on “Mind, Brain, and Education,”
and “Stem Cell Technology,” of particular interest to the Sisters
in regard to scientific research and Theology of the Body.
Pope John Paul II
received in Audience the Academy members, guest Presidents of Academies
of Science from around the world, and observers. There was an
opportunity for each in attendance to greet the Holy Father. The conference
members had their daily noon meal at Domus Sanctae Marthae, the small
“hotel” which Pope John Paul II had built within Vatican City
mainly as a residence for the Cardinals meeting in conclave.
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