Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: New film highlights Jesuit scientist’s legacy – Vatican News

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The two English translations of “Le Phénomène humain” compared

Like thousands of others in the 1950s and 60s I was enthralled by “The Phenomenon of Man” by the Jesuit palaeontologist Teilhard de Chardin. It […]

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30 MINUTES OF TEILHARD PLAY AVAILABLE ONLINE

30 minutes of excerpts from the staged reading of Inquisition, Paul Bentley’s play about Teilhard de Chardin and the notorious “Six Propositions” that he was […]

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The British Teilhard Network

The British Teilhard Network promotes the work and vision of the priest-scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin – a vision of love, of fire, of convergence, of a world in evolution energised by spirit, a vision of dynamism and direction – of a universe in movement towards its ultimate consummation or completion in a ‘universal cosmic centre’ or ‘centre of centres’.
Where are we heading?
What is the meaning of life?
Teilhard gives answers to these questions based on deep thought, reflection and mystical insight.
Are you on a quest that makes sense in our world – a world of change, a cosmos in evolution? If you are, this is the site for you.

THIS MONTH’S RECOMMENDED BOOK
Finding Our Home in the Fire of Love: The Witness of Teilhard’s Sacred Heart Spirituality by Laura Eloe – American Teilhard Association – Teilhard Studies Number 92 – Spring 2026
“My goal in this paper is to hold up Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s spirituality as a witness to the unity between devotion and action affected in the lives of those who live from a home in the Sacred Heart.”

THIS MONTH’S RECOMMENDED ARTICLE
Science and Christian faith – friends not foes by Fr. Ron Rolheiser – Herald Malaysia – 15 May 2026
“Today Christian theology has been able to not only accept the legitimate findings of science but it has been able to integrate them healthily into a vision of salvation history.”

https://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/science-and-christian-faith-friends-not-foes/89249/9

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Teilhard de Chardin

vision of love, of fire, of convergence, of a world in evolution energised by spirit, a vision of dynamism and direction.

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The Network

A network of web sites and resources dedicated to promoting the work and vision of Pierre Teilahrd de Chardin.

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Publications

Resources, publications and links to help you understand and learn more about Teilhard's vision and work.

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

(Photograph: Fondation Teilhard de Chardin Paris)

Who was Teilhard de Chardin?

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 - 1955) was a French Jesuit, a distinguished palaeontologist and geologist, and especially well known as a religious writer, the author of The Human Phenomenon and The Divine Milieu, and other books. He was a fervent Christian mystic, a deeply caring pastor of souls, and a thinker who developed and projected forward the meaning of the Christian gospel in the light of modern science and evolution.

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