Mass for scientists will be celebrated at the MIT today

Mass for scientists

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

A Mass for scientists will be celebrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) chapel today.

It is the first time such a Mass has been celebrated.

The Society of Catholic Scientists is a recently formed group of American Catholic scientists as well as undergraduate, graduate or postdoctoral students pursuing research in a natural science.

The society says it exists to “witness to the harmony between the vocation of scientist and the life of faith.” Read more

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