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Catholic Teaching, Natural Science and the Social Fallout of Evolution

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

Saturday, June 12, 2010, Berwyn, IL
Hugh Owen
Conference on Creation and Evolution, hosted by the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation
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On the heels of Charles Darwin and other thinkers, the nineteenth century saw a movement of secular humanism in which the claim was made that science could explain everything without God, explains Hugh Owen, director of the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation. By relying only on science, proponents believed that a heaven on earth could be achieved. Since then, Joseph Stalin and other forces in the modern world have used the theory of evolution as a tool to dismantle belief in God the creator and introduce their own godless systems. How does God react to all of this?

Owen also relates the moving story of his own father’s loss of faith in college after being taught evolution, and how his subsequent attempt as a high-ranking United Nations official to bring about a harmonious world ended in disappointment.

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Intelligent Design and the Flaws of Evolution

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

Saturday, June 12, 2010, Berwyn, IL
Tim Murnane
Conference on Creation and Evolution, hosted by the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation
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Is evolution a proven fact? Don’t believe it! Tim Murnane, a metallurgical engineer, talks about the evidence for intelligent design from the perspective of molecular biology. Many scientists today, some of whom are agnostic, deny that all living things in the world came about by evolutionary chance. Murnane also traces the four books written since 1987 that form the bedrock of the intelligent design movement, and then explains how protein production is so complex as to defy the belief that molecules evolved into man.

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IL Catholic Prayer Breakfast — Credible witnesses to Christ

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Pope St. Pius VI. April 30, 2010
Most Rev. Thomas J. Paprocki
Mass Homily
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Summary: The life of St. Thomas More shows the importance of a credible witness in a courtroom. We are called to be credible witnesses to the Resurrection, and to Jesus as the way, the truth and the life.

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IL Catholic Prayer Breakfast – Bishop Cordileon: Why marriage must be preserved

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Part I of a two-part talk. April 30, 2010
His Excellency Salvatore Cordileone
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This is part I of the talk of Bishop Cordileon, bishop of Oakland, CA at the Illinois Catholic Prayer Breakfast, held April 30 in Chicago. The bishop lays the foundation that the dignity of the human person is at the root of marriage. While other issues are important, there is a hierarchy of values. Marriage and the family form the primary cell of society. Church documents are cited, such as Dignitatis Humanae (The dignity of the human person), EvangeliumVitae (Gospel of life), and Caritatis in Veritatis (Love in truth). For information about the annual event, go to Illinois Catholic Prayer Breakfast.

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IL Catholic Prayer Breakfast – Bishop Cordileone: How proposition 8 was won

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Part II of a two-part talk. April 30, 2010
His Excellency Salvatore Cordileone
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This is part II of the talk of Bishop Cordileon, bishop of Oakland, CA at the Illinois Catholic Prayer Breakfast, held April 30 in Chicago. The bishop discusses how Catholic, evangelical Christian, and Mormon efforts were joined together for the success of the Marriage Protection Act in California in the 2008 elections. People saw it as a spiritual battle that required prayer and fasting. Evangelicals appreciated the philosophical and theological background of Catholics, while evangelicals brought a zeal that included a 40-day fast. For information about the annual event, go to Illinois Catholic Prayer Breakfast.

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