The Teilhard Project

01/01/2026

On this , we draw hope from this reflection offered by Teilhard de Chardin on January 1, 1932, while he was in Central China: “...at the beginning of this new year, what we ask of that universal presence which envelops us all, is first to reunite us, as in a shared, living center with those whom we love, those who, so far away from us here, are themselves beginning this same new year.”

Learn more about this French Jesuit priest and scientist in the PBS documentary TEILHARD: Visionary Scientist. Stream it on the free PBS app (download at https://bit.ly/DownloadPBSApp), or use PBS Passport. Or use this direct link, https://to.pbs.org/3R89ycC, available to international viewers as well. Visit our website, www.teilhardproject.com for more resources.

12/25/2025

On this , these words of Teilhard de Chardin speak to us: “In the new humanity which is begotten today the Word prolongs the unending act of his own birth; and by virtue of his immersion in the world’s womb the great waters of the kingdom of matter have, without even a ripple, been endued with life.... Through your own incarnation, my God, all matter is henceforth incarnate." Christmas

Learn more about this French Jesuit priest and scientist in the PBS documentary TEILHARD: Visionary Scientist. Stream it on the free PBS app (download at https://bit.ly/DownloadPBSApp), or use PBS Passport. Or use this direct link, https://to.pbs.org/3R89ycC, available to international viewers as well. Visit our website, www.teilhardproject.com for more resources.

12/16/2025

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We are thrilled to announce "Reimaging a Universe-in-the-Making: Teilhard and Process Theology," our third Annual event and Retreat! This year's retreat will meet from May 29-31, 2026 and feature Donald Viney, PhD as our plenary speaker. Stay tuned for more information!
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11/27/2025

On this , we gratefully reflect on these hope-filled words of Teilhard de Chardin: “Above all, trust in the slow work of God (Source, Spirit, Love). We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability—and that it may take a very long time.”

On this , we gratefully recall as well all those who have made TEILHARD: Visionary Scientist possible, encouraging our continued efforts to share the life and affirm the legacy of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

Learn more about this French Jesuit priest and scientist in the PBS documentary TEILHARD: Visionary Scientist. Stream it on the free PBS app (download at https://bit.ly/DownloadPBSApp), or use PBS Passport. Or use this direct link, https://to.pbs.org/3R89ycC, available to international viewers as well. Visit our website, www.teilhardproject.com for more resources.

10/15/2025

On this , we salute the work of today’s paleontologists, as we also remember the contributions of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to the discovery, study, and preservation of fossils.

Learn more about this French Jesuit priest and scientist in the PBS documentary TEILHARD: Visionary Scientist. Stream it on the free PBS app (download at https://bit.ly/DownloadPBSApp) or use Passport. Or use this direct link, https://to.pbs.org/3R89ycC, available to international viewers as well. Visit our website, www.teilhardproject.com for more resources.

10/09/2025

99 years after he was suppressed by the Jesuits, Teilhard is welcomed back to Rome, at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, part of the Gregorian University.
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10/04/2025

“At the end of the documentary, I found myself inspired by the thrilling whole-person passion with which Teilhard felt his work, and the life of careful faithfulness to God that undergirded it.” So writes Bethany Sollereder in a September 2025 online article in Plough called, “How Do You Solve a Problem like Teilhard de Chardin?” Sollereder concludes: “The documentary gave me a new way to enter the work of this remarkable man.” Read the full feature at this link: https://bit.ly/TdCPlough

Stream the documentary on the life and legacy of this French Jesuit priest and scientist on the free PBS app (download at https://bit.ly/DownloadPBSApp), or use PBS Passport. Or use this direct link, https://to.pbs.org/3R89ycC, available to international viewers as well. Visit our website, www.teilhardproject.com for more resources about Teilhard and the film.

08/25/2025

“Science is finally catching up with Teilhard de Chardin” is the headline of an article in the August 2025 issue of the Christian Century about the documentary, TEILHARD: Visionary Scientist. Among other points, Jessica Mesman's interview with filmmakers Frank and Mary Frost connects today’s scientific and technological advances, including AI, with Teilhard’s own work, seeing that connection as “eerily prophetic.” This is no surprise to the film’s producers, however, who have always seen Teilhard as a true visionary. Read the full interview at this link: https://bit.ly/TdCTheChristianCentury.

Stream the documentary on the life and legacy of this French Jesuit priest and scientist on the free PBS app (download at https://bit.ly/DownloadPBSApp), or use PBS Passport. Or use this direct link, https://to.pbs.org/3R89ycC, available to international viewers as well. Visit our website, www.teilhardproject.com for more resources about Teilhard and the film.

08/03/2025

Following this week's July 31 Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, a reflection on the connections between the founder of the Jesuits and Teilhard de Chardin.
• Both emphasized a deep connection with God and a call to action in the world.
• Both stress God’s presence and activity in the world, although Teilhard’s vision extends this to the entire cosmos.
• Some Jesuits today have incorporated Teilhard’s insights into Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises.

Learn more about the life and legacy of French Jesuit priest and scientist Teilhard de Chardin in the PBS documentary TEILHARD: Visionary Scientist. Stream it on the free PBS app (download at https://bit.ly/DownloadPBSApp), or use PBS Passport. Or use this direct link, https://to.pbs.org/3R89ycC, available to international viewers as well. Visit our website, https://www.teilhardproject.com/evolution/, for resources on Teilhard and evolution.

07/01/2025

This month of July marks the 100th anniversary of in Dayton, Tennessee. A high school teacher in that city, John Thomas Scopes was accused of violating the state’s Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach human in any public school or university. Also in July 1925, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin faced his own trial over the same subject. Although knowing that all of the scientific evidence supported evolution on a cosmic scale, Teilhard also had a deep love for both Christ and the Church. And so, in July 1925, after a week’s retreat and reflection, Teilhard signed a document, demanded by his Jesuit superiors, repudiating his writings on original sin and evolution. He was removed from teaching, was forbidden to publish anything on religion, and was exiled to China.

Though differing “trials” in some ways – was about the legality of teaching evolution, while Teilhard’s case centered on the theological implications of evolution – both mark one hundred years of a seemingly never-ending cultural struggle between science and religious belief. That struggle persists to this day.

Learn more about this period in the life of this French Jesuit priest and scientist in the PBS documentary TEILHARD: Visionary Scientist. Stream it on the free PBS app (download at https://bit.ly/DownloadPBSApp), or use PBS Passport. Or use this direct link, https://to.pbs.org/3R89ycC, available to international viewers as well. Visit our website, https://www.teilhardproject.com/evolution/, for resources on Teilhard and evolution.

06/05/2025

: Recalling last month’s interview in L’Osservatore Romano, official Vatican newspaper, about the film, TEILHARD: Visionary Scientist, published on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the death of Teilhard de Chardin, French Jesuit priest and scientist. Read more at this link: https://bit.ly/TdCLOsservatoreRomano042025
Stream the documentary on the free PBS app (download at https://bit.ly/DownloadPBSApp), or use PBS Passport. Or use this direct link, https://to.pbs.org/3R89ycC, available to international viewers as well. Visit our website, www.teilhardproject.com for more resources.

05/29/2025

“Everything Is Connected: Laudato Si’, Teilhard de Chardin, and Catholic Social Teaching” was a panel discussion held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. on April 28. Among the four panelists: Frank Frost, who wrote and directed the documentary, TEILHARD: Visionary Scientist, which was produced in collaboration with his wife, Mary. The event was co-sponsored by Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Speaking of the film, Frank described it as a “human story of a very complex person,” and noted that the audience for the film – like the audience that Pope Francis called to Laudato Si’ – is the whole world. View the entire panel discussion at this link: https://bit.ly/TdCGeorgetownPanel04282025. Read more about it on the Georgetown University website (https://bit.ly/TdCGeorgetownWebsite04282025), as well as in this article in this link from Today’s American Catholic (https://bit.ly/TdCGeorgetownPanelTodaysAmericanCatholic).