About this Event
Can twenty-first-century science bring us closer to God, and if so, how? This lecture suggests that yes, it can, and one way is through learning the language of creation. The idea that creation is a book is ancient, arising in both theology and science, and it is especially relevant today because it offers a compelling response to the challenges of a technological society shaped by algorithmic communication. For this year’s Thomas E. Golden, Jr., Fellowship in Faith & Science, Sister Damien Marie Savino will explore how learning the language of creation can help build a bridge between science and faith and ultimately bring people into closer relationship with God.
About Sister Damien Marie Savino, FSE, PhD
Sister Damien Marie Savino, FSE, PhD, is a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist serving as a Professor of the Practice in the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, with a concurrent appointment at the McGrath Institute for Church Life. Prior to coming to Notre Dame in Fall 2023, she served as Dean of Science and Sustainability at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Sister Damien Marie holds master's degrees in Soil Science and Theology and a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from The Catholic University of America, where she received the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award in 2022 in recognition of her interdisciplinary work. She is the author of Learning the Language of Creation: Catholic Social Teaching and Integral Ecology (Liturgical Press, 2026), a contributor to Integral Ecology for the Anthropocene: Africa and Beyond (Springer Nature, 2026), and an editor and contributor to Responding to the Global Pandemic as a Systemic Crisis: The Economy of Francesco as a New Paradigm (Angelicum Press, 2023). Sister Damien Marie has lectured and published widely, nationally and internationally, on science and theology, Catholicism and ecology, technology and faith, and resilience and ecological restoration.
Sister Damien Marie is a Board Member of the Society of Catholic Scientists and a member of the American Ecological Engineering Society, the Society for Ecological Restoration, the Academy of Catholic Theology, and the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars.
Livestream the lecture: https://stm.yale.edu/livestream/lectures
Event venue & nearby stays
Saint Thomas More The Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University, 268 Park Street, New Haven, United States
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