Tag: Saint

  • A Letter to Latter-day Saint Science Students

    talThe following first appeared in Public Square Magazine.  To My Young Colleagues in Science, For much of the last several centuries, science and religion have been in apparent conflict. It was not always so. In the earliest days of modern history, scientific knowledge in the Western world often emanated from

  • Surnaturel: Saint Thomas Aquinas

    St. Thomas deals with free will and impeccability on several occasions: first, around 1254–1256, in his commentary on the second book of the Sentences; then, in 1258 or 1259, in the De Veritate; around 1259–1261, in the third book of the Contra Gentiles; around 1265–1268, in the first part of the

  • Celebrating Saint Brigid’s Day

    By Steve Beard In Ireland, the first day of February is St. Brigid’s Day, as well as the ancient Celtic festival of Imbolc, marking new birth and the threshold of spring. It has just recently been christened as an Irish government holiday (St. Patrick’s Day became an Irish “bank holiday”

  • First Latter-day Saint branch organized in Gambia

    The following is excerpted from the Church News. To read the full article, CLICK HERE. The first branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Republic of the Gambia has now been organized, with President Samuel O. Amako serving as branch president. “This day is certainly

  • The Surprising Latter-day Saint Connections in Hawaii

    Cover image: Queen Liliuokalani. To read more from Daniel, visit his blog: Sic Et Non. Understandably, for most tourists visiting Hawaii, its beaches, palm trees, gentle tropical breezes, romantic music, and beautiful sunsets that draw them.  “The loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean,” Mark Twain called