Purpose

Our mission is to foster the theology of creation by means of study and scholarly publications, in service to the Church and for the greater glory of God the Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth.

We host conferences and write books and monographs on the theology of creation.

What we have accomplished so far

We held an online conference on ecology and the theology of creation on April 22, 2023. Speakers included Dr. Jacob Imam, Thomas Storck, Dr. Jared Goff, Fr. Francesco Giordano, Gideon Lazar, and Shawn Dougherty. We have also held two private colloquiums for participants to present and discuss new research on the theology of creation.

Projects underway

We are working on publishing numerous books, as well as hosting more conferences. Here are a few of our current projects.

  • A monograph series publishing research which has been presents at our conferences and colloquiums
  • A textbook for seminarians on the theology of creation
  • A book on creativity and the theology of creation
  • A private colloquium in April 2024 and another in September 2024 (more information to come)
  • A fellowship program to help fund students working on degrees related to our mission

Statement of faith

All fellows of the institute hold that:

  • the Catholic Church teaches infallibly both in her solemn judgements and in her ordinary, universal magisterium and that the bishop of Rome and the other bishops in union with him are charged by Christ with preserving the deposit of faith unstained.
  • both the spiritual and the material were made by God out of nothing in the beginning.
  • the initial work of creation, described in scripture as six days, was the exclusive work of God.
  • man, both body and soul, was created immediately by God.
  • God did not originally intend death, but that death came as a consequence for Adam’s sin.
  • Christ came to free us from sin, and that he will return again to free the whole creation from its present state of corruption.
  • theology is the queen of the sciences and so all other fields of study must accept the legitimate findings of theology.
  • all 73 books in the sacred scriptures are inspired and free from all error, including on matters not immediately pertaining to faith and morals.
  • innumerable heresies arise from false teachings about the creation, and therefore it is essential in our own day to revive the Catholic Church’s perennial teachings on creation.