CASANOVAS Participated at the meeting of the Spanish Jesuits in Science in Madrid, 5-8 May. Gave a seminar on the history of astronomy at Valencia, Spain, on 18 May. Lectured on early spectroscopy to the Agrupació Astronómica de Sabadell, Spain. Gave a seminar on science and faith at Barbastro, Spain, on 22 July. Gave a paper on "The Contribution of the Vatican Observatory to the International Project, Carte du Ciel" at the Italian National Congress on the History of Astronomy at Cagliari, Italy, on 24-25 September.

CONSOLMAGNO Gave a seminar, "Meteorite Density and Asteroid Structure," to the Physics Department, University of Manitoba, Canada, on 22 January. On 23 February, gave a seminar, "Are Asteroids Fluffy?," to the Department of Geology and Space Sciences, UCLA, and consulted with RUBIN (UCLA). Presented a seminar, "Meteorite Densities and Asteroid Structure," to the Geology Department of Rutgers University, New Jersey, on 8 April; to the Physics Department of Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, on 9 April; and to the Geology Department of the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, on 14 April. On 21 June made a working visit to the British Museum of Natural History (BMNH) in London to meet with RUSSELL (BMNH) and GRADY (BMNH) and to work on the BMNH microprobe. Presented the seminar, "Science as a Human Activity," at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, on 19 October. Visited the Physics Department, University of Wyoming, Laramie, for a working visit with HOWELL (University of Wyoming). Consulted with STRAIT (Chemistry Department, Alma College, Alma, Michigan) on 22 November.

Christopher Corbally (l.) chats with Dr. Leslie Kawamura (Univ. of Calgary) during the IRAS meeting on Star Island, New Hampshire. Corbally is the new IRAS president.

CORBALLY Continued to serve on the Council of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) and was appointed President for the 1999-2000 year. He attended council meetings in January in Boston, Massachusetts, and in July in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Served on the Southern Arizona Light Pollution Advisory Council and attended meetings in the spring during which a revision to the outdoor lighting code for the Tucson area was prepared. Gave an invited talk 31 May on plurality of worlds at a session of the Historical Astronomy Division during the centennial meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Chicago. Served on the Stellar Parameters Panel of the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences and on 2-3 December, attended the meeting to review proposals.

COYNE Participated in the Council meeting of the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (ICRA) that was held at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, on 20 February. He also participated on 24 November at the press conference for the opening of the new offices of the ICRA Network at Pescara, Italy. Gave the introductory lecture at the Vatican Observatory Foundation Seminar in Astrophysics on 25 February. On 18-19 March participated in a meeting entitled "The Future of Science Has Begun," sponsored by the Fondazione Carlo Erba in Milan, Italy, and gave a paper on "The Evolving Concept of Space, Matter and Materialism." On 15 April gave a seminar on "Proto-Planetary Disks about Young Stars" to the Physics Department, The College of New Jersey, Ewing. On 16 April lectured on "Galileo: The Myth and Attempts by the Church to Dispel Them" to the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh. Participated on 23-24 April in the Advisory Council Meeting of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, Canada, and gave a lecture on "The History of the Concept of Materialism." At the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 12-14 November, participated in the meeting on "Science for Man and Man for Science" and gave a paper on "Modern Research in Astronomy"; participated at the meeting of the Council on 14 November.

FUNES Gave a guest lecture at the Seventh Vatican Observatory Summer School in Observational Astronomy and Astrophysics on "Kinematic Properties of the Gas in the Central Region of Galaxies."

MOSS Gave a talk on "Tidally-Induced Star Formation in Spirals in Low-Redshift Rich Clusters" at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK, on 14 April and also at the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, Arizona, on 30 April.

STOEGER During the spring semester 1999 at the Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, Tucson, gave the final segment of the graduate course in cosmology on inflation, particle physics, and very early universe physics. Participated in teaching the course "Science and Theology" with LINDELL and HEWLETT in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, in both the spring and fall semesters 1999. 28 January-21 February worked at the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South Africa; attended the conference "Relativistic Cosmology: A Symposium in Honour of George Ellis" 1-5 February; and presented a paper, "The Exact Spherically Symmetric Solution of the Field Equations in Observational Coordinates with Cosmological Data Functions." During the same visit gave a seminar on "The Averaging Problem in Cosmology," in the Department of Applied Mathematics. 9-12 June participated at the Catholic Theological Society of America annual convention in Miami, Florida, and chaired the Theology and Natural Sciences parallel session. Participated in the Four-Corners American Physical Society Sectional meeting at the University of Arizona, Tucson, 1-2 October, and with JUST (Department of Physics, University of Arizona) gave a paper on "Restricted Test Functions and the Polarization of Photon and Graviton States." Continued to serve on the Boards of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley, California, and of the St. Albert the Great Forum at the Catholic Newman Center, the University of Arizona. Continued as the principal and managing editor of the series Philosophy in Science, published by Pachart Press, Tucson, Arizona.

Templeton Lectures: on 25 January, "The Laws of Nature and Divine Action," at Point Loma University, San Diego, California, where he also led a faculty discussion group; on 10 March, presentation on science and theology at Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia, where he also taught two classes; on 20 May, "Evolution as a Christian Theme: Cosmology," at Seattle University, Seattle, Washington. Continued his active participation in the "Eschatology and Science" project initiated by the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI), Princeton, New Jersey. This work took him to the University of Heidelberg, Germany, where he took part in a discussion meeting, 24-28 March. Served as a resource person for the CTI Pastoral Theologian Program in Tucson, Arizona, 17-20 October and 25 October.

TERES On 7 August gave a talk to students and professors of the College Scolarum Piarum, Kecskemét, Hungary, on "Solar Activity Cycles and Solar-Terrestrial Relations." Participated on 11 August with Hungarian and Norwegian astronomers in observations of the total solar eclipse.

CARREIRA Lectured in Munich in June at a seminar on science and theology. During August and September spoke at the University of Monterrey and in Guadalajara, Mexico, on the "Origin and End of the Universe and the Origin of Life." Spoke at five state universities and four private universities in Lima and Chiclayo, Peru, during September. Gave a series of lectures at a symposium on "Faith and Reason" in Medellin, Colombia, sponsored by the Universidad Bolivariana and the Archdiocese of Medellin. Gave two papers, "Theological Implications of Modern Science" and "The Origin of Life and Evolution," in Cali, Colombia, at a congress on "Faith and Science" sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Culture.

CONSOLMAGNO 21-25 January presented a series of five talks to schools in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The highlight was the Annual Alumni Dinner speech, "Astronomy, God, and the Search for Elegance," at University of Manitoba. Other talks included presentations to schoolchildren, to amateur astronomers, a lunch time businessman's seminar, and an interview on a local radio show. On 11, 17, and 18 February presented three evening adult education sessions, the two-part "Seeing the Light, I and II" and "Astronomy and the Vatican," at the Adler Planetarium, Chicago. Presented "News from the Asteroid Belt" and participated on several other panels at the annual Capricon Science Fiction Convention, Chicago, 12-14 February. On 16 February presented "Astronomy, God and the Search for Elegance," the featured evening presentation of the Science and Society seminar, Dickinson College, Carlyle, Pennsylvania. On 8 April presented "Life in Europa: A Historical Perspective" to the Friends of the Geology Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey. Presented "Astronomy, God and the Search for Elegance," on 11 April to the Palisades Presbyterian Church, Palisades, New York. Described "The Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer" on 13 April at the Bishop England High School, Charleston, South Carolina. 26-30 April presented five talks at the Houston Museum of Science, featuring "Life on Mars?," "Judging the Evidence," and the Excellence in Science Education Awards luncheon speech, plus talks to museum staffers, volunteers, and a public planetarium presentation. On 3 May presented the keynote address, "God the Father of Creation: Reflections of a Vatican Scientist," at the annual convention of the Council of Catholic Women of the Diocese of Venice, Florida. On 22 November presented "God, Astronomy and the Search for Elegance" as part of the Craig-Thorn Lecture Series at Alma College, Alma, Michigan.

CORBALLY At Marana High School, Arizona, on 2 February gave a presentation on astronomy as a career. 25 February, spoke on "The Birth and Death of Stars" at the Vatican Observatory seminar in astrophysics. 17 March, joined a small panel at St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopal Church, Tucson, for their Maturing in Faith talks, and treated the topic of "Relating Faith and Science Practically." As one of the invited presenters on 26 March at the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce's breakfast meeting, Good Morning Tucson, spoke on how "To View the Stars."

COYNE Gave a talk on "A Roller Coaster Ride in the Evolving Universe" at the Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, on 3 February Lectured on "Is there a God of the Cosmologists" at the Public Evening of Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, on 8 February Gave a talk on "Our Place as Humans in an Evolving Universe" on 4 March to the SAGE Extended University Program, University of Arizona. Gave talks on "The Origins of Life in an Expanding Universe" on 16 March in Pisa, Italy, and on 17 March in Erba (Milan), Italy Gave a seminar on science and faith on 15 March to the study group of van Beeck of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. Gave a paper on "The Birth and Death of Stars" to the Sun City Astronomy Club, Tucson, Arizona, on 25 March. On 15 April gave a public lecture at The College of New Jersey, Ewing, on "Is There a God of the Cosmologists?" On 25 May gave a lecture on "Science and Faith" as part of the program, Science Week, at Mondovì, Italy, and on 26 May spoke on the same topic at the celebration of Alessandro Volta in the Cathedral of Como, Italy. Together with HELLER on 3 June made a presentation about the Russian edition of Galileo: For Copernicanism and for the Church by A. Fantoli at the National Library for Foreign Literature in Moscow. Presented a paper on "The Way a Scientist Thinks and Works" on 18 July to the seminar organized by the Italian Episcopal Conference at Frascati (Rome), Italy. Participated at the meeting of European Jesuits in Science, 8-12 September, in Frankfurt, Germany, and gave a paper on "The Vatican Observatory: Science-Faith and the Third World." On 15 October participated in a roundtable discussion on Galileo at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, Berkeley, California, sponsored by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at Berkeley. Took part in the Second Annual Catholic Leadership Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 21-22 October. Spoke on "Reflections from a Religious Tradition on the Evolution of Life in the Universe" at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, California, 27 October. Gave a talk on "The Universe is Expanding and so are We" at the Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, 4 November. On 8 November gave a talk at the Adler Planetarium, Chicago, on "The Sacred Cows of Science and Religion Meet." On 24 November and 14 December spoke to the Golden Age University of Ariccia (Rome), Italy, on "The Search for Extra-Solar Planets" On 9 December at Misano Adriatico, Italy, participated at a roundtable on "Chance and Finality in the Universe." At the Theological Center Pattaro, Venice, Italy, spoke on "The Origin of Life in the Universe." On 11 December participated at the meeting on "Science and Human Values" organized by the European Science Foundation in Strasbourg, France.

FUNES On 16 January spoke to the Amateur Astronomers of Urbania, Italy, on "Galaxies and Black Holes: Travel to the Limits of the Cosmos." on 10 August at the Colegio del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, gave a paper on "Galaxies and Black Holes." On 17 August to the Facultad de Filosofia, Universidad del Salvador, San Miguel, Argentina, gave a talk on "The Contemporary Image of the Universe."

STOEGER 17-20 August participated in the Franciscan Federation Conference "The Universe: Discovering the Heart of God," in Columbus, Ohio, and delivered one of the two keynote addresses, "God's Struggle to Create Through the Evolutionary Process." An image of spiral galaxy NGC 2903 taken at the VATT by BOYLE was used as the conference logo. Presented a talk on "Cosmology" at the Vatican Observatory Foundation Seminar, 24-25 February. 15-16 March taught two honors classes at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, on "Evolution and Religion." On 6 October gave a presentation at the University of Arizona Newman Center's St. Albert the Great Forum on "Cosmology and Eschatology." Gave two presentations on 5 and 12 December at the Community Christian Church, Green Valley, Arizona, on "How to Prepare for the New Millennium."

WHITMAN Attended the MathFest Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America 31 July-2 August. On 12 July gave a commentary to the Clavius Group on STOEGER'S article on "God and Time." Also gave a presentation on 20 October at the Saint Albert the Great Forum of the Newman Center at the University of Arizona on "What Does Mathematics Tell Us about God." At the annual board meeting of the Vatican Observatory Foundation gave a presentation on "Measuring the Shape of the Universe." Continued preparing the annual financial report for the Centro Social Presidente Kennedy of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

News Media Coverage

CONSOLMAGNO was featured in articles in the following newspapers: Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba, 26 January; The Lance, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 27 January. Manitoba Prairie Messenger, 3 February. The New Catholic Miscellany, Charleston, South Carolina, "Vatican Astronomer Shows His Faith in Science," 22 April. Houston Chronicle, Texas, "Astronomer Looks at the Stars, Sees God," religion section, 8 May.

CORBALLY provided interviews to the following journalists: Gloria Thiele, Catholic Heritage; Alan Stahler, KVMR Radio, Northern California; Thomas Stauffer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson; Ana Magdalena Horta, O Globo, Brazil; Robin Ciriano, Florida Today, Florida; Daniel Hessel Teich, Veja magazine, Brazil; Don Gaughan, KVOA-TV, Tucson. Hosted visits to the VATT for the video teams of Kevin Barry, a producer for the Arts and Entertainment Channel, and of Chuck Condor, CNN, for a program shown during the Pope's visit to St. Louis in January. Hosted other visits to the VATT, including one by Tucson artist and photographer, Steven Meckler. Hosted a visit to the Vatican Observatory Summer School by Edwin Aguirre, associate editor, and Imelda Joson, image archivist, for Sky and Telescope.

COYNE provided interviews to the following journalists: Mervyn Marshall, London Film Academy; Michael Gregor, Tellux Film, TV Germany; Beate Ziegs and Rolf Hosfeld, TFC Transfer Film, Germany; Alison Rose, PTV Productions, Inc., Toronto, Canada; Donatella Mele, Vatican Radio; Alenka Lawrence, BBC World Service, London.

TERES worked at Castel Gandolfo 17-21 September with journalists of the Oazis Studio, Ltd. of Hungary on the production of two television programs: one on the history of the Vatican Observatory and the other on the star of Bethlehem.

During 1999 representatives of the Vatican Observatory took part in the following international meetings:

5-9 January: Austin, Texas. 193rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. CHRISTOPHER CORBALLY, S.J. and RICHARD BOYLE, S.J. gave papers.

15-19 March: Houston, Texas. 30th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. GUY CONSOLMAGNO, S.J. presented two papers.

18-19 March: Venice, Italy. Academia Nazionale dei Lincei, Structure and Dynamics of Galaxies. JOSÉ FUNES, S.J. gave a paper.

24-25 April: Tucson, Arizona. Eleventh Annual Meeting of the International Dark-Sky Association. CHRISTOPHER CORBALLY, S.J. participated.

5-8 May: Naples, Italy. Meeting of the Italian Astronomical Society. JUAN CASANOVAS, S.J. participated.

18-19 May: Padua, Italy. First Workshop of the Italian Network, Formation and Evolution of Galaxies. JOSÉ FUNES, S.J. gave a paper.

28-29 May: Como, Italy. Society for the History of Science. JUAN CASANOVAS, S.J. participated.

30 May-3 June: Chicago, Illinois. 194th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. CHRISTOPHER CORBALLY, S.J. gave an invited paper.

9-13 July: Paris, France. 15th Meeting of the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Galaxy Dynamics: From the Early Universe to the Present. JOSÉ FUNES, S.J. gave a paper.

12-16 July: Johannesburg, South Africa. Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society. GUY CONSOLMAGNO, S.J. presented two papers.

31 July-7 August: Star Island, New Hampshire. Annual Conference of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science. CHRISTOPHER CORBALLY, S.J. participated and attended the IRAS Council meetings.

10-12 August: Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Science, Religion and History (seminar with the Holy Father). MICHAEL HELLER gave a paper.

6 September: Zakopane, Poland. Congress of Thermodynamics. MICHAEL HELLER gave a paper.

8-12 September: Frankfurt, Germany. Biennial meeting of European Jesuits in Science. GUY CONSOLMAGNO, S.J. and GEORGE COYNE, S.J. presented papers.

9-11 September: Durham, UK. Science and Religion Forum. MICHAEL HELLER gave a paper.

27-30 September: Cagliari, Italy. Symposium on the Motion of the Earth's Pole. JUAN CASANOVAS, S.J. participated.

5-8 October: Vilnius, Lithuania. Workshop on the Stromvil Photometric System. RICHARD P. BOYLE, S.J. served on the scientific organizing committee and gave a paper.

11-15 October: Padua, Italy. 31st Annual Meeting, Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society. GUY CONSOLMAGNO, S.J. served as chair of the scientific organizing committee and coauthored a paper.

24-28 October: Denver, Colorado. Annual meeting, Geological Society of America. GUY CONSOLMAGNO, S.J. presented a paper.

16-18 November: Krakow, Poland. International Workshop on Noncommutative Geometry. MICHAEL HELLER gave a paper.

19-21 November: Warsaw, Poland. Man, Science and Faith: Congress to Commemorate 2000 years of Christianity. MICHAEL HELLER gave a paper.

22-28 November: Krakow, Poland. International seminar on Tunneling Effects and Other Fundamental Problems of Quantum Physics. MICHAEL HELLER gave a paper.