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A DIALOGUE WITH FATHER STANLEY JAKI, O.S.B.

Reverend Stanley L. Jaki, O.S.B., honored for his lifetime commitment and contributions to the exploration and understanding of science and religion, is a distinguished University professor and was the first recipient of the Owen Garrigan Award in Science and Religion.

Born in Gyor, Hungary, Father Jaki completed his undergraduate training in philosophy, theology and mathematics in 1947. He was ordained a priest in 1948 and went on to earn a doctorate in systematic theology from the Instituto Pontificio S. Anselmo in Rome, 1950, the same year he came to the Unites States. He also earned a Ph.D. in physics from Fordham University.

Father Jaki was the winner of the 1987 Templeton Prize, which hailed him for "his immense contribution to bridging the gap between science and religion, and his making room in the midst of the most advanced modern science for deep genuine faith."

In 1990, Pope John Paul II named Father Jaki a member of the Pontifical Academy of the Sciences. The academy, which was founded nearly 400 hundred years ago, advises the Pope on scientific developments.

Father Jaki has been published in such diverse publications as the American Journal of Physics, Faith and Reason, Irish Astronomical Journal and the French Archives De Philosophie. He also has traveled the world lecturing in prestigious institutions, including Columbia University, Gregorian University in Rome, University of Paris (Sorbonne), Oxford University in England, University of Munich in Germany and Medieval Institute in Canada.

Father Jaki has authored countless books in the area of science and religion, including The Savior of Science, Miracles and Physics, God and the Cosmologists, The Physicist as Artist: The Landscape of Pierre Duhem and Genesis I Through the Ages.