List of Catholic creationist organisations explained

This is a list of Catholic creationist organisations.

Cercle d'Étude Scientifique et Historique

Cercle d'Étude Scientifique et Historique (CESHE), was founded in 1971 in Belgium to preserve and disseminate the work of French scholar Fernand Crombette,^[1] whose works include 38 volumes and two atlases that deal with geography, the Flood, astronomy and the pre-history of Mediterranean peoples. In 2008, an English-language affiliate was established in North America.

Daylight Origins Society

The Daylight Origins Society is a recent Earth creationist organisation based in the United Kingdom with ties to both the Traditionalist Catholic movement and conservative vernacular Catholics. The stated aims of the Society are "to inform Catholics and others of the scientific evidence supporting special creation as opposed to evolution, and that the true discoveries of Science are in conformity with Catholic doctrines."^[2] According to the British Centre for Science Education, which maintains a list of anti-evolution groups, the Daylight Origins Society, "doesn't appear to cooperate at all with mainstream creationist groups which are all basically Protestant, calvinistic and evangelical," and that "as far as [they] can make out, it is not very active."^[3] The Daylight Origins Society was founded in 1977 by John G. Campbell as the Counter Evolution Group. His origins science magazine was relaunched in 1991 under its present name,^[4] as a branch of CESHE.^[5] The current secretary of the Society is Anthony Nevard, a retired school teacher living in Hertfordshire.^[6] Polish academic and Member of the European Parliament Maciej Giertych is an honorary member of the Society. The Society have a website and issues a quarterly Catholic creationist journal titled Daylight, published beginning in 1977 by Campbell, and after 1991, published and edited by Nevard.^[7] Its writers have included Giertych^[6] and it has reprinted works by historical Christian authors, including G. K. Chesterton and C. S. Lewis.^[4] In 2010 they launched a techni-colour cover edition of Daylight, and the magazine is still in print today (2015).

The Kolbe Center for the study of Creation

The Kolbe Center is a Catholic organisation based in Mount Jackson, Virginia, in the United States. The Kolbe Center was founded on December 8, 2000.

Other organisations

• Institute for Science and Catholicism (United States) was founded in 2015. It publishes the book Creation, Evolution, and Catholicism: A Discussion for Those Who Believe in print and ebook format to promote the renewal of a Catholic theology of creation and a new science/faith synthesis based on sound scientific data and a serious approach to the Holy Scriptures in accordance with longstanding Church Tradition.
• Morning Star (United States) was founded in 1994. It publishes a journal called The Watchmaker.^[5]
• Centre d’Etudes et de Prospective sur la Science/Center for Studies and Prospective on Science (France)^[8]
• The International Institute for Culture (United States), whose aim is Catholic cultural renewal, presented a lecture series on "Evolution: The Untold Story" with the theme "Latest Scientific Discoveries Challenge Darwinian Evolution’s Fitness to Survive" in October 2009.^[9] It featured intelligent design proponents Michael Behe and John C. Sanford, National Catholic Bioethics Center president John Haas, and Kolbe Center director Hugh Owen.^[10]
• The traditionalist sedevacantist Most Holy Family Monastery promotes creationism as part of its ministry.

See also

• Relationship between religion and science
• Catholic Church and evolution
• Creation–evolution controversy
  • Creation science Young Earth creationism
• Flood geology

External links

• CESHE
• CESHE-USA
• The Kolbe Center
• Daylight Origins Society
• In Six Days
• International Institute for Culture

Notes and References

1. Les droites nationales et radicales en France: répertoire critique, Jean-Yves Camus, René Monzat, p162
2. Web site: Links relating to Young Earth Creation Science (YECS). Christians in Science Ltd.. 2008-09-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20081123024758/http://www.cis.org.uk/resources/links/yecs-links. 2008-11-23. dead.
3. Web site: Creationist Organisations in the UK. British Centre for Science Education. 2008-09-09.
4. Web site: Daylight Origins Society, Creation Science for Catholics . Theotokos Catholic Books . 2008-09-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080719121143/http://www.theotokos.org.uk/pages/creation/daylight/daylight.html . July 19, 2008 .
5. Book: Sennott, Thomas Mary . The Six Days of Creation . Ravengate Press . 1985 . 0-911218-22-X. In 1994 Fr. David Becker founded Morning Star, the first "Catholic Origins Society" in this country, which publishes an excellent journal called The Watchmaker. 3 The new American society joins its older European counterpart, Circle Scientifique et Historique (CESHE) based in Belgium, which publishes Science et Foi. The secretary of this organisation is Peter Wilders, an Englishman, who lives in Monaco. 4 The English branch of this society publishes another excellent little paper entitled Daylight: Creation Science for Catholics, edited by Anthony L. G. Nevard. . xiv .
6. Web site: Featured Authors / Contributors: Theotokos Catholic Books. 2008-09-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201133406/http://www.theotokos.org.uk/pages/misc/contribu.html. 2008-12-01. dead.
7. Web site: An Insight into How Evolutionary Ideas Operate Amongst the Faithful in Britain . The Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation .
8. Web site: A 'chance' meeting: Refining evolutionary theory . 2009-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090211093904/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0805667.htm . 2009-02-11 . dead .
9. http://www.thebulletin.us/articles/2009/10/10/news/local_state/doc4ad0dfa039f9b539463662.txt Lecture Series To Challenge Darwinian Evolution
10. http://www.iiculture.org/details.asp?idOfEvent=369 Evolution: The Untold Story