Poetry, Science and the Cosmic Imagination

This series is a reflective and participative journey at the intersection of poetry and science where these converge to expand our understanding of the universe. It brings together selected poets whose work illuminates the cosmos of the possible, crafting language that moves between wonder and knowledge, creativity and discovery. 

Featuring a selection of contemporary poets, including First Nations poets, the series explores how storytelling, metaphor, and deep scientific thought interweave to form new ways of seeing. Whether tracing the patterns of the stars, or the intricate mysteries of quantum reality, the poets in this series invite us to reflect on our place in the cosmos- not only as observers but as participants in its unfolding imagination. 

About Judith Keller, M.Ed.

Judith Keller lives on the unceded lands of the Kombumerri people of the wider Bundjalung language nation at Southport, in the Bioregion of S.E. Qld on the E. coast of Australia. Judith’s background is in education, spirituality and the arts. She has held academic positions in universities in Australia, Australian Catholic University Qld, and the University of Newcastle NSW. In her retirement Judith trained as guide in her Regional Botanic Gardens at Benowa at Southport leading guided walks related to endangered species of her Bioregion as well as advocating for and educating about endemic tree species.

Today Judith describes herself as a cosmic contemplative, an essayist, artist, poet and poetry tutor. She is the co-founder of the Australian online eco meditation community, Ecotone, in which participants meet twice a month weaving poetry, shared silence, and music inspired by contemporary texts related to science, eco spirituality and theology. She teaches poetry face to face and online in local community education networks and in local and State library networks with an emphasis on contemporary women poets and First Nations women poets locally and globally. A recent poetry series focussed on the poetry of Jane Hirshfield, This Falling World. LEARN MORE

Dates: 4 Wednesdays: January 7th - 28th, 2026

Time: 4 PM Pacific | 7 PM Eastern

Thomas Berry:

Spiritual Master of the Emerging Ecozoic

On behalf of Earth Literacies is my joy to facilitate an engagement with an enduring prophet of the Earth: Thomas Berry, CP, PhD.

From the treasure trove of his challenging and lucid writings, we find the critical analysis of our planetary crisis and the visionary proposals for what may yet be possible – what must become possible – for our living Earth community. 

In this critical time, we who labor together in The Great Work of gestating a new humankind require a new worldview, a new ethos, a new mysticism if we would give birth to a new age. Let us become that new humanity - more creative, integrally alive, whole, and sane – summoned by Thomas.

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Bio - Kathleen Noone Deignan, CND, PhD

Kathleen Noone Deignan, CND, PhD is a sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame and Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at Iona University where she taught from 1980 – 2021 and now serves as founder of the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit, a multi-faceted project in support of the cultivation of global citizens for the emergence of an ecological civilization. 

A GreenFaith Fellow since 2008, Dr. Deignan is an alumna of Fordham University where she studied with her mentor Thomas Berry earning a Master’s Degree in the History of Christian Spirituality and a Doctorate in Historical Theology. Her publications include ChristSpirit: The Pneumatological Eschatology of Shaker Christianity, When the Trees Say Nothing: Thomas Merton’s Writings on Nature, Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours, Teilhard de Chardin: A Book of Hours, and numerous published articles on integral ecological spirituality. Her new book from Orbis is Thomas Berry: A Book of Hours. LEARN MORE

Program Name: Thomas Berry: Spiritual Master of the Emerging Ecozoic

Facilitator: Sister Kathleen Deignan

Dates: 4 Tuesdays from Feb 3 – 24, 10 AM Pacific (2 hours / session)

Time:  10:00 AM PST (Vancouver)   1:00 PM EST (Toronto)

6:00 GMT (Ireland & Britain) | 7:00 PM CET (France & Germany)

5:00 AM Wednesday (Australia) | 7:00 AM Wednesday (New Zealand)

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