God creates space, time, and energy as the stars and heavenly bodies are set into motion.
God creates space, time, and energy as the stars and heavenly bodies are set into motion.
Our Saviour, Jesus Christ, is born of the Virgin Mary in a stable in Bethlehem. Whilst lying in a manger, prophets travel from afar to adore and worship Him.
Polish-Catholic canon Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres shortly before the Council of Trent, overturning the Greek geocentric model of the universe.
Pope Leo XIII establishes the Vatican Observatory in 1891. The Vatican's interest in astronomy dates back to the 16th century when the Gregorian Calendar, which was based on astronomical data, was put into practice.
In one of the first groundbreaking missions of space exploration history, the crew of Apollo 8 read from the Book of Genesis on Christmas Eve, basking in God’s creation and the beauty of our Earth from their celestial vantage point around the Moon.
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin takes communion on the lunar surface just hours before Neil Armstrong takes humanity’s famous first step for mankind.
Astronauts Tom Jones, Sidney Gutierrez and Kevin Chilton receive the Eucharistic in a communion service on Space Shuttle Endeavor (Space Transportation System mission 59).
A new 21-century coalition for Jesus Christ is created in the hopes of uniting the world in a symphony of brotherhood. It has many ambitious goals, including the production of millions of miniture lunar landers for believers around the world who want to support the Cross on the Moon Coalition.
In order to find the resources needed to launch, the coalition sets out on a 240,000 miles road trip around the world to raise awareness of the mission.