Date: Thursday, June 8, 2023
Location: St. John the Apostle, Building 300
Time: 9:00 am-2:00 pm
Coffee and Breakfast are served at 9:00 am.
The program begins at 9:30 am followed by lunch and ends with Mass at 1:00 pm.
Cost: $18 per person
A fascinating study on the science, history and controversy of the most important relic in the history of Christianity. This ancient cloth has been revered by many as the burial cloth that wrapped the body of Jesus Christ but also dismissed by skeptics as a fraud.
As the greatest Christian relic, it has undergone the most through scientific scrutiny possible.
This presentation covers the following topics
History of the Shroud
Shroud of Turin Research Project- research and conclusions
Anatomy of the Shroud and image on the Shroud
Wounds of the Man in the Shroud by region
Extra-body images on the Shroud
Carbon dating controversy
Physical attributes of the image and why it can not be man-made
The Shroud and the Triduum
Online Registration Has Closed. A small number of walk-ins are welcome at the door.
Meet OUr Speaker!
Dr. Jess Socrates is a retired Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist and the former Laboratory Medical Director at the Hanover Hospital in Hanover, PA.