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San Damiano Society- The Science of the Shroud of Turin with Dr. Jess Socrates


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.