Communicating science is crucial for me. Through science I can appreciate God’s creation around me, from the tiniest creature, bacterium or virus to the largest species on the planet. I also happen to be a scuba diver so I can literally explore areas that many have never even seen or experienced. I am in a position to appreciate better because I have been able to witness more. The scientific perspective has allowed me to admire the simplicity and complexity of my surroundings. It is in this same manner that I can understand and appreciate the laws which govern creation, allowing me to find my own bearings within it. Science broadened my horizons.
It is through science that I can understand how important it is to take care of each other and of our environment. By caring for each other and for our surroundings, we can oversee and administer the creation that God has entrusted to us. Naturally, when you are entrusted with something it is expected that you run it carefully, properly… Otherwise there would have been no point in entrusting it to you in the first place!
This is why science searches for answers about everything around us. Through this we try to find solutions for various problems, some of which are often created by ourselves. Science thus helps me become aware and celebrate the small steps through which humanity has progressed throughout the times, developing language, medicine, technology and all the awareness which has led us to our current situation and is leading us into the future.
Science led me to question further.
Science affords space for asking questions, as many as necessary, in order to find answers for that which we still do not know and to challenge what we know. Science also led me to ask questions about God… But, although science could not really provide these answers, I kept on searching until God met me through science communication.
With this very same energy that propelled me into science communication to share the joy of discovery and scientific knowledge through broadcasting, science shows and through the Esplora Science Centre, I have now arrived to the point where I can share my happiness in the discovery of God and His call to priesthood.
Christopher Bugeja – christopher.a.bugeja@maltadiocese.org
Għalija, il-komunikazzjoni tax-xjenza hi importanti ħafna. Permezz tax-xjenza nista’ napprezza l-ħolqien kollu, ibda mill-iżgħar ħlejqa, batterju jew virus, sal-akbar annimal. Jien ukoll bugħaddas u għalhekk nista’ nittawwal u nesplora mkejjen li ħafna qatt ma raw jew esperjenzaw. Nista’ allura napprezza aktar għax rajt aktar. Bl-għajnejn tax-xjenza nista’ nitpaxxa bis-sempliċità u l-kumplessità ta’ dak li hu madwari. Bl-istess mod, nista’ nifhem ukoll u napprezza l-liġijiet li jiggvernaw il-ħolqien. Dan kollu jgħinni nara l-pożizzjoni tiegħi f’dan il-ħolqien. Ix-xjenza, għalhekk, fetħitli l-orizzonti tiegħi beraħ.
Permezz tax-xjenza nista’ nifhem aħjar kemm hu importanti li nieħdu ħsieb xulxin u tal-ambjent ta’ madwarna. Bl-istess mod nasal biex nifhem aħjar xi tfisser li bħala bnedmin għandna d-dmir li namministraw il-ħolqien li Alla fdalna f’idejna. Issa meta xi ħadd jafdalek xi ħaġa jistenna li tieħu ħsiebha u tħaddimha bil-għaqal… Inkella għaliex ikun fdaha lilek?
Għalhekk, ix-xjenza tfittex li tifhem aktar il-ħolqien biex b’hekk tamministrah aħjar. Permezz ta’ dan it-tiftix xjentifiku naslu wkoll biex insibu soluzzjonijiet għall-problemi li jinqalgħu madwarna jew li xi kultant noħolqu aħna stess. Ix-xjenza tgħinni nagħraf u niċċelebra l-passi żgħar li bihom il-bniedem inqala’ mill-għerien u żviluppa il-lingwa, il-mediċina, it-teknoloġija u l-għarfien kollu li wassalna sal-ġurnata tal-lum, u dak li qed iwassalna fil-futur.
Ix-xjenza wkoll fetħitni għall-mistoqsijiet. Fix-xjenza wieħed jistaqsi ħafna sabiex ikun jista’, bil-mod il-mod, ifittex risposti għal dak li ma jafx u jsaħħaħ dak li jaf. Għalhekk, għallmitni wkoll nistaqsi dwar Alla… Imma, għad li x-xjenza ma setgħetx tagħtini dawk ir-risposti, bl-istess entużjażmu bqajt infittex sakemm Alla ltaqa’ miegħi fil-qasam tal-komunikazzjoni tax-xjenza. Għaldaqstant kienet ix-xjenza li qarrbitni lejn Alla u lejn l-iskoperta tal-vokazzjoni.
Bl-istess enerġija li biha mxejt mix-xjenza għall-qasam tal-komunikazzjoni tax-xjenza sabiex inkun nista’ naqsam ma’ ħafna l-ferħ tal-iskoperti u l-għarfien xjentifiku permezz tax-xandir, ta’ xows tax-xjenza u taċ-Ċentru Interattiv tax-Xjenza. l-Esplora, issa wasalt ukoll biex naqsam il-ferħ tal-iskoperta t’Alla u tas-sejħa tiegħu… Fil-każ tiegħi, is-sejħa għas-saċerdozju.