Late Breaking Website News! Each item carries a posting date indicating when it first went online. The most recent update appears at the top of the page. And you can also view every previous year's Website News pages at the links below. Archived Website News pages. Fall Update: September 1. A New Way to Support Shroud. STERA, Inc. It has been a very busy summer and once again, a lot of important material has accumulated making our Fall update another really large one. This update makes several important announcements including a new way to support STERA, Inc. It also brings you seven more issues of Rex Morgan's Shroud News, the latest issue of the BSTS Newsletter, a report on the recent Jalsa Salana Convention in England, a feature on what might be the oldest painted representation of the Shroud, along with many new articles and papers, links to new videos and much more. Enjoy! Here is the Update Table of Contents: Amazon. Smile - A New Way to Support Shroud. STERA, Inc. We are very happy to announce our participation in a new non- profit program from Amazon called . There are no fees, Amazon takes nothing for administering the system and it is very simple to use. Simply enter Amazon via the Amazon Smile link above. That's all there is to it! In fact, I have bookmarked the link and use it myself to enter Amazon whenever I need to order something. 2015 Science Olympiad National Tournament Champs at the White House Science Fair 4/13/16.I have been doing so for the past few months so even my own personal purchases are helping to support STERA's work. The price is right and we certainly will appreciate it! Posted September 1. In Memoriam. Once again, it is my sad duty to report the passing of another important Shroud scholar, Dr. Administers the Fulbright Program and provides training and leadership development. Provides information for students, scholars, educators and professionals, with organization history and publications. Sebastiano Rodante, in Syracuse, Italy, on September 8, 2. The funeral was held on Saturday, September 1. Church of St. Rodante was a delegate of the International Centre of Sindonology of Turin and a frequent presenter at international conferences. He was an important contributor to Shroud Spectrum International and his work has been referenced by many other scholars over many decades. His research was best described by Dorothy Crispino in the December 1.
Spectrum in an article about the recently ended September Paris Symposium. His repeated experiments, sometimes on a corpse, in the catacombs of Siracusa have given imprints that are superficial, 3- dimensional and without deformation. Rodante's research is well known by Shroud scholars around the world, as is evidenced by the many references to his work via the Website Search Engine on Shroud. Rodante's, and noted Shroud scholar and author Ernesto Puzzo for notifying us of his passing. In fact, one of the best tributes to Dr. Rodante's contributions to Sindonology came from the e- mail I received from Ernesto on September 9th: Dear friend Barrie, yesterday Thursday, September 8, 2. Dr. As you certainly know, as well as being a valuable pediatrician, he was a recognized scholar of the Shroud, to which he dedicated his whole life with valid research and experimentation. I am saddened by the loss of a friend and expert that, with his books, gave me the opportunity to start studying the sacred Sheet. Rodante's passing and including the message she posted on her Collegamento pro Sindone website, which we are reprinting here with her permission: A great Shroud scholar has returned to the Father's House. Sebastiano Rodante, pediatrician, delegate for Sicily of the International Centre of Sindonology of Turin, died yesterday at 9. Professionalism, helpfulness and faith have marked him until the end. Since 1. 94. 1 he has also focused his efforts on the scientific problems of the Shroud, going into that life experience which he called a wonderful Shroud adventure. He is considered one of the greatest exponents of Shroud research for forensic and experimental findings related to the study on the crowning with thorns and to the investigation on the origin of the Shroud imprints. A guest in many national and international congresses, he has opened new and exciting chapters in the vast and fascinating Shroud compendium (www. September 9, 2. 01. We extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to his family, friends and colleagues for their loss. Rodante. Posted September 1. The 5. 0th Annual Jalsa Salana Convention in Hampshire, England. As you may remember, last year I attended the 4. Annual Jalsa Salana Convention near Hampshire, England at the gracious invitation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the staff of their excellent 1. Review of Religions. The convention was a great success with more than 3. Personal Report on the 2. Jalsa Salana Convention for details and photographs of the event. I was pleased and honored to be invited again this year and attended the 5. August 1. 2- 1. 4, 2. I have to admit that I was much more comfortable at this year's event because of my experiences last year. Since then I have gotten to know the Ahmadiyya community even better and feel their true spirit of love and respect in every aspect of our ongoing relationship. As she did last year, Pam Moon brought her beautiful Shroud Exhibition, which again was displayed in the Review of Religions marquee. Also with Pam were her friends Brenda and Stuart Benton and Luigi Antoniaz, all volunteers with Pam's exhibit organization. Brenda and Stuart are longtime members of the British Society for the Turin Shroud and both are very knowledgeable about the Shroud. They were able to assist Pam at the exhibit and helped answer the many questions raised by the thousands of visitors who saw the display over the three day event. Also attending the convention and helping to answer questions from his own unique perspective was Hugh Farey, Editor of the BSTS Newsletter. My role was slightly different at this year's event.. The organizers have been working on this diligently for nearly a year but were not ready to announce it publicly until early September. Click on the above link to visit the conference website where you can find more details and view a video from the conference organizers. Included below is the most recent official announcement as we received it on September 1. Robert Rucker: We are pleased to announce that an international conference on the Shroud of Turin will be held in the United States from Wednesday, July 1. Saturday, July 2. Highlights include in- depth coverage of two major Shroud conferences in Bologna, Italy and Paris, France, a reprint of the Radiocarbon Dating paper from Nature and some important book reviews. Also included are articles by such notable Shroud scholars as Revd. Dreisbach, Jr., Professor Luigi Gonella, Don Luigi Fossati, Fr. Charles Foley, Remi van Haelst and Prof. We will reach the half- way mark in just a few more issues and will continue to archive them until the complete 1. Posted September 1. The End of an Era - Brooks Institute Permanently Closing. On August 1. 4, 2. I received an e- mail from an old friend in Santa Barbara, California, advising me that Brooks Institute (formerly Brooks Institute of Photography), my alma mater and a major contributor to the STURP team in 1. October 3. 1, 2. 01. For those of us who learned the science and art of photography there (and there were many of us), it is a sad day indeed. In a sense, this article becomes another obituary I have to write, like so many others I have had to write in the past. Only this time, it is not a person but an institution that I must memorialize. I graduated from Brooks in 1. I operated my photography studio full time during the day. Shortly after I joined the STURP team in late 1. Turin would require photography. It was very obvious that one photographer would not be enough, so I suggested we call Vern Miller at Brooks to see if he was interested in joining the team. Vern was head of the Scientific and Industrial Department and I had been in the very first class he ever taught at the school, so we became friends almost immediately. Vern was the logical choice to take on the role of Chief Scientific Photographer for the STURP team and bring with him all his knowledge and experience. Shortly after Vern joined the team, Ernie Brooks, Jr. Vern next selected one of the top graduate students at the school, Mark Evans, an expert photographer and microscopist, to handle the photomicroscopy in Turin and round out the photographic team. You have all seen their work, which remains the primary database of Shroud visual data available to this day and a living testimony to the important contribution that Brooks Institute of Photography made to Shroud research. Brooks was founded in 1. Ernest Brooks, Sr., so we were the same age! Sadly, only one of us will be celebrating our 7. I am forever grateful for the quality education the school gave us and wouldn't be here writing this if I hadn't graduated from Brooks. There are thousands of imaging professionals around the world whose skills, professionalism and expertise stem from the excellent education Brooks provided. Even though the school may be gone, the work of the photographers they nurtured will live on for future generations to see and appreciate. Truly, the end of an era. Posted September 1. BSTS Newsletter June 2. Issue No. 8. 3 Now Online. We are happy to report that the British Society for the Turin Shroud page of the website has been updated and the latest June 2. Issue No. 8. 3 of the BSTS Newsletter is now online. This issue includes an in- depth research article by Hugh Farey, the newsletter's Editor, titled, Replicating the Weave of the Shroud of Turin. It also includes overviews of recent Shroud related papers and articles, videos and books as well as news from around the internet. This issue is coming out a bit later than usual since Hugh had some personal issues that delayed publication. Of course, I was also late in getting this update online, so I understand completely. As they say, better late than never! Posted September 1. The Earliest Painted Representation of the Turin Shroud? On July 1. 1, 2. 01. Christie's auction house announced the sale of a 1.
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