Episodes
Sister Adele O’Sullivan, CSJ, M.D. has been a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet since 1968. Her calling led her to pursue a medical career and in 1984 she received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Arizona. Dr. O’Sullivan completed her internship and residency in Family Medicine at the U of A in 1987 and is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. In 2006, Dr. O’Sullivan was honored as the American Family Physician of the Year by the American...
Published 01/10/13
Paul Rusesabagina was never the most idealistic man. As manager of the Belgian-owned Mille Collines, a luxury hotel in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, he knew when to slip a bottle of Scotch to corrupt colonels to keep them in his pocket. Those street smarts became his salvation when Rwanda plummeted into genocide ten years ago in an event that transformed the genial businessman into an unlikely hero. As ethnic Hutus began killing their Tutsi neighbors, Rusesabagina—a Hutu married to a Tutsi...
Published 01/06/13
Monday March 5th, Paul Lammermeir and a one of his Peruvian students gave a presentation in St. Mary’s Chapel throughout the day. His talk encompassed his mission in Perú with his 3 homes that are modeled after Boys Hope/ Girls Hope. Taken from the Paul Lammermeier Foundation website is the Mission Statement: To solidify and expand the manifestation of Paul Lammermeier’s life work, which is consistent with the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Jesuit ideal of service to others, by providing...
Published 01/02/13
Francis Piol Bol Bok (born February 1979), a Dinka tribesman and native of South Sudan, was a slave for ten years but is now an abolitionist and author living in the United States. On May 15, 1986, he was captured and enslaved at age seven during an Arab militia raid on the village of Nymlal in South Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War.[1] Bok lived in bondage for ten years before escaping imprisonment in Kurdufan, Sudan, followed by a journey to the United States by way of Cairo,...
Published 01/02/13
Sister Helen and Dead Man Walking have been the subject of numerous media stories and reviews in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Holland, England, Scotland, France and Australia. She has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Good Housekeeping, the St. Anthony Messenger, the Ligourian, the Chicago Tribune, the Atlanta Constitution, the Times Picayune, the San Francisco Chronicle, the New Orleans Magazine, the Tablet, Sisters Today and numerous other print media. Sr. Helen visited with...
Published 12/06/12
Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel KBE (English pronunciation: /ˈɛli vɨˈzɛl/; born September 30, 1928)[1] is a Romanian-born Jewish-American[1] writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps.[2] Wiesel is also the Advisory Board chairman of the Algemeiner Journal newspaper. When Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in...
Published 11/20/12
From his website (http://www.carlowolff.com/): Carlo Wolff writes for numerous publications including The Boston Globe, the Chicago Sun Times, the St. Petersburg Times, International Watch, HotelNewsNow.com and Asian Hospitality. He specializes in music criticism, book reviews, and feature articles about popular culture, travel, watches, and business. He was Features Editor of LH-Lodging Hospitality magazine from 1990 to 2008. The author of Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories, he lives in...
Published 11/13/12
Published 11/13/12