Forgiveness: The Best Revenge
Sister John Sheila Galligan, IHM
Thursday, October 29, 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Sister John Sheila Galligan, IHM, is professor of theology at Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including American Theological Inquiry, Spirituality Today, Review for Religious, Emmanuel, The Catholic Answer, Carmelite Digest, The Living Light, Momentum, and Pastoral Life.

Practicing the Prayer of Presence
Dr. Susan Muto
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:30 p.m.

Susan Muto, Ph.D., executive director of the Epiphany Association and a native of Pittsburgh, is a renowned speaker, author, and teacher who has led conferences, seminars, workshops, and institutes throughout the world. An expert in literature and spirituality, she received her doctorate in English literature from the University of Pittsburgh, where she specialized in the work of post-Reformation spiritual writers. The author and co-author of over thirty books, she is co-editor of Epiphany Connexions, Epiphany International, and Epiphany Inspirations and has been a frequent contributor to scholarly and popular journals.

St. Benedict and St. Therese: The Little Rule and the Little Way
Rev. Dwight Longenecker
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 7:30 p.m.

Fr. Dwight Longenecker is an American who has spent most of his life living and working in England. Though he was ordained an Anglican priest, Fr. Dwight and his family were received into the Catholic Church in 1995. He spent the next ten years working as a freelance Catholic writer, contributing to over twenty-five magazines, papers and journals in Great Britain, Ireland, and the United States. An author of ten books and a regular contributor to First Things, This Rock, and National Catholic Register, he was ordained as a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Charleston in December 2006 under the special pastoral provision for married former Anglican clergy.

10 Things I’ve Learned About Living a Godly Life
Teresa Tomeo
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 7:30 p.m.

Teresa Tomeo is a veteran broadcast journalist with more than 20 years of experience as a radio and TV news reporter and anchor, mainly in the Detroit area. She first served as an award-winning radio reporter and radio news anchor, receiving recognition for her work from the Associated Press, The Detroit Press Club, and the American Women in Radio and TV. After making the move to TV news in 1988, her assignments took her across the country covering some of the most significant stories of the 1990s, including the Oklahoma City Bombing and the1995 visit to the United States by Pope John Paul II. Now an author, syndicated Catholic talk show host, professional speaker, and media consultant, she was invited to Rome to be one of only 260 international delegates to participate in the 20th anniversary of Mulieris Dignitatum, a “Congress on Women.”

Responding to the Call to Holiness with the Wisdom of the Saints
Ralph Martin
Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:30 p.m.

Ralph Martin is the Director of Graduate Theology Programs in Evangelization and an assistant professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit. He is also president of Renewal Ministries (www.renewalministries.net), an organization devoted to Catholic renewal and evangelization. Renewal Ministries is the sponsor of “The Choices We Face,” a widely viewed weekly Catholic television and radio program distributed throughout the world, and engages in a wide variety of mission work in more than 27 countries. The author of a number of books, the most recent being The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints, he resides with wife, Anne, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.