SL Book Club: "Redeeming the Past: My Journey from Freedom Fighter to Healer" by Fr. Michael Lapsley, SSM
SL Faculty are invited to participate in the SL Book Club led by Dr. Kimberly Vrudny, Interim Director for Service Learning and Associate Professor of Theology. Join your fellow service-learning colleagues for an inspirational afternoon discussing Father Michael Lapsley's memoir "Redeeming the Past: My Journey from Freedom Fighter to Healer."
Date/Time
Thursday, October 18, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
In 1990, Fr. Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest active in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, opened a letter bomb that nealy killed him. Though he survived, the blast took both his hands and one of his eyes. This memoir tells the story of this horrendous event, beginning with the journey that led him there--particularly his rising awareness of the radical demands of the gospel and his growing identification with the freedom struggle. Join Professor Kim Vrudny for a glass of wine and for an indepth discussion of Fr. Lapsley's memoir, Redeeming the Past: My Journey from Freedom Fighter to Healer.