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

Location

Anderson Student Center (ASC) Hearth Room, #340


Cost

Free: RSVP to Paro Pope at pope3625@stthomas.edu or call 2-5381



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.

Picture of Fr. Michael Lapsley book cover