Year 2003
| The speakers at St. Joan of Arc are often challenging and thought provoking. The website has received numerous requests for text versions of Sunday presentations. Despite the fact that we offer audio versions on our highlights page, sometimes it is helpful to read and re-read passages of the presentation. Not all speakers work from a text version and some are just outlines. However, we offer here the presentations we have received for your perusal. |
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| Sunday, December 28th 2003 | ... earthquakes in Iran and California, Mad Cow disease reported
and... Roger Dick speaks on "On the Fourth Day of Christmas..." |
| Sunday, December 21st 2003 | ... Our friend Bob Hanson passes away, courts allow John Hinckley unsupervised visits
and... Pat Walsh speaks on "Voices of Hope in Pregnant Joy" |
| Sunday, December 14th 2003 | ... Saddam captured, Local priests ask for celibacy dialogue, flu vaccines run low
and... Mark Scannell speaks on "VOICES OF HOPE IN JUST LIVING" |
| Sunday, December 7th 2003 | ... Dru Sjodin disappearance leads to arrest, Rep. Bill Janklow on trial, economy shows improvement
and... Fr. George Wertin speaks on "Voices of Hope in the Unexpected" |
| ... Lowell Erdahl, "Voices of Hope in Difficult Times”- Unavailable | |
| ... Dorothy Bridges, "Investing in Your Own Backyard”- Unavailable | |
| Sunday, November 16th 2003 | ... Mutual Funds corruption, MN 8th graders tops in math, Pawlenty visits Canada drug labs
and... Tom White speaks on "War and Spirituality" |
| Sunday, November 9th 2003 | ... Saudi Arabia comes under terrorist attacks, "The Reagans" pulled from CBS, Roseville kindergartner killed by bus
and... Fr. George Wertin speaks on "Hope and Healing Continued" |
| ... Jim Conway, "God's Mirror”- Unavailable | |
| Sunday, October 26th 2003 | ... 1 year anniversary of Wellstone death, forest fires in California
and... Paul Lipetzky speaks on "Brake the Cycle of Poverty" |
| ... Fr. Jim Cassidy, "Hospice and South Africa”- Unavailable | |
| ... Kathy Kelly, "Courage for Peace”- Unavailable | |
| ... Tim Burkett, "Mental Illness: Our Last and Greatest Stigma”- Unavailable | |
| Sunday, September 28th 2003 | ... school shooting at Rocori High, Bush meets with Putin and UN
and... Jack Heckelman speaks on "Global Climate Change and the Earth Charter" |
| Sunday, September 21st 2003 | ... Hurricane Isabel strikes East Coast, Twins beat White Sox to win AL Central, finally rain after a 2 month drought
and... Dan Johnson speaks on "How Big is Your Family?" |
| Sunday, September 14th 2003 | ... Johnny Cash dies, Bush asks for $87 million more for war
and... Fr. George Wertin speaks on "Hope and Healing" |
| Sunday, September 7th 2003 | ... drought conditions mount, Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas resigns
and... Susan Skye speaks on "Speaking Your Peace" |
| ... Christine Wheeler, "To Love and Bear Witness”- Unavailable | |
| Sunday, August 24th 2003 | ... UN building in Baghdad bombed, 10,000 dead in France due to heat wave, SD Rep. Janklow's speed kills
and... Chris Reano speaks on "From Zanzibar to Minneapolis: It’s All Mission" |
| Sunday, August 17th 2003 | ... MN mourns death of Herb Brooks, Northeast suffers huge power outage, Liberia leader leaves country
and... Fr. George Wertin speaks on "Doing Eucharist" |
| Sunday, August 10th 2003 | ... road rage and cabbie shooting in MN, Arnold Schwarzenegger runs for CA governor, Episcopal Church approves gay bishop
and... Kris Abrahamson speaks on "We All Can be Someone's Hero!" |
| ... Fran Heitzman, "Bridging Transitions”- Unavailable, see this story about Fran instead | |
| Sunday, July 27th 2003 | ... Saddam Husseins sons killed, Bush orders troops to Liberian shores, Kobe Bryant charged with sexual assault
and... TNII delegates Bernardo de Jesus and Timoteo Martinez speaks on "La Paz, Fruto de la Justicia (Peace, Fruit of Justice)" |
| Sunday, July 20th 2003 | ... Team Oz returns from 1st Red Ribbon Ride, TNII delegation visits SJA, Gov. Pawlenty under fire for consulting 'job'
and... Jessica Harty Marzolf speaks on "Kenya: A Journey of Giving and Receiving" |
| Sunday, July 13th 2003 | ... President Bush visits Africa, Iranian conjoined twins die in surgery, Iraqi council forms
and... Fr. George Wertin speaks on "Hospitality: An Essential Component of Spirituality" |
| Sunday, July 6th 2003 | ... multiple July 4th local tragedies, attacks on US soldiers continue in post-war Iraq, US ponders entering Liberian Civil War
and... Leonard Lang speaks on "DISCOVERING YOUR LIFEWORK: Ask Any Good Questions Today?" |
| ... Joe Selvaggio, "God to Earth: I Love You All - No Exceptions”- Unavailable | |
| ... Illusion Theater, "Music for Peace”- Unavailable | |
| Sunday, June 15th 2003 | ... Archbishop agrees to meet with Parish Council, 'Roadmap to Peace' tentative, Martha Stewart indicted
and... Peter Aitchison speaks on "Fatherhood...the Heroes Journey" |
| ... Fr. George Wertin, "The Spirit Blows Where It Wills”- Unavailable | |
| ... Lindsay Gau and Joe Pollock, "Youth on a Faith Journey”- Unavailable | |
| ... Rev. Byron Samuels, "South Africa”- Unavailable | |
| ... Childrens Sunday, "The Hands of Peace”- Unavailable | |
| Sunday, May 11th 2003 | ... tornados slam East Central states, high school hazing gets out of hand, Wild beat Vancouver in hockey playoffs
and... Cheryl Thomas speaks on "Women, Mothers and Human Rights" |
| Sunday, May 4th 2003 | ... Iraq starts the rebuilding process, handgun bill passes in MN, Colorado climber amputates arm to save life
and... Anne Garvey speaks on "Shared Ministry" |
| ... Tom Davis, Carol Fogarty and Mark Nolan, "Small Christian Communities”- Unavailable | |
| Easter Sunday, April 20th 2003 | ... major fighting over in Iraq, looting in Iraq cities dominates news, Wild hockey team makes NHL playoffs
and... Fr. George Wertin speaks on "The Joy of Discipleship" |
| ... Drama Reading of the Passion, "The Choices of Discipleship”- Unavailable | |
| Sunday, April 6th 2003 | ... Archbishop denies Rev. Mel White from speaking at SJA, war in Iraq ends it's 2nd week reaching Baghdad
and... Fr. George Wertin speaks on "The Embrace of Discipleship" |
| ... Drama Presentation, "The Discipleship of our Earth”- Unavailable | |
| ... Jeff Keyes, "The Walk of Discipleship”- Unavailable | |
| Sunday, March 16th 2003 | ... Bush loses bid for Security Council resolution on Iraq and decides to move ahead without it, weather in the 60's
and... Adaire Lassonde speaks on "The Risk of Discipleship" |
| Sunday, March 9th 2003 | ... arrest of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Iraq destroys 25 missiles thus far, Pawlenty proposes public wage freeze
and... Fr. George Wertin speaks on "The Cost of Discipleship" |
| Sunday, March 2nd 2003 | ... Dan Rather interviews Saddam, TV's Mr. Rogers dies, Iraq agrees to destroy Al Samoud missiles and... Ric Rosow speaks on "YOU WERE ABSENT, BUT PRESENT: YOU LEFT AND ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COME BACK" |
| Sunday, February 23rd 2003 | ... World community split on Iraq war, Jersey night club pyrotechnics kill 100, Pentagon sends 2000 to fight terror in Philippines and... Kit Hadley speaks on "Depending on Where you Stand" |
| Sunday, February 16th 2003 | ... Massive worldwide peace protests, 1st big snow and cold of the winter, SJA sends off 12 to South Africa and... Kathie Power-Obrien speaks on "Sensibilities and Survival - The Wedding of Feminine and Masculine" |
| Sunday, February 9th 2003 | ... Gov. Pawlenty unallots $360 million, 1st big snow and cold of the winter, Colin Powell makes case for war with UN and... Brian Rusche speaks on "Faithful Citizenship Now!" |
| Sunday, February 2nd 2003 | ... Columbia space shuttle crew dies with ship, Bush's State of Union talks tough and... Dr. Larry Rasmussen speaks on "The Everlasting Covenant" |
| Sunday, January 26th 2003 | ... 192 riders return from DC Peace March, American killed in Kuwait, France/England says "slow down" on war and... Peter Eichten speaks on "Is St. Joan of Arc Too Political?" |
| ... Marjorie Kelly, "The Corporate Culture Crisis”- Unavailable | |
| Sunday, January 12th 2003 | ... Bush economic plan yields gains for stock holders, outgoing Illinois governor pardons 150 on death row and... Fr. George Wertin speaks on "A Baptism That Transforms" |
| Sunday, January 5th 2003 | ... missionaries killed in Yemen, North Korea expells UN monitors, a snowless Christmas and... Joel Barker speaks on "Heaven, Hell and Quantum Physics" |
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