Does us the honor of giving us her constant care, love, and protection. She brought us to jesus. The rosary is a form of prayer connected to mary and you you may know in San Francisco, it is a sign of the largest religious gathering in the history of the United States. We we will check that fact with our our guest when half 1 million pe Million People gathered peacefully to pray with the rosary together. That was in 1961 and we have some grainy photos we hope to share you. They have been revived and renewed in the city. On october 5th, 2019, it will be held again, the ninth year in a row where we gather to pray to mary, mary, to express our faith and communal love. We will talk about the rosary rally and the d the renewed dependence upon the mother of god and her undying love for her children. Please, return after this brief break to to meet our special guess and m. And mary. Thank you for joining us on mosaic. I have two special guests who will talk about mary, mary, life with mary, a
Smut 20th book talk on a book tour that began april 22nd in harlem and i am thrilled to be in los angeles on this warm, balmy night that takes me back to some botox i did in the deep south some time ago. I am for oil to be here, exceedingly grateful to the folks on the last book store. Independent bookstores in america are making a come back, and to small town in the deep south, and thanks for being here. We will talk for a few minutes and read a passage or two from strange glory strange glory and then we will have 20 minutes for questions and answers and we will see what happens. I began this book, biography called strange glory a life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the spring of 2007, during a semester when i had a sabbatical at the university of berlin. Dietrich bonhoeffer, visiting professor for the spring semester. That sounds like a very prestigious title, but i should tell you the fellowship came without any salary, without any travel stipend, i dont think i had access to the printer
The book. You have a question . Obviously casualties at the highest levels. It does seem again and again that they lost critical players. Nobody to replace them. At the beginning of the war was their training can malcolm. The kind of had that system. Regimental commanders moved up to brigade. They just kept promoting people. Some really good commanders emerged. For example, on the confederate side john gordon became commanded one of lease. He was a warrior. Some people have a military bill that had emerged. There were a lot of failures. People came in from the regular army with some rank. They just were not up to it. There was a real sorting process confederates really felt by the end of the war the attrition of their officers more than union. That was their great advantage at the beginning of the war. They had better leaders. By the end those people, many of them are gone. And so lee took, as i was saying, more and more. [inaudible conversations] oh, i am sorry. Kind of a silly questi
Found guilty of genocide and executed more than 20 years ago. This time, the defendant is a former prison guard who is said to have committed cruelty stirring the communist era decades ago. Its the first time that romanias Justice System is actually tackling this chapter of the countrys past. The sounds of footsteps in this corridor or are still familiar. For 12 years, he was imprisoned in a tiny cell and a notorious prison. Opposed the romanian regime. All of that is 50 years ago now, but he remembers every day of it. They were animals. They humiliated us, kicked us with their boots, beat us with clubs for no reason. Between 1957 and 1958, we were tortured every day. The animals he means our men like this one a former prison boss, now 88 years old. Hes the first romanian prison worker to be tried for crimes under the communist regime. Hes being held personally responsible for the deaths of several inmates in the 1950s and 1960s. On innocent. I was just a lowly official. Im innocent. F
Its an embarrassment of riches, and we must thank the city of Savannah Department of cultural affairs, festival upon spores, members, and individual donors for their support. It is because of them that we are able to bring you these esteemed authors for free. If you enjoyed todays speakers and would like to make a donation to the festival, weve provided yellow buckets at the door when you exit. Please consider giving to our bucket list for next years gifted scribes. Before we get started, i just have a couple of housekeeping notes for you. Please take a moment to silence your cell phones. I had to do that myself. Okay. Immediately following his presentation, mr. Gore will be signing copies of his book. Please go to the Fellowship Hall which is located directly behind the pulpit, and you go out the doors and around, and a right turn as you enter the exit the sanctuary. Theres volunteers outside to direct you. Mr. Gore will be able to sign 400 books, and you must have the numbered card t