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Olga SeguraMarch 08, 2019
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When Mireille Twayigira was two, she fled Rwanda with her family after her father was killed in the country’s genocide. At the age of eight, she entered a Jesuit Refugee Service school in Malawi. After she graduated from secondary school as one of the best students in the country, she traveled to China, where she learned Chinese and, in 2016, graduated as a doctor.

We talk to Mireille about the role of education in her life, how her faith has kept her strong and what it means to be a symbol of hope in your 20s.

In Signs of the Times, during the 2016 presidential campaign, Michael Cohen threatened to sue Fordham University if they released Donald Trump’s grades or SAT scores. Pope Francis will open the secret archives of Pope Pius XII. Why is this significant? The Leadership Roundtable, a church reform group, has released a 40-page report that lists recommendations for dealing with the sexual abuse crisis. We discuss some of the takeaways.

And finally, we tell you what we’re giving up for Lent.

Feel free to send us your questions, concerns, cocktail recipes or let us know what you gave up for Lent at jesuitical@americamedia.org, or join us for discussion on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Consider supporting Jesuitical by becoming a member of our Patreon community.

Links from the show:

Fordham confirms Cohen threatened legal action if Trump’s grades became public

Pope Francis will open the secret archives on Pope Pius XII

Catholic leadership group offers plan to fight abuse and cover-up

Pope Francis: Give up gossiping for Lent

What’s on tap?

Coffee, because Lent.

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JR Cosgrove
5 years ago

A priest from Ghana at our neighboring parish recently told us a similar story about a young women he knew there from a poor village who has become a doctor and is now helping her country through her medical skills. Not Jesuit trained by Catholic trained.

Obama refused to release any of his grades too. So nothing unusual.

Ellen B
5 years ago

Obama graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law, so it's known that he graduated with honors from law school.

But you are right, Presidents don't normally release their grades. Not that it should matter 20, 30, 40 years later. His tax returns would be more to the point.

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