Husband to Jeanne. Dad to Molly, Tommy & Emma. Author of 10 Hidden Heroes, Pilgrimage, A Good Man, Pairs of People, & Alphabet by Heart. Opinions are my own.
Today's the day! Sargent Shriver's memoir about his years leading the War on Poverty, "We Called It A War," arrives in bookstores today. Ask for it at your favorite book shop. https://t.co/NMbL3Ep3nc @bobbyshriver@mariashriver@TimShriver@Mark_Shriver#WeCalledItAWar
I just finished this fantastic new book on Pope Leo XIV by Christopher White @ChrisWhiteGU. If you’re looking for insights into the new Pope–– and his relationship with Pope Francis–– this is the book for you. It is excellent!
@loyolapress
From today’s scriptures:
“I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
"This Pope and Pope Francis they don't fit into a box... in American politics we want to make them Republican or Democrat, progressive, conservative... they are devout followers of Jesus, and Jesus was pretty radical," @Mark_Shriver, a member of the most prominent American Catholic family in history, tells me on @InsidePolitics
.@Mark_Shriver, who wrote a book on Pope Francis, discusses Pope Leo XIV:
"Pope Francis' motto was around mercy...I hope [Leo] takes that message of bringing the voice to the poor & the powerless to Rome."
"These are progressive ideas...& what Pope Leo will really focus on."
Via @FOXLA
In case you missed this great segment on @TODAYshow this morning. Many thanks to @jacobsoboroff for making it happen and to @craigmelvin for his words of support! Jen Garner is terrific and so to is @SavetheChildren https://t.co/J9h1DhEx6N
Excellent - - and TRUE!!- - statement from my brothers @TimShriver and @AnthonyKShriver about autism. See their entire statement on Instagram. Reminds me of the Dr. King quote: “It’s always the right time to do the right thing.” Hope others are listening!
Pope Francis was not just a nice guy who liked people - he was a devout follower of Jesus who joyfully challenged us to get out of our comfort zone,to get the mud of the street on our shoes.I taped these words on my office wall.Hope they challenge, &inspire, you, like they do me!
and the refugee, to the poor - - he joy-fully inspires me, daily.
He asked us to pray for him when he was first introduced as Pope; he asked Jeanne, Molly, Tommy, Emma and me to pray for him when we meet; today, we will do that- - and we will pray to him, as well.
clearly loved being on the journey with us all….His humility, his call for Mercy, his Joy in being a follower of Jesus, his Hope, his love of the Earth, his example of reaching out to those on the margin, to the forgotten and the unincluded, to those in jail, to the migrant….
In June of 2016, we were invited to morning mass with Pope Francis and blessed to have a few minutes with him afterwards.
He was - - and still is- - a wonderfully complicated teacher; he was dogmatic, yet very open to the Holy Spirt moving each of us in different ways. He…
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