This Agape Latte, Dan Ponsetto, Welles Remy Crowther Director of the Volunteer Service Learning Center at Boston College, began the evening with a story about how his faith helped him through a challenging time in his life.

Listen to Fr. Casey Beaumier, S.J., Boston College Vice President & University Secretary, as he shared his insights on the importance of friendship and how we are all worthy of it.

Date of event: Tuesday, September 24, 2024

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Listen to Jack Dunn, Associate Vice President University Communications & University Spokesman at Boston College, share his story of friendship, faith, and trust.

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Hear from Professor Steve Pope, Boston College Professor of Theology, about his faith journey.

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Listen to our annual Christmas Agape Latte! Monsignor Liam Bergin shares his experiences and insights through story and helps us in "Finding Light in Darkness".

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Dan Ponsetto, director of the Volunteer and Service Learning Center at Boston College, shares the story of the Christmas lesson he learned from a mysterious turtle his sons discovered in the backyard.

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John Walsh, director of Creative Video Services at Boston College, shares his story about struggling with the tension between his head and heart while deciding if he should change career paths from accounting to video production before graduation.

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John is the director of Creative Video Services at Boston College, a freelance filmmaker, and the man behind the camera for many of BC's videos including the new That BC Feeling dance video, Special Delivery (the Harry Potter themed admissions video), and Boston College's Shake It Off dance video. For more of John’s work, visit johnwalshproductions.com.

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Fr. Tom Stegman (1963–2023), former dean of the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, shares his story about how he learned to trust his inner voice and lean into God's calling on his life as he discerned his vocation in the priesthood and then after his cancer diagnosis at 22.

FR. TOM STEGMAN, S.J.:

Fr. Tom Stegman, S.J., of the USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus, was raised in Holdrege, Nebraska. He was a graduate of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia (B.A., Philosophy). He held an M.A. (Philosophy) from Marquette University, and both an M.Div. and S.T.L. (Hebrew Bible) from Weston Jesuit School of Theology. He earned his Ph.D. in New Testament studies at Emory University. In his spare time, he followed the Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Cardinals, and Nebraska Cornhuskers.

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Lavette Scott-Smith shares her story about getting her joy back after losing her mom.

Lavette Scott-Smith is an IT Training and Events Specialist for Information Technology Services at Boston College.

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Melodie Wyttenbach shares her story about falling in love with her life and discovering her calling when she was in college. For the past 20 years, she's been a teacher, a camp director, a principal, and now directing the Roche Center at Boston College supporting educators from all over the country. Her journey started on a school bus on an unexpected trip that changed her life.

Melodie Wyttenbach is the Executive Director for the Roche Center for Catholic Education at Boston College.

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