Roving Reporter #105 – Thomas S. Monaghan SFI Inductee ( 08min) >>> Play

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Friar Roderic interviews Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino’s Pizza, while he was in the Chicago area to be inducted into the Sports Faith International Hall of Fame as former owner of the Major League Baseball team Detroit Tigers. He talks about how he started Domino’s Pizza and how important faith is to his motivation and how he wants to use his wealth to revive Catholic higher education. He gives insight into the importance of sports in our lives for building character. Mr. Monaghan is also Chancellor of Ave Maria University, and Chairman of Ave Maria School of Law and Chairman of Legatus.

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In this year’s (Sports Faith International – Hometown Heroes Award – Athlete of the Year Award)  Meagan Gitchell was one of three awarded, and this for her skills in soccer and her faith.

Sports Faith International is a Chicago-based initiative dedicated to inspiring and transforming our culture through the world of sports.   It will utilize the best of new and traditional media to feature and encourage the powerful personal testimonies of outstanding athletes at all levels, who are living out their faith on and off the field.

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Roving Reporter #103 – Fra David and April Ortenzo at Halas Hall ( 04min) >>> Play

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In this year’s “Sports Faith International”, April Ortenzo was chosen as “Athlete of The Year – Female”.

Sports Faith International is a Chicago-based initiative dedicated to inspiring and transforming our culture through the world of sports.   It will utilize the best of new and traditional media to feature and encourage the personal testimonies of outstanding athletes at all levels, who are living out their faith on and off the field.

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Roving Reporter #102 – Fra David with Joy Piccolo O’Connell ( 04min) >>> Play

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Sports Faith International is a Chicago-based initiative dedicated to inspiring and transforming our culture through the world of sports.   It will utilize the best of new and traditional media to feature and encourage the powerful personal testimonies of outstanding athletes at all levels, who are living out their faith on and off the field.

Among those inducted in the 2010 Sports Faith International, was Brian Piccolo a Catholic and a professional football player for the Chicago Bears. He died from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of cancer. He was the subject of the 1971 TV movie Brian’s Song. Piccolo played in the NFL from 1966 to 1969 and scored five touchdowns. Joy Piccolo O’Connell, his wife, received the award and gave us this interview.

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Roving Reporter #101 – Randy Albright-Child Of Mary ( 03min) >>> Play

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“Child Of Mary” is beautiful song by Randy Albright. Please visit http://ikahnrecords.com/ to learn more.

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Roving Reporter #100 – Randy Albright ( 05min) >>> Play

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While AirMaria was in Chicago for the 3rd Annual “Sports Faith International” we were blessed to meet a child of Mary; Randy Albright.

We apologize for the poor audio sound, we had a lot of problems that day with audio.

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The AirMaria crew are off to Chicago for the weekend to conduct interviews and also live-stream the Sports Faith International 2010 Holy Mass and Induction Ceremonies at the Chicago Bears Halas Hall. The broadcast will start at 2:00pm Central Time on Sunday 21st February 2010.

2010 Inductees are: Bill Bidwill, owner of the National Football League’s Super Bowl XLIII Arizona Cardinals,  founder of Cardinals’ Charities, and trustee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame;

Tom Monaghan, former owner of the Detroit Tigers, whose entrepreneurial accomplishments include founding Domino’s Pizza, The Thomas More Law Center, Legatus, and Ave Maria University;

and Chicago Bear’s fullback, Brian Piccolo of Brian’s Song fame (posthumously).

The “winningest coach” in college football, with 471 career victories, Coach John Gagliardi, of St. John’s College in Minnesota, will be inducted as the College Coach of the Year. Mr. Bidwill, Mr. Monaghan, and Coach Gagliardi will be present to accept the awards. Joy Piccolo O’Connell will receive the award on behalf of her husband, Brian.

We’ll post the ustream player on the Airmaria front page on Sunday morning.

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Georgette Forney is the President of Anglicans for Life, the only Anglican/Episcopal organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia, protecting embryos from research abuse, and promoting abstinence and adoption. She is also the co-founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, an effort to raise awareness about the physical, spiritual and emotional harm abortion does to women and to let those who are hurting from abortion know help is available. Since officially launching the Campaign in 2003, 2859 women and men have shared their testimonies at 466 Gatherings that have occurred in 44 states and 8 countries with more than 63,000 spectators having heard the truth about abortion’s negative after-affects. More than 6,200 people have registered online to be silent no more.   -www.anglicansforlife.org

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Roving Reporter #98 – Shaun Kenny ( 10min) >>> Play

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Shaun Kenney is the executive director of American Life League, and is widely respected for his work in communications and social media.

Shaun got started in pro-life activism as a volunteer worker in political campaigns. Eventually, he was running campaigns for pro-life candidates at virtually every level of government.

In the mid-1990s, he worked for then-Virginia Governor George Allen as his liaison in Washington, D.C. and subsequently managed a series of mid-level political campaigns (for state offices). By 2000, Shaun was highly active in the effort to create the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives through The Empowerment Network and EDTEC, Inc, working inside America’s inner cities promoting entrepreneurship and individual opportunity. In 2006 he successfully ran the campaign of Rep. Marilyn Musgrave in a three way race, and in 2007 served as communications director for the Republican Party of Virginia under Chairman Ed Gillespie. Shaun has served at American Life League since December 2007.

Shaun has appeared as a guest on ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, NPR and BBC; and his work has been featured in USA Today, The Guardian, Roll Call, The Hill, Politico, Townhall, RedState, Washington Post, The Washington Times, Time Magazine and the Denver Post.

The author of a self-titled blog, Shaun also co-founded the Jeffersoniad Blog Alliance and Red Storm PAC, both focusing on social media campaigns within Virginia. Previous professional experience includes working as an analyst with several members of the defense industry and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Shaun is married to his wonderful wife Melissa and they have five children. A Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, Shaun currently attends St. Joseph Catholic Church in Columbia, Virginia.

Shaun Kenney is the executive director of American Life League and is widely respected for his work in communications and social media.

Shaun received an early start in pro-life activism by volunteering then running political campaigns for pro-life candidates at virtually every level of government.

His political experience began working for then-Virginia Governor George Allen in the mid-1990s, followed by a series of mid-level campaigns. By 2000, Shaun was highly active in the effort to create the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives through The Empowerment Network and EDTEC, Inc, working inside America’s inner cities promoting entrepreneurship and individual opportunity. In 2006 he successfully ran the campaign of Rep. Marilyn Musgrave in a three way race, and in 2007 served as communications director for the Republican Party of Virginia under Chairman Ed Gillespie. Kenney has served at American Life League since December 2007.

Shaun has appeared as a guest on ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, NPR and BBC; and his work has been featured in USA Today, The Guardian, Roll Call, The Hill, Politico, Townhall, RedState, Washington Post, The Washington Times, Time Magazine and the Denver Post.

Kenney is also the author of a self-titled blog and is co-founder of both the Jeffersoniad Blog Alliance and Red Storm PAC, both focusing on social media campaigns within Virginia. Previous professional experience includes working as an analyst with several members of the defense industry and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Shaun is a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, married to his wonderful wife Melissa, and has five children. Shaun currently attends St. Joseph Catholic Church in Columbia, Virginia.   – www.all.org

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Mildred Fay Jefferson (born 1927) is an American doctor and activist, born in Texas. Her father was a Methodist minister. Growing up in the Jim Crow era, she nevertheless became the first African American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School in 1951. In addition, she was the first woman in the Boston Surgical Society, the first woman to be a surgical intern at the Boston City Hospital and the first woman to receive the Lantern Award for Patriotism. She has also received 28 honorary degrees.

In spite of all of these accomplishments, however, she is probably best known for her support for the right-to-life movement. She helped found the National Right to Life Committee and served three terms as its president. She is a member of Black Americans for Life and currently lives in Boston, leading the Right to Life Crusade for the last 33 years. She is held in high esteem by Feminists for Life and other pro-life feminists. Dr. Jefferson currently serves on the Board of Directors of more than 30 pro-life organizations. She has unsuccessfully run for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in Massachusetts. -Wikipedia

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