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Marquette University Prayer Book - Finding God in All Things
Milwaukee's Jesuit University Marquette 1881- 1981 by Dr. Thomas Jablonsky
What luminary figures of faith and justice have left a lasting impression on Marquette? Whose voices linger on our campus long after they have gone? To hear audio clips please install QuickTime.
Pedro Arrupe, S.J. | Dan Berrigan,S.J. |Rev. Greg Boyle, S.J.
Cesar Chavez | Dorothy Day |Janine Geske | James Groppi
Martin Luther King II | Nicholas Kristof |John Lewis
Mairead Corrigan Maguire | Mother Teresa |Sister Helen Prejean
Robert F. Kennedy | Fred Rogers |Paul Ruseabagina | Martin Sheen
Mitch Snyder | Archbishop Desmond Tutu |Lech Walesa
Rev. Pedro Arrupe, S.J.
Superior General (1965-83) of the Society of Jesus
Spoke at Marquette in 1965-66
(414) 288-1720
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Rev. Dan Berrigan, S.J. (photo unavailable)
Peace activist and author
Spoke at Marquette in 1968
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Rev. Greg Boyle, S.J.
Founder of Homeboy Industries
Spoke at Marquette in 2004 (414) 288-1722
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Cesar Chavez
Labor and Civil Rights leader on behalf of the United Farm Workers
Spoke at Marquette in 1974 and 1989 (414) 288-3331
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Dorothy Day
Co-founder of the Catholic Worker, journalist and social activist
(414) 288-3318
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Prof. Janine Geske
Wisconsin Supreme Court justice; Distinguished Professor of Law; restorative justice advocate
(414) 288-6991
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Rev. James Groppi
Milwaukee Civil Rights activist and diocesan priest
Spoke at Marquette in 1971 (414) 288-5309
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Family of Martin Luther King, Jr.
MLK III spoke at Marquette in 2002
(414) 288-7432
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Nicholas Kristof
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times columnist
(414) 288-7833
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Cong. John Lewis
U.S. Congressman and Civil Rights leader
(414) 288-3291
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Mairead Corrigan Maguire
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from northern Ireland
Spoke at Marquette in 2003
(414) 288-5956
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of the Missionaries of Charity
Spoke at Marquette in 1981
(414) 288-3766
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Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ
Death penalty abolitionist, author of Dead Man Walking
Spoke at Marquette in 1996
(414) 288-7544
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Sen.Robert F. Kennedy U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Senator, U.S. Presidential candidate
Spoke at Marquette in 1964
(414) 288-5953
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Fred Rogers Host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Spoke at Marquette in 2002
(414) 288-5455
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Paul Rusesabagina
Humanitarian, Inspiration for the film Hotel Rwanda
Spoke at Marquette in 2006
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Martin Sheen
Actor, social activist
(414) 288-6992
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Mitch Snyder
Activist on behalf of the homeless Spoke at Marquette October, 1986
(414) 288-7020
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from South Africa
(414) 288-7750
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Pres. Lech Walesa Former President of Poland, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Founder of Polish Solidarity
Spoke at Marquette in 2004
(414) 288-8939
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