• From stay-at-home mom to boundless Catholic outreach
    September 1, 2018
    by Brian Fraga
    Berni Neal, among the newest members of Legatus’ board of governors, jokes that she and her husband, Rob, flipped a coin to see who would stay home when they decided to raise their family on one income.
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  • Taking a step back in time, to touch eternity
    August 1, 2018
    by Brian Fraga
    The Crawfords, who have been married for 19 years and have four children, discussed their private tours in the Sistine Chapel and their meeting with a saint’s daughter in an interview with Legatus magazine.
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  • Diana Parent - Past-President –Fort Wayne Chapter
    July 1, 2018
    by Brian Fraga
    Diana Parent, the outgoing president of Legatus’ Fort Wayne Chapter, led one of the most vibrant and rapidly growing Legatus chapters in the country.
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  • Don Mucci - 2017 National Ace of the Year
    June 1, 2018
    by Brian Fraga
    With a rewarding career in insurance and commercial real estate, Mucci, a married father of three grown sons, says he sees Legatus as a perfect fit for his faith, family, and business life.
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  • Jerry Jones - 2017 President of the Year
    May 1, 2018
    by Brian Fraga
    Last year, Jones retired from Cannon IV, the family business he cofounded with his father, Richard, in 1974. He is still busy though, serving on various boards and volunteering in the community. He recently spoke with Legatus magazine.
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  • Dr. William Fessler - Founding member, Fairfield County Chapter
    April 1, 2018
    by Brian Fraga
    Dr. William Fessler saw the need for dental care in an orphanage that sustained over 600 children. More than seven years later, Fessler, a licensed dentist with a practice in Norwalk, Connecticut, has built a state-of-the-art dental facility to complement a medical clinic at the orphanage.
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  • Nancy Haskell - Legatus Vice President
    March 1, 2018
    by Brian Fraga
    Nancy Haskell, 41, a Michigan native who has worked for Legatus since 1999, became Legatus’ vice president in September 2017. Formerly the Great Lakes regional director, Haskell now oversees a variety of the organization’s day-to-day activities.
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  • Dr. Paul Voss - 2018 Summit speaker
    February 1, 2018
    by Brian Fraga
    Though many have heard of the “Protestant work ethic,” Dr. Paul Voss, a renowned leadership speaker and executive coach, presents a Catholic alternative. Voss, 53, president of the Ethikos consulting firm, discussed the “Catholic Work Ethic” as a speaker at the 2018 Legatus Summit.
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  • Aurora Griffin - 2018 Summit speaker
    January 1, 2018
    by Brian Fraga
    Aurora Griffin, 26, is living proof that faith and reason go together. Griffin graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in classics from Harvard University in 2014. She was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University, where she received a graduate degree in theology...
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  • Fr. Donald Calloway: Modern-day prodigal son
    December 3, 2017
    by Brian Fraga
    Catholics today may recognize Fr. Donald Calloway as a Marian priest who is a prolific author, speaker and pilgrimage guide...
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  • Sue Ellen Browder - 2018 Summit speaker
    November 1, 2017
    by Brian Fraga
    Browder, a Catholic journalist who was once a young feminist writer for Cosmopolitan magazine, will speak at the 2018 Legatus Summit on how the pro-abortion agenda became intertwined with the women’s rights movement of the mid-20th century.
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  • Father Dan Scheidt, 2016 Chaplain of the Year – Great Lakes Region
    October 3, 2017
    by Brian Fraga
    Ordained nearly 16 years, Father Scheidt, a former high school theology teacher, has many passions that include sacred art and architecture, not to mention a lifelong interest in the life and writings of Thomas Jefferson.
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  • Harold Burke-Sivers – the “Dynamic Deacon”
    September 2, 2017
    by Brian Fraga
    An accomplished preacher and evangelist, Deacon BurkeSivers, 51, travels across the world speaking at conferences, workshops, parish retreats and other events to help people who desire a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.
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  • Dan Burke – Executive Director, EWTN’s National Catholic Register
    August 1, 2017
    by Brian Fraga
    Dan Burke has committed his life to the advancement of faithful Catholic spirituality and to solid journalism that serves the Church. He is this year’s featured speaker at Legatus’ October 11-14 Men’s Enclave at Cabin Bluff in Woodbine, GA
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  • Michael P. Warsaw, EWTN Chairman CEO- Washington, D.C. Chapter
    July 1, 2017
    by Brian Fraga
    Legatus is all about Catholic leadership, and here we are, three members of this local chapter, running this institute at Belmont Abbey, trying to help the next generation of leaders — people who will be Legatus members one day.
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  • Conor Gallagher - Charlotte Chapter
    June 11, 2017
    by Brian Fraga
    Legatus is all about Catholic leadership, and here we are, three members of this local chapter, running this institute at Belmont Abbey, trying to help the next generation of leaders — people who will be Legatus members one day.
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  • William Simon, Jr. - At Large Legatus Member
    May 15, 2017
    by Brian Fraga
    I like to say I worked for Rudy Giuliani before he was Rudy.
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  • Dr. Martin Bednar, Providence Chapter
    April 10, 2017
    by Brian Fraga
    With a background in neurosurgery and clinical drug development for Pfizer, Bednar lends his expertise to many pressing issues in medical science, including the search for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease and the role of adult stem cells in regenerative medicine.
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  • Alan Sears, Phoenix Chapter
    March 1, 2017
    by Brian Fraga
    More than 100 cities across the U.S. have passed laws that suppress religious liberty. No one should forget that we still have a very strong opposition.
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  • Jim Towey, Naples Chapter
    December 1, 2016
    by Brian Fraga
    Attacks on religious liberty take place because secular orthodoxy has become the prevailing belief, and if all we have in response is a cultural Catholicism, there is nothing to defend
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