Spring One Book One Parish Book Read Begins at SJN

This spring, we are reading Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza. A Roman Catholic and Tutsi, Immaculée was born in Rwanda and studied electronic and mechanical engineering at the National University. She lost most of her family during the 1994 genocide. Four years later, she emigrated to the United States and began working at the United Nations in New York City. She is now a full-time public speaker and writer. In 2007 she established the Left to Tell Charitable Fund, which helps support Rwandan orphans. Immaculée holds honorary doctoral degrees from The University of Notre Dame and Saint John’s University, and was awarded The Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace 2007. She is the author, with Steve Erwin, of LEFT TO TELL: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust.

You will be able to hear Immaculée Ilibagiza speak at The Paramount Theatre on the evening of Saturday, May 1. Ticket information at www.immaculeeinaustin.org or www.austintheatre.org. For more information and opportunities to be involved in Immaculée’s visit to Austin, please contact Sally Robb at 512-964-6067.


Important Dates:

February 20/21 (Sat/Sun)
Book Study begins

March 27 (Sat)
Parish-wide discussion gathering, Morris Hall, 6:30-9:00pm. Bring a dish to share and bring your book (with all those great yellow highlighter marks). We will share a meal, hear a short presentation on the work and then discuss the book.

May 1 and 2 (Sat/Sun)
Immaculée Ilibagiza speak at The Paramount Theatre on the evening of Saturday, May 1 (see above).