Agape Latte | The Podcast

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".

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.   CONNECT WITH AGAPE LATTE: Instagram Twitter Facebook

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.   MEET JOHN WALSH: 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.   CONNECT WITH AGAPE LATTE: Instagram Facebook Twitter

Fr. Tom Stegman, 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.   MEET 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 is a graduate of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia (B.A., Philosophy). He holds 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 follows the Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Cardinals, and Nebraska Cornhuskers.   CONNECT WITH AGAPE LATTE: Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube

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.   CONNECT WITH AGAPE LATTE: Instagram​ Facebook​ Twitter YouTube Questions?: [email protected]

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.   CONNECT WITH AGAPE LATTE: Follow on Instagram​ Follow on Facebook Follow on Twitter ​Follow on YouTube​ Email us at [email protected]​

Karen Kiefer shares her story about guardian angels, unwrapping our worth, and celebrating that 'It's a Wonderful Life.' This episode is a live recording from Dec. 8, 2020 (the speaker is wearing a mask).     Karen Kiefer is the director of the C21 Center and Agape Latte at Boston College.     CONNECT WITH AGAPE LATTE: Follow on Youtube  Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook Follow on Twitter Email us at [email protected]

Professor Brian Braman shares his story about navigating a major crossroads in his life and finding the grace in his depression diagnosis. This episode is a live recording from 2019.   Brian Braman is a professor in the Philosophy Department at Boston College.     CONNECT WITH AGAPE LATTE: Follow on Youtube  Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook Follow on Twitter Email us at [email protected]

Professor Brian Robinette shares his story about the time he quit his “dream job” in advertising to become a janitor at a church after a massive quarter-life crisis. This is the story of the best mess he ever made. This episode is a live recording from 2018.     Brian Robinette is currently a professor in the Theology Department at Boston College.     “To actually take on this kind of crisis can feel like it’s going to destroy or unravel everything that you’ve been working towards all along and here’s what I have to say to you: Let it. Let that happen. Is to not be so focused on some sort of goal that you think that you have, or other people have of you, that you can’t take sufficient time to allow yourself to be deeply confused -to not really know what you’re doing and to really not know what you’re doing. To have a crisis more fully is what I’m suggesting, to have a more complete crisis where you lean into it. You’re not generating crisis or unnecessary drama in your life – you’re actually leaning in and allowing the confusion to be some sort of potential source of wisdom for you…” – Prof. Brian Robinette     CONNECT WITH AGAPE LATTE: Follow on Youtube  Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook Follow on Twitter Email us at [email protected]

Fr. Casey Beaumier, S.J. shares his story about how a journey to try to meet Maya Angelou with $30, a one-way bus ticket, and a dream led him to a place he never expected: finding his purpose. This episode is a live recording from 2015.   To buy Fr. Casey's book, A Purposeful Path: https://amzn.to/3ozFRRZ   CONNECT WITH AGAPE LATTE: Instagram - http://bit.ly/2CuAcUK Facebook - http://bit.ly/2D0dox2 Twitter - http://bit.ly/2lYbXr6