Agape Latte | The Podcast

Listen as Coach Bill O'Brien, Gregory P. Barber '69 and Family Head Coach of Boston College Football, shares the story of his career and how his faith accompanied him and his family along the way. Date of talk: April 8, 2025 Learn more about and follow Agape Latte: Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21/programs/agape-latte.html Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agapelatte/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AgapeLatte/ Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/AgapeLatte 

This Agape Latte, Dan Ponsetto, Welles Remy Crowther Director of the Volunteer Service Learning Center at Boston College, began the evening with a story about how his faith helped him through a challenging time in his life.

Experience the annual Christmas Agape Latte in a new way with a special Office of First Year Experience (FYE) Takeover featuring the team: Chris Darcy, Director; Matt Razek, Associate Director; Emily Rayball, Assistant Director of Orientation and Leadership & Student Engagement; and Phil Lee, Assistant Director of Formation & Inclusion. Date of talk: December 3, 2024 Learn more about and follow Agape Latte: Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21/programs/agape-latte.html Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agapelatte/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AgapeLatte/ Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/AgapeLatte 

Listen to Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah, Senior Instruction & Programs Librarian, Boston College's O’Neill Library, speak about the ways in which he has found strength and meaning in his faith. Date of event: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Learn more about and follow Agape Latte: Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21/programs/agape-latte.html Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agapelatte/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AgapeLatte/ Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/AgapeLatte 

Listen to Fr. Casey Beaumier, S.J., Boston College Vice President & University Secretary, as he shared his insights on the importance of friendship and how we are all worthy of it. Date of event: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Learn more about and follow Agape Latte: Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21/programs/agape-latte.html Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agapelatte/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AgapeLatte/ Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/AgapeLatte 

Listen to Jack Dunn, Associate Vice President University Communications & University Spokesman at Boston College, share his story of friendship, faith, and trust.   Learn more about Agape Latte and stay updated across our channels: Website: bc.edu/agapelatte YouTube: Agape Latte Instagram: @agapelatte Facebook: Agape Latte Twitter/X: @agapelatte

Hear from Professor Steve Pope, Boston College Professor of Theology, about his faith journey.   Learn more about Agape Latte and stay updated across our channels: Website: bc.edu/agapelatte YouTube: Agape Latte Instagram: @agapelatte Facebook: Agape Latte Twitter/X: @agapelatte

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".   Connect with Agape Latte: Instagram  Facebook Twitter YouTube

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 (1963–2023), former 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.   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 was a graduate of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia (B.A., Philosophy). He held 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 followed 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?: agapelatte@bc.edu

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 agapelatte@bc.edu​  

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 agapelatte@bc.edu

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 agapelatte@bc.edu

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 agapelatte@bc.edu

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

How did Fr. Pat Nolan, S.J. decide to leave his career path in the sports marketing industry in New York to join the Jesuits? In this episode, he shares his story of how one fateful plane ride, a pair of forgotten headphones, and paying attention to the possibilities in front of him changed the course of his life.   BIO | FR. PATRICK NOLAN, S.J. Fr. Patrick Nolan, S.J., the youngest of seven children, grew up on Long Island, NY. After seven years working in the sports marketing industry, Nolan entered the Society of Jesus. As a Jesuit, he has worked as an orderly in cancer hospital, visited inmates in a jail, taught, coached, and served as a college counselor in the Pacific Islands of Micronesia, and studied at Loyola University Chicago and Boston College. Ordained in 2018, his current mission is at Boston College High School where he serves as assistant director of enrollment and chaplain to athletics. He also serves as the vocation promoter for the New England region of the USA East Province of the Jesuits. On the weekends, Fr. Pat says Mass in the parishes of South Boston and at various Boston-area colleges, including BC at the St. Ignatius 9:30 p.m. Mass.   CONNECT WITH AGAPE LATTE: Instagram - http://bit.ly/2CuAcUK Facebook - http://bit.ly/2D0dox2 Twitter - http://bit.ly/2lYbXr6

In this episode, Mia Cruz shares a candid story about how navigating the uncertainty of the pandemic taught her how to make room for change, to embrace the non-linearity of life, and to create space for the hope that things will be better.   Mia Cruz is a professor in the Theology Department at Boston College.   Follow Agape Latte for more: Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube

Dealing with changing plans, uncertainty about the future, and spending less time with the people we care about has seemed to become the new normal. Mike Serazio shares how he's been finding patience during this new normal. Mike Serazio is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at Boston College. Follow Agape Latte for more: Instagram Twitter Facebook