As the world mourns Nelson Mandela, Mario Powell considers the name, and the heart, of a man who fought and lived for a cause worth dying for.
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Mario has a Masters Degree in American Studies from St. Louis University where he researched the use of media in presidential power projection. Afterward he taught U.S. & World History at Cheverus High School in Portland, Maine, while also teaching Theology. He later studied theology at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Mario was ordained a priest in 2014.
Joined in 2012 5 posts mpowellsj@thejesuitpost.org
Dr. King’s Unfinished Struggle
On this 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s death, Mario Powell remembers his unfinished life’s work.
Drones or Moral Compass: What’s in Your Arsenal?
Mario Powell turns his attention to the best of what’s being written drone warfare, and then asks: are drones preventing us from being the moral nation we desire to be?
The 2nd Inauguration: Now Can We Say Racism Is Dead?
Surely a nation that celebrated the second inauguration of its black president is a nation in which racism is on the decline. Not so fast says Mario Powell.
Individualism vs. Institutionalism in 2012
“Shall We Call This the Promised Land?” Mario Powell makes his TJP debut by asking us what problems we can solve as individuals, and what problems we must ask the government to address.