WE CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT LOVE, October 4th, 2025

Life lessons in the thought and spirit of Pope Saint John Paul II by Father Stan Fortuna and Dr. John Corrigan:

1. Personal Life
2. Family Life
3. Culture and the workplace

This event has been generously organized and underwritten by Mr. ROGER BURKS.

Father Stan Fortuna, CFR,

One of the original eight friars of the Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (founded 1987), was ordained in the Bronx in 1990.

Founded Francesco Productions (1987) to support evangelization through music, media, and books; proceeds aid the poor in the South Bronx.

Later launched Francesco International Love Outreach for global missions in Uganda and Poland.

Featured at Steubenville conferences, EWTN, and international media; has 18+ CDs across genres, including rap, jazz, and devotional music.

Author of U Got 2 Believe, U Got 2 Pray, and U Got 2 Love; subject of the documentary Sent.

John Corrigan Ph.D.,

Ph.D. in Philosophy, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Prior Researcher at the John Paul II Archives in Rome.

Director, St. John Paul II Institute and Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of St. Thomas–Houston.

Author of The Problem of the Idea of Culture in John Paul II (Lexington Books,)

Assistant Editor, Wojtyla Studies Contributor to the journal’s 2024 inaugural issue.

Host or Publisher St. John Paul II Institute (University of St. Thomas)