God's Ambassadors

Below are links to some individual and business sites I found worth mentioning because of their efforts to improve the state of mankind.

SHNS-Salt Lake Tribune/AL HARTMANN

CEO Patrick Byrne of Worldstock

Medecins Sans Frontiers : "Is an independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to two objectives: providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politic or sex and raising an awareness of the plight of the people we help."

Father Gregory J. Boyle, is a Jesuit priest who is the founder and director of Homeboy Industries/ Jobs For A Future. Previously Fr. Boyle was pastor of Dolores Mission Church from 1986-1992. Dolores Mission is the poorest parish in the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese. The parish was comprised of the largest public housing developments west of the Mississippi (Pico Gardens and Aliso Village). These housing projects have the highest concentration of gang activity in the entire city.
Fr. Boyle was born in Los Angeles. He received his BA in English from Gonzaga University, an MA in English from Loyola Marymount University, and a STM degree from the Jesuit School of Theology. Before becoming pastor of Dolores Mission, Fr. Boyle taught at Loyola High School and worked with the Christian Base Communities in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He has also served as chaplain of the Islas Marias Penal Colony in Mexico and Folsom State Prison.

How does one become an ambassador for God?

	By living one's life for the benefit of others at all levels of society.
	By making the effort to understand the diversity of humanity and to embrace it.
	By loving and caring beyond fear for one's ego.
	By thinking with one's mind when our heart suffers and with one's heart when our mind is confused.
	By looking at life with respect and reverence, feeling hurt deep in our soul for the suffering that cannot be taken care of today, but can be, and will, by each of us becoming God's ambassador to the world.

Our favorite and the most controversial religious leader of our time with his wife

He will try until it is achieved to appease God's heart and to bring peace on earth and glory to heaven.

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By learning about the Divine Principle which God has used in shaping history for the eventuality of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.

"I have a Dream" Speech -- August 28, 1963: The Civil Rights Movement was at its height and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave what turned out to be one of his most famous speeches to a crowd of thousands at the base of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The text of the speach can be found at the following web site: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

Today is September 29th, 2003 - I have just finished reading this book. I believe this book deserve to be listed here. The philosophy of Mr. Morrie Schwartz is worth paying attention to. It should be required reading in high school and again in college. I am grateful to Mr. Mitch Albom who was able to go beyond himself to make Mr. Morrie Schwartz part of history.