Meet Mireille Twayigira: Rwandan Refugee, Doctor, Education Advocate. Ep. 95

When Mireille Twayigira was two, she fled Rwanda with her family after her father was killed in the country’s genocide. At the age of eight, she entered a Jesuit Refugee Service school in Malawi. After she graduated from secondary school as one of the best students in the country, she traveled to China, where she learned Chinese and, in 2016, graduated as a doctor.

 

We talk to Mireille about the role of education in her life, how her faith has kept her strong and what it means to be a symbol of hope in your 20s.

 

In Signs of the Times, during the 2016 presidential campaign, Michael Cohen threatened to sue Fordham University if they released Donald Trump’s grades or SAT scores. Pope Francis will open the secret archives of Pope Pius XII. Why is this significant? The Leadership Roundtable, a church reform group, has released a 40-page report that lists recommendations for dealing with the sexual abuse crisis. We discuss some of the takeaways.

 

And finally, we tell you what we’re giving up for Lent.

 

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Links from the show:

Fordham confirms Cohen threatened legal action if Trump’s grades became public

Pope Francis will open the secret archives on Pope Pius XII

Archdiocese to organize parish network of mental health resources

Catholic leadership group offers plan to fight abuse and cover-up

Pope Francis: Give up gossiping for Lent

 

What’s on tap?

Coffee, because Lent.