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Cultivating Hope, Part 4: Hope and Healing

March 18, 2026 • Think ND

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Episode Topic: Hope and Healing

How does a doctor find hope and joy each day amidst the challenges of serving others at “the end of the world?” Listen in to the 2025 Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Distinguished Catholic Social Tradition Lecture, in a conversation between Dr. Tom Catena and Suzanne Shanahan, the Leo and Arlene Hawk Executive Director of Institute for Social Concerns, to hear him share a life of no regrets as the only full-time physician serving a community of three million people in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.

Featured Speakers:

Suzanne Shanahan, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Tom Catena, Mother of Mercy Hospital

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Cultivating Hope.

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