Visiting Scholar in Catholic Thought: Mesa

Mesa, Ariz. ~ The Visiting Scholar in Catholic Thought lecture series at Benedictine University at Mesa will present a performance of "Haunted by God: The Life of Dorothy Day" at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, September 23, in the Community Room of Gillett Hall.

"Haunted by God: The Life of Dorothy Day" is a play about the American journalist, social activist and Catholic convert who is being investigated for canonization by the Catholic Church. The play will be performed by Lisa Wagner-Carollo following a brief introduction by Maria Granic-White.

The event is free and open to the public.

Wagner-Carollo is the founder and director of Still Point Theatre Collective. She founded the company in 1993, motivated by a strong desire to combine ministry and theatre. For more than 15 years, she has toured the United States and overseas with "Haunted by God: The Life of Dorothy Day."

Wagner-Carollo has also toured in "Points of Arrival: A Jean Donovan Journey," a play that explores the life and commitment of one of the four North American church women killed in El Salvador in 1980, and is currently touring in "Strong Women, Haunted by God and Deep Listening," a play about death and dying.

She is also the founder and co-director of The Imagination Workshop, a theatre company for adults with developmental disabilities based at Esperanza Community Services in Chicago. Wagner-Carollo earned a Bachelor of Science in Education at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kan., and recently completed certification as a spiritual director from the Racine Dominicans in Racine, Wis.  

Teachers, lay ministers and deacons who attend this lecture are eligible for 1 credit toward recertification in the Diocese of Phoenix.