DR. ALLAN BOESAK, REV. GENE ROBINSON IN OUR TOWN

By Jerry Berger
Berger's Beat
April 11, 2015

http://www.bergersbeat.com/

Frank Gabriele, Juli Niemann and Warren Smith

Jennifer Donley with her children Kyle, Katie and Lexi and famed server Joey

Two internationally known progressive clerics will be in our town April 19. South African anti-apartheid leader Dr. Allan Boesak speaks at Second Presbyterian in the CWE while Gene Robinson, the first gay Episcopalian bishop will be at Christ Church Cathedral. (His topic: “Common Ground: where the ‘Ferguson movement’ for equality and the movement of LGBT equality come together.)
EXACTLY A DECADE AGO, our town’s Barbara Dorris celebrated the 35th anniversary of her marriage in an unusual way: apart from her husband Andy and in a Vatican prison for a few hours, Dorris, outreach director for SNAP, was protesting in Italy after the death of Pope John Paul II. She and SNAP founder Barbara Blane, a SLU alum, were upset that the disgraced Cardinal Law, who resigned as head of the Boston archdiocese because he hid and suffled pedophile priests, had been chosen to say a special mass in Rome honoring the deceased pontiff. (Her spouse, by the way, belongs to the family that founded St. Louis Motor Carriage Company, one of the first car manufacturers here.)
LA TRIVIATAWashU scientists are conducting a new Ebola virus study that points to a potential drug target, a protein known as VP35. . .University of Missouri topper Tim Wolfe is supporting the initiative, The Missouri Promise, to help pay in-state tuition for high-achieving students. . .First anniversary of Giovanni’s Kitchen in Clayton was observed by Smith Moore financial analyst Juli Niemann, along with co-owner Frank Gabriele and host, Warren Smith. . .And, congrats to Steve and Jamie Komarek on the upcoming 20th anni of Trattoria Marcella. Seen picking up pasta were Jennifer Donley and her children: Kyle, Katie and Lexi. Jennifer is an assistant to famed head and neck cancer surgeon, Dr. Bruce Haughey at Siteman.