News HighlightsAnne Marie Hagan has signed a publishing agreement with Flanker Press of St. John's, NL, to write her story (working title: Forgiven). The book launch is scheduled for January 2011.
March 2010 - @issue on ichannel. Anne Marie Hagan and others were interviewed by program host Kevin O'Keefe about how their lives were transformed through forgiveness, in an episode titled The "F" Word, broadcast during the week of March 1.
June 2009 - Anne Marie Hagan became a Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Professional Speakers (NLAPS).
August, 2008 - Anne Marie Hagan was profiled in Unexpected Peace, a documentary produced by the Mennonite Church of Canada.
April, 2008 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, endorsed The Forgiveness Project (London, UK). Anne Marie's story is featured on this website.
April, 2008 - Stories of Forgiveness: Anne Marie Hagan was profiled by SoulCircle, Centurion, South Africa.
April 14, 2008 - Forgiveness: Stories For Our Time was broadcast in the United Kingdom & Ireland on B SKY S.
March, 2008 - Forgiveness: Stories For Our Time was released on DVD in Canada through the National Film Board. You can order it here.
January 1, 2008 - Anne Marie Hagan was accepted as a Member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS).
May 26, 2007 - CTV's W-Five broadcast the television premiere of Forgiveness: Stories For Our Time.
April 27, 2007 - Forgiveness: Stories For Our Time, was honoured at Hot Docs: Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto, ON, where it was named "Best Mid-Length Documentary" for Canadian and international films. It was written and directed by Canadian filmmaker Johanna Lunn (Wild East Productions Inc.), and was a co-production of the National Film Board of Canada.
In a world wracked by increasing violence and horror, Forgiveness: Stories For Our Time brings hope that there are other possibilities beyond blind revenge, and that in forgiving others, we can be set free.
My journey from murder to forgiveness is one of four stories profiled in this film.
In Other News
The recipients of the 2009 Thomas Hagan Memorial Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each are:
• Samantha Kavanagh - Baltimore School, Ferryland, NL (est. 2003)
• Heather Tobin - Mobile Central High School, Mobile, NL (est. 2004)
• Ashley Power - Stella Maris Academy, Trepassey, NL (est. 2005)
• Danielle Lundrigan - Fatima Academy, St. Bride's, NL (est. 2008)The students are chosen by their School’s Scholarship Committee and are evaluated based on the following criteria:
1. Enrolment at an accredited post-secondary institution;
2. Kind, caring, helpful and respectful to others;
3. Dedicated and hard working;
4. Achieves to the best of his or her academic ability;
5. Attends school regularly.
