News HighlightsApril, 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 on the SoulCircle website, from Centurion, South Africa.
April 27, 2008 -Senior Minister Daniel E.H. Bryant of the First Christian Church in Eugene, Oregon, USA, referenced Anne Marie's story in the Sunday sermon.
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 made available on DVD in Canada through the National Film Board. You can order it here.
January 1, 2008 - Accepted as a Professional 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
Annually, my mother, my two sisters and I sponsor three $1,000 scholarships to help high school graduates continue their education.
The 2007 Thomas Hagan Memorial Scholarship Recipients are:
• Jamie-Lynn Greene - Baltimore School, Ferryland, NL
• Kristen Cahill - Mobile Central High School, Mobile, NL
• Marissa White - Stella Maris Academy, Trepassey, NL
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.
