Event details
- April 8, 2025
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Spring Lecture
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – 6:00 pm Social Hour | 7:00 pm Lecture
Attend live or stream via Zoom. This event is FREE for members, $10 for non-members.
In this talk, Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein, will speak on her award-winning biography of Father Edward Dowling, SJ (1898-1960), who rescued Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson from debilitating depression and gave him the spiritual guidance he needed to bring AA to international prominence. Although Dowling was not an alcoholic himself, he came to devote his ministry to helping people in recovery, including those in troubled marriages and those suffering from nervous disorders.
About the Speaker
Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein, JCL, STD, is the award-winning author of Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.’s Spiritual Sponsor. Born in New York City, she began her working life as a rock-and-roll historian. In 2016, she became the first woman to earn a doctorate in sacred theology from the University of St. Mary of the Lake. She then went on to receive a licentiate in canon law from the Catholic University of America. She lives in Washington DC and has taught at universities and seminaries in the United States, England, and India. She is currently writing a biography of Father Louis J. Twomey, SJ.
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