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All Opus Prize guests will be interviewed together for the first time at the keynote event. Ambassador Mark Dybul, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, will facilitate. Dybul is widely recognized as a visionary leader on global health for his role in creating and implementing the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief, the largest global health initiative undertaken to address a single disease. His enthusiasm for the work of the Opus Prize recipients has brought him to Marquette from Geneva, Switzerland.

For More information on Mark Dybal see the Global Fund Press Release or Georgetown News.

The University Libraries' goal is to support our users' research needs, as well as their quest for information that can enrich religious faith and foster spiritual development. This guide supports exploration into the mission of Marquette University, including faith, justice, and Ignatian spirituality. Call numbers and Web links are provided when possible. This list is intended to be a starting point. Sites for further exploration include:

• the Web site for the University's Office of Mission and Ministry

• the Libraries' Manresa Collection, located on Raynor's 2nd level

• the Libraries' Ciszek Catholic Spirituality Collection, located on Raynor's 2nd level

• The Saint John's Bible Resource Guide

Before looking for books on the shelves, users are advised to check circulation status in MARQCAT. Users may request books that are currently checked out by clicking on a catalog item's "Request it" button and completing the request procedure.

Sr. Beatrice Chipeta, a Roman Catholic nun and retired school teacher, is the founder of Lusubilo Orphan Care Project, an NGO operating in the Karonga district of Malawi. Click on image to view video of Opus Prize Winner.

Buckler, M. L. (2011). From microsoft to malawi :Learning on the front lines as a peace corps volunteer.

Dilger, H., & Luig, U. (2010). Morality, hope and grief :Anthropologies of AIDS in africa.

Freidus, A. (2010). Raising Malawi’s Children: Unanticipated Outcomes Associated with Institutionalised Care.

Freidus, A. (2010). 'Saving' Malawi: faithful responses to orphans and vulnerable children.

Kalinga, O. J. M. (2012). Historical dictionary of malawi.

Kidman, R., & Heymann, S. (2009). The extent of community and public support available to families caring for orphans in Malawi.

Ngozo, C. Malawi: Rural communities unite to care for orphans.

Zimmerman, B. (2005). Orphan Living Situations in Malawi: A Comparison of Orphanages and Foster Homes.

One of the real fundaments of Lyn Lusi’s ministry and service – every aspect of which is grounded in a deep and abiding faith – is based on a learned perspective that the plague of sexual violence and war, which has touched nearly every family in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is an affliction that requires healing not only for the woman who has been brutally ravaged, but also for her family, neighbors, community and for Congolese society as a whole. See HEAL Africa website. Click on image to view video of Opus Prize Winner.

Carlsen, E. (2009). Ra/pe and War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

CIA: The World Factbook: Congo, Democratic Republic of the. (2010).

Kalisya, L., Justin, P., Kimona, C., Nyavandu, K., Eugenie, K., Jonathan, K., & Hawkes, M. (2011). Sexual Violence toward Children and Youth in War-Torn Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Kisangani, E. F. (2012). Civil wars in the democratic republic of congo, 1960-2010.

Maedl, A. Rape as weapon of war in the eastern DRC? The victims' perspective.

Meger, S. (2010). Rape of the Congo: Understanding sexual violence in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Peterman, A., Palermo, T., & Bredenkamp, C. (2011). Estimates and Determinants of Sexual Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Prunier, G., & Prunier, G. (2009). From genocide to continental war :The 'congolese' conflict and the crisis of contemporary africa.

Rakisits, C. Child soldiers in the east of the democratic republic of the congo.

Trenholm, J. E., Olsson, P. P., & Ahlberg, B. M. (2011). Battles on women's bodies: War, rape and traumatisation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Mission Week February 3-9, 2013: THE WORLD IS OUR HOME

Each February the Marquette community pauses to explore the richness of our Catholic and Jesuit tradition. Mission Week is the time set aside to recall our larger purpose and the Ignatian heritage and spirituality that guide us throughout the year.

Please join us for this one-of-a kind Mission Week celebration, each of the undergraduate colleges will host one or more Opus Prize winners as “visiting chairs,” so that students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae will have the opportunity to engage in face-to-face conversations with leaders who are exemplars of ingenuity, tenacity, and commitment to the alleviation of human suffering.

See the Mission Week Site for schedules and more.

Also see the Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality.

Aïcha Ech Channa is founder and president of Association Solidarte Feminine, providing services in Casablanca, Morocco, to help unmarried women with children gain the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure their own livelihoods. Click on image to view video of Opus Prize Winner.

Morocco: Raped Women Made Outcasts by Islamic Society. (1999). Women's International Network News.

Bordat, S. W., Davis, S. S., & Kouzzi, S. (2011). Women as agents of grassroots change: Illustrating micro-empowerment in morocco.

Fargues, P. (2005). Women in Arab Countries: Challenging the Patriarchal System?

Hanafi, L. (2012). Moudawana and women's rights in morocco: Balancing national and international law.

Hursh, J. (2012). Advancing Women's Rights Through Islamic Law: The Example of Morocco.

Sadiqi, F. (2003). Women, gender and language in morocco.

Marguerite “Maggy” Barankitse was witness to an unimaginable event that forever changed her life. What began in 1993 as a home for the 25 orphaned children who survived the attack, Maison Shalom—or “House of Peace”—has grown into a multi-functional service agency helping heal and support 30,000 young people and families. Click on image to view video of Opus Prize Winner.

Daley, P. (2008). Gender & genocide in burundi :The search for spaces of peace in the great lakes region.

Hoskins, J. D. (2012). Hummingbird, why am I here? Maggy's children.

Katongole, E. (2011). The sacrifice of africa :A political theology for africa.

Larcher, L. (2002). Burundi diary.

Watt, N. (2008). Burundi :Biography of a small african country.

World Trade Press. (2010; 1993). Burundi.

Dr. Zilda Arns Neumann was asked by the Roman Catholic Church to help reduce the high rates of malnutrition and infant mortality in Brazil. As a physician, she knew that many of the fatal diseases could be avoided with better nutrition, proper hygiene and simple education for both children and their mothers. See Pastoral da Crianca website. (The site may take a moment to load.)

The Americas: Targeting the poor; social policy in brazil. (2003). The Economist.

The americas: Still a lot to learn; brazil's poor schools. (2009). The Economist.

Behague, D., Goncalves, H., & J Dias, D. C. (2002). Making medicine for the poor: Primary health care interpretations in pelotas, brazil.

Beozzo, J. O., & Elizondo, V. P. (1997). The return of the plague.

Bordin, I. A., Duarte, C. S., Peres, C. A., Nascimento, R., Curto, B. M., & Paula, C. S. (2009). Severe physical punishment: Risk of mental health problems for poor urban children in brazil.

Octavio Luiz, M. F. (2011). Harming the poor through social rights litigation: Lessons from brazil.

Osava, M. (2002). Development: Brazil exports initiatives that help children.

Rodgers, J. (2009). Something beyond greatness :Conversations with a man of science and a woman of god.

In 1976, Monsignor Richard Albert arrived in Kingston, Jamaica, from the Bronx, NY. Intent on breaking the vicious cycle of poverty in Jamaica, Msgr. Albert has spent 27 years establishing a vast network of charities and institutions that provides Jamaica's poor with the basic services and skills that have transformed the lives of thousands. Click on image to view video of Opus Prize Winner.

The fear that spreads death; AIDS in Jamaica. (2004) The Economist.

Bourne, P. A. (2009). Impact of poverty, not seeking medical care, unemployment, inflation, self-reported illness, and health insurance on mortality in jamaica.

Bowen, G. A. (2009). Social capital, social funds and poor communities: An exploratory analysis.

Glave, T. (2000). Toward a nobility of the imagination: Jamaica's shame.

Morrison, J. W., & Milner, V. (1995). Formal education of children in jamaica.

Riley, J. C. (2005). Poverty and life expectancy: The jamaica paradox.

Only 56 percent of the people of India can read and write but if Rev. Trevor Miranda, S.J., has his way, the country will be 100 percent literate soon. He founded and runs a system of 450 informal schools known as the Reach Education Action Programme or REAP. Click on image to view video of Opus Prize Winner.

Dubey, R. (2012). Rural education in india.

Dyer, C. (2008). Literacies and discourses of development among the rabaris of kutch, india.

Ghose, M. (2007). Gender, literacy and women's empowerment in india: Some issues.

Johnson, C., & Bowles, M. T. (2010). Making the grade? private education in northern india.

Kalia, V. (2007). Assessing the role of book reading practices in indian bilingual Children’s english language and literacy development.

Kamble, P. S., Patil, N. D., & Raval, S. K. (2012). Quality gaps in higher education system in india.

Kothari, B., & Bandyopadhyay, T. (2010). Can india's 'literate' read?

Van Rompay, Koen K. A., Madhivanan, P., Rafiq, M., Krupp, K., Chakrapani, V., & Selvam, D. (2008). Empowering the people: Development of an HIV peer education model for low literacy rural communities in india.

In 1964, Fr. John Halligan, a Jesuit priest from the Bronx, New York, invited a group of shoeshine boys to join him for lunch in the attic of the Campania Church in Quito, Ecuador. Click on image to view video of Opus Prize Winner. See Working Boys' Center website.

Harari, R., & Harari, H. (2006). Children's environment and health in latin america.

Hurtado, O., & Sipe, B. (2010). Portrait of a nation.

Lanjouw, P. (1999). Rural nonagricultural employment and poverty in Ecuador.

Lauderbaugh, G. (2012). The history of Ecuador.

Lefevere, P. (2009). Center teaches entire families in Ecuador.

Sedaca, N. M. B. (2010). Ecuador in the middle.

The past twenty-five years in Haiti have provided Fr. Rick Frechette, a Passionist priest and physician, a unique perspective on the life and struggles of the Haitian people. He never denies the physical poverty and its impact on almost every Haitian family, but he spends far more time appreciating and celebrating the richness and spirit of the Haitian people, and their commitment to join him in ministering to each other. Click on image to view video of Opus Prize Winner. See St. Luke Foundation website.

Abbott, E., & Abbott, E. (2011). Haiti: A shattered nation.

Aldunate Herman, E., Flores, A., & Centre for International Governance Innovation. (2010). Backpacks full of hope :The UN mission in haiti.

Dubois, L. (2012). Haiti :The aftershocks of history.

Frechette, R. (2012) Haiti :The god of tough places, the lord of burnt men.

Gros, J. (2012). State failure, underdevelopment, and foreign intervention in haiti.

Lundahl, M. (2011). Poverty in haiti :Essays on underdevelopment and post disaster prospects.

Brother Constant Goetschalckx, F.C., founder and director of AHADI International Institute, Tanzania, is a Brother of Charity who grew up in Belgium and leads this organization with a Swahili name that means “working toward the fulfillment of a promise.” AHADI educates refugees from the war-torn countries of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi by providing post-secondary training via a distance-learning program and instruction for 26,000 students per year studying for their high school diplomas. Click on image to view video of Opus Prize Winner. See AHADI webpage.

Badru, P. (2010). Ethnic conflict and state formation in post-colonial africa: a comparative study of ethnic genocide in the Congo, Liberia, Nigeria, and Rwanda-Burundi.

Biedzynski, J. (1997). Historical dictionary of Tanzania.

Braa, J., Heywood, A., & Sahay, S. (2012). Improving quality and use of data through data-use workshops: Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania.

Lawrence, J. T. (2004). Human rights in Africa.

Mutanyatta, J. S. (2008). Innovation in distance education learning systems: the case of the National Correspondence Institute of Tanzania, 1972-2002.

Okkolin, M., Lehtomäki, E., & Bhalalusesa, E. (2010). The successful education sector development in Tanzania - comment on gender balance and inclusive education.

Tamilenthi, S. S., & Emmie Junior, L. L. (2011). The barriers of higher education in the African countries of Zambia and Tanzania.

Whitaker, B. E. (2002). Refugees in western Tanzania: The distribution of burdens and benefits among local hosts.

Okkolin, M., Lehtomäki, E., & Bhalalusesa, E. (2010). The successful education sector development in Tanzania - comment on gender balance and inclusive education.