S11E5 - The President | Season 11 Wrap Party (John F. Kennedy)
Holy Donors
Welcome to our wrap party for our recent season featuring John F. Kennedy! During wrap parties, our hosts take turns sharing their takeaways and overall impression of the season. At this wrap party, our hosts highlight the uniqueness of this season. First, unlike many previous holy donors, JFK is a known entity. All of our hosts (and most of our listeners!) already knew about JFK, his life, and his politics. Thus, our hosts worked hard to narrow their focus of the season to JFK’s life as a Catholic man. Second, this is the only season in 11 seasons that ends without the conclusion that the featured individual is a holy donor. While all of the hosts respect JFK’s leadership and courage, they do not think that JFK demonstrated sufficient levels of faithfulness and philanthropy to elevate him to the level of a holy donor. That said, our hosts also spend some time pondering what JFK might have become if his life hadn’t been cut short by assassination. So many of our previous holy donors did the bulk of their philanthropy in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. Perhaps, if given the opportunity of a few more decades of living, JFK would have also become a holy donor! With that, we conclude our adventures through the life and legacy of JFK. We hope you’ll join us next season when we delve into the philanthropic works of Sarita Kenedy East! --- Recommended reading: "Jack: A Life Like No Other" by Geoffrey Perret "An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy" by Robert Dallek --- Holy Donors is brought to you by Petrus Development (petrusdevelopment.com) in cooperation with RED-C Catholic Radio (redcradio.org). For more about Holy Donors please visit our website at holydonors.com or find us @HolyDonors on Instagram and Facebook. Holy Donors: Bringing you inspiring stories of radical generosity that have changed the world.