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Podcast: AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast
Episode: Beauty, Leadership and the Mystery of God with Fr. Leo O'Donovan, SJ
Description: It’s hard to know where to start an interview with Jesuit Fr. Leo O’Donovan. At 89 years old, Fr. O’Donovan’s could boast a hefty list of accomplishments and accolades—though he’s not much interested in bragging.
A theologian by training, he studied under the prominent Jesuit Fr. Karl Rahner in Munich, where O’Donovan’s own body of work would eventually earn him The Knight Commanders Cross of the Order of Merit, with Star, of the Federal Republic of Germany.
For over a decade, Fr. O’Donovan served as president of Georgetown University. He also served on the board of th...