The Saint Who Survived the Atomic Bomb

In this episode, Formation Specialist Sarah de Silva joins Jessica to talk about Servant of God Takashi Nagai, a Japanese Catholic convert on his way to canonization. Sarah and Jess discuss:Takashi's Shinto upbringing and conversion to CatholicismHis work as a doctor in radiologyHow he lived through the nuclear bomb being dropped on NagasakiThe last years of his life, when he preached forgiveness to the Japanese peopleSarah de Silva has served FOCUS for 5 years as a campus missionary, team director, and now Formation Specialist. She is married to Niru and they are expecting their first baby.