“We do not love in a vacuum. We express love through right relationships. There is no love without acts that express that love.”

-- Dennis Gruending

Join us as Gruending speaks about the connection between faith and public life – about our roles and responsibilities as individuals and as peoples of faith.

Dennis Gruending is an Ottawa-based writer and a former Member of Parliament. He has worked as a journalist and radio host and is the author of five books, including the best selling Great Canadian Speeches. He has also written biographies of Emmett Hall, who’s Royal Commission recommended Medicare for Canada, and former Saskatchewan premier Allan Blakeney.

Gruending also worked for five years as Director of Information for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

He holds an Honours degree in English literature, and a Masters in Journalism from Carleton University. To learn more about Dennis Gruending, visit http://www.dennisgruending.ca.