Notre Dame Honors Activist-Actor Martin Sheen

[Dorian Gray]

Notre Dame Honors Activist-Actor Sheen

Mar 2 03:23 PM US/Eastern

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Activist-actor Martin Sheen will be honored by the University of Notre Dame with its Laetare Medal for his humanitarian work, the school announced Sunday.
Sheen, who played a U.S. president who was a Notre Dame graduate in the TV series "West Wing," is to receive the medal at the school's May 18 commencement.

Since 1883, the Laetare Medal has been awarded annually to a Catholic "whose genius has ennobled the arts and sciences, illustrated the ideals of the church and enriched the heritage of humanity."

Recipients include President Kennedy, former Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. and former U.S. House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr.

Sheen has used his recognition as an actor to help others, said the university's president, the Rev. John I. Jenkins.

"He has used that celebrity to draw the attention of his fellow citizens to issues that cry out for redress, such as the plight of immigrant workers and homeless people, the waging of unjust war, the killing of the unborn and capital punishment," Jenkins said {snip}



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[Mountainman]

1. I grew up with him. He and his brothers and me and my brothers caddied at a country club as kids.

That's where he says he got his social awareness. We were poor kids working for the wealthy. We went to the same Catholic high school. My cousin married his brother. I think we both got our leftist values the same way.

[Dorian Gray]

2. Cool!

I bet he was really fun, too! And I bet you have some fun stories about MS!

[Mountainman]

3. His real name is Ramon Estevez. The last time I saw him was at my cousin's funeral

a few years back.

[LibDemAlways]

4. Sheen occasionally attends the same

Catholic church as my parents. When it comes time for the peace handshake, people reach across several rows to shake his hand. He seems like a very genuine guy, Glad he's being recognized for his humanitarian work.