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“Exploring the Mystery: The Shroud of Turin”
On Wednesday, March 19 at 5 p.m., the Very Rev. Peter B. Mangum and Cheryl White, Ph.D. will speak to the St. Patrick’s Seminary community. You’re invited to join us in Sancta Maria Hall. Reception to follow.
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Very Rev. Peter B. Mangum is the pastor of Jesus the Good Shepherd Church in Monroe, Louisiana and co-hosts the 36 episode podcast, Who is the Man of the Shroud? His research in the Vatican Secret Archives has been published for international journals and conferences and he is honored to work closely with the Center for the International Study of the Shroud in Turin. This collaboration has fostered significant transatlantic initiatives for Shroud education. With Dr. Cheryl White, he curates the Richard Orareo Collection of rare artworks and artifacts related to the devotional history of the Shroud.
Father Mangum speaks to a variety of groups, including Catholic seminaries, seeing the Shroud as the most important tool of evangelization. Recent public talks include the Museum of the Bible, the Smithsonian Institution, and a major event for the Archdiocese of New York at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral. He also presented at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis on the topic of the Shroud of Turin. Father Mangum serves as the Episcopal Delegate for the Cause of Canonization and Beatification for the five Servants of God known as the Shreveport Martyrs. He features in The Five Priests, an award-winning documentary on EWTN and global streaming platforms, as well as in a forthcoming EWTN documentary on the Shroud of Turin.
Cheryl H. White, Ph.D. is a professor of history at Louisiana State University at Shreveport, where she holds the endowed Hubert Humphreys Professorship. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association (STERA) and has published original research from the Vatican Secret Archives on the history of the Shroud for international journals and conferences.
Dr. White served as the historical consultant on the original Shroud of Turin exhibit developed for the Museum of the Bible and is a lecturer for the Smithsonian Institution. In 2023, she presented on the topic of the Shroud of Turin at World Youth Day in Lisbon Portugal and at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress. She co-hosts a thirty-six episode podcast series entitled Who is the Man of the Shroud?
Dr. White is a regular consultant and contributor to The History Channel. She features in a forthcoming documentary on the Shroud for EWTN and works closely with the Center for the International Study of the Shroud in Turin on collaborative projects. With Father Peter Mangum, Dr. White curates the esteemed Richard Orareo Collection related to the history of the Shroud of Turin, a cultural treasure of artworks and documents that spans five centuries.
Her forthcoming book, The Shroud in the Third Millennium: Confronting the Limits of Human Knowledge, will be published in 2025.
