Saints Alive!
Speaker Series
St. Matthew's monthly speaker series, Saints Alive, returns in 2024-2025 with an impressive line-up of engaging presentations. Mark your calendars for noon on the first Wednesday of the month (excluding January) to join us for an outdoor luncheon on the Church Patio, immediately followed by the speaker presentation in the Church.
Registration for each event is $15 in advance and includes a boxed lunch from Palisades Garden Café. Please note that walk-ins cannot be accommodated, so please register in advance for this year’s events.
Wellness Worldwide for Sustainable Communities
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
11:45am Lunch | 12:30pm Talk
St. Matthew’s Saints Alive lunch and speaker series resumes at St. Augustine's on April 2 at 11:45am with Dr. Meena Said, who will present Wellness Worldwide for Sustainable Communities. Dr. Said founded and serves as the CEO of non-profit Wellness Worldwide for Sustainable Communities, which addresses the complex cancer and medical care needs of impoverished women and children in Afghanistan.
Dr. Said is an endocrine and general surgeon who serves the Palisades and Santa Monica communities through her practice at Saint John’s Medical Center. She obtained two undergraduate degrees and graduated summa cum laude from UCLA before attending the UCLA School of Medicine, where she received the Deans Merit Scholarship, the highest honor bestowed upon a medical student. Said completed an internal medicine internship at UCLA before pursuing her general surgery residency at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, as well as the prestigious Endocrine Surgery Fellowship at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
Register now for this Saints Alive presentation at 12:30pm, with lunch beginning on the St. A's patio at 11:45am.
Previous Events in This Series
DIESEL, A Bookstore: Best Books of 2024
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
11:45am Lunch | 12:30pm Talk
Known since 1989 for its fascinating selection of titles, stunning author events, enthusiastically diverse staff, and urban California aesthetic, DIESEL is the cutting-edge, high octane, community-radiating, independent neighborhood bookstore we all dream of hanging out in, getting imaginally turned on in, and literarily inspired by. DIESEL's book recommendations are always a hit at Saints Alive, so don't miss out.
Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
11:45am Lunch | 12:30pm Talk
In September of 1962, the engines of Flying Tiger Flight 923 burst into flames, one by one over the raging Atlantic Ocean, hundreds of miles from land. Captain John Murray did the impossible and guided the plane into the water, keeping everyone onboard alive. Eric Lindner tells the astonishing story of Murray, and of the dozens of passengers who fought together to stay alive for more than six hours in the freezing, stormy waters, in his book, Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival. Come hear him and other special guests at this fascinating event.
The LA Art Scene: The Past, Present and Maybe a Glimpse of Its Future
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
11:45am Lunch | 12:30pm Talk
Enjoy an artful afternoon with attorney and art aficionado, Ken Anderson and L.A. Louver’s Peter Goulds who will discuss the contemporary art scene in Los Angeles – and beyond. Peter Goulds founded L.A. Louver gallery in Venice, California in 1975 to feature contemporary art from Los Angeles and across the world. Ken shares the same passion for art, and their conversation together is sure to entertain and inform.