1. Dr. Tom Catena earned Associated Press All-America honorable mention and all-Ivy League accolades as a nose guard on the Brown University football team in the mid 80s. Tom Catena: Man on a Mission.
2. “He’s Jesus Christ” was the lone headline on a June 27, 2015 column about Catena by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof.
3. At six o’clock each morning Dr. Catena spends half an hour, rosary in hand, enlisting God’s support for the day ahead. Film: The Heart of Nuba.
4. Filmmaker Ken Carlson talks about seeing Dr. Tom Catena perform “seventeen surgeries in one day, including ‘amputations, lacerations, shrapnel removal, and a horrific D&C procedure on a full-term pregnancy.’” A Life In War
5. With three patients suffering from a deadly parasitic condition called leishmaniasis, Dr. Tom had only enough of the life-saving drug Amphotericin B to treat one. He had to make a heart-wrenching decision. No doctor should have to make decision like this
6. Against a powerful Rhode Island football team on September 28, 1985, Tom Catena sacked Ram quarterback Tom Ehrhardt for a safety to lead Brown to a 32–27 upset win. The Heart of Nuba Trailer
7. “The source of most of our conflicts is the idea that one person’s life is more valuable than someone else’s. We have forgotten that we are all children of God and therefore somewhat related.” — Dr. Tom Catena Architect of Change of the Week: Dr. Tom Catena
8. Dr. Tom Catena was one of four finalists for the 2016 Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. One in a Million.
9. The 2017 Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity has been awarded to Dr. Tom Catena. Dr. Tom Catena — 2017 Aurora Prize Laureate:
10. “Working seven days week, he gets $350 a month.” wrote Nicholas Kristof in his New York Times column. Gifts With Meaning.
11. Tom Catena, “who has worked almost single-handedly to treat hospital patients in a remote part of war-torn Sudan, has been named the first chairman of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative. Aurora bestows an annual award that includes a $1 million purse for humanitarian projects. The initiative aims to ‘raise public consciousness about atrocities occurring around the world and reward those working to address these major issues in a real and substantial manner.’” Dr. Tom Catena to Chair Aurora Initiative
To learn more about Dr. Tom Catena, check out the compelling documentary The Heart of Nuba, produced and directed by Kenneth A. Carlson.