Author and speaker Sal DiLeo will speak at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Bismarck on Thursday, May 22 at 6:30 PM as part of his “Power of Gratitude” North Dakota speaking tour. He will share his story of being the second youngest in a family of 12 children growing up in an orphanage after their father abandoned them. As an adult, Sal aggressively sought success in business to validate his self-worth, but after chasing money and turning from God, everything fell apart. On a night he contemplated suicide, Sal called Sister Paul who had cared for him in the orphanage. She helped him to get back on the right path and to see that gratitude and forgiveness was the real way to success and freedom. The mission of his tour is to promote religious vocations for women as Catholic sisters or nuns. His book, Did I Ever Thank You Sister? is being made into the movie House of the Lion directed by Daniel Bielinski with Canticle Productions. For more information, go to houseoflionmovie.com.