In our culture, it seems we like to compartmentalize things--keep them separate from each other. We keep our personal life separate from our professional life (which in some cases is good); we keep our faith in a corner for Sunday mornings (or whenever we happen to worship); we appropriate "times" for things and focus on only one thing at once--family "time", work "time", etc. The world doesn't always work that way, though; lots of things bleed over into one another, and they should. Over-compartmentalizing can cause us to fragment our character as well as our time. This is why a person of faith can do something that is selfish or unethical, or causes harm or loss to someone else, and justify it by saying, "It's just business."
Frank Hanna III doesn't quite see things that way, especially when it comes to faith and business. A merchant banker and successful businessman, he speaks often about the role of faith in business, especially when it comes to philanthropy. Frank Hanna has recently written a book called What Your Money Means. He's also an advocate for education and religious liberty, and has helped form three Catholic schools.
Apparently, Frank Hanna doesn't see business, freedom, education and faith as separate compartments to be dealt with separately. They all inform one another.
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