A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, by Kerry Weber
Kerry Weber
Kerry Weber joined the staff of America in October 2009. Her writing and multimedia work have since earned several awards from the Catholic Press Association, and in 2013 she reported from Rwanda as a recipient of Catholic Relief Services' Egan Journalism Fellowship. Kerry is the author of Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned, and Keep Your Day Job (Loyola Press) and Keeping the Faith: Prayers for College Students (Twenty-Third Publications). A graduate of Providence College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has previously worked as an editor for Catholic Digest, a local reporter, a diocesan television producer, and as a special-education teacher on the Navajo reservation in Arizona.
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The Gospel and the sunk cost fallacy
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent, by Kerry Weber
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Hanging on Jesus’ every word
A Reflection for the Memorial of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, by Kerry Weber
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If we desire a peaceful world, there is much work to be done
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber
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The Word of God is not a weapon
A Reflection for Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber
Posted inFaith in Focus
Why the Minneapolis school shooting hits home for Catholic school parents
My heart breaks because the children who have died from gun violence—at Annunciation and throughout the nation—are ours, all of us belonging to one another.
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Love your (literal) neighbor
A Reflection for the Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Kerry Weber
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Dave Barry gets away with it
Readers of Dave Barry’s latest, ‘Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up,’ will find enjoyable excerpts from many of his most notable columns, surrounded by additional memories, commentary and, occasionally, the perspective of hindsight.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Our Father: the prayer that fits any need
A Reflection for Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber
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Let go so you can grow
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter, by Kerry Weber