Many of dePaola’s most delightful characters are those who persevere in the worthy effort to simply be themselves.
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.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What can I say to my kids when they ask why we keep faith in this church?
I have found myself for the first time truly afraid of what it means to ask and to allow my children to be part of the church.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Reading to my son about trucks, trains and automobiles
Of all the things I looked forward to while pregnant with my son, reading books to him was very close to the top of that list.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Who are the ‘real’ Catholics? A survey of women prompts challenging questions
The only answers that mattered, some argued, were the ones offered by people who attended Mass weekly or more.
Posted inFaith, Features
The humble, indispensable women leading the Catholic Church you’ve (probably) never heard of
The church may benefit from a more deliberate effort to reach out to Catholic women.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Father Greg Boyle’s new book offers the hard-earned wisdom of former gang members
“Barking at the Choir” allows the hard-earned wisdom of former gang members to reach a new audience.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
A patchwork quilt
If Seamus Heaney “digs” with his pen, Alexie sews with his.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
The church is discerning its mission for the 21st century. These Catholic leaders got together to talk about it.
Over 3,000 Catholic leaders gathered to encourage unity on the path to becoming “evangelizing disciples.”
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Paying our respects to Brian Doyle
Brian Doyle’s essays were filled with grace and unconcerned with grammar.
Posted inFaith, Features
The church doesn’t talk enough about postpartum depression. These Catholic women are changing that.
For Catholic women experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety, faith and faith communities can be a lifeline—but also a potential source of guilt, shame or frustration.