If Seamus Heaney “digs” with his pen, Alexie sews with his.
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 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.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
At a time of real division, how can we help clear the air? First, breathe.
“What does the midwife tell us to do? Breathe. And then? Push…. Tonight we will breathe. Tomorrow we will labor in love through love, and your revolutionary love is the magic we will show our children.”
Posted inFaith, Video
Pope Francis: Still a Jesuit
On the first anniversary of Pope Francis' election, James Martin, S.J., looks at the pope's Jesuit identity.
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The Cult of Apple
Sam Sawyer, S.J., discusses Steve Jobs and the "humanization of technology."