Somehow, incredibly, this celibate, elderly man often doled out some of the best and most valuable parenting advice I’ve received along the way.
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, Scripture Reflections
What do you do with Good News?
A Reflection for Monday in the Octave of Easter, by Kerry Weber
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Equal opportunity in the kingdom of God
A Reflection for Friday of the Second Week of Lent, by Kerry Weber
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Discipleship is an ongoing commitment
A Reflection for Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber
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Catholic kitsch: Why simple religious art is actually great
From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Let the chaos of the Christmas pageant bring you closer to Christ
What better way to celebrate Christmas than to have faith in things unseen, to find hope in a child.
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Jesus offers an invitation to conversation
A Reflection for Monday of the Third Week of Advent, by Kerry Weber
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Praying for a good day
A Reflection for Saturday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber
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The truth might make you uncomfortable
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr, by Kerry Weber
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Most modern parenting books advise against telling kids to stop crying. But that’s what Jesus does.
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber