Ten years after 9/11, Laura Armstrong helps keep her brother’s memory alive.
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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NPR Tribute to Father Mychal Judge
Today NPR offered a beautiful tribute to Franciscan Father Mychal Judge through the stories of one man who knew him mdash and one man who didn t Both were deeply affected by Judge s life and actions The piece includes an excerpt of the homily given by Father Michael Duffy also a Franciscan In t
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Painting 9/11
Dan Gheno an artist whose paintings were featured in the 9 11 issue of America recently stopped by America house to offer a reflection about art as a meditation on grief and to discuss the imagery in his work
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Archbishop Dolan Urges Caution in Face of Storm
If you live on the East Coast or even if you don t you re probably aware that Hurricane Irene is expected to travel up the I-95 corridor this weekend New York City already has announced that its public transportation will shut down beginning at noon on Saturday This combination of dangerous wea
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American Muslims Optimistic, But Still Face Prejudice
CNS offers some interesting results from a new poll WASHINGTON CNS — American Muslims are more optimistic about their future than people of other religions are about their own though Muslims say they regularly contend with suspicion and lack of respect for their faith A decade after the Sept
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Finding the Florida Marlins’ Jack McKeon at Mass
Jack McKeon is an inspiration not only because he s 80 years old and managing the Florida Marlins but because he s not afraid to show his deep Catholic faith The New York Times wrote a lovely and refreshing piece about him which included stories of McKeon assisting his colleagues in their own fa
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Pius IX, Anti-Catholicism, and the Washington Monument
As most readers here know the belief held by some churches that the pope is the Anti-Christ is not new And as my colleague Tim O Brien S J noted today it s not going away anytime soon While the president of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod better known as Michelle Bachman s church
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Employers Seeking the Employed
Employers often request a wide range of skills from job applicants But in the midst of a troubled economy in which more than 14 million people are unemployed many companies are adding one extra qualification to that list having a job nbsp At a time when there are far more applicants than there
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John Allen’s Interview with Archbishop Chaput
Over at the National Catholic Reporter John Allen has published a lengthy and comprehensive interview with the newly appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput O F M Cap The two men had a very candid conversation and according to Allen the archbishop put no limits on the topics to be
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Fewer Priests Celebrating More Masses at Fewer Parishes
A new CARA study reveals that the total weekly offerings at parishes have risen 14 percent over the past 5 years This seems at first like a good thing But additional statistics from the report titled The Changing Face of U S Catholic Parishes reveal a more complicated picture of the state of th