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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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Resources for Male Ministry
Male discussion groups have proved successful on college campuses, but the exploration of male spirituality can be valuable to men of any age. Listed below are a few resources from the Center for Action and Contemplation, founded by Richard Rohr, O.F.M. You can find a more complete resource list here.
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And the Award Goes to….
The annual Catholic Media Convention took place June 21-25 in Pittsburgh PA The convention is a great chance for members of the Catholic press to meet and to exchange ideas It concludes with the presentation of the Catholic Press Awards and I m pleased to announce that this year America received
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Why I Won’t Play “Vatican Wars”
I rsquo m more than willing to admit that I find much of the Catholic kitsch available today to be quite amusing albeit completely unnecessary See plush Mass kit It seems many retailers know that as global diverse community the church offers not only a huge network of spiritual support but
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Can Your Religion Affect Your Income?
A brief but interesting article in the New York Times Magazine this weekend noted the economic differences among the various religious denominations in the United States Of course education plays a role too The most affluent of the major religions mdash including secularism mdash is Reform
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Dragon Hunter: An interview with director Roland Joffe
“I didn’t want the film simply to be about the ‘life of a saint,’” says Roland Joffe of “There Be Dragons.”
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Dragon-Slayer: Roland Joff presents a prehistory of St. Josemaria Escriva
Roland Joffé presents a prehistory of St. Josemaria Escriva
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Bishops’ Committee Reaches Out to Fordham Theology Dept.
From Thomas C Fox at NCR In what appears to be a reconciliatory move by the U S bishops rsquo Committee on Doctrine towards church scholars who took issue with the committee rsquo s sharp critique of a book by a prominent Fordham University theologian the committee executive director has wri
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The End of the World As We Know It?
The route of the elevated 7 train which travels between Queens and Manhattan passes by 5 Pointz a now-empty artist space The owners of the building encourage graffiti artists to paint the walls resulting in a colorful array of designs and images as you can see here It s one of my favorite sp
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“YouCat”: the New Supplement to the Catechism for Teens
YouCat The book rsquo s title sounds a bit like a trendy blog or a cartoon character but its message is a serious one ldquo It will not make life easy for you rdquo Pope Benedict XVI writes in the foreword ldquo because it demands of you a new life rdquo Short for ldquo Youth Catechism of