Approximately 11 percent of teachers at Catholic elementary schools are male including priests and brothers and in a recent piece on The Washington Post rsquo s nbsp ldquo On Faith rdquo blog guest contributor Mark Judge argues that this number is far too low He writes ldquo This imbalance
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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New Finance Model for Boston Archdiocese
From The Boston Globe The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston moving to stabilize its finances and replace an old-fashioned patchwork of parish taxes and fees is rolling out a new financial model in which all parishes will be expected to contribute 18 percent of their weekly offertory ldquo gr
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Will Work for Free: Faith-based programs create a culture of service amid economic crisis.
Faith-based programs create a culture of service amid economic crisis.
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Short-Term Commitment, Long-Term Effects
Not everyone can spend a year or two as a full-time volunteer. That’s why some long-term faith-based volunteer programs have started offering new opportunities for those with only a week or a summer to spare. Though short-term programs are sometimes criticized as superficial fixes, Katherine H
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Schoenborn Rebuked by Vatican
From the AP VATICAN CITY AP — The Vatican on Monday admonished a leading cardinal for having publicly criticized the former Vatican No 2 for his handling of clerical abuse cases In a statement the Vatican said only the pope can make such accusations against a cardinal not another so-called p
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This Week Online: Obama’s emotions, Long-term Volunteering, and a Requiem for St. Vincent’s
This week our online exclusives include content from several America editors In our podcast Web Editor Tim Reidy and I talk about my year of volunteer service on the Navajo Reservation through the Mercy Volunteer Corps Powered by Podbean com Associate Editor Kevin Clarke spoke with Sist
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The Bishops’ Panel: What it Means to be a Faithful Catholic Media Organization
The role of the Catholic press is a complicated one as newspapers and magazines work to balance the desire to spread the Good News with the responsibility to report truthfully on the not-so-good news in which our church sometimes finds itself involved To address this complex role the annual Catho
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Reports from the Gulf Coast
During a visit to New Orleans in early June, Kevin Clarke and Kerry Weber met with local fishermen and visited area beaches to learn firsthand the effects of the British Petrolium oil spill. Here is a selection of their coverage. “The Fisherman on the Shore,” Kerry Weber “On Grand Terre, The Oil Mak
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The Voices of St. Peter Claver
The Catholic Media Convention in New Orleans last week featured some great music including jazz trios and street performers But my personal favorite came from Veronica Downs-Dorsey and the Voices of Peter Claver a Catholic choir from the city s St Peter Claver Church These men and women provide
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Coming to Facebook: The New Roman Missal
Perhaps you rsquo ve read about the third edition of the Roman Missal in the pages of America on our Web site or on the U S C C B site but those interested in learning more about the new translation soon will be able to read about the changes on the Missal rsquo s upcoming official Facebook fan