As a young child I loved Catholic Schools Week this year Jan 31-Feb 6 During my elementary-school years my school s celebration often included activities such as coloring a poster or bookmark with the Catholic Schools Week logo attending a school-wide Mass or eating a free ice cream sundae
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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Of Many Things
The most unusual Winter Olympics sports are often my favorites.
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This Girl’s Life: A young woman comes of age in “An Education”
In “An Education” Jenny is a bright sixteen-year-old who feels trapped in her early-1960s English town.
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Giving up on the Death Penalty
Last October the American Law Institute the group that established standards for the death penalty in America voted to withdraw its support of the practice it helped to define This decision according to New York Times columnist Adam Liptak represents a tectonic shift in legal theory In his
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An Unexpected Ordination
An anecdote sent by New York Times reader David G Wilkins to the paper s Metropolitan Diary column suggests that rising to a place of authority in the church may not be as difficult as one might think During a stopover in New York this year a friend Marco del Bufalo who is an architect decide
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An Advent Conspiracy?
If you re hoping to fill your Advent season with something more than overcrowded stores and stocking stuffers adventconspiracy org has a few suggestions Give others the gift of your time and talents Then instead of buying numerous presents send the money you would have spent at the mall to a ch
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Our friends, the Atheists
Atheist groups are reaching out advertising their beliefs on billboards buses and subways in recent months with slogans such as ldquo No god hellip No problem rdquo Such groups have made an extra effort during the holiday season placing 270 ads on city buses and trains in the Washington
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The Gift of Vocations
For everyone who has ever wondered How can I complete my Christmas shopping and encourage vocations at the same time the answer is finally here Catholic toy company Wee Believers reg now offers plush huggable 13-inch dolls in the form of characters named Sr Mary Clara and Fr Juan Pablo th
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A Site Worth Visiting
Archbishop Fulton J Sheen lived a high-profile life as a radio and television personality and as an author Since his death in 1979 his work has continued to inspire viewers mdash his popular TV program ldquo Life is Worth Living rdquo is now broadcast on EWTN mdash but his final resting place
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Animal Planet: The wry pleasures of ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
In “Fantastic Mr. Fox” the characters live in a land with more pragmatism and depth than the quirky animation suggests.