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.

Faith, Scripture Reflections

In the midst of suffering, we need more mercy.

by Kerry Weber July 11, 2022

A Reflection for Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber

Faith, Faith in Focus

The Easter Vigil is the longest liturgy of the year. And it’s so, so worth your time.

by Kerry Weber April 11, 2022

The Easter Vigil is a Mass that bears only a basic resemblance to typical Catholic weekend worship, but in breaking from that form it brings home the power of the Resurrection anew.

Faith, Lent Reflections

If you saw a miracle, what would you do?

by Kerry Weber April 8, 2022

A Reflection for the Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by Kerry Weber

Faith, Lent Reflections

How do we pray when it seems like God has forgotten us?

by Kerry Weber March 8, 2022

A Reflection for the First Tuesday of Lent, by Kerry Weber

Faith, Faith in Focus

I went to a Ukrainian Catholic Church to pray a rosary for peace. I didn’t expect to find Muslims there in solidarity.

by Kerry Weber March 1, 2022

I do not have time to go to the church’s rosary for peace in Ukraine, but I go anyway. I have to do something, even though I feel like my small gesture will amount to nothing.

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Faith, Faith in Focus

Fewer kids go to Catholic school today—but there’s reason for hope.

by Kerry Weber January 31, 2022

Enrollment in Catholic schools is at its lowest point in 50 years. But there are also reasons to hope that Catholic schools still have a vibrant future.

Faith, Faith in Focus

You will never regret going to the funeral

by Kerry Weber January 14, 2022

No one wants to be at a funeral. It means that a loss has occurred, hearts broken. But there are few other instances in which doing something we dread so deeply can mean so much.