Brian Williams draws my sympathy The NBC anchorman sits in the awkward position of having to be an easy-to-look-at newsreader and a model of absolute trust He never graduated from college though he did a stint at The Catholic University of America in Washington D C But like other newsmakers i
Mary Ann Walsh
Mary Ann Walsh, R.S.M., is America's U.S. Church Correspondent. She is responsible for planning and producing America’s coverage of the U.S. Church. In addition to feature writing, Sr. Walsh makes contributions to America’s blogs and other digital platforms and will wrote a column on the U.S. Church for the print edition. She served as a correspondent for Catholic News Service in Rome and Washington and as director of communications for World Youth Day in Denver in 1993. She then began her work in media relations for the U.S. bishops. She is an award-winning writer and has been published in The Washington Post, USA Today and Editor & Publisher, among others, and is the editor of three books:Pope John Paul II: A Light for the World; From John Paul II to Benedict XVI: An Inside Look at the End of an Era…; and Benedict XVI: Essays and Reflections on His Papacy.
Posted inIn All Things
Women and the Transmission of the Faith: a Homily Nugget from Pope Francis
Pope Francis rsquo s daily homilies offer spiritual nuggets He offered one sleeper on January 26 when he said that it is women who transmit the faith The concept has been offered before but sometimes it has seemed to be a mere platitude to appease women who may feel underappreciated in the church
Posted inIn All Things
My Catholic Valentines
Sister Mary Ann Walsh sends her love and appreciation.
Posted inFrom Our Archives
Take These Gifts: Women should have more leadership roles in the church.
When it comes to women and men in U.S. society, there is no equality yet. But in the United States, the church is ahead of most Fortune 500 companies and even the White House. When you look at the numbers and take ordination—a doctrinal question—off the table, women do better in the chur
Posted inIn All Things
Catholic Colleges and the Rising Cost of Student Loans
The important moral question of how much tuition debt is justified cannot be dismissed.
Posted inFrom Our Archives
Three Rules for Preaching Like Pope Francis
Looking over Pope Francis rsquo pontificate so far I think his greatest contribution may be his telling us how to spread the Gospel He uses simple words and vibrant images He stands as an example of how priests should give homilies and how all of us can evangelize that is spread the Gospel He
Posted inThe Church Visible
Synod Can Unify Church
Preparation for the October 2015 Synod on the Family may help the U.S. church face pressing problems.The church faces a challenge of disunity, some of it from polarization. Threats to unity have crept into the church from adversarial politics that permeate cultural warfare and political skirmishes r
Posted inIn All Things
A Lesson on Absence: Christmas Behind the Novitiate Door
We didn’t know yet what Christmas in the convent meant.
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Blogging Bishop Christopher Coyne Named to Diocese of Burlington
New appointment in the diocese of Burlington Vermont where Auxiliary Bishop Christopher Coyne of Indianapolis has been named bishop Bishop Coyne 56 is a prelate who believes in the digital world and became comfortable with social media when it was just becoming known He evangelizes where young
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Why Did Mother Mary Clare Millea Succeed? Looking Back at the Apostolic Visitation
Answer may lie in the fact that she opted for a “sister-to-sister” dialogue.