Voices
Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
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San Francisco's New Head of Assessment and Formation Talks About Her Vision for the Catholic Schools
One important announcement from the Archdiocese of San Francisco that has not received a great deal of attention is its new Office of Catholic Identity Assessment and Formation Headed by Dr Melanie Morey Senior Director for Research and Consulting at the Catholic Education Institute and a long ti
Signs Of the Times
It’s rare to hear much about the church in the western United States. Given that the national media and the bishops’ conference lie in the East, that’s no surprise.Still, it warps our sense of the American church. In 1950, the Northeast was home to 46 percent of the nation’s
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When we look towards our death, one of the great fears is that we will suffer greatly.
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Shoppers must be willing to pay more.
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One of the issues that comes up repeatedly in debates over death-accelerating medication for the terminally ill as that description probably makes clear is terminology Advocates of legislation like California rsquo s SB 128 do not like to see the word ldquo suicide rdquo associated with their p
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A commencement speech too great not to share
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Pepperdine University Seaver College Commencement nbsp May 2ndElizabeth HolmesHolmes is the founder and CEO of Theranos nbsp which is developing cheap tests for the diagnosis of disease Holmes is also the world rsquo s youngest self-made female billionaire and one of TIME rsquo s 2015 100 most in
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The groundswell of support this time around is quite strong.
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Food for the journeys that we're all on.