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Former assistant fire chief aims to create ‘sense of hope’ in 9/11 memoir


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Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, World News

Joseph W. Pfeifer’s book, “Ordinary Heroes: A Memoir of 9/11” (Penguin Random House), published last year, won a Christopher Award in June. The awards, first presented in 1949 by the Christophers organization, founded in 1945 by Maryknoll Father James Keller, are presented annually for works that embody “the highest values of humanity.”

RADIO INTERVIEW: Black Catholic Nuns


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview

In “Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle,” Dr. Shannen Dee Williams provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United States. We speak with Dr. Williams about what inspired her to write this history and what she learned in her extensive research, which included a look at the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence.

The Summer Reading List: A Ukrainian Primer


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Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Feature, The Catholic Difference, War in Ukraine

Given the rubbish about Ukraine spewed out by Russian propaganda trolls and regurgitated by foolish or ideologically besotted Americans, this year’s annual Summer Reading List will focus on serious books that explain the background, including the religious dimension, of a conflict that will shape Europe’s future – and ours.

RADIO INTERVIEW: Saintly Moms: 25 Stories of Holiness


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Parenting, Radio Interview, Saints

In honor of Mother’s Day, Kelly Ann Guest shares some insights about Catholic saints who were also moms. Kelly is a former Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia in Nashville who is now the mother of nine children. She is the youth minister at St. Bartholomew in Manchester and the author of a new book, “Saintly Moms: 25 Stories of Holiness.”

RADIO INTERVIEW: The life and spirituality of St. Charles de Foucauld


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints

Sister Cathy Wright, a Little Sister of Jesus and author of “St. Charles de Foucauld: His Life and Spirituality,” joins us to talk about the amazing life of a man who was a cavalry officer in the French Army, an explorer, a reformed sinner, a hermit and a priest who showed the importance of what Pope Francis has called a “culture of encounter.”

RADIO INTERVIEW: Cannonball Moments


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints

Eric Clayton, who previously worked for Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, is the author of “Cannonball Moments: Telling your Story, Deepening your Faith.” Drawing on the spiritual insights of St. Ignatius Loyola, the book encourages readers to develop a healthy sense of self-reflection as a means of drawing closer to Christ.