Into our topic today. Which is catholic publishing. We have two people with us today who work in our city. San francisco is home to a highly respected Publishing House called Ignatius Press. It has grown into one of the largest publishers in the country with catholic books and communication. Well take a brief break and join us afterward to learn more about catholic reading and writing. Welcome back. Mary you are a marketing assistant. Correct. They say publishing is dying. You are isnt dying. You are living proof publishing is doing well. Why dont you tell us about yourself and what you do at the company. I wear a couple of different hats. Im a developmental editor. Which means books that need a little bit of help, i try to help. I review copy editing and proofreading done by other editors and help move books through the production process. Then we have an Acquisitions Team and i serve on that. We review manuscripts to see which we would like to publish. These manuscripts come from . A
And he is currently professor of history at university of southern california. His new book tells the story of the first three centuries of the european encounter with north america from about 1500 1800. He opens with a bold statement, there can be no understanding of American Culture and history without an understanding of the role played by catholic people and the unfolding drama of the catholic experience. Who were those people and what were their roles. Please stay with us and after the break we will speak to professor starr and scratch on his sound of historical knowledge font of historical knowledge. Welcome back to mosaic. Our guest today is professor kevin starr , author dasher author of the book, continental ambitions. Let me ask about your title. You say in your introduction there are many fine histories of catholics in north america with a regional and historical perspective. It is a larger perspective, why did you adopt it . I adopted the larger perspective because it was a
The mother of two Catholic School children calls the morality clause dangerous, but that wasnt what drove her to sign the ad. The fact that the cathedral of our city where the archbishop you know, is head of Homeless People who are seeking shelter, was the straw that broke the camels back. Reporter the archdiocese has apologized for putting sprinklers above the doorways at st. Marys and yesterday issued this statement saying the signers of the letter to the pope presume to speak for the Catholic Community in San Francisco. They do not. Supporters of the archbishop are online organizing a picnic in his defense. Theyve raised 1,800 for the event in the past 24 hours. That effort being run out of the Ignatius Press office. The people who go to mass every sunday and put their 5 in the basket i think a lot of those people support the archbishop. On the street catholics we asked about the ad were divided. The church has been living with the times. It isnt up to date with the times. I would s
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