Colleen Carroll Campbell is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, former speechwriter to President George W. Bush and author of The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy

Faith & Culture on EWTN: New shows debut this month

Colleen's weekly television show airs Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Eastern and Wednesdays at 11 p.m. Eastern on EWTN, the world's largest religious media network

New in August: To mark the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's apostolic letter, Mulieris Dignitatem (On the Dignity and Vocation of Women), Colleen is moderating a series of panel discussions featuring five of her fellow North American delegates to the recent Vatican Congress on Women in Rome: Author Genevieve Kineke, Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture associate director Elizabeth Kirk, author Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle, author Dale O'Leary and author and radio host Teresa Tomeo.

This week's show: Women Transforming Culture

Individual episodes are now available for purchase through EWTN's catalogue

Faith & Culture now airs on radio Saturdays at 6 p.m. ET, Sundays at 7 a.m. ET, and Tuesdays at 1 a.m. ET on EWTN global radio and Sirius Satellite Channel 160
 

 St. Louis Post-Dispatch column

 Colleen's column appears Thursdays in the Post-Dispatch

 This week: McCain's clarity trumps Obama's dexterity

WHAT'S NEW

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (August 14)
Politic or not, Burke was a true pastor

Christopher Closeup (August 10)

Listen to podcast of Sirius Satellite Radio interview here

Phillips Foundation Award (August 6)

At the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., Colleen accepted the Distinguished Conservative Leader of the Year Award from The Phillips Foundation; past winners include Sen. John Sununu (NH), Rep. Paul Ryan (WI) and Rep. Adam Putnam (FL)

Columbia Magazine (August 1)

A renaissance for Catholic women: Article highlights Colleen's comments on women and the Church

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (July 24)
A closer look at the pope's environmental message

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (July 17)
Media apply God-talk double standard

First Things (July 16)

A man of hope: Essay on Alzheimer's and hope

GetReligion.org (July 11)

Online interview about religion and media

Catholic Press Association Award

Colleen's bimonthly Lay Witness column, “Finding God in All Things,” recently won third place for Best Regular Column in a magazine in the Catholic Press Association’s 2008 Press Awards. In their award commentary, CPA's judges said Colleen “shows near complete mastery of the topics she covers” and writes about controversial topics “without resorting to demagoguery but while still unequivocally stating her views. That is quite an accomplishment.”

Vatican Congress on Women

Colleen recently presented a copy of her book, The New Faithful, to Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, where she was serving as a North American delegate to an international Vatican Congress on women. Sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Congress convened 260 participants from 49 countries to discuss the role of women in the Church and society.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (July 10)
Outrage at Gloucester girls is overwrought and misplaced

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (July 3)
A father's lesson: Joy and dignity amid dementia

The New York Times (April 14 - 20)
Colleen recently joined an online panel of religion experts to provide analysis of Pope Benedict XVI's U.S. visit for The New York Times; read her commentaries here


Take Heart: Catholic Writers on Hope in Our Time
New anthology from Crossroads Publishing features Colleen's essay on Alzheimer's, "Hope in the Ruins"
 

Publisher's description:

"In these 35 meditations, the most beloved Catholic literary figures, scholars, and theologians of our day join members of other faiths to show how we can find hope in our family life, our spiritual practice, our fondest memories, and even our darkest moments."

Click below to learn about The New Faithful and Ethics and Public Policy Center:

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