Jamie Manson
Jamie Manson, former columnist and books editor at the National Catholic Reporter, is president of Catholics for Choice.
She is a three-time winner of the Religion News Writers Association's (RNA) award for Commentary of the Year and has garnered over a dozen Catholic Press Association awards for her work at NCR. She also won the 2015 Wilbur Award for Best Online Religion News Story for her piece "Feminism in Faith" about St. Joseph Sr. Elizabeth Johnson, written for Buzzfeed. Her activism on behalf of women and LGBTQ people earned her the Theresa Kane Award for Women of Vision and Courage from Women’s Ordination Worldwide in 2015. She is editor of Changing the Questions: Explorations in Christian Ethics, a collection of writings by Mercy Sr. Margaret Farley (Orbis, 2015). She received her Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School, where she studied Catholic theology and sexual ethics.
Jamie travels around the country as a speaker, retreat leader and media commentator on issues related to women and LGBTQ Catholics, young adult Catholics, and the future of the church.
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Kick-starting a new Catholic conversation
Can Fr. James Martin's bridge hold up?
When women become a clear and present danger at the Vatican
US bishops have much to gain from Trump presidency
Is Pope Francis campaigning for married priests?
Young adult Catholics discuss their search for community, identity
Richard Rohr opens Call to Action conference with call to radically reimagine God
Catholic reform group seeks to build diversity with conference changes
Hillary Clinton wants to be president, not your mother
Author Daniel E. Dawes comes to the defense of Obamacare
Catholic church's total ban on contraception challenged by scholars
Stop shaming women for seeking equal power in the church
Reform groups challenge U.S. bishops to create 'a church for our daughters'
It's time to be honest about Pope Francis and women
In meeting with Fellay, Pope Francis shows double standard in the 'culture of encounter'
LGBTQ people need justice, not mercy, from Pope Francis
Crèches from the Americas offer an epiphany on migration, social justice
Delio breathes new life into term 'catholic'
Call to Action conference focuses on laity’s role in reform of church and society
