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About James R. A. Merrick, Ph.D.
James R. A. Merrick, Ph.D. is the Director of Emmaus Academic and the Director of Clergy Support at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He is also a Lecturer in the Theology Department at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Before entering the Catholic Church with his wife and their six children, he was an Anglican minister in the US and UK for over a decade. He writes for the National Catholic Register, Angelus News, Ascension Press, and Catholic East Texas magazine.
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Passions of the Soul is often rewarding, sometimes lacking

May 17, 2024 James R. A. Merrick, Ph.D. 4

“We live in an age whose chief moral value has been determined, by overwhelming consensus, to be the absolute liberty of personal volition, the power of each of us to choose what he or she […]

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Opinion: Old Age and the Old Mass

March 12, 2022 James R. A. Merrick, Ph.D. 18

You might have missed it. Pope Francis announced a “feast of grandparents” to occur on the last Sunday of July. It came amidst his Wednesday audiences which, since the end of February, consist of catechesis […]

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A father’s plea to the Holy Father: Reinstate Summorum Pontificum

July 18, 2021 James R. A. Merrick, Ph.D. 71

“Why?” asked my oldest son – an altar server at the Traditional Latin Mass (hereafter TLM) – when, upon overhearing my wife and I discuss whether we would be able to attend Mass at our […]

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A Tale of Two Priests: A Word to Our Fathers

May 27, 2021 James R. A. Merrick, Ph.D. 56

It was supposed to be a joyous weekend. It was my daughter’s First Holy Communion. We were anticipating a nice party, celebrating this supernatural gift. But a few days before, I received a text message […]

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