The Saint Cecilia Rainbow Ministry is excited to bring dynamic speaker and author Michael O’Loughlin to Saint Cecilia for a talk about his new book Hidden Mercy: Catholics, AIDS, and Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear, which is based on the America Media podcast series, Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church. The “Plague” series was honored with awards from the Catholic Press Association, the Religion News Association and NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists.

O’Loughlin writes and speaks regularly about religion and politics, Catholic young adults, and the role of religion in the public square. A former staff writer for the Boston Globe and its standalone Catholic news site, Crux, his work has also appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, and The Advocate. Currently, he is the national correspondent and an associate editor at America. This event is free, open to the public, and will be streamed live.

For online viewers who wish to purchase his book: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506467702/Hidden-Mercy

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