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Shannon Levitt
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Shannon Levitt has been John Allen’s business manager and copy editor for the last fifteen years.

Shannon was a high school English teacher in Los Angeles and Kansas City, and she taught and coached speech and debate at Notre Dame de Sion in Kansas City, MO before moving to Rome where she lived, taught ESL, and was a travel blogger in addition to her work with John for six years.

Since moving back to the US, Shannon has worked in writing and editing positions while continuing to work as John’s manager and editor but will now be working full-time for Crux.

Shannon earned a BA in English and Religious Studies from the University of Kansas and an MA in English from California State University at Northridge. She is married to John Allen.

Author's Posts

Catholics mobilize as deadline looms on shield for young immigrants
- Church in the US
- August 18, 2017
As a Sept. 5 deadline nears for a demand issued by ten state attorneys general to the Trump administration to scrap a law that provides protection from deportation and work permits for the children of undocumented immigrants, Catholic leaders across the country are mobilizing in defense of DACA, the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” program, as well as Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
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After Charlottesville, black priest asks hierarchy, ‘What next?’
- Church in the US
- August 17, 2017
After the violence in Charlottesville at an alt-right rally, the question for the Church is what next? A priest suggests one thing that seems simple but is actually quite difficult and absolutely necessary is for the hierarchy to start talking about the issue of race.
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U.S. bishops explicitly reject ‘racism, white supremacy and neo-nazism’
- Church in the US
- August 14, 2017
On Sunday, the leadership of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops got explicit, issuing a second statement on the violence in Charlottesville, Viriginia, within 24 hours, this one specifically condemning “the evil of racism, white supremacy and neo-nazism.”
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U.S. bishops’ leader calls Charlottesville violence ‘abhorrent acts of hatred’
- Church in the US
- August 13, 2017
As political and religious leaders across America denounced Saturday’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, triggered by a large white supremacist rally, the leader of the country’s Catholic bishops said, “The abhorrent acts of hatred on display in Charlottesville are an attack on the unity of our nation and therefore summon us all to fervent prayer and peaceful action.”
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‘Nones’ want to join Evangelicals with seat at Trump’s table
- Church in the US
- August 7, 2017
On July 28, four secularist organizations – American Atheists, the American Humanist Association, the Center for Inquiry and the Secular Coalition for America – issued a joint statement calling for “dialogue with the Trump administration.” The four signatory organizations urged Trump to call upon them as a resource, so they can work together to “ensure religious freedom and inclusion for all Americans throughout your tenure as President of the United States.”
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Selfie-taking Archbishop hosting ‘City of Saints’ for LA teens
- Church in the US
- August 4, 2017
The campus of UCLA will be abuzz with 1,600 Catholic teenagers as well as the archbishop himself at the Los Angeles Archdiocese’s third annual ‘City of Saints’ event. They will be “encountering Christ,” according to a statement from the archdiocese, and listening to speakers, as well as playing a life-sized version of Hungry, Hungry Hippo and taking selfies with Archbishop Jose Gomez.
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