Judy Cannato is an American Catholic author

Author

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, retreat facilitator, and spiritual director. Educated at Ohio University

Ohio University

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 and John Carroll University

John Carroll University

John Carroll University is a private, co-educational Jesuit Catholic university in University Heights, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland. The university was founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus as Saint Ignatius College.The university was founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus, as...

 with master's degree

Master's degree

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s in education and religious studies, she is an associate member of the Congregation of St. Joseph and maintains an office at River's Edge, a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph

Sisters of St. Joseph

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 in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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. Married with two grown sons, Cannato concentrates on the relationship between science

Science

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 and religion

Religion

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 in her retreats and writings.

External links

• Judy Cannato website
• Interview with Judy Cannato at United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
  United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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  website