失败的美国信徒:第七届年度教会演讲中的预言之声

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend她成长于一个爱尔兰天主教大家庭，并在天主教学校上学，这塑造了她的信仰. The eldest child of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, 她看到她的父母把信仰和正义联系起来, between faith and the common good.  Civil rights was a moral issue - poverty unacceptable. Her father’s article “Suppose God is Black?在她看来，这突出表明我们的宗教信仰与我们的公共行为密切相关.

In the early eighties, 汤森写了许多文章，将信仰与争取更公平的社会联系起来.  她创立了马里兰州学生服务联盟，使马里兰州成为第一个, 而且仍然只是要求年轻人参与社区服务作为毕业条件.  And, as Maryland’s first woman Lt. Governor, 她设立了品格教育办公室，为下一代的责任和尊重教育提供一个中心. 

Townsend serves on a number of non-profit boards.  她是马里兰大学人类病毒学电子游戏正规平台所的主席，也是约翰·F·盖茨基金会的董事会成员. Kennedy Library Foundation, the Points of Light Foundation, National Catholic Reporter, and the Character Education Partnership, among others.  While serving as the chairman of the board of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, she created the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.  Townsend is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Before being elected Lt. 州长汤森德曾担任美国司法部副助理部长. 她帮助设计并成立了享誉全国的警察队, 向承诺在毕业后当4年警察的年轻人提供大学奖学金的项目

汤森被任命为乔治城大学公共政策学院的兼职教授，并在肯尼迪政府学院担任访问学者，在那里她专注于信仰和公共生活.  Townsend is an honors graduate of Harvard University, 她拥有新墨西哥大学的法律学位，并在那里担任法律评论的成员. 她获得了十个荣誉学位，并在《电子游戏软件》杂志上发表了几篇文章 The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Washington Monthly, among others. She has recently published a book entitled 失败的美国信徒:今天的教会如何将上帝与政治混为一谈，迷失了方向 (Grand Central Publishing, 2007).

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend lives outside Baltimore, Maryland with her husband, David, a professor at St. John’s College in Annapolis. They have four daughters Meaghan, Maeve, Kate and Kerry.