{"id":1282,"date":"2007-07-09T23:30:30","date_gmt":"2007-07-09T23:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/07\/yes-there-are-catholics.html"},"modified":"2007-07-09T23:30:30","modified_gmt":"2007-07-09T23:30:30","slug":"yes-there-are-catholics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/07\/yes-there-are-catholics.html","title":{"rendered":"Yes, there are Catholics&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few Catholic exhibitors at CBA, and I&#8217;m sure more than a few Catholic attendees as well &#8211; spotted one sister in full-length habit today, drilling some purveyor of digital music something-or-other about his products.  A subtle side glance at her name tag told me nothing and since stopping, putting on my reading glasses and craning to read it would be too obvious, I let my &#8216;satiable curiosity go unsatisfied. The Catholics, to my knowledge, are OSV, St. Mary&#8217;s Press, Catholic Book Publishing, John Michael Talbot and, the very, very popular booth (always in the same spot on the floor, no matter where the show is held &#8211; on the end, with lots of room for people to gather) &#8211; <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/amywelborn\/763117232\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"180\" alt=\"P1010552\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1090\/763117232_06bf20ccbb_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abbeypress.com\/\">Abbey Press, <\/a>which of course, has its share of items with high Cutsey Quotients, but also has some nice monk-produced art, some of which is being signed here by Real Live Monks, who always seem very well-received at the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few Catholic exhibitors at CBA, and I&#8217;m sure more than a few Catholic attendees as well &#8211; spotted one sister in full-length habit today, drilling some purveyor of digital music something-or-other about his products. 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