Julia Upton is the editor of The MAST Journal. Provost Emerita and retired Distinguished Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St John’s University in New York where she taught from 1979 to 2020. She holds a PhD in Contemporary Systematic Theology from Fordham University. She has served as a member of the Liturgical Commission of the Diocese of Brooklyn since 1978 and served two terms (1978–1981 and 2007–2010) as an advisor to the United States National Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Divine Worship. Her most recent book, Worship in Spirit and Truth: The Life and Legacy of H. A. Reinhold, was published by Liturgical Press in 2009.
This issue’s theme, The Work and Works of Mercy, comes from the title of an article written by Ade Bethune written in 1940. Although Ade died in 2002, she has been living with and inspiring me for more than 25 years through the energy of that simple title. The authors of this issue’s articles have all been about the work and works of mercy in
In the pages of It takes More Than a Roof and on the Mercy Housing website (https://mercyhousing.org) you can read and learn about the amazing stories that run counter daily news reports. When respect, justice, and mercy guide every decision, hope abounds.