"The Colbert Report chaplain" to speak today at Mount Mary College

Jesuit author and editor Father James Martin, whose commentaries on Catholic life and values have been seen in such diverse venues as the New York Times, Fox News and "The Colbert Report," will deliver the Archdiocese of Milwaukee's annual Pallium Lecture on Thursday at Mount Mary College.

Martin, culture editor for the Jesuits' America magazine and author of the best-selling memoir "My Life with the Saints," will speak on joy, humor and laughter in the spiritual life.

Martin, who spent six years as a General Electric executive before joining the priesthood, has emerged in recent years as one of the foremost commentators on Catholic teaching. He's weighed in on such issues as health care reform and conservative pundit Glenn Beck's attack on social justice as a religious ethic.

The lecture opens at 7 p.m. with a prayer service by Archbishop Jerome Listecki at Bergstrom Hall at Mount Mary College, 2900 N. Menomonee River Parkway.

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The Archdiocese says its free and open to the public.  He's very solid on Colbert.  I heard his books are excellent too.