Jeanie Hannaman

By Julian Kwasniewski, Catholic World Report - San Damiano College for the Trades is a former Franciscan friary that is being converted into a Catholic college, emphasizing the great books alongside training in the trades... The Primary mission is to answer Christ’s call to St. Francis of Assisi, “rebuild my church.” We mean to do that by helping students recover the dignity of work, especially the work of the hands, but also the public work of liturgy, the intellectual work of learning, and the work of heading a domestic church as a holy husband and father.

By Kathy Schiffer, Crisis Magazine - Apparent throughout the book was Vance’s deep understanding of and appreciation for those who never rose to fame in business or politics or education but who spent their lives in the American countryside, working manual labor, supporting their families in modest homes. J.D. had been one of them, living in a culture of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma. His rise from poverty—through his enlistment in the Marine Corps, to Yale Law School, and finally, to a successful career in politics—offers hope to others who feel trapped by a crisis of cultural decline. ...