Jon M. Sweeney is an award-winning author, critic, and long-time book publisher. He has been interviewed in print by publications from the Dallas Morning News to The Los Angeles Times and The Irish Catholic, and for television on CBS Saturday Morning, Fox News, CBS-TV Chicago, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and public television’s Chicago Tonight. His 2012 history, The Pope Who Quit, was optioned by HBO. He’s the author of more than thirty books and is the leading interpreter of the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi. Jon has led two e-courses at Spirituality & Practice on The Spirituality of St. Francis and The Spirituality of Cats.
Jon speaks regularly at literary and religious conferences, retreat and conference centers, and churches. He is a Catholic, married to a rabbi; their interfaith marriage has been profiled in national media. He also writes regularly for America magazine in the US, and The Tablet in the UK. He is active on social media (Twitter @jonmsweeney; Facebook jonmsweeney). He was the co-founder of SkyLight Paths Publishing, a press focusing on books from many faith traditions. He also has worked for Jewish Lights Publishing, Paraclete Press, Franciscan Media, Ave Maria Press, and Orbis Books. He is now the Religion Editor/Associate Publisher at Monkfish Book Publishing of Rhinebeck, NY, and Editor of Living City magazine published by Focolare Media.Jon lives in Milwaukee with his wife and daughters, and also has two grown children. His is the human companion to two cats and a dog.
As of May 2021, Jon is the Contributing Editor for Books and New Media at Spirituality & Practice.
Read For:
- Models for discovering God in both holy and secular places
- Applications of monastic practice to everyday life
- Insights into Franciscan spirituality
