Liguorian Author Receives NAACP Honor

James and Kathleen McGinnis have been named as two of the 100 Most Inspiring St. Louisans by the St. Louis City NAACP at the June 2009 St. Louis City NAACP Centennial Celebration and Annual Freedom Fund Dinner.

Jim and Kathy McGinnis are long-time educators, authors and activists, and co-founders of the Institute for Peace and Justice. Most recently, Jim McGinnis has written Praying for Peace Around the Globe, published this spring by Liguori Publications. In addition, Jim & Kathy wrote Simple Ways to Help the World: The Practice of Catholic Social Teaching which was published in the January 2008 Liguorian.