Fr. Damian Ference, Author at Word on Fire

Fr. Damian Ference

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Fr. Damian Ference is a priest of the Diocese of Cleveland where he serves as Vicar for Evangelization. He is the author of the award-winning Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist (Word on Fire, 2023) and his latest book, No One Was Paying Any Attention to the Sky: Flannery O’Connor and Modernity (Wise Blood Books, 2025), will be released August 26. You can follow him on X @frference.

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