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Fr. Barry Bercier

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Rev. Barry Bercier, a professor of theology at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass., is a Catholic priest and member of the Augustinians of the Assumption. He holds advanced degrees from the Weston School of Theology, University of Notre Dame, and Boston College. He has studied in Jerusalem and done pastoral work in Quebec. 

Father Bercier’s work has appeared in First Things and American Conservatism. Published by Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), Skies of Babylon is his first book.

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