The Rev. John B. Sheerin (1907–92) was an American Catholic columnist, editor, and pioneer in interfaith relations.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Sheerin received a law degree from Fordham University in 1930. After a legal career, Sheerin was editor of The Catholic World from 1948 to 1972. He also wrote a weekly column that syndicated in Catholic diocesan newspapers.
Sheerin gained distinction for advocating unity among Christian denominations, attacking religious traditions that encouraged anti-Semitism, and opposing the Vietnam War.
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Happiness is not in our circumstances, but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are.
—John B. Sheerin