{"id":26,"date":"2025-04-28T07:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T07:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/Trafford\/863753\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-04-30T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:24:00","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/Trafford\/863753\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile border\" style=\"grid-template-columns:45% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/Trafford\/863753\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/author.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-588 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/Trafford\/863753\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/author.jpg 390w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/Trafford\/863753\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/author-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fr. Benjamin A. Vima<\/strong> has been a diocesan priest for fifty five years and performed his pastoral ministries in various Catholic parishes and institutions both in India and the USA. Besides his priestly studies, he holds two master\u2019s degrees: one in Religious Communications from Loyola University of Chicago and another in Rural Arts Communications from the University of Illinois, Chicago Campus. He has authored several books, which contain mostly spiritual, scriptural, and faith-oriented reflective messages. At present, he is retired from his parish administration and resides in a retirement Home at Tulsa, OK, and spends his time in prayer and in ministry of writing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. Benjamin A. Vima has been a diocesan priest for fifty five years and performed his pastoral ministries in various Catholic parishes and institutions both in India and the USA. 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