Joanne Pierce

Joanne Pierce is a professor emerita in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. Her research interests include liturgical studies, medieval Christianity, ritual studies, ecumenical theology, theology and speculative/science fiction.

The Catholic hymn, "Te Deum" -- which says, “You, God, we praise” ... and feasting shaped the Protestant celebration of Plymouth's pilgrims.
By Joanne Pierce
The Catholic hymn