Editing Mark Shields (section)

== Personal life ==
Shields married Anne Hudson, who is a lawyer and former civil service official at the [[United States Department of the Interior]], in 1966.<ref name = obit/><ref name="NYT1993 At Dinner" /> The couple have a daughter, Amy Shields Doyle,<ref name="NYT2001">[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/09/style/weddings-amy-shields-christopher-doyle.html "WEDDINGS; Amy Shields, Christopher Doyle"], ''The New York Times'', September 9, 2001</ref> and two grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/press-releases/mark-shields-to-step-down-as-friday-night-regular-on-pbs-newshour|title=Mark Shields to Step Down as Friday Night Regular on PBS NewsHour|website=PBS NewsHour}}</ref>

He was on the board of directors of SOME ([[So Others Might Eat]]) and he established the William and Mary Shields Scholarship Program in honor of his parents at the University of Notre Dame for students who are the first members of their families to go to college.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zimmermann |first=Mark |date=June 23, 2022 |title=At Funeral Mass, political commentator Mark Shields remembered as a man of faith and humor who believed 'politics is about justice' |url=https://www.cathstan.org/local/at-funeral-mass-political-commentator-mark-shields-remembered-as-a-man-of-faith-and-humor-who-believed-politics-is-about-justice |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Catholic Standard |language=en-US}}</ref>

Shields was a Catholic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/mark-shields-commentator-wore-catholic-faith-his-sleeve-dies|title=Mark Shields, commentator who wore Catholic faith on his sleeve, dies|author=Pattison, Mark|date=22 June 2022|accessdate=31 October 2024|work=National Catholic Reporter}}</ref>