Part II The Chanting Coffin-Maker: Mother Dolores & Agape
In Part I of my interview with Mother Dolores Hart, she shared an insight that struck me as being profoundly important to our understanding of the vagaries of love: “all love relationships don’t end at...
View ArticleWhen We Truly Love, We Model God to Each Other – UPDATED
A while back, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Mother Dolores Hart, OSB about her book, and she talked of breaking off her engagement in order to enter the Abbey: He was furious. Oh, He was...
View ArticleCry Woof! Welcoming Will Duquette to Patheos
Image courtesy of shutterstock.com Will Duquette has been hanging around Patheos for a while, as one of several splendid folks helping Julie Davis review books, books and more books over at the Happy...
View ArticleSisterly Support: When Nuns Move In Together (and Nun News Updates)
Earlier this year, after what sounds like a truly “long and difficult journey” some Redemptoristine nuns, who were losing the temporary housing they needed while seeking a permanent place to live, work...
View ArticleAdvent Reading Recommendations 2013 – UPDATED
Julie Davis beat me to it, but as usual, I have some Advent Reading ideas — and more than one of them would also make terrific Christmas gifts: Topping the List, because I just think it’s so cool to...
View ArticleA Freaky Little Coda to the “Black Mass” Story
You like a little freaky? I got a little freaky for you, right here! This gave me goosebumps when I heard it, this morning, while visiting the gang at the Son Rise Morning show. Recall this earlier...
View ArticleHearing Pope Francis With the Ear of the Heart
Over at The Crescat, Katrina Fernandez is puzzling out Pope Francis and the way people react to him. A lot of people have expressed to me the almost schizophrenic spiritual state Pope Francis puts them...
View Article“Sisterhood” May be Reality-TV for Reality-TV Haters
Maybe. When it was announced that Lifetime network would be airing a “reality” series chronicling five young women as they “discerned” whether or not they have religious vocations, I was as skeptical...
View ArticleSt. Frances of Rome, Patroness of Rome and Heavy Traffic!
O God, who have given to us in Saint Frances of Rome a singular model of both married and monastic life, grant us perseverance in your service, that in every circumstance of life we may see and follow...
View ArticleOf Christ, Monasticism and Radio Astronomy
[I stumbled upon this post in my archives, and upon re-reading it, realized that there is more to say, and that -- if my email is any indicator -- reposting this might be helpful for many. Originally...
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