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Kaitlyn Curtin

Kaitlyn Curtin

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Kaitlyn Dudley Curtin holds graduate degrees in Theology and in Education. She writes a monthly column on Patheos, “Strong Medicine: Scripts from the Doctors of the Church.” She keeps up a personal blog and recently contributed a chapter to Teresa Tomeo’s book "Listening for God." She and her school principal husband parent five lovely children in the upstate of South Carolina.

Works by Kaitlyn Curtin

Strong Medicine: An Inconvenient Truth-Teller

Kaitlyn Curtin | July 20, 2022

John Chrysostom had a gift for provocation. More than once, he goaded authorities into......

Strong Medicine: Doctor Francis de Sales

Kaitlyn Curtin | July 04, 2022

Strong Medicine Doctor Francis de Sales...

Three Theaters of Theology

Kaitlyn Curtin | May 25, 2022

Is there any drama like the drama of surgery? A skilled champion sweats; an agonized......

Two Prescriptions From Doctors of the Church

Kaitlyn Curtin | April 15, 2022

An irony: By officially designating some saints as doctors, the Church means to bring......

Strong Medicine: Dr. Gregory the Great

Kaitlyn Curtin | March 21, 2022

After serving his city energetically and admirably as prefect, Gregory turned his......

Distilled Spirits: Thomas Aquinas & Albertus Magnus

Kaitlyn Curtin | February 22, 2022

Let us distill our lives with the fire of the Holy Spirit in imitation of these great......

The New and Future Doctors of the Church

Kaitlyn Curtin | January 20, 2022

The official number of doctors has roughly doubled since 1870. Why elevate yet another......

Doctor of Desire: St. Teresa of Avila

Kaitlyn Curtin | December 21, 2021

We may think modern American spirituality lends itself to high-stakes deliberation, but......

An Iconic Defense: John Damascene, Doctor of Christian Art...

Kaitlyn Curtin | November 24, 2021

St. John of Damascus is one of the most important figures in the history of Christian......

Practicing Without a License: St. Jerome

Kaitlyn Curtin | September 30, 2021

Jerome fought hard for unity in the truth, and he would be horrified by the modern......

Patron Saint of Operator Error: Augustine of Hippo

Kaitlyn Dudley Curtin | September 14, 2021

Kaitlyn Curtin elaborates on the doctrines of original sin and grace, using the......

Invisible Wounds: Dr. Catherine of Siena

Kaitlyn Dudley Curtin | June 23, 2021

Kaitlyn Curtin writes St. Catherine of Siena, one of the canonized doctors or saints of......

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