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August 2015

August 26, 2015

ABC planning ensemble drama about nuns

I’m sure it will be sympathetic to the Church. Right? After all, this is the network...

August 10, 2015

New York Times profiles “nuns of a new generation”

That includes, most prominently, the Sisters of Life: Mechanical bulls, rock-climbing walls, bounce houses, go-karts:...

August 10, 2015

New York Times profiles “nuns of a new generation”

That includes, most prominently, the Sisters of Life: Mechanical bulls, rock-climbing walls, bounce houses, go-karts:...

August 03, 2015

Say hello to four new Little Sisters

I got this nice note today from Sr. Marguerite, l.s.p., regarding my friends from the...

August 03, 2015

Say hello to four new Little Sisters

I got this nice note today from Sr. Marguerite, l.s.p., regarding my friends from theLittle...

May 2015

May 27, 2015

Visiting the Little Sisters in Queens

Wednesday evening, I was invited out to Queens Village to lead a Holy Hour and...

May 27, 2015

Visiting the Little Sisters in Queens

Wednesday evening, I was invited out to Queens Village to lead a Holy Hour and...

May 24, 2015

Aging Catholic nuns find care at a Jewish nursing home

From AP: For 98-year-old Sister Angela Rooney, it was one of the most jarring moves...

May 24, 2015

Aging Catholic nuns find care at a Jewish nursing home

From AP: For 98-year-old Sister Angela Rooney, it was one of the most jarring moves...

May 15, 2015

The nuns spoke—and the archbishop listened

The archbishop in question is Seattle’s J. Peter Sartain—FOTB (Friend of the Bench)—and this account...

May 15, 2015

The nuns spoke—and the archbishop listened

The archbishop in question is Seattle's J. Peter Sartain—FOTB (Friend of the Bench)—and this account...

May 07, 2015

Prosecutors want to prevent “Dead Man Walking” nun from testifying in Boston Marathon bomber trial

Details: Federal prosecutors want the nun who inspired the movie "Dead Man Walking" to be...

May 07, 2015

Prosecutors want to prevent “Dead Man Walking” nun from testifying in Boston Marathon bomber trial

Details: Federal prosecutors want the nun who inspired the movie “Dead Man Walking” to be...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

Boom: number of women becoming nuns in UK reaches 25-year high

Details: The number of women becoming nuns in Britain has reached a 25-year high. Some...

April 23, 2015

Boom: number of women becoming nuns in UK reaches 25-year high

Details: The number of women becoming nuns in Britain has reached a 25-year high. Some...

April 22, 2015

Dominican nuns in SF walk out of high school to protest gay rights group

From The San Francisco Chronicle: The divisions within the Bay Area’s Catholic community over gay...

April 22, 2015

Dominican nuns in SF walk out of high school to protest gay rights group

From The San Francisco Chronicle: The divisions within the Bay Area’s Catholic community over gay...

April 16, 2015

Vatican announces end to overhaul of LCWR, after group agrees to enact changes

From AP: The Vatican has unexpectedly ended its controversial overhaul of the main umbrella group...

April 16, 2015

Vatican announces end to overhaul of LCWR, after group agrees to enact changes

From AP: The Vatican has unexpectedly ended its controversial overhaul of the main umbrella group...

March 2015

March 09, 2015

“You’re too pretty to be a nun!”

A woman entering religious life writes in Huffington Post: When I tell people I'm going...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Hail Mary Pass? Nuns rent out rooms at Phoenix monastery for Super Bowl, raise money for charity

From The Arizona Republic and azCentral: You could say, it's a different kind of Super Bowl...

January 18, 2015

Galveston-Houston copes with declining number of nuns

From The Houston Chronicle: The decline in the numbers is a bit of a paradox....

January 12, 2015

Paying tribute to an artist inspired by Andy Warhol—and who happened to be a nun

Image: from NPR, courtesy the Corita Art Center And you've probably seen her work...

January 03, 2015

Happy New Year, happy new orders!

A few of the Sisters of Our Mother of Divine Grace, from their website. Some...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

It’s here: Vatican report on U.S. nuns

From CNS: A massive, detailed Vatican-ordered investigation of U.S. communities of women religious ended with...

November 2014

November 22, 2014

Meet the nun who coaches college football

Really. This is pretty terrific. From The New York Times: The celebration after the College...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Are you free Wednesday night? Stop by and spend an hour with Jesus, the Little Sisters, and me

I got a very nice email a couple months back from The Little Sisters of the Poor,...

October 20, 2014

Watch out, Madonna: Sister Cristina turns “Like a Virgin” into a prayer—UPDATED

This is something. Italy's fabled "Singing Nun" from "The Voice" has released her first video,...

October 14, 2014

The “gradual” homecoming of Sister Theresa, an atheist who became a nun

We've been hearing a lot the last couple days about the theological concept of "gradualism." Critics...

October 07, 2014

Sisters from Mexico arrive to serve the “mission territory” of North Dakota

From The Williston Herald newspaper: An influx of Hispanic workers in the western North Dakota...