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May 2012

May 29, 2012

Quote of the day

"We ate, we laughed, we joked, they chanted and prayed and stood behind wooden gratings....

May 24, 2012

Answering the call — at a baseball game

From Major League Baseball ... a fan with faith. And a phone.

May 21, 2012

Meet the nun who calls herself “the hostess of the protest”

While Chicago contends with anti-NATO protests, one person at the forefront of the activity is...

April 2012

April 29, 2012

Sisters turn to the Internet for vocations

This being Vocation Sunday, it's a good time to look at a vocation that is...

April 26, 2012

Bill Cosby: “Nuns mean business when they come riding into town”

The comedian and his wife recently made a big donation to a Catholic community center...

April 19, 2012

“Stunned”: LCWR responds to Vatican

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious just posted the following statement on its website: "The...

April 18, 2012

Quote of the day, on LCWR

"While there has been a great deal of work on the part of LCWR promoting...

April 15, 2012

Worth a thousand words

Fenway Park, Boston. Friday 13 April 2012. Source.

April 10, 2012

“Whatever slender thread is holding our planet together just might stem from these monastic women…”

An alert reader sent this my way: a reflection by broadcast journalist Judith Valente about...

April 02, 2012

Where have we heard this before?

I friend at work passed along to me this morning the most recent issue of...

April 02, 2012

Off the farm and into the convent: “This feels natural. I like it here.”

An uplifting vocation story from Kansas: Last year at this time, 22-year-old Annie Stuhlsatz and...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

Mother Dolores at the Oscars: “This is very different than being in the monastery…”

Hollywood's most famous nun since Julie Andrews returned to her old stomping grounds last night:...

February 25, 2012

Who’s that nun at the Academy Awards?

Anyone asking that question clearly doesn't know about Dolores Hart -- Hollywood starlet who left...

February 16, 2012

Mother Dolores Hart heads back to Hollywood

The celebrated former movie star and cloistered nun will be returning to the Oscars later this month...

January 2012

January 22, 2012

Designing women: creating a fashionable habit for nuns

The result strikes me as closer to Little Red Riding Hood than the Little Flower. ...

January 02, 2012

From city official to Sister of St. Joseph

This is certainly a different kind of vocation story: A former Portland City official took...

December 2011

December 12, 2011

Nun involved in abortion decision “no longer excommunicated” — UPDATED

From a news brief buried in a CNS report over the weekend: A Mercy sister...

December 08, 2011

Researchers: nuns should take the pill to cut cancer risk

Really? Strange as it sounds, yes: Catholic nuns take a vow of chastity, so you...

November 2011

November 28, 2011

Good habits: sisters and the silent witness of what we wear

The always-interesting Msgr. Charles Pope found the video below, and posted it yesterday, along with...

November 26, 2011

The changing face of America’s sisters

A paper in St. Louis looks at how sisters have changed over the last couple...

November 13, 2011

Nun spared jail time for gambling, embezzlement

And it nearly landed her in jail. Details: Sister Marie Thornton gambled her life away...

November 13, 2011

Another way to Occupy Wall Street: meet the Sisters of St. Francis

They're finally getting their due, in the pages of the New York Times: Not long...

November 11, 2011

On joining a convent: “You have to knock three times…”

The age of women who are attracted to religious life in Britain is getting younger,...

November 08, 2011

From wearing a veil, to wearing a crown: new Miss World once studied to be a nun

Details: A woman who spent five years training to be a nun has been crowned...

September 2011

September 29, 2011

Nun on the run: future sister taking part in marathon

Running, it turns out, is habit-forming. Details: Her nun’s habit is too long to run...

August 2011

August 21, 2011

A "dying breed": nuns disappearing from hospitals

Given the dwindling vocations, this shouldn't be a shock. But it's sad news nonetheless: When...

August 17, 2011

The grandmother who's also a sister

I tend to spotlight older men entering the priesthood around here, but thanks to The...

August 15, 2011

Young religious find older garb habit-forming — UPDATED

It's no secret that people entering religious life these days are increasingly attracted to wearing...

August 03, 2011

"Truth is really important in our world today…"

That's just part of what Mary Anne Marks told "Currents" when she visited the show...

July 2011

July 31, 2011

A sister for 60 years: one woman's story

The Georgia Bulletin is profiling several women religious as they mark significant milestones in their...