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January 2016

January 14, 2016

What Fight Club and St. Cyprian Have in Common

What does the movie Fight Club and St. Cyprian have in common? Nothing? You are...

December 2015

December 01, 2015

Priests Being Awesome: The Bosco Boys

As part of my continuing, highly esteemed "Priests Being Awesome" series (see last post), I...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

When Relating to God as Spouse Feels Icky

One of the woman looked at her and said, "How do you live without sex?!"

November 13, 2015

Am I “Good Enough” to Become a Nun?

God’s love is gratuitous and unconditional. None of us are “worthy” of the kind of...

October 2015

October 20, 2015

10 Things You Should NEVER Say to a Nun

I recently read a popular piece over at Epic Pew by Shaun McAfee called 13...

October 06, 2015

VIDEO: Nuns Speak Frankly About Convent Life

Our sisters invited some reporters recently to our convents in Miami and Boston. They asked...

July 2015

July 07, 2015

6 Simple Ways To Recognize God’s Fingerprints in Our Life

How can we grow in awareness of God’s presence and saving love in our life?...

June 2015

June 05, 2015

Why I Choose to REMAIN Catholic

I extended an invite to my readers to write about why they remain Catholic, this...

June 03, 2015

Calling God “Mother” – Do You Preach a Sexist Jesus?

The Anglican Church is moving to call God "mother" in official liturgy.... "I do not...

May 2015

May 23, 2015

A Holy Biker Gang: 1,400 Mile Bike Ride for Vocations

Five priests and seminarians are setting out on a 1,400 mile bike trip to promote...

May 13, 2015

The Answer to All Our Bad Behaviors

Do you struggle with something that you wish you could be rid of? All of...

May 01, 2015

5 Things I’ve Learned About Holiness In the Convent

When I entered the convent I had a pretty self-confident, completely unsophisticated idea of what...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

That Christ May Live in Me: A Retreat for Young Women

The Daughters of St. Paul are holding a discernment retreat led by Sr. Margaret Michael...

April 27, 2015

That Loving Gaze: How a Wedding Inspired a Future Seminarian

I’m entering seminary in a month. In March, you could already find me joking about...

April 23, 2015

How Our Weaknesses Shape Our Discernment

People have different levels of awareness of their faults and sinfulness, but almost all of...

April 20, 2015

What Is Life Like in the Seminary? A Video Vignette…

Wonder what life is like for men preparing to become priests? Check out this short...

December 2014

December 11, 2014

Priests Being Awesome: Top Five Rapping Priests

It makes me happy to see priests rap. And skateboard. And tap dance. And slam...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

A Real Sister’s Take on #TheSisterhood

I was going to write something about the new show on Lifetime about discerning a vocation...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Arleen Spenceley Interviews the Coolest Nun Ever.

Arleen Spenceley, author of the soon-to-be-released book Chastity is for Lovers asked me if she could...