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June 2015

June 08, 2015

A Sister to Sin: The Gangbanger and a Nun

I walk to the driver's side and can make out a man with sunglasses, bathed...

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 29, 2015

Sister Anne of the Touch of Death

Sister Laura asked me, Sister Anne of the Touch of Death, to water her garden....

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 21, 2015

Women’s Ordination and Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood”

Taylor Swift's new video "Bad Blood" got me thinking. Men and women do things differently,...

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...

April 17, 2015

THE Hipster Saint Immortalized in Film #MediaApostle

THE hipster saint immortalized in film. Check out how you can learn more about this...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

Lent is Like a Freezer: What Lenten Lesson Have You Learned?

Lent can be a cold, dark freezer if we don't let Jesus in to live...

March 16, 2015

Too Pretty to Be a Nun: Terrifying Doubts Beneath Christian Life

To dedicate one’s youth, looks, smarts, strength, and gifts to something other than ourselves is...

February 2015

February 12, 2015

Five Reasons St. Hildegard is Fascinating

When I lived in the Bay Area in California I visited a women who was...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Can One Calculate Grace Missed?

Sometimes I wonder if life in the convent is more difficult for me because I...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

Ten Gifts Ideas for Religious Priests, Nuns, Sisters, etc

It's hard to buy something for the person who has everything. It is even more...

December 17, 2014

Some Points on the “Nuns versus the Vatican” Report

People are responding in different ways to the Vatican's Apostolic Visitation report that ends a...