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April 2015

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 14, 2015

The DMV: Snake Pit of Despair and Hidden Saints

I pull up to the DMV and there is a line of people winding out...

April 12, 2015

A Typewriter, a Pool and Good News!

As I get back to writing, I wanted to share with you two pieces of...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Give a Porn Star a Bible: Creativity in the Fight Against Porn

I am really impressed with the boldness and gumption with which nondenominational Christians often approach...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

The Priest Who Was Robbed on Ash Wednesday

At one stop a young man entered the subway car and told the priest to...

February 12, 2015

Five Reasons St. Hildegard is Fascinating

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

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Why the Daughters of St. Paul Rock…

We try to bring people to Christ through modern media, but media can also lead...

October 28, 2014

Best Thing About Sr. Christina’s Cover of “Like a Virgin”? Madonna Watched It.

I grew up in an anti-Madonna household. My parents did not approve of the pop singer and...

October 26, 2014

#MediaNuns Need Your Help to Spread the Gospel

OUR ANNUAL WEBATHON BEGINS NOW! - October 22-November 2 When I was a discerner, thinking about...

October 25, 2014

Atheist in the Communion Line – A Follow-up Post

The grace of God often comes to a person in the midst of paradox and...

October 10, 2014

Pursued by Truth – Now at Patheos!

Hello Dear Readers (old and new), I am so excited to join the Catholic channel...

October 08, 2014

Pray for Brittany, Her Death Is Scheduled for November 1st

When I first read about Brittany Maynard on People.com I gasped. Brittany’s smile is beautiful and...

October 01, 2014

The Top Five St. Thérèse Books

I am a St Thérèse book connoisseur, partly by choice and partly because everyone gives me...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT – The Prodigal You Love Coming in October

We have all heard the statistics. The Catholic Church in the United States, as well...

September 09, 2014

Profession of Vows: Wildflower in the Pages of an Ancient Book

Sr. Theresa Aletheia and Sr. Margaret Michael before the profession Mass begins I made my...

August 2014

August 14, 2014

RIP Robin Williams: “I Only Knew That You Were Thirsty”

"I Only Knew That You Were Thirsty" As most of you probably know, Robin Williams...

August 02, 2014

5 Tips for Parishes from Pope Francis

Everything Pope Francis says is always so heartfelt, so quotable, so real. Reading through all of...

July 2014

July 26, 2014

Kanye West, ISIS and Confronting Poverty

When I left my corporate job in California to enter the convent I had to...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Kahlil Joseph and Poetry in Motion

Some movies and short films manage to make me feel what borders on an out-of-body...

June 16, 2014

Redemption in Tragedy: A Reflection on the Death of Father Kenneth Walker

Cristo in croce by BronzinoYou may have heard about the recent, tragic attack in a downtown...

June 09, 2014

Slender Man Stabbing: 5 Things You Can Do

Slender Man graffiti on a sidewalk Source: Flickr Creative CommonsThe news is full of violence....

May 2014

May 20, 2014

“Adopt a Priest” Campaign in France Parodies a Dating Site

Six dioceses in Normandy, France have come together to create a humorous web site that...

May 13, 2014

5 Blessings That Came from Harvard’s Planned Satanic “Mass”

Many of you know that a group on Harvard’s campus was planning to hold a...

May 10, 2014

5 Things Pope Francis Wouldn’t Do Online

We all probably wish we could take back some things we have said and done...

April 2014

April 09, 2014

5 Reasons to See and Talk about NOAH

I confess. I did not go into the movie Noah with a tabula rasa. I...

April 05, 2014

The End of Lent Question

Well, this Lent has been hard. Not that I have ever had an easy Lent...

March 2014

March 15, 2014

Duke’s Porn Star & Pope Francis’ Lenten Intentions

Pope Francis’ Lenten message for 2014 calls all Catholics to confront destitution in its varying forms of...

March 03, 2014

This Lent…Go to the Movies with the Daily Examen

Louisa May Alcott once said, “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning...

February 2014

February 13, 2014

5 Christian Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day

I am not a fan of Valentine’s Day. I’m not the most sentimental person around...

January 2014

January 19, 2014

Is Religious Life Repulsive?

The vows of religious life are repulsive, at least according to an article Br. Justin...