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June 2016

June 23, 2016

WATCH: Sr. Maria Kim’s Vocation Story

“I felt such joy in my heart, and I felt Jesus ask me in that...

February 2016

February 02, 2016

Jesus and the Secret to Dealing With Difficult People

When I have struggled with learning to relate to others in the convent, I have...

December 2015

December 02, 2015

Diamonds From Jesus

Do you have inside jokes with Jesus? Jesus and I have inside jokes. Learn more...

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...

November 10, 2015

Sr. Alicia Won #Chopped! Here Are 5 More Videos About Her Work

Sr. Alicia Torres won Food Network's Chopped! If you missed the show last night, you...

November 06, 2015

Novena for the Media – Days 7, 8, and 9

We are getting close to the end of the webathon, and today we focus on...

November 05, 2015

Novena for the Media – Day 6

Meet our elderly sisters!

November 05, 2015

#NationalVocationAwarenessWeek: How To Overcome Obstacles in Discerning Consecrated Life

In our culture, marriage as we understand it as Catholics may be under pressure, but...

November 04, 2015

Novena for the Media – Day 5

Pick a color: but not just any color! Visit our sisters in graphic design and...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

Nun to Appear on Food Network’s “Chopped”

Apparently, Sr. Alicia from the Franciscans of the Eucharist of the Mission of Our Lady...

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...

October 01, 2015

St. Therese, Pope Francis, and 3 Inspiring Suggestions

Pope Francis, St. Therese and three inspiring suggestions - includes a video of Cardinal Bergoglio,...

September 2015

September 01, 2015

Two New Nuns Share Why They Chose Their Names!

Sr. Chelsea and Sr. Carly have allowed me to share with you the reflections they...

August 2015

August 23, 2015

Nuns Sing “God Bless America” at Red Sox Game!

Some of you may think nuns would not be baseball fans. You are wrong. The...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Going On Retreat: Prayer Requests Welcome

I will be going on my yearly 8-day retreat on August 3-10. I will not...

July 28, 2015

Farewell Sr. Mary Gabriella

Sr. Mary Gabriella went to Pakistan as a missionary when she was a young sister....

July 25, 2015

Prayer Exercise Before Making Big Decisions

Are you about to make a big decision? Sr. Marie-Paul shares a prayer exercise that...

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 29, 2015

On Loneliness: Stabbing Our Grief with a Plastic Knife

Here’s a memory I have only shared with one other person before: I was 13...

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 04, 2015

How the Eucharist Saved My Life

How the Eucharist saved my life: I stepped into the church, half expecting sirens to...

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 15, 2015

5 Ways Believers Can Respond to the “Nones”

You may have read the new Pew statistics that suggest that Christianity in the United...

May 14, 2015

A Positive Look at the “Nones” Leaving the Church

This is a piece I wrote in 2012 that I think is still relevant to...