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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...

January 2016

January 06, 2016

The Catholic Church’s Most Famous Rock Star

The Daughters of St. Paul are media nuns. So we do sometimes brush elbows with...

January 04, 2016

Open Your Life to the Inconvenience of Baffling Truth

Do I let Truth invite me on unexpected adventures, even ones that force me to...

December 2015

December 26, 2015

5 Tips: Evangelize Loved Ones This Christmas Season

In a recent study, 47% of the adults surveyed said that they were more open...

December 24, 2015

Take Joy: Christmas Lessons from Books

I asked my friend Monica to write a Christmas post for all of you. I...

December 23, 2015

When Christmas Is Difficult

Is your Christmas going to be difficult? Do you know someone who is going to...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

Nun Learns Thanksgiving Lesson from Homeless Man

Several years ago I received this email from a Dominican sister for Thanksgiving. I asked...

October 2015

October 16, 2015

#Synod15: Thank God for Heretics

Perhaps it is necessary to hear the articulation of unorthodox ideas in order to reach...

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...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

I Saw the Pope in Paris When I Was an Atheist, Here’s How It Changed Me

I was an atheist when I went to see the pope in France. Here is...

September 22, 2015

My First Article for Aleteia.org: The Man With the Mangled Hands

Usually, my favorite pieces of writing don't receive the attention that I wish they would....

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Farewell Sr. Mary Gabriella

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

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 25, 2015

Don’t Call Yourself a Radical. Be a Radical.

If our Christian practice doesn’t look different from conventional morality, we’re doing it wrong.

June 08, 2015

A Trustworthy Horse: Why I Remain Catholic

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

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...

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 09, 2015

Review: Arriving at Amen by Leah Libresco

My review of Leah Libresco's new book Arriving at Amen: "Leah has the distinct advantage...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

The Prodigal You Love: Finalist for Major Award! (And Embarrassing Videos)

Some amazing news about my book The Prodigal You Love as well as some videos...

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...