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November 2015

November 15, 2015

November Nun Gazing…

... Nuns are real life superheroes. If you take a woman and enhance her good...

August 2015

August 04, 2015

Motorcycle Nuns…

... Filed under "My Religion is Cooler Than Yours." Daughters of Anarchy @daughterstpaul A photo...

August 01, 2014

My religion is still cooler than yours…

... In this Friday's installment of Friday Fishing (Blog feature featuring religious communities for the...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

Nun Gazing …

The Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb, a contemplative order made up of women with...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Sainthood sought for ‘Fastest Nun in the West’ who took on Billy the Kid…

Sister Blandina Segale From Fox News, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced...

June 24, 2014

Art and Nun Gazing, my two favorite things…

A recent acquisition by Mt. Healthy (OH) native Elizabeth Nourse, a favorite with Cincinnati art...

May 2014

May 19, 2014

I’d Still Try and Hug Her…

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April 2014

April 30, 2014

Wake Up and Welcome Back…

... Begone acedia. Begone sullenness. Self pity. Ennui. Shoo. Away with thee! I just remembered...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

St. Rita Monastery in Italy Helps Brides Who Can’t Afford Gowns…

I've been emotionally all over the map this week, and this news article made me...

October 2013

October 03, 2013

America’s Favorite Pastime…

... Nun Gazing! Nuns playing baseball -- Austin, Texas 1963.

July 2013

July 03, 2013

An Entire Beach of Nuns …

... My co-worker went to visit the in-laws in New Jersey. Upon his return he...

May 2013

May 15, 2013

Warm and Fuzzy Nun Gazing Edition…

... I wish I knew the source for this photo of these scrumptious little nuns....

April 2013

April 04, 2013

I Thought Today Was Friday…

... by that's OK, I've got nun gazing to cheer my spirits. This last one...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist React To Hearing “Habemus Papam” …

... And I want to hug them all. Would that we were all as cheerful...

January 2013

January 14, 2013

Nun Gazing and Vocation Awareness Week…

... Did you know that January 13 - 19 is National Vocation Awareness Week? An...

December 2012

December 26, 2012

When it requires too much mental exertion to write anything you get stuck with a bunch of pictures…

... Gaze upon the fruit of my intellectual laziness. Hug them all! Stalk them all!

November 2012

November 21, 2012

Forget the Christmas music, how about some lovely, seasonally appropriate, Advent music instead…

... Tomorrow Christmas music begins. Never mind that it started playing in department stores as...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

Warm and fuzzies Eastern style…

Click here to see videos and more photos of Sr. Cecilia and Sr. Gabriella's tonsuring...

October 16, 2012

Postulant Gazing…

Meet Sr. Tara Smith. She began her postulancy this evening. Pray for her and an...

August 2012

August 20, 2012

Does the Habit Make the Nun…

... I have never known a non-habited nun. I know they're out there and I...

August 01, 2012

Mackerel Snappers Snapping Chicken…

Calling all you clerics, nuns, and holy servants of the Church. I want you to...

June 2012

June 21, 2012

Brides of Christ…

... Anybody catch this Tuesday? Oprah has a thing for nuns, you know. Hmmm.

May 2012

May 05, 2012

Nun Gazing…

February 2012

February 16, 2012

here’s a fun game to play…

... I'm not sure if you noticed but the frequency of posting has been slowly...

February 09, 2012

thirsty Thursday…

February 06, 2012

I want to hug them…

... It's a compulsion, you know. Missionaries of Charity nuns throw snowballs in St. Peter's...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

“when she read an article on the internet from a priest urging young people to follow their hearts, all her doubts seemed to disappear…”

... I wish I knew what article she read online. Anyway, here's a fantastic and...

November 2011

November 03, 2011

nun gazing…

A nun prays after Communion as Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass Nov. 3 in St....

November 01, 2011

November …

... November is another one of my favorite months. It has everything; cooler weather, crisp...

October 2011

October 27, 2011

Nun gazing…

I think this is a photo from China's 'Religious Games'.