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Category: Sisterhood of Saints

Of Paths, Passions… and Crosses

The women who inspire a good friend and me aren’t much farther apart in age than we are. I’m six years older than my friend, and the holy woman she admires most was only twelve years older than mine. Yet their journeys to holiness began and ended more than 8,500 miles apart, and were

Published May 13, 2013
Categorized as Catholicism, Nonfiction, Politics, Saints, Sisterhood of Saints, Spirituality

Lent 2013, Day 38: Believe the Works

Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Bold words in today’s Gospel from Jesus: If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me; but if I

Published March 22, 2013
Categorized as Catholicism, Lent, Nonfiction, Sisterhood of Saints, Spirituality

Lent 2013, Day 19: Obedience, and a Love Letter

I’m bidding farewell to a bit of ministry that’s fed me for the past eight or so years. At the end of April, I will be stepping down as assistant director of the St. Davids Christian

Published March 3, 2013
Categorized as Catholicism, Friendship, Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction, Saints, Sisterhood of Saints, Spirituality, St. Davids Christian Writers, Writing

Lent 2013, Day 11: The Sisterhood Is Powerful–and Holy

It’s a special thing to have a sister, and I’m blessed with two of them. My relationships with them are different, and have been since childhood. Maureen, three years younger, and I

Published February 23, 2013
Categorized as Editing, Family, Friendship, Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction, Sisterhood of Saints, Spirituality

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