Today is the official publication date for my latest “baby,” Radical Saints: 21 Women for the 21st Century. It includes the stories of twenty-one women who walked the earth in the 20th century and were canonized this century. They ranged in age from nine to ninety-three when they died, and lived on every continent but Antarctica. They’re… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Radical Saints
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Fragility
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Human life is always fragile, and the past few months have attuned us to that. Things are going along in an unremarkable way, and then we or someone we love or… Continue reading Fragility
Souls to the Kingdom
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. I made my Cursillo in November 2006 at the Josephite Pastoral Center in Washington, D.C., and sat at the table of the amazing graces. Two weeks earlier, I’d been on my… Continue reading Souls to the Kingdom
Departures
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled… Continue reading Departures