Kathleen Clark
All Souls, Living and Departed
As the liturgical year draws to a close and we enter these twin feasts of All Saints and All Souls, I tend to think on my loved ones who...
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Sara Ann Conneely
Sep 173 min read
A Limitless God, As Told by St. Hildegard of Bingen
My first exposure to St. Hildegard of Bingen was through her artwork. Hildegard experienced a series of visions throughout her life,...
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Elizabeth Kos
Aug 272 min read
St. Monica - A Traveling, Evangelizing Mother
St. Monica is known for being St. Augustine’s mother and the chief source of his faith conversion. As a mother of two boys, I understand...
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Sara Ann Conneely
Aug 153 min read
Mary and Mission: What Mary Can Tell Us About God’s Time
After receiving the news that she would bear the Son of God, Mary’s immediate response was to seek the comfort and counsel of her older...
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Jocelyn E. Collen
Aug 123 min read
Spiritual Friendship
Jane Frances de Chantel (1572-1641) - Feast Day August 12 “Throw ourselves into God as a little drop of water into the sea, and lose...
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Kathleen Clark
Aug 62 min read
A Lamp Shining in a Dark Place
I have recently learned that “rumination” is a clinical term; I have long used the word as a synonym for “contemplate,” for example...
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Kelly Sankowski
Jul 293 min read
The Support and Challenge of Friends
Today we celebrate three of Jesus’s closest friends: Lazarus, who is described as “the one you love” (John 11:3); Mary, who performs the...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Jul 223 min read
Mary Magdalene
As I write this piece celebrating Mary Magdalene on her feast day, I keep thinking how beloved she must be to so many of us who write for...
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Allison Bobzien
Jul 162 min read
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
“But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Luke 2:19), reflects Mary’s heart as Our Lady of Mount Carmel....
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Mary Beth Keenan
May 312 min read
The Joy of Sisterhood: Celebrating the Visitation through the Seasons of Life
I was standing in a Mexican town square, looking at the facade of a church, when my phone pinged. I was feeling homesick during my study...
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Jessica Curbis
May 203 min read
She Who Grieves
Mary is a woman who has known grief. Certainly as a mother, her own child was killed. But also just as a woman.
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Susan Amann
May 142 min read
Prayer Power
May 13th is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. I started reading everything that I could find on apparitions or visions of the Blessed...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Feb 83 min read
Josephine Bakhita: A Saint for Today
We named our second daughter Josephina Clare, after many strong women: St. Clare of Assisi, Jo from Little Women, my beloved Aunt Debbie...
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Patty Breen
Feb 13 min read
The Fire Burning
In late September of 2023, I moved to a particular neighborhood of Detroit called Corktown. The oldest neighborhood in the city of...
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Allison Bobzien
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Light in the Darkness
The stories of Saint Lucy paint a picture of a young girl with unwavering faith and devotion. In Sicily at the time of Emperor...
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Mary Beth Keenan
Dec 12, 20233 min read
Caught in the Ethereal
The vibrant colors and varied faces of a Diego Rivera mural provided the background to the story of Saint Juan Digeo and Our Lady of...
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Corinne Horner
Dec 8, 20232 min read
How Can This Be?
Like many Catholic women, my relationship with Mary has had its ups and downs. Growing up, women are so often told to idolize Mary and...
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Jessica Grima Jewett
Dec 6, 20232 min read
A Transparent Saint
If your family was anything like mine, St. Nicholas Day was a big deal. We left our shoes out on the eve of his feast day, we would...
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Allison Bobzien
Nov 23, 20232 min read
Black Elk: The Enrichment of the Church
A proud Lakota, a beloved teacher of Native American traditions, a second cousin to Crazy Horse, a member of Buffalo Bill Cody’s...
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Elizabeth Kos
Nov 16, 20232 min read
Patroness of Parties
If there was a patron saint of partying, St. Margaret of Scotland should be it. As Queen of Scotland, she used her court and influence to...
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