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Are You Hearing?
In the sixth month, Gabriel (the angel) was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man called...
Barbara Silvestri
4 days ago2 min read
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Saint Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine’s Day did not begin as a Hallmark card with flowers, chocolates, long-stemmed roses, conversation hearts, and romantic...
Jocelyn E. Collen
Feb 142 min read
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Beacon of Light for the World
As we reflect and remember the Feast Day of St. Lucy, I had to go back and do some research. I have always thought of St. Lucy because...
Jessica Grima Jewett
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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Also Her Children
I’m writing this reflection after a recent conversation with my brother who’s left the Catholic Church. Hearing more about his personal...
Jenny Snarski
Dec 12, 20242 min read
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St. Catherine of Alexandria: Patron of Wheel-Breaking Feminists
Type into Google “patron saint of feminists” and you will find that there is no such title. There are suggestions such as Sts. Brigid,...
Erika Tate
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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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...
Kathleen Clark
Nov 2, 20242 min read
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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,...
Sara Ann Conneely
Sep 17, 20243 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Kos
Aug 27, 20242 min read
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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...
Sara Ann Conneely
Aug 15, 20243 min read
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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...
Jocelyn E. Collen
Aug 12, 20243 min read
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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...
Kathleen Clark
Aug 6, 20242 min read
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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...
Kelly Sankowski
Jul 29, 20243 min read
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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...
Rachel Conrad Carlson
Jul 22, 20243 min read
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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....
Allison Bobzien
Jul 16, 20242 min read
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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...
Mary Beth Keenan
May 31, 20242 min read
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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.
Jessica Curbis
May 20, 20243 min read
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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...
Susan Amann
May 14, 20242 min read
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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...
Rachel Conrad Carlson
Feb 8, 20243 min read
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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...
Patty Breen
Feb 1, 20243 min read
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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...
Allison Bobzien
Dec 13, 20232 min read
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