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Sister Joan and Katie Gordon

Katie Gordon arrived the first weekend in June to begin the 2019 Joan Chittister Internship.

The Time Is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage

Now and then a book review really “gets it.” The reviewer understands why the author wrote the book and gives a targeted synopsis of the message.

Easter Sunday The old news about Easter is that it is about resurrection. The new news may be that it is not so much about the resurrection of Jesus as it is about our own.

During his speech to Congress on September 24, 2015, Pope Francis singled out four great Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thomas Merton, and Dorothy Day.

Joan Chittister was one of nearly a hundred prominent men and women from every religious tradition and region of the world to share a favorite prayer and offer their own reflections on its mean

Stanford University

Call to Leadership

by Joan Chittister, OSB Stanford University–Baccalaureate Address

June 16, 2012

Congratulations, class of 2012.

An Insanity of Rationality This spiritual disease thrives on violence and calls it good.

There is a madness abroad in the land, hiding behind the Constitution, brazenly ignoring the suffering of many who, over the years, have died in its defense, and operating under the banner of ratio

The God who beckons

What happens when classical spirituality meets modern science? Which of them is “right”? Are the two reconcilable? Or are they doomed to be eternal opposites?