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Joan Chittister's latest column in the National Catholic Reporter is in memory of her friend, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, who died on April 4 this year.
Bishop Tom Gumbleton, the "soul of the peace movement," died at the age of 94 on April 4,
Joan Chittister will present at the seventh annual conference of L.A. Sisters Aging Well, on Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Pacific Time.
Joan Chittister will virtually offer the Opening Blessing and Thoughts at the "Empowering Ourselves" conference on Friday, August 31.
A recent op-ed in the Erie Times-News highlights the interconnectedness of all people, and quotes Joan Chittister's wisdom from her book The Liturgical Y
A recent column in the Global Sisters Report described how important it is for women to be given the opportunity to write and tell their stories.
This thought-provoking quotation from Joan Chittister was spotted in a humanities building at Mercyhurst University.
Some disciples came to see Abba Poemen and said to him: "Tell us, when we see brothers dozing during the Divine Office, should we pinch them so that they will stay awake?" And the wise man said
Joan Chittister is—among her other qualities—a highly quotable writer and lecturer.
What kind of year means the most?
Christmas, the remembrance of the birth of Jesus, is not a remembrance at all. It is an awareness that grows in us from day to day all our lives.
"From where I stand, it is not, in other words, God's decision where we are all allowed to live and how. That matter is ours. Israel and Palestine is not a question of land rights.
An October 25 New York Times article on women’s roles in the current Synod on Synodality quotes Joan Chittister, citing her as “a well-known American nun, feminist and scholar, who has lon
Joan Chittister brought the house down in her speeches and talks at the Spirit Unbounded conference in Rome, which ran parallel to the Synod on Synodality and centered the voices of women and
Sister Joan Chittister addressed a global audience at Spirit Unb