The Monastic Heart By Joan Chittister (Convergent Books, 2021) In the sixth century, disheartened by the corruption and chaos of Rome, St. Benedict of Nursia...
Author - Stephanie Clary
Readings (Year B): Wisdom 7:7–11Psalm 90:12–17Hebrews 4:12–13Mark 10:17–30 Reflection: God is not a minimalist. With all the rage around minimalism these days...
Islamophobia By Jordan Denari Duffner (Orbis Books, 2021) With the publication of Islamophobia, Jordan Denari Duffner makes an important contribution to an...
In the days following the fall of the Afghan government in mid-August, I found myself riveted by the photojournalism coming out of Kabul—desperate people...
A researcher by training, I immediately ordered a short stack of books when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. For eight months, Heidi Murkoff’s...
Waffles + Mochi Directed by Jeremy Konner (Higher Ground Productions, 2021) My toddler has eaten waffles every day since he learned how to chew. So when I...
I started working for U.S. Catholic on the day our office closed during the first wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. While I was bummed not...
I have spent the majority of the past three years of my life either pregnant or breastfeeding. While my collective 16 months of pregnancy with children born...
The evening before I was to lead a day-long workshop on “Our Universal Call to Care for Creation,” I asked my parents if they would listen to my keynote...
