When I was working on my memoir, Atchison Blue (Sorin Books), about my regular visits with the Benedictine Sisters of Atchison, Kansas, I met Sister Kathleen...
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A television series doesn’t have to tell all the truths about life, so it’s forgivable that Netflix’s Firefly Lane is a bit myopic in its narrative of two...
Readings (Year A): Isaiah 58:7 – 10Psalms 112:4 – 5, 6 – 7, 8 – 91 Corinthian 2:1 – 5Matthew 5:13 – 16 Reflection: Remember...
Readings (Year A): Isaiah 49:3, 5 – 6Psalms 40:2, 4, 7 – 8, 8 – 9, 101 Corinthians 1:1 – 3John 1:29 – 34 Reflection: Healing from...
My friend in Buffalo wrote me on the day an 18-year-old murdered 10 people at a small supermarket there. She was heartsick and shaken at the violence but also...
Readings (Year C): Jeremiah 38:4 – 6, 8 – 10Psalms 40:2, 3, 4, 18Hebrews 12:1 – 4Luke 12:49 – 53 Reflection: Dealing with division In...
Readings (Year C): Genesis 18:20 – 32Psalms 138:1 – 2, 2 – 3, 6 – 7, 7 – 8Colossians 2:12 – 14Luke 11:1-13 Reflection:...
New York last year joined the squad of U.S. states that have gone from decriminalizing pot possession to outright legalizing marijuana. This year the process...
Readings (Year B): Isaiah 53:10–11Psalm 33:4–5, 18–20, 22Hebrews 4:14–16Mark 10:35–45 Reflection: Great service I once attended a national Catholic conference...
When Ann Patchett wrote the memoir Truth & Beauty (Harper Perennial) about her 17-year friendship with brilliant, troubled Lucy Grealy, Clemson University...
