I was born in a Little Italy in upstate New York, where my aunt and uncle ran a small grocery and a large apartment building. When I was 5, my uncle gave me a...
Women in the church
I believe in the communion of saints. These words take flesh in the early morning quiet of my apartment. I sink into the worn recliner and flip open my Bible...
In 1943, 12-year-old Chloe Wolford, who had grown up in her mother’s AME church, converted to Catholicism and took St. Anthony of Padua as her confirmation...
“We are Catholics, but if any of you want to found another church you are free to go.” Pope Francis was responding to a religious woman’s question at the May...
When I glanced ahead in my missal during the entrance hymn I had to resist the impulse to cut out right then. The first reading was Genesis 2:18–24. You know...
Christian witches? What’s next? Married bachelors? Square circles? A combination of disbelief, mockery, and genuine concern for the souls of those who might...
St. Paul includes the name Junia, a women’s name, on his list of apostles in Romans 16:7. Does this mean there were women apostles? The problem is we don’t...
In February I went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The sights and sounds of Galilee were captivating. Sitting on the Sea of Galilee, I closed my eyes and...
Simply put, Joellyn Cicciarelli is all in. Whether it is on a team, in a classroom, for a company, or as part of a spiritual mission, Joellyn is involved...
Nestled on 14 acres of land in Rockford, Illinois, the Poor Clare Colettine nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery live purposefully simple lives. The cloistered...
