’The air was still. The silence felt like a cloak enfolding the room.‘
Sherryl White
Sherryl White, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Pa., is a social psychologist who ministers as a facilitator and consultant for congregations of women religious.
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Making the Ask
They’re coming. Just as surely as pumpkins and cornstalks are appearing on porches and doorsteps, you’ll soon see them popping up from behind pulpits. Microphone in one hand, scribbled notes discreetly clutched in the other, the men and women religious of the country are coming to your p
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The Salvation of Particulars
It started months ago. Weeks before the autumnal equinox, long before the first frost, pumpkins began appearing in the lobby of my apartment building. Bedecked with straw hats and carved faces, they crowded our entryway and clustered around mailboxes, announcing the arrival of fall. In short order,