Their comments come at a time when mothers are speaking out about the difficulty of the postpartum experience amid the high-profile Massachusetts trial of Lindsay Clancy, which ended in a mistrial Sept. 4.
Motherhood
Posted inFaith in Focus
We are expecting too much from the Lindsay Clancy trial
True justice cannot be handed down by a jury.
Posted inPodcasts
‘What do you ask of God’s church for your child?’: Preaching the Rite of Baptism
In this episode of Preach, Christina Mines joins host Ricardo da Silva, S.J. to explore how preaching can make baptism a moment of grace not just for parents and godparents, but for the whole community gathered to witness and welcome a new member into the Body of Christ.
Posted inFaith
Absence and true love on the feast of the Ascension
In the Resurrection and Ascension, love moves, changes, transforms and even becomes unrecognizable from how it began––just like Jesus in his newly resurrected body. But love never leaves.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Advice for (and from) millennials for living in the middle of it all
We need to remember that even in the middle of dealing with whatever big thing is happening now: We are alive.
Posted inFaith, Features
Contemplative caretaking: What mothers like me can learn from monastic life
Is it possible to be a contemplative caretaker?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Growing Into Motherhood
The joys and challenges of a new child stretched me in ways I couldn’t have imagined.