What does a nun’s life look like? As part of National Sisters Week, a group of young girls from Saint Francis International School met the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the oldest order of African-American nuns, in Baltimore, Maryland for the chance to see what living religious life looks like. The initiative was also an opportunity to showcase the diversity found in religious life.
Religious Life
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Priest’s death shows fragility of peace in Central African Republic
Cardinal Dieudone Nzapalainga of Bangui joined Imam Omar Kobine Layama March 26 in denouncing the priest’s killing.
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Can axe-throwing Man Tour hit target of leading young men to the church?
Franciscan Brother Andrew Hennessy shares his purpose for creating an evening that combines throwing axes, drinking beer, eating pizza, smoking cigars and participating in eucharistic adoration.
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Can religious orders facilitate peace in South Sudan?
The church’s key contribution to peace must be education, both in classrooms and as examples of diverse people living in harmony.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Banjo-pickin’ for Jesus: the bluegrass music of “The Hillbilly Thomists”
From Alpha to Omega, this is bluegrass of the highest order, our reviewer says.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
The rhythm of the hours: Alice McDermott’s new novel, ‘The Ninth Hour’
Alice McDermott’s new novel will provoke contemplation and prayer. It is a Catholic book, and it will seep into you like indigo into a clean, pure bolt of cloth.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Monks aren’t the ones living in silence and solitude. We are.
After a visit to Christ in the Desert, I knew it was not the monks whose lifestyle I should question.
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Franciscan Friars in historic California mission briefly evacuate after fire fears
No part of the 220-year-old mission, part of the Franciscan Province of St. Barbara, was damaged, said Brother John Kiesler.
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The convent film “Novitiate” has moments of beauty but gets lost in cliché
Set in the early ’60s, “Novitiate” is yet another tale of the trauma suffered by the religious and their orders in the wake of the Second Vatican Council.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
To celebrate 400th anniversary, Vincentians gather with Pope Francis
The Vincentian family was founded 400 years ago.