My inner silence returned me to the cathedral, and to the meaning of the priesthood.
Religious Life
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Merton (Still) Matters: How the Trappist monk and author speaks to millennials
Jan. 31, 2015, would have marked the 100th birthday of the American Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton.
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Changed, Not Ended: A view of religious life from a young sister
Some people, focused almost exclusively on numbers, are concerned that religious life is in decline. This narrows our ability to see what God is doing.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Novice? Regent? Scholastic? A guide to Jesuit formation (and lingo)
A number of people have asked me about Jesuit formation, particularly the nomenclature, and the way that Jesuits refer to one another at various stages. So here goes.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
St. Ignatius of Loyola: A (very) brief bio
Here was an average man without much prior interest in religious observance, assuming that he could emulate two of the greatest saints in the Christian tradition.
Posted inFaith, Features
Who was St. John of the Cross?
There are so many mistaken notions about St. John of the Cross (1542-91) that we might do well to clarify some of them.