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Awakenings: Prophetic Reflections is a collection of essays by Joan Chittister, edited by Mary Lou Kownacki and Mary Hembrow Snyder.

Joan Chittister participated in a virtual book reading last week at Melba’s Laundromat in New Orleans, reading from 

Last week, The Catholic Register featured an article about the work of the Xavier Society, which provides Catholic spirituality books, transcribed into Braille, to blind people t

A heartfelt letter from a man incarcerated in California arrived at the 

U.S.

Joan Chittister’s teaching on the Rule of Saint Benedict forms the foundation of a recent piece in Global Sisters Report.

Joan Chittister was named as one of fifty Catholic women leaders who are overlooked by the Catholic Church in a recent article in The Tablet, the international Catholic weekly ma

The Sisters and Seekers chapter of Nuns & Nones in Grand Rapids, Michigan chose

Sister Joan was part of a unique event, participating virtually in a discussion of her book, 

For a Lenten lectio, listen to this short interview that Sister Joan gave on National Public Radio several years ago, reflecting on what it means to observe Lent in a Church rock

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"Being 'pure of heart' is not satisfied by physical behaviors or mere acts of public charity," writes Joan Chittister in a column for the National Catholic Reporter.

Archbishop John Wester, of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, recently released a 

Joan Chittister was interviewed about her book, The Monastic

Joan Chittister’s latest column in the National Catholic Reporter addresses war, nonviolence, and forgiveness, in the wake of the recent pastoral letter from the Diocese of Santa