Amanda Bolaños, the first Joan Chittister Writer-in-Residence of the 2022 season, completed her residency at the end of July. She spent her month at Mount Saint Benedict writing about Dorothy Day…
Aug 01, 2022 - General
“You’d never pick this gentle 86-year-old as one of the most outspoken critics of the Catholic Church, in particular its treatment of women,” says Waleed Aly, the television host who recently…
Jul 21, 2022 - General
In her latest column in the National Catholic Reporter, Sister Joan Chittister asks the questions: "How does a country become a "community"? What's the glue? And what do we need to do…
Jul 21, 2022 - General
A recent article in Global Sisters Report detailed one teacher’s efforts to use Joan Chittister’s columns on the Beatitudes while in her high school religion classes. The students devised…
Jul 18, 2022 - General
After the Plenary Council in Australia failed to pass two propositions related to the role of women in the Church, Joan Chittister—who has been on a speaking tour in the country for several weeks—…
Jul 11, 2022 - General
Coverage of Joan Chittister’s speaking tour of Australia continues to be overwhelmingly positive. Catholic Religious Australia recently ran an article describing her speech to 160 clergy and…
Jul 01, 2022 - General
On the evening of June 23, Joan Chittister and John Warhurst, an Australian political scientist, presented a webinar in which they explored issues crucial to Church renewal ahead of the Australian…