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Sister Joan is among the religious and spiritual leaders who is interviewed in Wisdom Keepers, a new series from PBS, airing throughout this summer.

Joan Chittister was quoted in a recent column that ran in The Malaysia Herald.

Mystery is what happens to us when we allow life to evolve rather than having to make it happen all the time.


“This is the very perfection of a person, to find out our own imperfections.” —Saint Augustine

When Pope Francis first appeared on the papal balcony wearing a simple white cassock, his own brown shoes, eschewing the red cape with white fur trimming, I was surprised.

Joan at protest

Joan Chittister was in the front of the "Hands Off!" rally in Erie, PA, this past weekend, where about a thousand people joined with millions across the country, protesting massive cuts of fe

Holy Week, the seven days before the feast of Easter, is charged with meaning. It is a microcosm of Jesus’ public life in bas-relief.

Once upon a time, there was an elder who was respected for his piety and virtue.

Christmas cards

There was a time when I never paid much attention to cards.

There are three obstacles to our development that would make us a moral force in the world.

John Manzo, a columnist with the News and Tribune, writes about Joan Chittister and her teachings on "enoughness" in a culture of greed.