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The feast of Abba Anthony is celebrated on January 17.
December 16: Tomorrow at Vespers the monastic community begins to sing the “O Antiphons,” ancient chants that mark the final days of the last week of Advent.
The function of Advent is to remind us what we’re waiting for as we go through life too busy with things that do not matter to remember the things that do.
Hope is a thin and slippery thing, sorely tested and hard to come by in this culture. We have seen the social fabric of the country rent, not only by others but even by our own hands.
Thanksgiving, and in some places Halloween, is barely over these days before stores begin to play Christmas songs as background sound for the orgy of buying and wrapping and overspending.
Life is not meant to be a burden. Life is not a problem to be solved. It is a blessing to be celebrated.
Joan Chittister's new column deals with the re-election of Donald Trump, and offers a resolute view on the days to come.
Nov. 6, the day after Election Day.
It's morning — a cold, dark, empty morning.
But it was never meant to be that way.
New and downloadable, this collection of Sister Mary Lou Kownacki's mantras offer wise, encouraging thoughts for each ordinary moment of the day: waking up, reading Scripture, doing work, eat
Life, Ecclesiastes leads us to understand, is not about change; life is about sowing. And therein lie both the struggle and the gift.
The "Weekly Word" for this edition of Vision and Viewpoint comes from Sister Mary Lou Kownacki's writings.
Two weeks ago, Joan Chittister joined Liz Cheney for a conversation about democracy as part of the Jefferson Educational Society's Global Summit.
Prayer does not make us less aware of the circumstances of life. It makes us even more aware than we ever were before. Why? Because now we see the world as God sees the world.
I'm a news freak and everybody knows it: News first, breakfast next. What's happening to Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Palenstine, etc.
Joan Chittister's latest column in the National Catholic Reporter laments the wars in Ukraine and Gaza today and asks "So, America, what do we