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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

One of the Monastic Way Zoom discussions had almost 300 people participating in the discussion of the monthly publication with Benetvision staff members.

Sister Joan sends a warm “thank you” to all who donate to the Joan Chittister Fund for Prisoners.

Contemplation is not the practice of saying prayers.

One of Joan Chittister’s columns in the National Catholic Reporter deals with the issue of mercy, and what meaning it has for us today.

Sin, brokenness, as the Church has always said, can be a “happy fault,” an invitation to a new beginning.

From Where I Stand       NCR       1/6/2022

The spiritual scorecards of the last month are, at best, distressing.

God of light
and God of mystery,
give us the faith to see you
in the grey dimness
of this time.

Marian hymns, the four major seasonal anthems to Mary of Nazareth—Mother of Jesus, Mother of the Church—end the Divine Office at Vespers every day of the year.

It was not what I expected to have happen at a White House Conference in Washington, D.C. on the relationship of the faith community to race relations in the United States.

Grace-filled Moments with Sr.

Christmas is a strange season. When you’re a child, it is a season of presents. When you’re young, it’s a season of parties. When you get your own home, it’s a season of preparations.

“Contemplify,” a podcast that aims to explore the contemplative life through conversations with “scholars and creatives,” released an episode featuring Joan Chittister.