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"When you get what you like in life,” one of our old nuns was fond of

Refreshing, practical, and deeply respectful of the tradition that has made Sister Joan Chittister the genuine contemplative and warrior prophet that our times have called for—and that she has resp

Joan Chittister’s presentation at Chautauqua Institution—“To Exist, A Society Based on Money Needs a Population Based on Heart”—was preceded and followed by an exuberant standing ovation and interr

“A wise and helpful book” is how Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association, ended its advanced review of 

If you currently subscribe to Sister Joan’s monthly online spiritual publication, The Monastic Way, you can participate in a Zoom discussion with Benetvision staff members on Tuesday,

The problem of the nature of faith plagues us all our lives. Is openness to other ideas infidelity, or is it the beginning of spiritual maturity?

Joan Chittister will deliver the opening Interfaith Lecture for Week 7 — The State of the Economy: Where Do We Go from Here? — at Chautauqua Institution on Monday, August 9, at 1

From Where I Stand  NCR  July 29, 2021

In her most recent "From Where I Stand" column in NCR, Sister Joan answers this question with those in mind who say they have the "right" not to wear a mask and not to receive th

In most monasteries, as in most marriages, we celebrate our silver and golden anniversaries of final 

The pandemic made it difficult to get materials from the Joan Ch

An online columnist for the Nisqually Valley News (Washington) referred to 

We can’t cage life. We cannot freeze the present happy day under glass.

Pre-order Joan Chittister’s new book The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life which is being released by Penguin Random House in September

It is Mary Magdalene, the evangelist John details, to whom Jesus