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'Brotherly' Love in Today's Church

Almost 50 years ago, Joan Chittister wrote an article for America magazine calling for inclusive language in the church and listing the positive effects such a change would have for the church its

Stanford University

Call to Leadership

by Joan Chittister, OSB Stanford University–Baccalaureate Address

June 16, 2012

Congratulations, class of 2012.

Reflections on the Peace Pastoral: A Feminine Critique by Joan Chittister, OSB LCWR, Women Gathered for Peace, 1984

We Are Already One: Thomas Merton’s Message of Hope

WHAT WE HAVE TO BE IS WHAT WE ARE: MERTON’S UNFINISHED AGENDA

by Joan Chittister, OSB

Seeds of a New Humanity

By Joan Chittister

Faith and Justice: 14 Questions for Sister Joan Chittister OSB

“What’s your biggest social justice concern at this moment?” is on of 14 questions that Joan Chittister was asked by Jesuit Sean Salai in an interview for America Magazine.

Hildegard of Bingen

Why did it take over 800 years for the church to canonize and then name Hildegard of Bingen a Doctor of the Church?

The God who beckons

What happens when classical spirituality meets modern science? Which of them is “right”? Are the two reconcilable? Or are they doomed to be eternal opposites?