Articles

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

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

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

“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.

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

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?