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Everyone has hard days.

Joan Chittister will virtually offer the Opening Blessing and Thoughts at the "Empowering Ourselves" conference on Friday, August 31.

A recent op-ed in the Erie Times-News highlights the interconnectedness of all people, and quotes Joan Chittister's wisdom from her book The Liturgical Y

"There can be no real peace without justice. And without resistance, there will be no justice," writes Arundhati Roy.

A recent column in the Global Sisters Report described how important it is for women to be given the opportunity to write and tell their stories.

Ash Wednesday signals the beginning of that season of the church year that is most commonly associated with penance. But there is a danger lurking in that definition.

This thought-provoking quotation from Joan Chittister was spotted in a humanities building at Mercyhurst University.

The Feast of Scholastica, the founder of Benedictine life for women, is observed on February 10.

Some disciples came to see Abba Poemen and said to him: "Tell us, when we see brothers dozing during the Divine Office, should we pinch them so that they will stay awake?" And the wise man said

Joan Chittister is—among her other qualities—a highly quotable writer and lecturer.

What kind of year means the most?

Christmas, the remembrance of the birth of Jesus, is not a remembrance at all. It is an awareness that grows in us from day to day all our lives.

Do I believe in the Holy Spirit? You bet I do. Nothing else makes sense.

The airways have been heavy with wisdom these days: Unfortunately, too late.

"From where I stand, it is not, in other words, God's decision where we are all allowed to live and how. That matter is ours. Israel and Palestine is not a question of land rights.