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Life is not meant to be a burden. Life is not a problem to be solved. It is a blessing to be celebrated.

A column in a Filipino newspaper quotes Joan Chittister’s wisdom from her book The Gift of Years. The author of the essay reflects on aging, and is inspired by Sister Joan’s teaching that,

This week, the Independent Catholic News covered Joan Chittister’s address to the Spirit Unbounded conference which took place parallel to the Synod on Synodality.

Grief is that slice of life that takes us beyond the boundaries of our mind and makes us see life anew again.

There are two ways to be holy.

Joan Chittister met Philippa Rath, OSB, a Benedictine nun from the Abbey of Saint Hildegard, on her October speaking tour on a cruise down the Rhine.

An October 25 New York Times article on women’s roles in the current Synod on Synodality quotes Joan Chittister, citing her as “a well-known American nun, feminist and scholar, who has lon

Confucius may have said it best: “Everything has beauty,” he taught, “but not everyone sees it.” Seeing it, the spiritual person knows, is the task of a lifetime.

Joan Chittister brought the house down in her speeches and talks at the Spirit Unbounded conference in Rome, which ran parallel to the Synod on Synodality and centered the voices of women and

Of all the attitudes we bring to prayer, presence is at once one of the simplest and one of the most difficult.

Sister Joan Chittister addressed a global audience at Spirit Unb

Still thinking about Joan Chittister’s September column in the National Catholic Reporter? You’re not the only one.

Once upon a time, an ancient story tells, the main tributary of a mountain stream became polluted.

Spirit of Sophia, a women’s spirituality center, is hosting a virtual event with Joan Chittister on December 2. In this talk, which will be held from 1-2:30 p.m.

Joan Chittister authored the foreword for a new book by Barbara Haslbeck, Ute Limgruber, Regina Nagel, and Philippa Rath, OSB.