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A woman wearing a protective mask due to the coronavirus pandemic prays inside the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Palm Sunday, April 5 in Turin, Italy.

From Where I Stand, 04/08/2020, NCR 

"Rules are not necessarily sacred," Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, "principles are."

Newspaper that says "truth"

From Where I Stand  January 15, 2020 NCR

Neon sign saying "Stand up"

From Where I Stand  January 1, 2021 NCR

St. Benedict's 12th step is the challenge to become humility itself

From Where I Stand  July 3, 2019 NCR. This is the 12th article on humility.

Men argue outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in this April 28, 2015, file photo.

From Where I Stand  June 8, 2019 NCR. This is the eleventh article in Sister Joan's NCR series on humility.

St. Benedict's 10th step of humility: When is funny not funny?

From Where I Stand  June 5, 2021 NCR. This is the tenth article in Sister Joan's NCR series on humility.

St. Benedict counsels a little less talk, a little more thought

From Where I Stand  May 22, 2019 NCR. This is the ninth article in Sister Joan's NCR series on humility.

St. Benedict's eighth step of humility: to grow, not to fossilize

From Where I Stand  May 8, 2019 NCR. This is the eighth article in Sister Joan's NCR series on humility.

Acceptance of inferiority and the freedom it brings

From Where I Stand  April 24, 2019 NCR. This is the seventh article in Sister Joan's NCR series on humility.

Step 6: It is possible to be contented even with disappointments

From Where I Stand  April 10, 2019 NCR. This is the sixth article in Sister Joan's NCR series on humility.

The self-revelation that makes us new again

From Where I Stand  March 27, 2021 NCR. This is the fifth article in Sister Joan's NCR series on humility.

Society profits from the power of patience

From Where I Stand  March 13, 2021 NCR. This is the fourth article in Sister Joan's NCR series on humility.

Listen to those entrusted with our growth

From Where I Stand February 27, 2021 NCR. This is the third article in Sister Joan's NCR series on humility. 

Our differences will make the difference in our future

From Where I Stand  April 8, 2021 NCR. This is the second article in Sister Joan's NCR series on humility.

"Follow the Money" lantern float by Felix Slater, Russian Brooklyn Connection at Basel Fasnacht Carnival, Switzerland, March 5, 2017

From Where I Stand  January 30, 2019 NCR. Here is the first of Joan's columns on Humility published by NRConline.