Franciscan Spirit
Facing Life’s Monsters
It’s October, and the long sunlight in the afternoons and the coming chill in the air sing the approach of autumn. Fall has always been my favorite season, with hayrides and visits to the apple orchards south of Chicago with my family. It brings me deep joy.
The Letters of Saint Thérèse, Pt. 2
Thérèse has much to teach our age of the image, the appearance, the “self.”
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The Letters of Saint Thérèse, Pt. 1
Mother Marie de Gonzague, the superior at the cloistered convent at Carmel, wrote this of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux: “Tall and strong, with the air of a child, with a tone of voice and an expression that hide in her ...
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Saint Thérèse: Simple, Profound Love
The young religious sister whom Saint Pius X described as “the greatest saint of modern times,” spent nine years in a cloistered convent in northern France.
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Why St. Francis Belongs on the Birdbath
Since his death, St. Francis of Assisi has been the subject of some of the world’s most admired works of art.
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Caring for Creation
Ecological spirituality is a way of love, a way of moderation, gratitude, wonder, praise, care, and communion with creation.
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Dating God
God as like a friend. Still others, including Jesus of Nazareth, speak of God as a father or a mother.
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