Prophets and Mystics
Alicia von Stamwitz
February 1, 2026
We’re all called to be prophets and mystics.
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Alicia von Stamwitz
Alicia von Stamwitz is an award-winning writer and longtime editor with the religious press. She currently works with Franciscan Media as a contract book acquisitions editor. She edited the book "Caring for Creation: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis."
Joan Chittister, OSB, on St. Hildegard of Bingen
Alicia von Stamwitz
March 11, 2025
St. Hildegard of Bingen has been called brilliant and fearless. Sister Joan explains why.
The Blessing of Family
Alicia von Stamwitz
January 7, 2021
The pope continues to keep the theme of the family in the forefront through his speeches, homilies, addresses, and writings, and he is quick to share anecdotes from his childhood in Argentina to illustrate his points.
Lucky Exodus
Alicia von Stamwitz
May 22, 2020
Our family was lucky. Or at least that’s what my parents told me. “We got out of Cuba just in time. ” First my mother, with my two siblings and me, in 1960. Then my father, shortly before the revolutionaries appropriated the family business
Homeless Like Me
Alicia von Stamwitz
May 17, 2020
A lesson learned from the other side of a snap judgment
Choose Love: A Message from Pope Francis
Alicia von Stamwitz
June 4, 2019
“The heart of the human being aspires to great things, lofty values, deep friendships, ties that are strengthened rather than broken by the trials of life. The human being aspires to love and to be loved. This is our deepest aspiration: to love and be loved; and definitively.” –Pope Francis