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Maureen O'Brien

Maureen O'Brien's award-winning short stories and poems have been published widely in magazines and anthologies. She lives in Connecticut, where taught creative writing to teenagers for 25 years. She holds an MA in creative writing and a BA in philosophy and religion. She is the author of What Was Lost: Seeking Refuge in the Psalms and Gather the Fragments: My Year of Finding God’s Love (Franciscan Media).
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Open 24/7

Maureen O'Brien February 25, 2025

At St. Edmund’s Retreat on Enders Island, on Long Island Sound, the sea-facing Chapel of Our Lady of Assumption is open 24/7. How rare it is, in these current times, to find a church that provides constant refuge.

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This Tabernacle

Maureen O'Brien February 9, 2025

The word tabernacle, a word found in Scripture, isn’t one we use every day. Yet it has beautiful music to it, and a cherished meaning for us as follows of Christ.

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Love Abounds

Maureen O'Brien February 7, 2025

We return over and over to the same place, a connection to the unswerving, the unchanging: God.

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