Inspiration

The Remarkable Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe

Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe’s been featured in Time magazine and on CNN for her humanitarian work, but her faith, not fame, is what fuels her efforts to rescue abducted girls in South Sudan and Uganda.

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Spanish saints

Four Great Spanish Saints

These Spanish saints lived long ago but can inform us and enlighten our faith journeys.
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Saint Anthony of Padua praying to God

Prayers to Saint Anthony of Padua

It is a venerable Christian tradition to turn in prayer to Anthony of Padua—and to other saintly men and women already enjoying the glorious presence of God.
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An Interview with Sister Megan Rice

With the heart of a warrior and the soul of a peacemaker, Sister Megan Rice boldly pushes for complete nuclear disarmament in the United States.
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Ordinary Time

Notes from a Friar: Ordinary Time Is Anything but Ordinary

We’ve finished the Christmas season and are into Ordinary Time—or as a friend of mine calls it, “Boring Time.”
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Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Sisterhood of Saints: Thérèse of Lisieux

When we think of Thérèse of Lisieux, we think of her “Little Way,” the practice of offering up even the most commonplace tasks to God’s glory. But the Little Way came no more easily to its originator than it does to ...
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Hildegard of Bingen

Sisterhood of Saints: Hildegard of Bingen

Surely you have heard of Hildegard of Bingen, the medieval mystic, composer, author, poet, and playwright who, in October 2012, became the thirty-fifth Doctor of the Church—and the fourth female Doctor. 
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