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The Holy Ordinary

Thomas Merton once wrote, “Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us and see the beauty in ordinary things.” The busyness …

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Becoming Wounded Healers

In the year 1202, a young Giovanni Bernardone, who we would come to know as St. Francis of Assisi, was captured in a conflict between Assisi and Perugia and held as a prisoner of war for about a year. This ...
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Trinity, Union, and the Lie of Separation

The Trinity is a central component of Christian theology, and certainly Franciscanism as well, as seen in the mystical theology of St. Bonaventure and other Franciscan theologians. But there’s a problem: The Trinity often feels un-relatable, esoteric, or just downright ...
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Three Principles to Heal Division

Chloé Simone Valdary is a writer and entrepreneur whose company, Theory of Enchantment, teaches social and emotional learning, as well as diversity and inclusion in companies and government agencies. She has written for the New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street ...
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The Catholic Imagination

Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, PhD, teaches English, Creative Writing, and courses in American Catholic Studies at Fordham University in New York City. She also serves as Associate Director of Fordham’s Curran Center for American Catholic Studies. O’Donnell was awarded the New ...
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Listening, Following, Re-Discovering, Healing

Maureen O’Brien’s award-winning short stories and poems have been published widely in magazines and anthologies. She lives in Connecticut, where she taught creative writing to teenagers for 25 years. She holds an MA in creative writing and a BA in ...
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Pope Leo XIV: From Missionary to Pontiff

On May 8, 2025, Robert Francis Prevost was elected Bishop of Rome and took the name Pope Leo XIV. In this special episode, Father Jim Sabak, OFM, a Franciscan friar of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Deacon ...
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