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Turning life upside down: Benedict's spirituality of humility is an antidote to patriarchy
In an essay titled "Pride and Humility: A New Self-acceptance," Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister takes afresh look at the concept of humility in the...
National Catholic Reporter, 07/10/09 by Joan Chittister · More from publication -
Three voices on Obama at Notre Dame: the president gave a very Catholic speech
Yes, I know, I know. At least according to the media and the antiabortion movement, President Obama's presence at Notre Dame University in South...
National Catholic Reporter, 05/29/09 by Joan Chittister · More from publication -
'God guided them to the monastery': the answer to church renewal does not lie in just one set of numbers
If papal trips around the globe do anything at all, they attract crowds. Or they don't. So reporters routinely use the size of the crowds that turn...
National Catholic Reporter, 04/17/09 by Joan Chittister · More from publication -
If they really mean it, it's about time
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A lot of things went through my mind when I read the announcement of the Vatican visitation of...
National Catholic Reporter, 03/06/09 by Joan Chittister · More from publication -
Taking a stand for Roy Bourgeois: the church has been excommunicating saints for centuries now
Maryknoll priest Roy Bourgeois is under threat of excommunication for giving a homily at the unauthorized priestly ordination of a woman sponsored...
National Catholic Reporter, 01/09/09 by Joan Chittister · More from publication -
A glimpse of oneness for a change
The looks on their faces as they went around and around me were something I had never seen before in my religious life. I realize.d that something...
National Catholic Reporter, 12/26/08 by Joan Chittister · More from publication -
Political pick-up sticks
With the political conventions over for this electoral season, I found myself haunted by the memory of a long ago child's game called pick-up...
National Catholic Reporter, 09/19/08 by Joan Chittister · More from publication -
Bishops eschew single-issue politics
Headline writers are a special breed of print journalists. Their tasks are to get the reader's attention and interest a person in the material...
National Catholic Reporter, 12/14/07 by Joan Chittister · More from publication -
The Latin Mass: the laity will decide
In July, the pope restored the Tridentine Latin Rite alongside the Vatican II version of the vernacular liturgy that is now standard. It is being...
National Catholic Reporter, 08/03/07 by Joan Chittister · More from publication -
Discrimination that hides in plain sight
Try to remember this: It is possible to go too far. Remember this, too: It will all depend on what you're talking about whether it turns out to be...
National Catholic Reporter, 04/06/07 by Joan Chittister · More from publication
