Colleen Gibson

Sister Colleen Gibson is a Sister of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia who currently serves as Coordinator of Pastoral Care at St. John-St. Paul Catholic Collaborative in Wellesley, MA. An award-winning writer and speaker, she co-hosts the podcast "Beyond the Habit" (beyondthehabitpod.com). 

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Colleen Gibson, de las Hermana de San José de Filadelfia, actualmente se desempeña como coordinadora de Cuidado Pastoral en la Colaboración Católica St. John-St. Paul en Wellesley, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos. Escritora y conferenciante galardonada, también es copresentadora del podcast Beyond the Habit (beyondthehabitpod.com).

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Sr. Mary Teresa Barron, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles, speaks during a news conference on the Synod of Bishops on synodality at the Vatican Oct. 7. (CNS/Justin McLellan)

The synod is far from over

"Cultivating a culture of synodality is filled with promise," writes Sr. Colleen Gibson, "though not without the growing pains that come with allowing our hearts and minds to be reformed by the Spirit." 

Not too tidy: joy and holiness

Young Voices: The sacred spaces of our lives, after all, are spaces that have always just been waiting for us to enter. It is not our presence that sanctifies them. Each moment is holy. Our recognition of the Sacred in our midst, though, opens up a space to receive the sacred deep within us. 

A season of renewal, recovery, discovery

Global Sisters Report: The Lenten season is as much about repentance as it is about renewal. It is more about light than darkness, about lightening our load and reprioritizing our lives. Lent is about being real. And perhaps, that is exactly where we need to be.

Humility can be the key to moving forward

Young Voices: Humility gives us an opportunity to hold the reality of what is without having to make excuses or provide solutions. In that space, we are on the ground floor of what is. 

As we celebrate, we create communion

Young Voices: The temptation is to write off goodness and grace in the face of disfunction and discord. That, though, is when the power of communion, the presence of love, and the critical work of celebration are most needed.

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Lent requires us to lean into God, embrace the missing pieces

Young Voices: When we take a loving look at our lives, what might benefit us more: filling the hole in our life, or being in the hole with God?

Future of religious life lies in communal soul-searching

Why I marched (and why we can't stop marching)

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