Agnes Wilcox brings her best to prison
The Missouri Department of Corrections is giving Agnes Wilcox a retirement party, but she doesn’t work for the DOC.
People
Sisters, Cats and Contemplation
Years ago, before I had cats, I’d considered “Do animals go to heaven” a child’s question. Then I got to know Loretto Sr. Rose Alice Clarke.
Slain aid worker, a committed Christian, influenced by Buddhism
As aid worker Kayla Mueller is mourned around the world, the Tibetans with whom she volunteered are offering prayers and condolences. Mueller, a 26-year-old American, was abducted in Syria in 2013 by Islamic State militants, and held hostage for eighteen months.
Her death was confirmed this week.
America magazine, Yale chapel create prize to honor young writers
The prize comes with a $25,000 award, the opportunity to deliver a lecture at Yale and to be published as the cover story in America.
Five things that give me hope
Column: It's that time of year when Catholics are getting ready to make their second round of New Year's resolutions -- aka Lenten resolutions.
Obedience and Conscience
Fr. Tony Flannery dealt with a dilemma that too often faces faithful, but reform-minded priests, nuns and sometimes lay Catholics.
Reform groups' petition asks Vatican to diversify lay voices at family synod
"The purpose of the synod is to ... develop pastoral practices that reach out to Catholics who have not felt welcomed because they do not entirely conform to current teaching."
Kayla Mueller's encounter with a suffering God
Grace on the Margins: In her 26 years of life, Kayla Mueller was able to grasp a deeper understanding of God than most people do during their lifetimes.
Preview: Couple tends to a community that flourishes in solitude
Religious Life: Hermit meets parish priest and becomes his secretary. Together, the pair nurtures a platonic friendship that develops into romantic love.
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Preview: High above the bustle, hermit monks practice contemplation
In a hermitage overlooking Ohio's Jefferson County, five men spend the majority of their days in silence, solitude and fasting.
Members of a semi-eremitic religious community that came into being as Europe emerged from the Dark Ages, the Camaldolese Hermits of Montecorona are the product of a 16th-century reform movement. Unlike their Camaldolese Benedictine brothers, the Camaldolese Hermits do not have monasteries. The congregation of Montecorona has around 60 members living in nine hermitages around the world, according to its website.
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In This Issue
September 9-22, 2016
- Editorial: Make action on poverty a national priority
- Music provides a deeper sense of promise
- SNAP concerned with survivor confidentiality after judge's sanctions
- Special Section (subscribers only): Health & Well-Being