Catholic Vocations

Okay, this made me weep, and I am no weeper. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul...

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven....

In Part I of my interview with Mother Dolores Hart, she shared an insight that...

As a rule, when it comes to interviewing celebrities, Tony Rossi is our go-to guy,...

If you're not subscribing to The Catholic Answer Magazine (which you should because it's a...

So, Katrina is in one of her hissing moods, tonight, and I have decided that...

When my husband and I had a chance to attend a First Profession at the...

Father Emil Kapaun is going to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor, and that's a...

If you are not subscribing to The Catholic Answer, you're missing a lot of good...

(photosource) Recall that the only reason we ever heard about monster-abortionist/baby-feet collecting Kertmit Gosnell was...

Like Mark Shea, I too thought the National Catholic Reporter had endorsed female ordination years...

The Benedictine in me is a little giddy in anticipation of this Advent gift! Photo...

My project today -- and I am sadly later to it than usual -- is...

I was surprised to receive an email, and a couple of tweets, from people wondering...

I am internet fasting, and thought it a good time to do some nun news....

In light of ongoing headlines concerning Rome's correction to the leadership of the LCWR, their...

My Photo, Rome, 2010 I've said before that were I not a Benedictine I would...

Longtime Patheos readers are familiar with Father Michael Duffy, although they may remember him best...

Since we do like our nun news around these parts, I posted this story of...

Sister Catherine Holum is a religious with the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, the female...

The lovely and tireless Sr. Mary Catharine of The Dominican Nuns of Summit sent this...

The sisters are all Joan of Arc and the Bishops are all Don Giovanni! Allow...

Last December, I had the privilege of attending the first profession of Sister Mary Magdalene...

Recently, while watching some Catholic sniping and squabbling amid these internet comboxes wherein I dwell...

My plan was to end the night with a linking round-up of reactions, thoughts and...

Busy days here at Patheos and I am only now getting to a bunch of...

I have received probably three dozen emails over the past two days tipping me off...

Had a doctor's appointment this afternoon and the intake nurse was surprised to learn I...

Would to God that . . . all men could know how very easy it...

It's unusual to be writing much about monks, nuns and friars in February, but for...