Elizabeth Scalia
The abundance of news stories (both covered and not-covered) and Pope Benedict’s trip to Malta, have gotten me all distracted. I mean to post something later that picks up where we left off on the Pope’s impromptu sermon of last week, but in order to clear the head let us visit with some of our [...]
A few years ago the documentary film Into Great Silence, which chronicled the lives of the Carthusian Monks of the Grande Chartreuse, mesmerized audiences with its rhythm of prayer and silence. In a world increasingly noise and instrumentation-laden, the silence spoke volumes to audiences. which follows the lives of Carmelite nuns in England, seems to [...]
Abbey of St. Walburga Over at St. Walburga’s Abbey, in Virginia Dale, Colorado, they are celebrating the entrance of another young woman into their novitiate, where she was clothed in the Benedictine Habit. They have some great pictures of their joyful new novice, Sr. Kathryn. Nuns in this community take their new names-in-religion upon first [...]
I’m going to ask a favor of my readers who pray, to keep the intentions of a few young women in their prayers, particularly for the next week. First up, Elder Son’s Sweet Girlfriend. This kid has been going to grad school full time (and earning all-A’s) while working full time, and managing to pull [...]
Moniales, the blogsite for the Dominican Nuns of Summit, New Jersey (affectionately known around here as the Sisters of Our Lady of the Incredible Soaps and Hand Creme) is a favorite stop of mine. There are many great blogs run by Catholic priests and by religious, both male and female, but the blogmistress at Moniales [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer. Look for her book, Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life to be released in 2013, via Ave Maria Press.
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