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Talking about Lent with the folks at the Deacons Pod

February 24, 2026 • podcasts

From the Deacons Pod: A brand new episode of our podcast "Deacons Pod" dropped today! Our special guest is Mary DeTurris Poust - Writer, a former Director of Communications for the Diocese of Albany, NY, who has worked as a reporter, editor, and ...

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Resolve to Evolve 2026

December 28, 2025 • retreats

'Tis the season to start thinking about our grand self-improvement plans for 2026, right? It's right around this time of year, when we're eating too many ...

Dorothy Day’s ‘Duty of Delight’

December 27, 2025 • Life Lines

When doing some spiritual reading recently, I came across a phrase attributed to Dorothy Day: the “duty of delight.” It stopped me in my tracks because it ...

PODCAST: Finding hope in a world of sorrow

December 17, 2025 • podcasts

As we move through the third week of Advent, we're focusing on micro joys and everyday blessings that remind us of God's goodness and help us navigate the ...

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Learning to ride the waves

August 28, 2025 • Life Lines

On a recent vacation to the Jersey Shore, I sat on my prayer cushion with a clear view of the Atlantic Ocean. As I settled into my sacred space, I spied a ...

Miscarriage: love and loss 27 years later

August 6, 2025 • grief

My annual tribute to the baby I lost 27 years ago today, the baby I call Grace: For the past few days I’ve been looking at the numbers on the calendar, ...

Staircase to heaven

July 24, 2025 • Life Lines

I have been blessed to go on numerous visits to the beautiful city of Rome, and each time I visited, I ran the gauntlet of typical tourist and pilgrim ...

The gift of centering prayer: finding unity through silence

July 7, 2025 • Silence

This Soul Seeing essay originally ran in the July 5, 2025, issue of the National Catholic Reporter: As I drove down the New York State Thruway, headed ...

Sacred Heart and the path of love

June 11, 2025 • Life Lines

Growing up in the 1960s and ’70s, our home was adorned with a large portrait of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The same one hung in my grandmother’s home. Back ...

Remembering Joan of Arc

May 30, 2025 • saints

Happy Feast of St. Joan of Arc! When I was in a difficult stretch a few years back, Joan of Arc became my guide and inspiration. I had the image you see ...

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