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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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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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Ten million dollars or five minutes with Jesus

July 25, 2024 • Life Lines

Every now and then, something happens to remind us of our absolute faith in God. It might not even be something monumental. In fact, most times it is ...

Women’s Retreat: From Seed to Bloom

June 26, 2024 • Life Lines

On the shores of Lake George — with the water gently lapping just beyond the trees and the Minne-Ha-Ha not-so-gently honking its passage — 36 Catholic women ...

Welcoming the Wild Goose

May 15, 2024 • Life Lines

When I first saw the wild geese standing outside the window of the conference room where I was leading a retreat at beautiful Bon Secours Retreat Center in ...

God’s path of totality

April 30, 2024 • Life Lines

Think about the lead-up to the recent solar eclipse. For months there was non-stop coverage as scientists tracked the path of totality, giving us the ...

Finding Jesus on the Streets of Guatemala

March 20, 2024 • Life Lines

When I was in Guatemala on retreat earlier this month, I was humbled and heartened by the visible presence of Lent not just in churches but on storefronts ...

The One Who Rights All Wrongs

March 18, 2024 • Give Us This Day

My reflection on today's Scripture readings in the March issue of Give Us This Day: At some point or another, most of us have been blamed for something we ...

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