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 here ...
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On this Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, I thought I would pull this column from years ago out of the archives. St. Francis, pray for us!
Out in my perennial ...
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 here ...
On this Feast of St. Thèrése of Lisieux, I thought I'd share my close encounter with this beloved saint. I was never a big fan of St. Thèrése. I didn't have ...
These days — especially in the time of COVID — throat blessings are hard to come by. No, make that near impossible. It’s just not that common anymore, even in ...
It was nine years ago today that I launched this blog. Although it looked very different when it started out and I posted much more frequently, the overall ...
In these parts, throat blessings are hard to come by. No, make that near impossible. It's just not done. At least not at our parish. So years ago I took it upon ...
Whenever I give my retreat talk titled "Broken, Beautiful, and Beloved: Learning to See Ourselves through God's Eyes" (last weekend, for example), I quote St. ...
To celebrate the Feast of St. Clare, I'm doing a Flashback Monday post (I know, it doesn't quite have the same ring, does it?) to something I wrote three years ...
They had me at St. Ignatius bobblehead.
Head over to Find Your Inner Iggy to see how you might win some grand prizes today, the Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola. ...
Last week, after our date-night dinner, Dennis and I stood on the Albany side of the Hudson looking out and, as I usually do, I pointed to a beautiful steeple ...
Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome/By Mary DeTurris PoustHappy Feast of St. Teresa of Avila. I have some of her words of wisdom posted ...
Missionaries of Charity in Rome. Copyright Mary DeTurris Poust, Rome 2010.On this feast day for Blessed Mother Teresa, I got to thinking about Mother Teresa ...
Just about one year ago, when I spent 11 days in Rome, I had the chance to visit the Church of St. Augustine (seen here) multiple times since it was just around ...
She was one of Jesus' closest disciples, there at the foot of the cross when the others ran away, the first one Jesus appeared to after the Resurrection, a ...
I've always been drawn to Dorothy Day. Maybe it's the powerful combination of her words and actions. I think more so it's my awe for someone who's able to do ...
With a breathtaking valley stretching out below and an ancient monastery clinging to the cliffs above, Subiaco, Italy, feels as though it is a world away from ...
A sure sign of spring in upstate New York is the arrival of the snow drops, the first tiny flowers to emerge from the cold, dark earth. I snapped that picture ...
In my childhood home, St. Patrick's Day did not resemble the unfortunate drunken revelry we see on our TV screens and parade routes every March 17. It wasn't ...
When I was in Italy this past September, the final full day of the trip included a daylong visit to the Monastery of St. Benedict and the Monastery of St. ...
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