I've decided to share the panel presentation I gave to the U.S. bishops and Catholic journalists yesterday at "An Encounter with Social Media: Bishops and ...
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"God is not God the way we would be God if we were God," said Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville, Illinois, at yesterday's Mass for U.S. bishops in ...
I was sitting in my office this afternoon, trying to ignore the constant buzzing, droning sound of the neighbor's leaf blower, when I remembered a section of ...
"Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly." -- St. Francis de Sales
When I look at the magnificence of the delicate monarch ...
Do you need something to take you away from all the partisan sparring? A little spiritual lift to whoosh through your soul like a cleansing breeze? A bit of ...
I’m not much of a camper. I chalk it up to traumatic Girl Scout experiences as a kid -- think rain, mud, latrine duty, French toast cooked over a coffee can. ...
To kick off the Year of Faith, which begins today and runs through Nov. 24, 2013, I'm talking catechism over at the Huffington Post religion blog today. Here we ...
We're just days away from the start of the Year of Faith, a time of renewal, prayer, and study for Catholics around the world.Pope Benedict XVI has specifically ...
My other new book is nearing its release date, and I realized this morning that I've been kind of quiet about it. I've been so caught up in so many other ...
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In honor of today's Feast of the Guardian Angels, I thought I'd post an OSV story I did on angels and their role in our spiritual lives. I'll start you off here ...
I received an unexpected email yesterday from an Alabama parish telling me the pastor had "placed a large order" for copies of my Complete Idiot's Guide to the ...
One of my two new books being released this fall is heading into final production. Here's a big stack of covers just waiting to be wrapped around the pages of ...
This morning I returned to my beloved early morning yoga class after a very long hiatus due to a physical condition/injury. I won't bore you with details. ...
Two years ago at this time I was in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Rome. Soon after, I wrote this travel story for the Albany Times Union. It is my ...
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 ...
Taken at 4:45 a.m. in my backyardI couldn't sleep last night, so at around 4 a.m. I came downstairs to sit by the window and stare at the moon. Weird? Perhaps. ...
My oldest godchild is about to embark on a life-changing journey, moving away from the town he has known his whole life to a new place with none of the safety ...
My July Life Lines column, now running in Catholic New York:
I’m not really a fan of the popular GPS navigation systems designed to get you from Point A to ...
This essay originally appeared at the Catholic portal of Patheos.com.
By Mary DeTurris Poust
When I took my first yoga class more than thirty years ago, I was ...