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Lenten Read-Along: Thin Places and Soul Friends

Thin spaces exist not just outside us but also within us. Our souls are the places that hold our light. A soul friendship is...

Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from a Friend About the Gift of Presence

I can’t remember exactly when we met her. We had arrived in the snowy tundra in January of my fifth-grade year. I know it...

Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Courage and Nature

When I was a child, my brother and I spent long summers with my grandparents on their retirement farm outside of Cornwall, Ontario. My...

Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Art and Dreams

“Boys, stop throwing that ball in this room! I have one room of nice things. One. Go play somewhere else!” I screamed as I...

Answering God’s Call

Author Barbara Lee’s new book, Answering God's Call: A Scripture-Based Journey for Older Adults, focuses on listening for God’s call in the later years...

Our Neighbor

Someone we love is dying. Our neighbor is near 90. Her body has been slowing down for a while now. We are not surprised,...

Lessons in Hope and Courage: Las Hermanas Dominicas of Puerto Rico

On the eve of the pandemic lockdown last year, I was visiting a congregation of Dominican nuns whose story I have held close to...

Alfred Delp, SJ, on December 8, 1944

On the morning of December 8, 1944, the 37-year-old German Jesuit Alfred Delp, who had been imprisoned for anti-Nazi activities, received a lightly coded...

Alfred Delp “Wrestled with God”

Seventy-five years ago on August 15, the feast of the Assumption, the Jesuit Alfred Delp was due to make his final vows in the...

Six Fascinating Jesuits You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

If you’re visiting this site, you’ve probably heard of Jesuits from St. Ignatius Loyola to Pope Francis. But how many of these fascinating Jesuits...

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