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Star Certified

I was praying on the freeway, as I often do, driving to work. The trees lining the road held me like the walls of...

My Mother’s Suscipe

My mother, Rosemary Mulligan McCann, was a brilliant woman, and it was particularly hard for us to watch as Alzheimer’s seeped her brilliance from...

Contemplation in Action

Contemplation in action is about learning how to be, learning how to see, and learning how to love. Learning How to Be Contemplation is first about...

How Spanish Class Taught Me About Finding God in All Things

This summer, I am finally learning to speak Spanish. After a few years of short-lived attempts to learn the language, numerous methods tried, and...

What Is Ignatian Friendship?

Is there a difference between an Ignatian friendship—a friendship inspired by the spiritual wisdom of St. Ignatius Loyola—and other types of friendship? I posit that...

Listening and Continuously Engaging the Call

Some years ago, I became aware of the call to return to college for a Masters degree in Religious Education. At first it was...

Summer R.E.S.T.

We count “sleeps” in our house to mark the time left until an anticipated event occurs. There are officially five “sleeps” left in the...

Resting Body, Busy Mind

One of the primary reasons we do not rest well is that our minds keep chattering away at us. Minds are built for processing...

Technology and Community

When my mother was dying, the family gathered around her bed as she was anointed. Four of the five of us children were there....

Deep in the Darkness

The bumper sticker on the back of the beat-up green Mini Cooper my kids drive reads, “Thank you, dark!” under a bank of what...

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