St Therese dressed as Joan of Arc "Sanctity! It must be won at the point of a sword!" said the little warrior St Therese. If anyone has read her Story of a Soul and gave it up as a sentimental exercise in French bad taste they should pick up The Last Conversations. The first book [...]
Is Liberalism dead? Ross Douthat comments here on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the decline of liberal Christianity. It's a speculative piece which highlights the chasm that now exists within all forms of liberal Christianity and historic Christianity. I've written on the subject a few months ago here. This divide yawns not only within [...]
When I was at Bob Jones University I can remember a demure undergraduate who was a bit of a bluestocking saying to me, "I really like nuns and would love to be a nun if only they were Christian." What she meant was that she wished there were Protestant nuns. She can be forgiven for she [...]
The Anchoress has some typically intelligent and fair comment on the upcoming renewal of women's religious life in the USA here along with a good list of links and updates on comment. Max Lindemann writes eloquently on the whole business here. Kathy Schiffer looks back and explains teh devastating effect humanistic psychology had on Catholic religious [...]