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SisterStory

An ever-changing collection of videos, podcasts and articles exploring the surprising lives and moving truths of women religious.

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Sister Betty McKenzie, CSJ
Prisoner for Peace
March 04, 2014
It was Good Friday and the year was 1986. A particularly energized protest was taking place at the Honeywell Corporation in Minneapolis and Sister... Read More
Community, Education
94-year-old basketball chaplain puts the fun in nun
March 04, 2014
Written with Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM  A hush fell over Gentile Arena last night as I stepped up to the microphone and led the packed... Read More
Community, Education
I don’t feel deprived by my vow of celibacy
March 03, 2014
Written with Sister Vicky Segura As a girl I never felt a yearning to get married and have babies. I didn’t daydream about my wedding or choose... Read More
Community, Healthcare
From Harvard to the convent: I am the bride of Christ
March 03, 2014
Written with Sister Maria Veritas Marks, OP As I stood at the microphone, gazing out at the crimson-flecked multitude seated expectantly below me... Read More
Community, Education
70 is the new 50: why Catholic sisters age so well
March 03, 2014
Written with Sister Andrea Dixon, SC Reflected in my mirror is the face of a woman nearly seven decades old. She has short, salt-and-pepper hair... Read More
Community, Education

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