Joan Chittister

A Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania, Joan Chittister is a best-selling author and well-known international lecturer on topics of justice, peace, human rights, women's issues and contemporary spirituality in the church and in society. She presently serves as the co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, a partner organization of the United Nations, facilitating a worldwide network of women peace builders, especially in the Middle East. Chittister has won 14 CPA awards for her books. Her most recent include Between the Dark and the Daylight (Random House), Two Dogs and a Parrot (Blue Bridge, 2015) and In God’s Holy Light (Franciscan Media, 2015). A biography, Joan Chittister: Her journey from certainty to faith, by NCR’s Tom Roberts, was released in 2015 by Orbis Books. Chittister is the founder and executive director of Benetvision, a resource center for contemporary spirituality in Erie.

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St. Benedict counsels a little less talk, a little more thought

St. Benedict's eighth step of humility: to grow, not to fossilize

Acceptance of inferiority and the freedom it brings

Step 6: It is possible to be contented even with disappointments

The self-revelation that makes us new again

Society profits from the power of patience

Listen to those entrusted with our growth

Our differences will make the difference in our future

Fixing everything: First, let God be God

How to save Western civilization — again

Trump destabilizes the presidency and the nation's soul

COP24: It's not about resources anymore; it's about moral maturity

For real change, we must get at four roots deeper than church structures

For where you stand, stand up

And a little child shall lead them

Francis invites change, but we are the change

Chittister calls for formal censure of President Trump

Let the call be heard

Make America America again

The nuclear option and the potential loss of democracy

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