Walk into any motherhouse in the United States, and chances are good you will find sisters putting together puzzles in a sociable setting. Is there a spiritual side to puzzles? "A lesson in patience and perseverance," are puzzles a metaphor for something bigger about how we see only chaos, but God sees the end result?

Horizons - The cross is an intersection of powerlessness and power. I wonder if there will ever be a day when every white Christian will imitate Jesus and fearlessly avoid the temptation to protect their own power.

The National Women's History Alliance, a Washington-based organization that promotes greater understanding of women's contributions to American society, has selected Zachmann as a 2019 honoree.

From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this random nun clip, Sister Maxine and her Dominican guests discuss a liturgical conundrum: when you don't like the music at Mass.

An effort by the Department of Justice to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act in the courts is "unconscionable and immoral," said Sr. Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity, who is president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association.

Since 1875, the center, founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, has catered to single mothers, divorcees, widows and victims of domestic abuse to help them earn a living so they can support their families.

Sacred art, in its stillness, holds an energy that often opens our minds and hearts to a new way of seeing the truths of our faith. I invite you on a virtual pilgrimage with me.

Pope Francis presented the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Cross to an elderly Italian missionary sister who dedicated her life to caring for mothers as a midwife in Congo, delivering more than 3,000 babies.

From Where I Stand: With all the lying going on in public and political life, I can't think of any better time to talk about St. Benedict's fifth degree of humility, which shows us that lives forged in secret too often die in the glare of hot lights.