by Claire Dwyer | Jan 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
It is a new calendar year, with new resolutions and new ambitious goals. We crack open delightfully empty new planners, begin hopeful new journals, form resolute new budgets, buy new gym memberships, and have jogging shorts with the tags still on. Starting now, we...
by Claire Dwyer | Dec 28, 2016 | Books, prayer
Here we go again. Another new calendar year, another gloriously empty planner, another fresh start. Another chance to count our calories and our steps, watch our words, manage our time, balance our budgets. It’s our annual self-check-up. What did we do well...
by Claire Dwyer | Nov 26, 2016 | Liturgical year, silence
Now that we’ve got Thanksgiving under our (slightly loosened) belts, it’s time to turn our attention to something – new. While to our worldly senses, the year is winding down with a celebratory month of shopping, singing, decorating, and baking, our...
by Claire Dwyer | Sep 25, 2016 | Everyday Holiness, parenthood, prayer, Saints
Next month the Catholic galaxy will become a little brighter as the Church receives a new cluster of saints. Among the holy handful will be just one woman, a French Carmelite considered by Pope Saint John Paul II to be one the most influential mystics of his...
by Claire Dwyer | May 26, 2016 | parenthood, prayer, Saints
I took a fascinating online class on the nature of Mystical Theology in the Church this Spring. What precious time I could carve out from my busy life as a mom six, I spent delving into the works of St. John of the Cross and meeting a new friend, a little Carmelite...
