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• ▶2010 (88)
  • ▼March (25)
    • Ask Sister - God's will and my will, Bible translations, taking a religious name
    • Nunday - Sister Rose Ann Fleming, SNDDeN
    • PS040 Prayer – March 16, 2010
    • New Look, Same Website and Nuns
    • Pope has Vocation Message for Young People
    • PS039 Prayer – March 15, 2010
    • Chastened for Choosing Celibacy?
    • AS017 Ask Sister – prefixes and suffixes, vocation confusion, discernment help, nun gifts
    • PS038 Prayer – March 11, 2010
    • Stations of the Cross: There's an app for that.
    • PS037 Prayer – March 10, 2010
    • Saint Gretzky RULES!
    • PS036 Prayer – March 9, 2010
    • Can you tell me where I need to go to become a sister?
    • PS035 Prayer – March 8, 2010
    • Vote for your favorite caption!
    • AS016 Ask Sister - preparing for religious life, nunly traits and skills, and more
    • PS034 Prayer – March 4, 2010
    • Another A Nun's Life Photo Caption Contest
    • PS033 Prayer – March 3, 2010
    • Saint Katharine Drexel
    • PS032 Prayer – March 2, 2010
    • Catholic Sisters dealing with and fighting Racism
    • PS031 Prayer – March 1, 2010
    • Nunday - Sister Barbara Valuckas, SSND
  • ▶February (36)
    • Ask Sister will be back Next Friday
    • PS030 Prayer – February 25, 2010
    • Church Architecture and God
    • PS029 Prayer – February 24, 2010
    • A Memoir by IHM Sister Margaret Brennan
    • PS028 Prayer – February 23, 2010
    • Wearing a Rosary around your neck
    • PS027 Prayer – February 22, 2010
    • Mary MacKillop, a Sister of Saint Joseph, to become first Australian Saint
    • AS015 Ask Sister - VocationMatch.com advice
    • AS015 Ask Sister – choosing a community, adjustments to nun life, wearing nail polish
    • PS026 Prayer – February 18, 2010
    • Olympics Speedskater is now a Catholic Nun
    • An Open Letter to Oprah re: Catholic Sisters
    • PS025 Prayer – February 17, 2010 - Ash Wednesday
    • PS024 Prayer – February 16, 2010
    • CP004 Mardi Gras Community Podcast, February 16, 2010
    • PS023 Prayer – February 15, 2010
    • Nunday - Mummers and IHM and OSP Sisters
    • Agreeing and Disagreeing in Love
    • AS014 Ask Sister – calling, immigration, liturgy of the hours
    • PS022 Prayer – February 11, 2010
    • Our Lady of Lourdes
    • PS021 Prayer – February 9, 2010
    • Oprah's Got Catholic Nuns and Geishas
    • PS020 Prayer – February 8, 2010
    • Nunday - Sister Christopher Margaret
    • FP004 Feature Podcast on Consecrated Life with IHM Sisters
    • AS013 Ask Sister – daily life, non-Catholic nuns, math
    • PS019 Prayer – February 4, 2010
    • Jesus Sends
    • Celebrate Vocations with Us
    • PS018 Prayer – February 2, 2010
    • Sister Mary Daniel Turner, SNDdeN, RIP
    • PS017 Prayer – February 1, 2010
    • Nunday - Franciscan Sisters
  • ▶January (27)
    • AS012 Ask Sister - sweetheart nun, relating to God, what to say
    • PS016 Prayer – January 28, 2010
    • PS015 Prayer – January 27, 2010
    • God calls whomever God chooses
    • PS014 Prayer – January 26, 2010
    • Young Women and Catholicism
    • PS013 Prayer – January 25, 2010
    • I rock in my Redeemer
    • AS011 Ask Sister – converts, icons, vocation reactions, past relationships
    • Ask Sister Podcast - Episode 011 - on air today
    • PS012 Prayer – January 21, 2010
    • What transforms you?
    • PS011 Prayer – January 20, 2010
    • Gym Ministry
    • PS010 Prayer - January 19, 2010
    • AS010 Ask Sister – family, becoming a nun, and the v-word
    • PS009 Prayer - January 18, 2010
    • Avatar Movie Review
    • CP003 Community Podcast - Saints
    • Ask Sister ... family, becoming a nun, the v-word
    • Prayers and Donations for Haiti
    • No Time for Prayer
    • Saints, Food, and Prayer
    • AS009 Ask Sister Jan 08 2010
    • Ask Sister ... decision, deportment, distance
    • I'm a fool for snow
    • Is God calling me?
• ▶2009 (234)
  • ▶December (22)
    • It's the end of the year
    • Collection of articles on Apostolic Visitation
    • Simeon the Prophet
    • Christmas Monday
    • Merry Christmas
    • Where Your Barefoot Walks
    • Blessed are you among women!
    • What to give Sister for Christmas?
    • Ask Sister Podcast 008
    • Jesus' People
    • International sisterly support of U.S. women religious
    • Feast of Saint John of the Cross
    • CP002 Community Podcast - Advent & Christmas
    • Ask Sister Podcast 007
    • Entrepreneurial Catholic Sisters
    • Welcome to Listeners of The Catholic Channel on Sirius XM Radio
    • Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception!
    • Nun Photo - Benedictine Women of Madison
    • Ask Sister Podcast 006
    • 3 Questions for Advent
    • Compassion
    • As Advent Begins
  • ▶November (20)
    • Nun Photo - Sister Joan Sobala, SSJ
    • Trifecta of articles on U.S. Catholic Sisters
    • CP001 Community Podcast - Thanksgiving
    • How to Get a Free Trip to Hell
    • A Nun's Life ... and Food ... Podcast
    • Sister Rose's Religious Life High
    • Ask Sister Podcast 005
    • Attention Parents, Teachers, Catechists, and Mentors
    • Blessings Stumbled Upon
    • Nun Photo - Podcasting IHM Sisters
    • FP003 Feature Podcast - IHM Sisters Unplugged
    • Ask Sister Podcast 004
    • Wisdom from Wisdom
    • Offer It Up
    • Thank You, Sister
    • Ask Sister Podcast 003
    • Katie Colbran's Story of Becoming a Nun
    • Books: Spiritual Companions
    • You (Yes, You.) Are Called
    • In Transit
  • ▶October (22)
    • Ask Sister Podcast 002
    • My Unknown Traveling Companion
    • Your Input Needed
    • A tribute to Sister Louise French, BVM
    • Ask Sister Podcast 001
    • Losing Your Identity
    • Show Your Support of U.S. Catholic Sisters
    • It's Monday
    • Nun News Roundup 008 podcast
    • FP002 Feature Podcast - Saint Teresa of Avila
    • Join us for Saint Teresa of Avila podcast - LIVE!
    • Teresa of Avila, trusting always in God
    • Teresa of Avila's desire to give her life to God
    • My BFF is a 16th century nun, Teresa of Avila
    • Nun News Roundup 007 podcast
    • Happy Thursday
    • Investigation of U.S. Catholic Religious Sisters
    • Jet Lagged Yet Industrious Sisters
    • Nun Photo - Sister Anne Higgins, DC
    • Nun News Roundup 006 podcast
    • US House of Representatives Resolution Honoring Catholic Sisters
    • Feast of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
  • ▶September (20)
    • Come and See opportunity with the IHM Sisters
    • Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels
    • Nun Photo - OSP IHM Sisters
    • Nun News Roundup 005 podcast
    • I Have a Cavity.
    • More thoughts on the Vow of Poverty
    • Living the Vow of Poverty in a Privileged Society
    • Nunday Needs Numerous Nun Photos
    • Nun News Roundup 004 podcast
    • A Word to the "Young"
    • Concentric Circles of Sisterhood
    • Why don't all sisters and nuns wear a habit, live in a cloister, or pray the horarium?
    • Where do I go from here?
    • Nun News Roundup 003 podast
    • Book Review: Good Night and God Bless
    • Happy Birthday to the BVM
    • Are you laboring?
    • Nun News Roundup 002 podcast
    • Nun Podcast Update
    • Which book has rocked your world?
  • ▶August (20)
    • Nun Photo - Sister John Catherine, OP
    • Stop by ...
    • Some updates
    • Let Darkness be my Light
    • The New-To-Me Nun Car
    • Nun News Roundup at Noon CST
    • A Nun's Life podcast updates
    • Sister Sandra Schneiders on U.S. Women Religious and the Apostolic Visitation
    • FP001 Feature Podcast - NRVC Vocations Study
    • LIVE Vocations Podcast - Tomorrow 1 p.m. CST with Special Guests
    • Nuns: Crime Fighters Edition
    • A Nun's Life LIVE! podcasts
    • Can Nuns Swim?
    • Live AUDIO Discussion on Lying Awake today at 1 p.m. EST
    • New study on Catholic Vocations and Religious Life
    • A condition of complete simplicity
    • Interrupted Lives: Interrupted Lives: Catholic Sisters Under European Communism
    • 4 Dogs + 1 Baby + 1 Massive Rainstorm = FUN!
    • Celibacy in the City
    • Eat. Poop. Play. Sleep. Rinse. Repeat.
  • ▶July (16)
    • Where to begin?
    • IHM Community Days
    • Making Contact with a Vocation Director
    • On Writing Spirituality
    • Reminder -- Live Discussion tonight 6 p.m. CST
    • Rudnick can mock, but he cannot win
    • The New Yorker out of line with "Nun Fun"
    • Code of Conduct
    • Catholics and the Culture of Hate
    • Mother Mary McKillop - excommunicated nun up for canonization
    • Nun blogs
    • Sandra Schneiders on NPR's On Point
    • Ministerial Religious Life
    • Nun Photo - Servants of the Sacred Cross
    • Independence and the Pursuit of Happiness
    • A Plush God
  • ▶June (10)
    • Catholic Sister Remembers Teaching Farrah Fawcett
    • Nun Photo - Pious Disciples of the Divine Master
    • Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson -- and nuns
    • Living in Community
    • Heather Graham and bad girl nuns
    • Nun Photo - Sister Sharon Holland, IHM
    • New IHM House
    • Visiting Nuns
    • The Petri Dish Convent
    • Nuns on the Move
  • ▶May (14)
    • Can we pray for Jesus?
    • A Blessed Memorial Day
    • A Nun's Bicycle
    • The Adopt-a-Sister-Friar-Priest-Hermit-Monk-Deacon-Nun-Virgin-Brother Program
    • Nun Photo - Sister Carla Kovack, OP
    • A Meditation to Ponder
    • Can Nuns Have Pets?
    • Nun Photo - Sister Mary Grace, OP
    • You may be a nun if ...
    • Not just blessed, but happy
    • A Nun's Life in Psychology Today magazine
    • Can I be friends with a cloistered nun?
    • Nun Photo - Sister Anastasia, SSND
    • Preparing for the IHM Come and See
  • ▶April (21)
    • What does it mean to be Counter-cultural?
    • Is the habit the answer to vocations recruitment?
    • Centraal Station Antwerpen
    • Nun Photo - Sister Charlotte Sonneville, OSB
    • What do nuns do?
    • The Tender Compassion of God
    • Catholic Vocations and Persons who are Deaf
    • Catholic Nun helps families connect behind bars
    • Nun Photo - Sister Aneesah McNamee, OP
    • Mercy
    • Women of Faith documentary
    • A Free For All
    • Easter Tuesday
    • Nun Photo - Sister Mary Ruth Dittman, SDS
    • The Parking Garage
    • OSP Sisters and the 3 IHM Communities
    • Nun Photo - Sister Laura Downing, IHM
    • Provocative Headline Gone Too Far
    • An IHM Invitation: Come and See
    • Vote for Sister Mary Scullion as one of TIME magazine's 100 Influential People
    • Photo Caption Contest Results
  • ▶March (21)
    • VOTE for your favorite photo caption
    • Nun Photo - Sisters of the Humility of Mary
    • Mariette in Ecstasy at Lifeline Theatre
    • Earth Hour - Turn your lights off at 8:30 tonight
    • Sisterhood: What does it mean to be sisters?
    • "They Killed Dorothy Stang" on HBO2 tonight
    • Sing, for you have wings
    • A Nun's Life photo caption contest
    • Brother Chris Valka, CSB, on New Media
    • The Fire of 1929
    • In the Deepest Depths
    • Make My Heart Simple
    • Images of the IHM Motherhouse, Monroe, Michigan
    • Nun Photo - Sister Mary Kiely, OSF
    • Home at the IHM Mothership
    • Make Your Life a Prayer
    • Nuns, Knitting, and Sex
    • Nun Photo - Sister Eleanor Gilmore, CSJP
    • How to break the nun news to mom and dad?
    • Not Worlds Apart
    • Nun Photo - Sister Josella de los Rios, OSP
  • ▶February (23)
    • The Saints' Guide to Happiness
    • Lent and the A-word
    • Nun of That movie
    • Nunday Needs Your Help
    • Nun News Roundup
    • Reflections on a poem by Nikos Kazantzakis
    • A Novice Describes the Process of Becoming an IHM Sister
    • Nun Dropped from Oxford Junior Dictionary
    • Discernment and Decision-Making Discussion
    • Reminder: Discernment Discussion tonight
    • The Discernment Chart
    • 4 Steps for Discernment and Decision-Making
    • Decision-Making Using a Process of Discernment of Spirits
    • A Spiritual Director comes to A Nun's Life to discuss Discernment
    • Nun Photo - Sister Elizabeth Segleau, SDS
    • World Day for Consecrated Life
    • Getting to Know Sister Eva-Maria Ackerman
    • When a Catholic Sister dies
    • Is God really calling me?
    • Behind the Collar - an online campaign for vocations to the priesthood
    • The Trinity: a model of communication today
    • Nun Photo - Sister Michele Denton, IHM
    • Apostolic Visitation of Institutes of Women Religious in the U.S.
  • ▶January (25)
    • Nun News Roundup
    • Vocation Forum at A Nun's Life
    • IHM Novice talks about discerning a vocation
    • General Randomness
    • Nun Photo - Sister Mary Greenan, FMA
    • Pope addresses Digital Generation: New Technologies, New Relationships
    • What is an extern sister?
    • Prayer
    • What is a lay sister or lay nun?
    • Inauguration Day!
    • What is the reasoning behind a nun or sister choosing a religious name?
    • Nun Photo - Sister Mary Jane Masterson, CSJ
    • Declining Numbers of Catholic Sisters and Nuns
    • Nun News Roundup
    • Do people expect nuns to be perfect?
    • How is God calling you?
    • A Nun's Life Podcast - Sister Patricia Farrell, OP
    • Nun Photo - Sister Elizabeth Zeestraten, IHM
    • Doubt gives way to Hope
    • Doubt the Movie Discussion
    • Doubt the Movie review
    • Reminder: Doubt Discussion on Thursday
    • Nun Photo - Sister Sandra Schneiders, IHM
    • Doubt comes to A Nun's Life
    • Testing Your Vocation
• ▶2008 (269)
  • ▶December (22)
    • A Nun's Life 2008 Review
    • Nun Photo - The Good Sams
    • The Sisters of Mount Angel - Part 5
    • The Sisters of Mount Angel - Part 4
    • The Sisters of Mount Angel - Part 3
    • The Sisters of Mount Angel - Part 2
    • The Sisters of Mount Angel - Part 1
    • Can Catholic Nuns get married?
    • Nun Photo - Sister Susan Rose and her nuns
    • Prayer for Today
    • Nun Ministries, Careers, and Callings
    • On Receiving Gifts
    • 7 Ideas for Giving Gifts to Nuns
    • Nun Photo - Reporter Nuns in Rome
    • A Nun's Life Podcast #3 - Statue of Liberty, Manhattan
    • A Nun's Life Podcast #2 - Visit to Sirius Radio
    • A Nun's Life First Podcast
    • Lily of My Heart - Immaculate Conception
    • Flying Kansas farmboy versus flying Nun
    • Learning About and Praying the Rosary
    • Your questions. IHM Sisters respond.
    • Nun Photo - Linda a Brigittine Postulant
  • ▶November (18)
    • Nuns and Celibacy - Natalie Portman's Doubt
    • Giving Thanks
    • Catholic Devotions
    • Nun Photo - Sister Julia Wilkinson, OSB
    • Nuns on the Internet Updates
    • Your questions. IHM Sisters respond.
    • Why do nuns wear a wedding ring?
    • The Angelus and my IHM Nuns
    • Visit the Young Women and Catholicism blog
    • Nun Photo - Sister Marcia Hall, OSP
    • Girl Power! Yoshihiro Nakata to play pro baseball
    • The Secret Life of Bees and Images of Mary
    • Abandonment to Divine Providence
    • Your questions. IHM Sisters respond.
    • Nun Photo - IHM Founders Day
    • Your questions. IHM Sisters respond.
    • Nun Questions
    • Nun Photo - Sister Elaine Fortin, SC
  • ▶October (45)
    • Experiencing loneliness in one's vocation
    • Listening to God in Prayer
    • Proud to be a Catholic Mom fan and friend
    • Nun Photo - Sister Annunciata Grix, IHM
    • Nuns on Film
    • Why is a nun's habit called a "habit"?
    • Can nuns be visual artists?
    • Two stories of faithful witness
    • Nuns Just Want to Have Fun
    • Wearing a Nun costume for Halloween
    • Nun Photo - Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
    • Slate.com on Consecrated and Monastic Life
    • Sister Marguerite Dynski - Nun, Cancer Survivor, Paraplegic, Doctor
    • Blog Action Day: No Salvation Outside the Poor
    • Catholic Resources on Poverty
    • Feast of Saint Teresa of Avila
    • Novena in Honor of Saint Teresa of Avila - Day 9
    • Preparing for Blog Action Day on Poverty
    • A Holy and Solemn Procession of Religious
    • Novena in honor of Saint Teresa of Avila - Day 8
    • Catholic Nun Becomes First Indian Female Saint
    • Nun Photo - Kentucky Fried Nuns
    • Novena in Honor of Saint Teresa of Avila - Day 7
    • National Religious Vocation Conference
    • Novena in Honor of Saint Teresa of Avila - Day 6
    • Novena in Honor of Saint Teresa of Avila - Day 5
    • Ananias and Paul
    • Novena in honor of Saint Teresa of Avila - Day 4
    • It's a freakin' Nun convention!
    • Novena in honor of Saint Teresa of Avila - Day 3
    • Novena in honor of Saint Teresa of Avila - Day 2
    • Novena in honor of Saint Teresa of Avila - Day 1
    • Wall Street Savvy Catholic Nuns
    • Nun Photo - Another Sister Julie CSSF
    • Celebrate Friday with Star Wars
    • Wrapping up with Joan Wester Anderson
    • More Questions about Angels
    • Does the presence of angels diminish the significance of the Holy Spirit?
    • Angels and "Coincidence"
    • How does one recognize and nurture a connection with an angel?
    • Angels and Nuns
    • Can we give names to our angels?
    • What exactly are Angels?
    • Conversation with Joan Wester Anderson
    • Angel Talk: Preparing for Joan Wester Anderson's Visit
  • ▶September (23)
    • Angels and Wonders
    • "Be still and know that I am God"
    • Nun Photo - Sister Kathleen Avery, OSM
    • Nun Photo - Sister Hildegard Pleva, OSsR
    • Prelude to Poverty Blog Action Day
    • Sister Act, Whoopi, and images of nuns: discuss
    • Do nuns kneel when visiting Mother Superior?
    • Nun Photo - Sister Margaret McCormack, CCVI
    • Ahoy, Matey! It's Talk Like a Pirate Day!
    • A deeper understanding of the Eucharist
    • Do you have to be Catholic to be a Nun?
    • Monday is now Nunday
    • Nun Blogosphere Updates
    • Sobrino Book Discussion on POVERTY
    • Participate in Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty
    • Sister Bernie, a Religious Witness
    • Nun Photos - Got em? Send em!
    • Stand Up to Cancer
    • Wait, wait ... don't tell me!
    • What God Sees
    • Sister Catherine Pinkerton's Prayer at the DNC
    • Sister Maria Loyola Dougherty, IHM
    • September Adventures
  • ▶August (17)
    • when virtual world and real world collide
    • Still Cruising the Catholic Nun Blogosphere
    • Nun Beauty Contest CANCELED!
    • 3-on-3 Basketball Nun-Style
    • Miss Sister 2008 - a beauty contest for nuns??
    • A Nun's Life Feedburner
    • Can't Give What You Don't Have
    • Cruising the Catholic Nun Blogosphere
    • Computer Upgrade
    • Celebrate the Assumption of Mary
    • Noise and Silence
    • COMING SOON: A new look for A Nun's Life
    • Sci-Fi Nuns v. Real Nuns
    • Consecrated Virginity: a beautiful, rare Catholic vocation
    • A Nun, a Lutheran, and the Perfect Storm
    • From Hollywood Actress to Benedictine Nun
    • VISION Vocation Guide - 2009 edition available now with article by Sister Julie of A Nun's Life
  • ▶July (18)
    • Happy Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
    • Sister Nancy Pelosi?
    • IHM Jubilarians
    • From the Mothership back to the Missions
    • At the IHM Mothership
    • Meditation
    • Sister Dorothy Stang, SNDdeN
    • Plurking Nun
    • World Youth Day
    • Girls ROCK!
    • Nuncie
    • Celebrating Life
    • Nun Currency -- Sister Mary MacKillop
    • Letter to a Young Religious
    • Celebrating Sister Susan
    • Sister Julie Simpsonized
    • Nun competes in Senior Olympics
    • For Godness Sake (not a typo!)
  • ▶June (37)
    • Vocation Forum Update
    • Encouraging children who express interest in a vocation
    • Vocation Forum on A Nun's Life
    • A Nun's Life interviews Sister Sabitha, PHJC
    • Ride Like a Nun
    • Permit Me To Rant
    • Comments, Comments, and more Comments
    • Financial Help for Vocations to Religious Life or the Priesthood
    • Blogging Humor
    • Finding beauty and healing among the saints
    • Emissary of light to people in their darkest hours
    • Prayer
    • Cycling and Meditation
    • On giving hospitality from out of our poverty
    • Interview with a Hermit - on being a hermit
    • Chicago Summer, Chicago Book
    • Survey still open ...
    • Sister Prudentiana Tibabyekomya
    • A Nun's Life Update
    • Collection of Father James Martin’s Reflections from his blog tour at ANunsLife.org
    • And the winner is ...
    • James Martin, SJ, final thoughts on vocations and his blog tour
    • James Martin, SJ, on the broader Jesuit family
    • James Martin, SJ, on people's reactions to his vocation decision
    • Wrapping up with Father James Martin, SJ
    • James Martin, SJ, on the Ignatian style of imaginative prayer
    • James Martin, SJ, on discerning a non-religious vocation
    • James Martin, SJ, on exploring saints' biographies and using them to spread the word of God
    • James Martin, SJ, on "cloistered" and "apostolic" distinctions
    • Follow the James Martin, SJ, conversation on Twitter
    • James Martin, SJ, on young people entering and on fostering vocations
    • James Martin, SJ, on possible indicators of a vocation to religious life
    • James Martin, SJ, on whether Protestant churches recognize saints
    • James Martin, SJ, on variety of religious communities and on fear discerning
    • James Martin responds to Sister Julie's questions
    • Conversation with James Martin, SJ
    • Online Conversation tomorrow at ANunsLife.org
  • ▶May (18)
    • Interview with a Hermit - loneliness and community
    • Resurfacing
    • 24-year-old professes vows as a Josephite Sister
    • Interview with a Hermit - Called by God
    • Father James Martin, SJ, to visit ANunsLife.org
    • New Blogs added to Blogs by Catholic Nuns page
    • Visit to Starved Rock
    • Join the Convent, See the World
    • Consecrated Virginity a Gift for the Church, Says Pope
    • Novitiate - Canon Law
    • Decoding Formation
    • Heartfelt Words
    • Hmmm ... a new haircut?
    • Sister Katherine's Profession of Final Vows
    • Why I Am Professing Vows as an IHM Sister
    • Two IHM Sisters Profess Final Vows
    • Back Home
    • Thoughts on Habits
  • ▶April (26)
    • Being Contemplative in a Hectic Life
    • Religious Life is Alive and Well
    • Fighting World Hunger with (Vocabulary) Words
    • How can I dedicate my whole self to God?
    • More Blogs by Nuns
    • Do nuns ever feel lonely?
    • Quietly Doing God's Work
    • Catholic Links for Earth Day
    • Pope Fill-in-the-Blank
    • Your hopes for the Pope's visit?
    • Nature Museum Bike Adventure
    • What would you say to the Pope?
    • The Pope's Visit Survey -- some stats
    • Elvis Sighting by Sister Julie
    • IHM Sister featured on ReadTheSpirit.com
    • The Pope's Visit
    • Twitter Nun
    • Good article on today's nuns
    • Portrayals of Nuns in Film and Popular Culture
    • A Persistent Peace
    • Black Snake Moan
    • Sister Claude Feldner, CSA
    • Shocking but True
    • On Happiness
    • Thoughts of Spring
    • Immaculata Mighty Macs
  • ▶March (15)
    • Do women become nuns because they can't "get a guy"?
    • Nuns Go Green NBC
    • How do nuns deal with sexual urges?
    • How to Make a Nun's Habit
    • Blessed Easter
    • Good Friday
    • Holy Thursday
    • A call for peace and an end to war and violence
    • Of Potholes and Portly Puddles
    • Catholic Chicago at the Chicago History Museum
    • Being a Nun is a Life, not a career
    • It's Monday
    • Lenten Fasts
    • OK, so what's this Sunday Indulgence?
    • The Sunday Indulgence
  • ▶February (17)
    • A Maelstrom of Activities
    • Map of the World
    • Precious Blood Sister an artist at 90
    • J.M.J.A.T.
    • A Prayer for You
    • A Total Eclipse of the Heart ... err, Moon
    • Like Grains of Sand
    • Of Grasshoppers and Choices
    • Nuns Minister via Running
    • Sister Anne E. Carr, BVM
    • On being called to Religious Life
    • Surrendering to God
    • What's behind the Giants win? Ursuline Sisters
    • And so Lent begins
    • Be reconciled ...
    • Vote 2008
    • Favorite Super Bowl 2008 Ads
  • ▶January (13)
    • Nuns Respond to Boston Ad
    • Living Simply -- the closet tells the story
    • Waking Up
    • Evening at the Symphony
    • Dissect this!
    • Other6.com on BustedHalo
    • Prayers for the Jesuits
    • Blog Cleanup
    • Chicago Event on Religious Life
    • "Living My Prayer" by Sister Helen Prejean
    • My Presidential Pick
    • Sister Damian "Astro Nun" video
    • Welcome, 2008!
• ▶2007 (194)
  • ▶December (12)
    • Merry Christmas
    • Spiritual GPS
    • Pizzelles Aplenty
    • IHM Motherhouse on Fox News
    • Nun Fights Cussing with Cussing
    • DaRK PaRTY interviews Sister Julie
    • It's not about the numbers, except for today!
    • Hermit Crab Rescue
    • On this Feast of the Immaculate Conception
    • A Conversation about Being a Nun
    • Ice and Snow, Bless the Lord
    • Other6.com ... a place to be mindful of God
  • ▶November (19)
    • A Vehicle of Grace
    • Buzzworthy Sisters
    • Home for Thanksgiving
    • A Thanksgiving Prayer
    • All Creatures Great and Small
    • Help for the People of Bangladesh
    • "Hell Burns" - a nun's blog
    • Nuns Reach Out to Women in Prostitution
    • Can Nuns spend time with Family?
    • Biking the Fox River Trail
    • Happy Founders Day!
    • Who is Mary for me?
    • The Person and Image of Mary
    • Cat Wake Up
    • Lone Catholic Convent Finds Its Place in Romania
    • An Unexpected Parable
    • All Souls Day 2007
    • All Saints Day 2007
    • Flu Shot Blues
  • ▶October (18)
    • Sister Anne of "Nunblog" Interviewed
    • Religious: Get Blogging
    • Founder of the Sisters of the Resurrection to be Beatified
    • Returning to Our Foundation
    • Don't forget -- Sister J on the airwaves at 1 pm (EST)!
    • The Need to Pray Always
    • Tune into a great conversation on Being a Nun
    • Novitiate – Overview
    • Teresa of Avila and Jesuit Astronauts
    • Sister Sharon Holland, IHM -- you rock!
    • A Treat on the Feast of Saint Teresa of Avila
    • Taking the Habit
    • Leaving Home for the Convent
    • To be a Nun or not to be ... That is the Question.
    • A Conduit of God's Light
    • October 4
    • Childhood Memories
    • Hanging out with Nuns
  • ▶September (17)
    • Nun at 41: A sister’s journey led her to service
    • A Prayer of Hope
    • Evening Prayer
    • Hope Against Hope
    • A Prayer for Yom Kippur
    • IHM Sisters Go Green
    • Post-Triathlon Thoughts
    • One Thousand and One Nun Questions
    • Even more news about blogging nuns
    • Desert Nuns Blog
    • Just another blog post
    • A Prayer for an End to Violence
    • Eternally Cool Fashion?
    • Dear Sister Patricia
    • Nuns Seek to Put Soul in Communications
    • Blogging from an Enclosed Benedictine Novitiate
    • Sister Patricia's Confession
  • ▶August (10)
    • Making a Pilgrimage
    • Pilgrimage to the Monastery
    • Change the World
    • Best (or at least not-half-bad) Religion Blog?
    • Discerning Religious Life with Persons who have a Managed Mental Illness
    • On the road again
    • Becoming a Nun After 40ish
    • Vision Magazine features Nun Bloggers
    • I finished! but it's not over ...
    • Where in the world is Sister Julie?
  • ▶July (18)
    • Feast of Saint Ignatius
    • Tri for the Cure
    • Jubilee 2007
    • Another Nun Blogs
    • How Saint Peter Lost His Hair
    • The Canonization of Sister Patricia
    • Nun More Deadly
    • A Nun Quiz (via Sister Susan Rose)
    • The "Subsists In" Debate
    • Training: for a triathlon and for God
    • A Sister for 90 Years!
    • Feast of Saint Benedict
    • First Jubilee of "A Nun's Life"
    • Savoring Religious Life
    • Triathlon Jesus
    • Never Too Late
    • Lay Vocation Is Irreplaceable
    • Chronic Illness and Becoming a Nun REVISITED
  • ▶June (14)
    • The Vow of Poverty
    • When a Sister is sick or dying ...
    • Can You Become a Nun if you have a Chronic Illness?
    • Mutual Discernment for Big Decisions
    • Ten Commandments for Drivers
    • Click a Nun, make her sing.
    • Is it a bird, is it a plague? It's CICADAS!
    • Nuns drink beer for humanity
    • Do Nuns Know How to Love?
    • Can Nuns Be Happy?
    • Hiking the Rockies
    • Retreat: Tuning into God
    • A Nun's Retreat
    • What does "growth" mean in terms of religious communities?
  • ▶May (15)
    • Nuns: Perceptions and Assumptions
    • That Catholic Show
    • Being a Nun Can Be Weird
    • A Nun's Life new domain name
    • Another Catholic Nun Blogs
    • Praying the Liturgy of the Hours
    • Holy and Cool Links for your Blog
    • A Creative, Recreative Word
    • Ecumenical Monastic Sisters
    • Silent Nuns on ABC's 20/20
    • Papal Audience with Superiors-General
    • what's in a word?
    • Through a Glass Darkly
    • Religious Superiors to Meet in Rome
    • Decoding Formation: Postulancy/Candidacy
  • ▶April (18)
    • Exuding Nunliness
    • Susie for President
    • "Unshaken Faith: Fewer become nuns, but sisters see signs of change"
    • Newly Beatified Nun Put Christ First
    • Blogging as Ministry resources?
    • Blogging as a form of Ministry
    • An Open Letter to the Media: How to Identify Sisters and Nuns
    • "Everyone from nuns to meter readers is writing about work"
    • A Prayer for the Virginia Tech Community
    • New-to-me Blog by the Sisters of Bon Secours
    • Scranton IHMs rock it out with new music CD
    • An Internet Connection at Long Last
    • A Shout Out to My Bicycle Guys
    • [I'm really not here.]
    • Lent Gives Way to Easter
    • CBS Calls Vieira
    • A 1:50 a.m. Call from God
    • NPR's Scott Simon Interviews Sister Julie
  • ▶March (16)
    • Join Religious in Praying for Peace
    • Stereotypes about Nuns
    • Existential Cycling
    • World Water Day
    • God is everything that is good
    • Being and Doing
    • Treasures in Religious Life
    • Pope on the Eucharist and Consecrated Life
    • A Nun's Beer
    • A Treat for You During Lent ...
    • back, but not quite
    • My NPR Debut
    • Time to Retreat
    • A Couple Requests for Help
    • The Good News of Our Lord Jesus Christ
    • My Best Teachers Were Saints
  • ▶February (17)
    • Ask Sister
    • To Keep a True Lent
    • Quiet on the Homefront
    • The Nun Behind the Vatican's Web Site
    • Why Lent Rocks
    • A Request
    • My First Jubilee
    • How do you pray?
    • Videos Illustrate Vast Range of Perceptions about Nuns
    • What is a day in the life of a sister like?
    • "My Secret Is Mine" Interview
    • Espanol y English Blog by Sister Mary Helga
    • Pope's World Day of Consecrated Life Address
    • Clear Blogging
    • No Such Thing as Cookie Cutter Nuns
    • The modern US nun is an ex-soldier, lawyer and has a blog
    • Catholic Nun Blogs
  • ▶January (20)
    • Nuns on the Run
    • A Nun's Life Blog Updates
    • Decoding Formation: Aspirancy/Pre-Candidacy
    • A Catalogue of My Favorites: Part II
    • You Are Experiencing God When ...
    • The Presence of God in All Things
    • Sacramento Bee article on Women and Religious Life
    • A Catalogue of My Favorites: Part I
    • IHM Nuns Working for Peace in the Middle East
    • Religious Life - "a neat way of life"
    • Nip and Tuck --- new look, same nun
    • Catholics Respond to the President's Iraq Proposal
    • The Soul of Martin Luther King
    • Dying Man's Daily Journal
    • "Sisters of Selma" Documentary -- Update
    • Nun-Run Candy Shop
    • Silent God
    • The Techie Nun
    • The Role of Lay Associates in Religious Life
    • The Vow of Poverty
• ▶2006 (102)
  • ▶December (14)
    • Milestones of 2006
    • What Lucas thinks about his Aunt being a Nun
    • Habits Revisted
    • Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change
    • What motivates a person to become a nun??
    • Saint John of the Cross
    • the people you meet in heaven
    • Feast of the Immaculate Conception
    • Up and Running Again
    • Requiem for a Hard Drive
    • On Waiting
    • Happy New (Church) Year
    • The 4 Martyred Churchwomen
    • Nuns in the Marketplace
  • ▶November (20)
    • Catherine McAuley's Comfortable Cup of Tea
    • to my UK friends
    • The Perfect Nun ... a Busted Halo review of the book "The Tulip and the Pope"
    • In Praise of Cloistered Religious
    • Confessional Blogs of the Internet Nuns
    • Gratitude ... the heart of thanksgiving
    • Religious Life Is No Popularity Contest
    • What makes being a nun unique?
    • Live the Experience
    • My Life with the Saints
    • TIME magazine article on nuns, veils, and blogs
    • Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
    • What's the difference between a nun and a sister?
    • IHM Founders Day
    • Decoding Formation: Initial Inquiry
    • A Reluctant Voter
    • The biggest hindrance to religious life today?
    • Find Your Own Meaning
    • VOTE: it's a privilege and a moral obligation
    • All Saints Day
  • ▶October (18)
    • Decoding Formation: who me??
    • The Dead
    • Decoding Formation: a basic introduction
    • Another "Double Crossed" Review
    • Banker to the Poor
    • Story of the Universe
    • School teacher suspended for wearing a veil
    • I always wanted to be an altar server
    • Sister Theodore Guerin Canonized
    • Animated Film of John Paul II's Life
    • NY Times article on IHMs and Care for Creation
    • Saint Teresa of Avila
    • Nuns in Cyberspace
    • New Blogs and A Nun's Life Housekeeping
    • Is Sound Bite Theology Possible?
    • Got a Vocation? Call a Lawyer.
    • Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi
    • OSP IHM: Nuns Who Rock
  • ▶September (23)
    • Sister Leonella Sgorbati, MC
    • "Who are these cloistered nuns?"
    • Can Religious Life (i.e., YOU) Be Prophetic?
    • Boreas Pass and the Rockies
    • Epiphany on a Singletrack
    • Nun on a Plane
    • Saint Teresa of Avila Prayer
    • Sister Sara Salkahazi Beatified
    • Nun's Beach Surf Invitational
    • The Demise of Religious Life??
    • 3 Needles
    • Body & Soul Mini Series
    • I Arise Today
    • Show No Partiality
    • The Heavenly, the Fallen, and the Holy Ones
    • how to get out of being a nun
    • Mother Teresa's 9th Anniversary of Death
    • Braves Fan, Caregiver, and Nun
    • Insight from Dorothy Day
    • How to Help People Begging on the Streets?
    • Can You Spare Some Change?
    • Contemplative Nuns in Prairie du Sac
    • Actor Catherine Keener on Being Raised Catholic
  • ▶August (20)
    • Joining the Sisterhood
    • Neurotheology and Nuns
    • Sister Mary Luke Tobin
    • Cloistered Nuns in Hollywood
    • Saint Augustine of Hippo
    • Decide Today Whom You Will Serve
    • Pluto: A Giant Matzo Ball
    • On Reading the Book "Double Crossed"
    • Vatican Customer Service Nun-Style
    • Jose Funes: Jesuit, Priest, and Astronomer
    • The Nun Movie
    • "Double Crossed" Review by Amy Welborn
    • Living the (Faith) Questions
    • Killer Nun Movie
    • Imagination Quote
    • "Double Crossed" Article on Women Religious
    • Mercy Sisters Promote Catherine McAuley for Sainthood
    • Habits: Standard Issue Nun Gear??
    • IHM Quote
    • A Retreat to the Islands
  • ▶July (7)
    • Saint Ignatius of Loyola ... July 31, 2006
    • Jubilee 2006
    • Switchblade Quote
    • The Blues Brothers Movie
    • Nuns Turn Good Catholic Boy into Big-time Gangster
    • So What Makes a Nun Different?
    • A Nun's Life