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Johanna Caton, OSB

Johanna Caton, OSB, is a Benedictine nun of Minster Abbey, in England.

I don’t mean knitting circles, or musical circles with their hums and dainty tunes. I certainly...

May 24, 2023

The sun rode like a dude: He rode the sky—gold capes thrown...

March 29, 2023

Most of them are un-showy now. And: they are holy slowly. Long haul miracles, call them, because the cure is in the daily:...

September 22, 2021

September steals in on tiptoe— a shy child, clutches August’s hand, conceals her face. Her lustre’s up before sunrise, though—silken breeze,...

August 31, 2020

The ground is damp beneath the stand of trees and dampness penetrates my winter shoes. I choose from fallen branches, piece by piece,...

April 5, 2017

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