Catherine Doherty
When Catherine introduced the concept, “sobornost,” to the members of her community, she struggled mightily to make this Pre-Revolutionary Russian concept understood. The following is excerpted...
by Catherine Doherty
What does Easter mean to the Christian in ordinary daily life? It means hope, and we must bring this hope to others. This idea has been...
by Catherine Doherty
We all suffer from loneliness, in one way or another. To begin with, we’re lonely because we’re separated from God, in a manner of speaking. “Our...
by Catherine Doherty
There are many kinds of loneliness in the world. There is the human loneliness that can be swallowed up by friendship. Unfortunately, friendship is very hard...
Catherine Doherty
The following is excerpted from a talk our foundress gave in the 1970s—before the revelations of sexual abuse by priests, before the current growing anti-Catholicism....
by Catherine Doherty
Deep inside us there is junk that has accumulated through the years. You have to go and cleanse your soul and heart of it all....
by Catherine Doherty
Mary was a laywoman, in the fullness of this term. She was the wife of a carpenter, the mother of a son. She was a...
by Catherine Doherty
People sometimes ask what I will do when I “retire.” Well, if I ever do, part of that time may be spent traveling. But it...
by Catherine Doherty
We should be grateful for another year that God has given us. Let us ask him for an increase of the precious virtue of faith;...
by Catherine Doherty
Catherine’s first winter in Combermere was a difficult one. She and her husband Eddie had little money, the cold was bitter, and except for Grace...