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...

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...

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...

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....

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...