According to the New England Quarterly (vol. 98, Issue 3, Sept. 2025), the very first advice column ever written appeared in 1691. The Athenian Gazette, or Casuistical Mercury (often shortened to Athenian Mercury was founded by John Duton. This periodical set out to answer…
AI gets a bad rap these days in many circles for many reasons, but primarily it seems to be because of the unknown use of its potential power. However, putting skepticism aside, I asked AI…
Parishioners from Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Spiro, Oklahoma attended a Youth Retreat led by Oblate Deacon John Burns at the monastery on March 14, 2026. They spent the morning learning more about their…
During National Catholic Sisters Week, March 8-14, 2026, we’re celebrating not only the legacy of our Benedictine Sisters, but the necessary core of stories that are full of hope and heart. Without the hope of…
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The Sisters celebrated the feast of St. Scholastica on February 10, 2026, with a tea party. Special guests Mike Jones, his wife Nan, and their granddaughters attended a beautifully decorated tea. Jones and his wife…
Alumna Peggy Konert visited the monastery to discuss her book The Holy Ghost and a Shine of Coal. Inspired by stories and her own experiences, Konert writes the story of young June Ellen in a…
February is full of feasts, and begins, too, a time for us to fast. One of the original meanings in the prehistoric Germanic language of the word fast was to “hold oneself to observance (https://www.etymonline.com/word/fast).…
When the doors of the monastery opened on December 13, 2025, a rush of people flooded in through the entryway and into the brightly decorated area full of tables loaded with jams, jars of pickled…
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