Joan Sauro, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet, publishes widely in the Catholic press. "We were called Sister" (U.S. Catholic) was awarded first place for Best Essay 2014 by the CPA.

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Dwelling in possibility
Oct 21, 2020
Each moment is eternal. One by one they are offered to us. Some minutes we take hold of, some not. No matter, they all remain. I was awestruck by the beauty in one such moment.
Taking the air in during the coronavirus pandemic
Jul 2, 2020
Early morning the walkers appear. ... Unchanging in the upheaval of change. And if they should forget the upheaval, news bulletins puncture the air with dire warnings.
Into the woods
Apr 20, 2020
I fell, got up and made my slow way, looking for what I had no idea. I felt like Dante, lost in a "dark wood, a wild and rough and stubborn wood." Which was a fair description of the coronavirus, as well.
The nod: just saying Yes
Mar 25, 2020
The feast of the Annunciation - Recently at my friend's funeral, I started to think of all the nods we give in a day, just a simple bowing of the head. Yes.
Reports from the fringe
Dec 9, 2019
Pearls at the house of mercy
Aug 14, 2019
Jubilee 2019: a musical with words
Jun 17, 2019
A consideration of stones
Apr 1, 2019
The wonder of rereading
Jan 15, 2019
A call to arms, all-embracing
Oct 25, 2018
A little madness in the spring
May 7, 2018
The music lesson, pinpoints of light
Apr 18, 2018
Black, white and shades of gray
Apr 3, 2018
You never know where light will be
Feb 26, 2018
Requiem for a closing church
Oct 26, 2017
Beauty will break your heart
Sep 13, 2017
Steel spines and shivers
Feb 28, 2017
Why I read literature
Jan 18, 2017
Crossing borders
Mar 15, 2016
Gospels to go
Dec 2, 2015
At the Motherhouse
Jun 16, 2015
Winter is a cloud of unknowing
Mar 5, 2015
Benevolent Gazing: The Sweet Eye of Love
Jan 27, 2015
Two weddings
Oct 20, 2014