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Shannon Evans O'Brien

Shannon Evans O'Brien is NCR spirituality and culture editor and the author of The Mystics Would Like a Word, Feminist Prayers for My Daughter and Rewilding Motherhood. She leads retreats and speaks on topics related to contemplative spiritual practice and the creative life. Follow her writing on Substack at The Rewilded Life.

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Illustrations of the six Catholic female mystics in history from The Mystics Would Like a Word, written by Shannon K. Evans, NCR culture and spirituality editor. The illustrations are clockwise, from upper left, St. Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, St. Hildegard of Bingen, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Teresa of Avila and St. Catherine of Siena. (Illustrations by Dani/andhersaints)

Book on mystics explores wisdom from sisters for modern times

Five out of the six featured in this book were avowed religious, and despite my earliest prejudices, their vocation was not because they were docile but precisely because they weren't.