Product Description: Sister Joan D. Chittister, a Benedictine nun for over fifty years, has been one of the Church's key visionary voices and spiritual leaders for more than thirty years. A prolific writer and international speaker, she concentrates on women's issues, human rights, peace, justice, contemporary religious life and spirituality in the modern world...read more

Product Description: Many centuries ago the ancient Desert Fathers and Mothers moved into the wilderness, leaving behind the compulsions of the world in order to draw near to God. For Mary Lou Kownacki, a Benedictine nun and long-time peacemaker, her wilderness is the inner city of Erie, Pennsylvania, surrounded by poor families trying to survive and keep hope alive amidst drugs, violence, and despair...read more