Image: The Blessing Cups: Jesus and Mary Magdalene at Tea © Jan L. Richardson Blessings to you on this eve of the Feast of Mary Magdalene! Earlier this year, at the Women’s Convocation in Bellevue, Washington—a marvelous gathering whose speakers included Sr. Helen Prejean and Clarissa Pinkola Estés—I had the opportunity to speak on the […]
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The Magdalene’s Blessing
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
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On the Threshold of Lent: Return
Monday, February 11th, 2013
Advent and Christmas are not so very far behind us, and already we’re standing at the edge of Lent! As Ash Wednesday draws near, I want to let you know that Gary and I will be offering an online retreat during Lent. We so enjoyed traveling with many of you during our online Advent retreat, […]
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Women’s Christmas: The Map You Make Yourself
Friday, January 4th, 2013
Wise Women Also Came © Jan L. Richardson In some parts of the world, Epiphany (January 6, which brings the Christmas season to a close) is celebrated as Women’s Christmas. Originating in Ireland, where it is known as Nollaig na mBan, Women’s Christmas began as a day when the women, who often carried the domestic […]
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Provision and Plenitude: Feast of Saint Brigid
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Brigid © Jan L. Richardson This week offers us plenty of cause for celebration, with two feast days in store. February 1 is the Feast of Saint Brigid, the beloved Celtic saint whose leadership helped shape the early church in Ireland. Famous for her hospitality (“Every guest is Christ,” Brigid said), Brigid was a worker […]
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Celebrating Women’s Christmas
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Wise Women Also Came © Jan L. Richardson In some parts of the world, Epiphany (January 6, which brings the Christmas season to a close) is celebrated as “Women’s Christmas.” Originating in Ireland, where it is known as Nollaig na mBan, Women’s Christmas began as a day when the women, who often carried the domestic […]
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On the Feast of All Souls
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
On our last evening of the Liturgical Arts Week at the Grünewald Guild this summer, we had a feast alongside the beautiful Guild garden. Dreamed up by my friend and fellow faculty member Laurie Clark (in the picture above), the feast was a wondrous occasion that wove together the strands of this year’s “Garden, Table, […]
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A Spiral-Shaped Sanctuary
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
Grünewald Guild Labyrinth This is the penultimate night of my two-week sojourn at the Grünewald Guild, a wondrous retreat center in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State where I teach every summer. Devoted to exploring and celebrating the connections between art and faith, the Guild is something of a second home for me—a place where […]
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A Clear Light: Feast of Saint Clare
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Saint Clare © Jan L. Richardson When I became the Artist in Residence at a Catholic retreat center more than a decade ago, it was due in large measure to the hospitality of the Franciscan community that administered the center. I harbor a deep fondness for Franciscans as a result, and so August 11 is […]
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Feast of Mary Magdalene
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
At Her Prayers: Mary Magdalene with a Book of Hours © Jan L. Richardson At this point in the year, we are well into Ordinary Time, so called because it is a season in the Christian year that is largely absent of major holy days. I know for lots of folks this season comes as […]
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Sanctuary Receives National Indie Excellence Award
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Summer greetings to you! And, to my friends in the Southern Hemisphere, a blessed wintertide! As we turn toward this new season (which has arrived in full force here in Florida), I’m delighted to share the news that In the Sanctuary of Women was selected as a winner in the National Indie Excellence Book Awards. […]
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