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quarantine

Critical Essay

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Social distancing lessons from the anchoresses

It takes more than isolation to make us into contemplatives.
by Shannon Gayk
May 28, 2020

Reflection

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Has the desert of quarantine already taught us all it can?

Those of us privileged enough to stay at home have to go back to work eventually. Will we go back to our former distraction?
by L. Roger Owens
May 13, 2020

Reflection

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On the spirituality of quarantine

How can we be “witnesses to the ends of the earth” right now? I have found some help from St. Benedict and St. Gregory.
by M. Craig Barnes
May 8, 2020

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