A Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania, Joan Chittister is a best-selling author and well-known international lecturer on topics of justice, peace, human rights, women's issues and contemporary spirituality in the church and in society. She presently serves as the co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, a partner organization of the United Nations, facilitating a worldwide network of women peace builders, especially in the Middle East. Chittister has won 14 CPA awards for her books. Her most recent include Between the Dark and the Daylight (Random House), Two Dogs and a Parrot (Blue Bridge, 2015) and In God’s Holy Light (Franciscan Media, 2015). A biography, Joan Chittister: Her journey from certainty to faith, by NCR’s Tom Roberts, was released in 2015 by Orbis Books. Chittister is the founder and executive director of Benetvision, a resource center for contemporary spirituality in Erie.
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The imperfect storm
Jan 9, 2008
The American inquisition?
Oct 19, 2007
And now for the rest of the story
Aug 27, 2007
When the same is not the same
Jul 26, 2007
Coming soon to a church near you
Jul 10, 2007
The baptism of a president
Jun 7, 2007
It's time to 'hunt the words'
Mar 29, 2007
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