This season, our featured text from the Church's treasury of saints' writings is an ode to the Holy Spirit composed by Saint Hildegard, the Abbess of Bingen (1098-1179). We include Hildegard's original Latin along with an English translation:
Featured artwork: Detail of Stillness (2005), by Beata Goik. Private collection.
By Beata Goik
Copenhagen IBy Katya Vetrov
The Pilgrim on his WayBy Emmy van Deurzen
Poetry by Andrew Thornton-Norris
Poetry by Daniel Janeiro
A short story by Dena Hunt
Poetry by Andrew Thornton-Norris
Poetry by James Como
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Hope in Japan after 3-11Anna Kojima, a survivor of the recent earthquakes in Japan, tells her story, news of her parish's role in the post-tsunami relief effort, and thoughts about her nation's future.
Christopher Bruno Lacaria describes his encounter with the traditional Latin liturgy while in college and celebrates its return to St. Paul Church in Cambridge, Massachussetts.
The Web Not Taken An essay from the editor's desk, on Pilgrim's unconventional way of proceeding on the web.
Pilgrimage at SeaLouis Markos discusses The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by the British Romantic poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Christian Huebner recalls, with surprise, which memories have come to mean most to him from a beach vacation to the Philippines.
Of Modest Mice and MenAndy Smith ponders the merits of Lupe Fiasco's hip-hop remix of Modest Mouse's "Float On."
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