For a while it has been hard for me to say the “Our Father” prayer. A confirmed Catholic enamored of female saints and mystics, especially St. Joan of Arc, I used to say the prayer because it seemed to say it all. But...
Portia Chan
Portia Chan
Komako Kimura: the Japanese suffragist on the streets of New York
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote that “well-behaved women seldom make history.” About sixty years before Ulrich penned her words, on October 23, 1915, women marched en masse in New York...
Becoming A Mother: Overcoming Post-partum Depression
“Mama. I will be coming around 10am tomorrow.” My husband and I were with my parents, picking up my daughter’s crib, when I heard her speak to me from my womb. She was not due for another two weeks, but she was...