When I started at Harvard University, the first thing I noticed was the absence of femininity on campus. Gendered clubs of any kind are banned. Sororities and fraternities are known officially as ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Edith Stein’s baptism in the Catholic Church. The city where the philosopher turned saint was born has launched a Year of Edith Stein to celebrate the life and ...

Recently I wrote an essay on an unusual film about an unusual saint: Edith Stein: The Seventh Chamber, newly available on DVD from Ignatius Press. The project required me to watch the film a number of ...

The southwestern Polish city of Wrocław has paid tribute to Edith Stein, a Jew who converted to Catholicism, became a Carmelite nun and was declared a saint in 1998. Edith Stein House at 38 ...

EDITH STEIN was born to a Jewish family, but she became an atheist and later converted to the Roman Catholic Church and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She is a martyr and saint of the Catholic ...

The Saint of the Day for Friday, August 9 is Edith Stein, religiously known as Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. The German nun of Jewish origin converted to Catholicism after a period of atheism that ...

BROCKTON — For families transitioning from Cape Verde to the United States, a vastly different economy can be one of the biggest adjustments. And that's one of the main reasons the St. Vincent de Paul ...

The dignity and vocation of women and men were once again the focus of the fifth annual Edith Stein Project conference at the University of Notre Dame Feb. 12-13. The student- run conference has grown ...