Sr. Mary Navarre, a Dominican Sister from Grand Rapids, Michigan, taught in parish schools in Michigan for 10 years, and then for 29 years at Aquinas College. Following a six-year term in leadership, she was appointed to complete the second volume of the history of the congregation. She also selected and annotated a compilation of poetry by a gifted writer of the community. Presently she is serving as the director of their community archives and is active in local and national efforts to safeguard all religious archives for future generations.

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American poet Amanda Gorman reads her poem "The Hill We Climb" during Joe Biden's presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2021. Gorman said she wrote her latest poem, "New Day's Lyric," "to celebrate the new year and ho

Black poets voice the pain and hope of Black History Month

Jan 31, 2022

During Black History Month and always, Black writers inspire and encourage us. Amanda Gorman's new poem holds out hope that some way, someday, we can come together, overcoming all that divides.

Tara plays with the author's longtime pen pal, who recently moved from the Netherlands to the St. Joseph, Minnesota, area. (Mary Navarre)

Seek wisdom: Look around, see it everywhere

Dec 16, 2021

Look around: Wisdom reveals herself now in new ways. The arts, the sciences, hold wisdom for those who know how to see. That's the meaning of incarnation, isn't it? God's infusion in this world, on this Earth, in this time.

The cardinal that kept banging into the author's window (Mary Navarre)

Red bird's view: an experiment in perspective

Nov 9, 2020

When the first signs of spring appeared outside my window in March, there also appeared a female cardinal in all her ruby-red glory. But she kept deliberately flying into the window.