Recommended Reading

Image of Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope
Author: Joan Chittister
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 125 pages
Image of Called to Question: A Spiritual Memoir
Author: Joan D. Chittister
Publisher: Sheed & Ward (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 248 pages
Image of The Tent of Abraham: Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims
Author: Joan Chittister, Saadi Shakur Chishti, Arthur Waskow, Karen Armstrong
Publisher: Beacon Press (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 240 pages

Music Played

Image of Awakening
Artist: Joseph Curiale, Joseph Curiale, The Royal Philhramonic Orchestra/Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Dod Severinsen (trpt.), Ralph Morrison (violin), Mike Miller (guitar)
Label: Orchard Road
Image of Legends of St. Nicholas: Medieval Chant and Polyphony
Artist: Anonymous 4
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Image of Hildegard Von Bingen: 11,000 Virgins [Hybrid SACD]
Artist: Karlsruhe LX Anonymous, Hildegard von Bingen, Ahrweil Antiphoner Anonymous, Codex Engelberg 314 Anonymous, German Anonymous, Worcester Antiphonarium Anonymous, Anonymous 4
Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Image of Unspeakable
Artist: Bill Frisell
Label: Nonesuch
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Artist: Saint Paul Sunday
Label: Minnesota Public Radio
Image of Where in the World
Artist: Bill Frisell
Label: Nonesuch
Image of Missa Mexicana [Includes Catalog]
Artist: Francisco Escalada, Juan Gutierrez de Padilla, Santiago de Murcia, Francisco de Vidales, Juan Cabanilles, Peruvian Anonymous, Joan Cererols, Miguel Perez de Zavala, Juan [1] Garcia, Harp Consort, Andrew Lawrence-King
Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Image of Hildegard von Bingen: Canticles of Ecstasy
Artist: Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music
Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Voices on the Radio

Chittister is a sister of Mount St. Benedict's Monastery in Erie, Pennsylvania. She serves as co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women. She is a columnist for the National Catholic Reporter and Beliefnet and a best-selling author of more than 30 books.