My Secret is Mine

INTERVIEW: LUCILLE CANADAY, A SINGING SERVANT by Kristen West McGuire (Lucille Canaday is a graduate of Eastern Washington University. She and her brother Omar wrote and recorded several CDs of music for causes ranging from breast cancer to tsunami relief. This interview was completed in 2007. Their tribute song for 9/11 All I Need is still on YouTube. ) Kristen: Your first song was a response to the September 11 tragedy. How did that come about? Lucille: One of my classmates lost her brother...

SAINT JEROME'S TEMPER by Kristen West McGuire When you consider the nasty personal insults Jerome wrote during his long years of scholarship, the friends he managed to keep are notable evidence of the presence of the Holy Spirit. For example, he sent St. Paula a letter rebuking her for her lack of faith in the resurrection while mourning the death of her daughter Blaesilla in 384: “When you were carried fainting out of the funeral procession, whispers such as these were audible in the crowd....

PRAY FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN by Kristen West McGuire Women enjoy a wider array of workplace opportunities today than 100 years ago. At the same time, many struggle to balance the demands of work and the demands of personal priorities such as religious observance, spouse and children, and mundane household tasks. Many women solve their time crunches by following non-traditional career paths. But this strategy rarely ends up in the corner office, in terms of prestige and salary. To...

INTERVIEW: AMY UELMEN- Loving Jesus Even at the Office by Kristen West McGuire (Amy Uelmen is a senior research fellow at Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. She was a founding director of the Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work at Fordham University (2001-2011). Formerly an associate at large law firm, she also is a consecrated member of the Focolare community. This interview was completed in 2007.) Kristen: Where did you grow up? Amy: I grew up in Los...

THE LOCATION OF THE UPPER ROOM by Kristen West McGuire The Upper Room served as a hiding place for the apostles in the days immediately following the crucifixion of Jesus. Understandably, they thought they might be next in line on Pontius Pilate’s hit list. Then, it was a place to ponder and praise the resurrection of Jesus. Small wonder Christians over the centuries have zealously sought out the actual room! Like many sites in the Holy Land, the building is sacred to Jews and Muslims as...