Nancy Sylvester

Nancy Sylvester is founder and director of the Institute for Communal Contemplation and Dialogue. She served in leadership of her own religious community, the Sister Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Monroe, Michigan, as well as in the presidency of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Prior to that she was National Coordinator of Network, the national Catholic social justice lobby. ICCD is beginning its third decade with new resources and programs. For information go to www.iccdinstitute.org. Her new book, Journey-Faith in an Entangled World is available beginning Oct. 15.

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November 5 (Dreamstime/Maryia Samalevich)

How will we be on Nov. 5 and afterward?

My contemplative and dialogical self is challenged in this difficult time. The U.S. election is important, and equally important is how I and we will respond to each other in the coming days, weeks, months and years.

Closeup of an eye (Pixabay/Daniel Roberts)

Is our nation ready for cataract surgery?

The 2024 elections will be an intervention into our current divisive way of seeing. It intervenes, and whether it is successful in removing what has been blocking the clarity of our vision is still unknown.

Dark night (Unsplash/Tobias Rademacher)

New book urges Catholics to face into the dark night of our times

Book Review: In a new book, theologians reflect on the prophetic work of Carmelite Sr. Constance FitzGerald. They address the connections of her writing on impasse and the dark night of the soul with our current crises, including white supremacy and climate change.

Becoming a civil and respectful democracy once again

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