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How (Not) to Prepare for a Retreat: Listening with our Bodies in Prayer

Marriage and Identity: Continuity and a New Beginning as Margarita Mooney Clayton

“Overcoming Academic Pressure with Intellectual Character”

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Article on “Why Choose Mystery Over Ideology?” Published in Comment Magazine

Article on “How Can Education Unite Us Rather than Fragment Us?” Published in Public Discourse

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