This Soul Seeing column appeared in the March 9 issue of the National Catholic Reporter:
Air travel is not for the faint of heart. Although I don't have a ...
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It was 16 years ago today — on the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists — that I launched this blog. (You can read my original blog post ...
It's hard for me to believe, but it was 15 years ago today — on the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists — that I launched this blog. (You ...
Today is the 13th anniversary of this blog. I launched it back in 2008 on the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of writers, not really knowing what ...
It was 10 years ago today that I decided to launch this blog on the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of communicators. Where has the time gone? Back ...
I opened my Twitter feed yesterday to find this message posted by The Clearing, a spiritual wellness website:
"Read why @MaryDTP is one of our top 25 blogs on ...
I was featured as a Faces of Faith interview by Rob Brill in today's Albany Times Union. I'm honored. Here's the story:
MARY DeTURRIS POUST
Background: Born ...
Big news on the work front for me. On Friday, Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of Albany appointed me Director of Communications for the Diocese of Albany. I am ...
A former editor, current friend, and perpetually great writer posted an essay -- What Fresh Hell Is This? -- about the advice he'd give to his 22-year-old self ...
Whenever I give my retreat talk titled "Broken, Beautiful, and Beloved: Learning to See Ourselves through God's Eyes" (last weekend, for example), I quote St. ...
Happy Feast of St. Francis de Sales and Happy Anniversary to Not Strictly Spiritual. It was six years ago today that I decided to launch this blog, choosing the ...
It was hard enough staying off Facebook for two days when I had multiple people emailing, texting and calling to ask why I had disappeared. Apparently when you ...
I've been off Facebook for only 36 hours and already I can see a monumental difference in the way I'm working, thinking, living. Sounds ridiculous, I know, but ...
As I mentioned last week, I have a love-hate relationship with Facebook. I love, love, love that I get to meet up with friends I don't get to see in real life, ...
It is somewhat shocking to report the sudden and unexpected death of yet another influential Catholic writer, Father Paul Keenan, a wonderful New York priest ...
I learned today that long-time Catholic journalist and author Ann Ball died of a heart attack on Sunday. I knew Ann only through phone conversations and her ...
I recently had the opportunity to interview Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, author of the newly released Catholic Saints Prayer Book: Moments of Inspiration From ...
It’s late and I’m exhausted, but I have to take a few minutes to say thank you to all of you who came out to my book release and signing party on Saturday at ...
People are often intrigued by the fact that I write from home while caring for my children simultaneously. I think they have this romantic notion that I am in a ...
So I’ve decided -- finally -- to dive head first into the world of blogging. Everyone else seems to be in the pool already, so I figure I might as well test the ...