by Chris Manion | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog
If you are competitive like me, you may hear an inner dialogue when someone says they’ve done something admirable: I wonder if I could do that? or, I could do that better (a thought that started my 26-year-career in direct sales). Even though competition...
by Chris Manion | Apr 2, 2017 | Writing
Fifteen women were allowed to witness Vatican Council II. Sister Mary Luke Tobin was one of them. Besides being a nun with the Sisters of Loretto, Mary Luke lived her life as an antiwar activist; an international lecturer against rising militarism; and an advocate...
by Chris Manion | Mar 10, 2017 | Writing
Sister Mary Luke Tobin had a look in her eyes I don’t see often enough. She was one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met. I mention her in my book, God’s Patient Pursuit of My Soul. She was a friend of the famous monk, Thomas Merton, who gave...