“I now cry often, easily, unapologetically. Doing so has given me endless timely glimpses of the Church that can be, made up as it is of beautiful people brave enough to let their own tears of grief and joy and ecstasy and despair roll like the holy rivers they are.” –From Near Occasions of Hope
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About the Author & Text
Karen Eifler directs the Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life & American Culture at the University of Portland, where she is also a professor of Education. She has published numerous articles and essays, including Near Occasions of Hope and A Month of Mondays. She is also a leader of Collegium, a national colloquy on faith and intellectual life for faculty and administrators at Catholic colleges and universities throughout North America.