Nancy Fitzgerald

Nancy Fitzgerald

Nancy Fitzgerald is an award-winning journalist specializing in health, wellness and spirituality. Her work has appeared in publications that include Parents, The New York Times, National Geographic, Prevention, Guideposts, US Catholic, and Commonweal. She serves as editor of New Women, New Church, the publication of the Women's Ordination Conference. A graduate of Lancaster Theological Seminary, she is the author of Brigid's Mantle: Finding the Fiery Saint of Kildare at the Heart of Celtic Spirituality (Paulist, 2025).

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Detail of a portrait of Jane Austen, from an 1870 memoir by her nephew J.E. Austen-Leigh and based on a sketch by her sister, Cassandra Austen (Wikimedia Commons)

Jane Austen, on her 250th birthday, has spiritual lessons for Christians today

Jane Austen's faith resonates with practical 21st-century Christianity, whose adherents are eager to put the Gospel into action. When you think about it, her Christian understanding is surprisingly contemporary.

St. Patrick is depicted in stained glass at the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Athlone, Ireland. (Teresa Malcolm)

A look at the Irish saints behind All Saints' Day

Many of the ancient Irish holy men and women came to us from the early, misty days of Christianity in Ireland. On All Saints' and All Souls' Days, it's a good time to remember some of them.

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