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Sacrifice and the search for happiness - a philosophical look at religious life

What is religious life really all about, anyway?

Edgar Beltrán
Sep 04, 2023
∙ Paid

Zena Hitz was already an academic when she converted to Catholicism.

She went on to spend three years living with the Madonna House, a Catholic mostly-lay community founded by Servant of God Catherine Doherty in 1947. She eventually discerned out, discovering that she felt called to teach at a liberal arts college. 

Zena Hitz. Credit: St. John’s College.

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