Jeannine M. Pitas
@janinalapapita.bsky.social
At this time of year when we honor the dead, make space for all the losses you are others are grieving - big ones and small ones. Though isolating, grief can also bring us together. uscatholic.org/articles/202...
Society needs to make space for complicated grief
There are many losses which society expects us to move on from quickly to remain on top of work and daily tasks.
uscatholic.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
At this time of year when we honor the dead, make space for all the losses you are others are grieving - big ones and small ones. Though isolating, grief can also bring us together. uscatholic.org/articles/202...
I reviewed Dana Delibovi's beautiful new translation of the poetry of Teresa of Avila (Monkfish 2024). bsky.app/profile/chri...
In a striking new translation, @danadelibovi.bsky.social revives the wit, wisdom, and beauty of Teresa’s poetry.
@janinalapapita.bsky.social reviews Sweet Hunter (@monkfishpublishing.bsky.social): www.christiancentury.org/books/teresa...
@janinalapapita.bsky.social reviews Sweet Hunter (@monkfishpublishing.bsky.social): www.christiancentury.org/books/teresa...
Teresa of Ávila speaks again
In a striking new translation, Dana Delibovi revives the wit, wisdom, and beauty of Teresa’s...
www.christiancentury.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I reviewed Dana Delibovi's beautiful new translation of the poetry of Teresa of Avila (Monkfish 2024). bsky.app/profile/chri...
I was interviewed by @christiancentury.bsky.social about the experience of seeing Pope Leo's installation Mass in Rome back in May - truly the experience of a lifetime. Institutions are flawed but they still matter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWhT...
In the room at the pope’s inauguration
YouTube video by The Christian Century
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August 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I was interviewed by @christiancentury.bsky.social about the experience of seeing Pope Leo's installation Mass in Rome back in May - truly the experience of a lifetime. Institutions are flawed but they still matter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWhT...
How nice. The BBC has launched a paywall for US users. It's as if they're saying, "We've been offering you free access to high-quality news for years, and you've proven yourself completely undeserving." Indeed it seems we have...
August 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
How nice. The BBC has launched a paywall for US users. It's as if they're saying, "We've been offering you free access to high-quality news for years, and you've proven yourself completely undeserving." Indeed it seems we have...
Acclaimed science fiction writer Octavia Butler (1947-2006) predicted so much of what is happening today in her Earthseed novels. I believe she provides clues toward a way forward, and I see a link between her and two other visionaries: Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin: uscatholic.org/articles/202...
A guide for resistance, from Octavia Butler and Dorothy Day
What do Octavia Butler and Dorothy Day have in common? They both offer visions of radical hopein dire times.
uscatholic.org
July 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Acclaimed science fiction writer Octavia Butler (1947-2006) predicted so much of what is happening today in her Earthseed novels. I believe she provides clues toward a way forward, and I see a link between her and two other visionaries: Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin: uscatholic.org/articles/202...
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we are currently watching an entire political party run cover for the most notorious sex trafficking ring in modern human history
July 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
we are currently watching an entire political party run cover for the most notorious sex trafficking ring in modern human history
I've written about seeing the new pope in Rome and nearly getting arrested by Vatican police! Thankfully I didn't go the way of Giordano Bruno! Thank you @jessicamesman.bsky.social for her support and editorial work! www.christiancentury.org/features/pop... @christiancentury.bsky.social
A new pope’s call to unity
I was in the second row for Pope Leo’s installation. I am cautiously optimistic about what I...
www.christiancentury.org
July 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I've written about seeing the new pope in Rome and nearly getting arrested by Vatican police! Thankfully I didn't go the way of Giordano Bruno! Thank you @jessicamesman.bsky.social for her support and editorial work! www.christiancentury.org/features/pop... @christiancentury.bsky.social
With my first published academic article in six years I want to bring some degree of hope in hard times. It's on Mexican poet Balam Rodrigo's "Central American Book of the Dead," translated by Dan Bellm and published by Flowersong Press in 2023. www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14...
www.mdpi.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
With my first published academic article in six years I want to bring some degree of hope in hard times. It's on Mexican poet Balam Rodrigo's "Central American Book of the Dead," translated by Dan Bellm and published by Flowersong Press in 2023. www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14...
The principles listed in the Declaration of Independence have indeed fallen out of favor: www.christiancentury.org/features/uni...
The United States owes King George an apology
The signers of the Declaration of Independence accused the king of crimes against the people they represented. Those very crimes have become commonplace during Trump’s time in...
www.christiancentury.org
July 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The principles listed in the Declaration of Independence have indeed fallen out of favor: www.christiancentury.org/features/uni...
lilypoetryreview.blog/poetry/immig... - amazing poem by Lauren K Alleyne
Immigrant Duplex - Lily Poetry Review
by LAUREN K. ALLEYNE from Issue 12 … Continue readingImmigrant Duplex
lilypoetryreview.blog
June 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
lilypoetryreview.blog/poetry/immig... - amazing poem by Lauren K Alleyne
a few brief thoughts on the installation Mass of #PopeLeoXIV, which I was privileged to see in person at the #Vatican this past Sunday: catholicworker.substack.com/p/pope-leo-x...
Pope Leo XIV’s Inaugural Mass Calls Us All To Renewed Faith
Reflection from St. Peter's Square in Rome by Jeannine M. Pitas, friend of the Dubuque Iowa Catholic Worker
catholicworker.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
a few brief thoughts on the installation Mass of #PopeLeoXIV, which I was privileged to see in person at the #Vatican this past Sunday: catholicworker.substack.com/p/pope-leo-x...
woke up at 3 a.m. to see #popeleoxiv installed in a special Mass at the Vatican yesterday. Like his predecessor, he is showing the world that Christianity remains relevant in the 21st century. In these times of fear and discord, Jesus' message of love for all people is one of few that might help us.
May 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
woke up at 3 a.m. to see #popeleoxiv installed in a special Mass at the Vatican yesterday. Like his predecessor, he is showing the world that Christianity remains relevant in the 21st century. In these times of fear and discord, Jesus' message of love for all people is one of few that might help us.
Among so many tyrants and aspiring tyrants, the world lost one of its most humane leaders. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Popemobile to become health clinic for Gaza children
One of the famous vehicles is being refitted as a frontline clinic on wheels, following a request by the late pontiff.
www.bbc.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Among so many tyrants and aspiring tyrants, the world lost one of its most humane leaders. www.bbc.com/news/article...
I am unmarried with no children. I have never wanted to be a parent. But I do want a better world for everyone else's children! riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...
In the Delivery Room
By Jeannine Pitas Leaves know to grow each April, to fall in October; one body emerges from another…
riverteethjournal.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I am unmarried with no children. I have never wanted to be a parent. But I do want a better world for everyone else's children! riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...
We are the leaders we've been waiting for.
April 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We are the leaders we've been waiting for.
A new review of "The Mistaken Place of Things" by Gabriela Aguirre, translated by Laura Cesarco Eglin (Eulalia Books 2024): latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/book_review/...
The Mistaken Place of Things by Gabriela Aguirre, translated by Laura Cesarco Eglin - Latin American Literature Today
“The book opens seven different windows, each with a tantalizing view allowing the reader to observe and watch the poet explore what it means to have a body.”
latinamericanliteraturetoday.org
April 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A new review of "The Mistaken Place of Things" by Gabriela Aguirre, translated by Laura Cesarco Eglin (Eulalia Books 2024): latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/book_review/...
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Poetry Crosses Borders. Saturday, May 9th, 7:00-10:00, doors open at 6:30. #poetry #reading #featuring @janinalapapita.bsky.social and me.
March 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Poetry Crosses Borders. Saturday, May 9th, 7:00-10:00, doors open at 6:30. #poetry #reading #featuring @janinalapapita.bsky.social and me.
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"suns as yellow as ours
gleaming suns
from lives like matches..."
“The Cosmology Lesson,” a poem by Daniel Veloso, translated from the Spanish (Uruguay) by Jeannine Marie Pitas. With art by Patty Paine.
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/03/04/t...
gleaming suns
from lives like matches..."
“The Cosmology Lesson,” a poem by Daniel Veloso, translated from the Spanish (Uruguay) by Jeannine Marie Pitas. With art by Patty Paine.
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/03/04/t...
“The Cosmology Lesson,” a poem by Daniel Veloso, translated from the Spanish (Uruguay) by Jeannine Marie Pitas
suns as yellow as ours gleaming suns from lives like matches atrocious explosions scattering ashes like bright corollas (translations/ poetry)
anotherchicagomagazine.net
March 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
"suns as yellow as ours
gleaming suns
from lives like matches..."
“The Cosmology Lesson,” a poem by Daniel Veloso, translated from the Spanish (Uruguay) by Jeannine Marie Pitas. With art by Patty Paine.
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/03/04/t...
gleaming suns
from lives like matches..."
“The Cosmology Lesson,” a poem by Daniel Veloso, translated from the Spanish (Uruguay) by Jeannine Marie Pitas. With art by Patty Paine.
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/03/04/t...
Poetry crosses borders. I'm delighted to share my translation of "The Cosmology Lesson" by Uruguayan writer Daniel Veloso (his first poem in English!) published in Another Chicago Magazine: anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/03/04/t...
“The Cosmology Lesson,” a poem by Daniel Veloso, translated from the Spanish (Uruguay) by Jeannine Marie Pitas
suns as yellow as ours gleaming suns from lives like matches atrocious explosions scattering ashes like bright corollas (translations/ poetry)
anotherchicagomagazine.net
March 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Poetry crosses borders. I'm delighted to share my translation of "The Cosmology Lesson" by Uruguayan writer Daniel Veloso (his first poem in English!) published in Another Chicago Magazine: anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/03/04/t...
Triple book launch on March 9 at 3p.m. - in person and online! @eulaliabooks.bsky.social, a press dedicated to publishing Latin American poetry in translation, is collaborating with @cityofasylum.bsky.social to launch 3 books from Mexico, Chile and Puerto Rico. cityofasylum.org/program/eula...
Eulalia Press Presents: Edith Adams, Laura Cesarco Eglin & Lauren Shapiro (Triple Book Launch) - City of Asylum
City of Asylum celebrates new works from Eulalia Books, with translators Edith Adams, Laura Cesarco Eglin, and Lauren Shapiro.
cityofasylum.org
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Triple book launch on March 9 at 3p.m. - in person and online! @eulaliabooks.bsky.social, a press dedicated to publishing Latin American poetry in translation, is collaborating with @cityofasylum.bsky.social to launch 3 books from Mexico, Chile and Puerto Rico. cityofasylum.org/program/eula...
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Google has just removed Pride Month and Black History Month from the calendar app.
This comes as they obeyed Trump by changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America.”
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This comes as they obeyed Trump by changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America.”
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Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’
Some users are angry that some events have been removed.
www.theverge.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Google has just removed Pride Month and Black History Month from the calendar app.
This comes as they obeyed Trump by changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America.”
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This comes as they obeyed Trump by changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America.”
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Don't forget: February 28 is #nospendFriday. We all need to do this to make an impact. Honestly, I don't like buying stuff anyway - I haven't had an Amazon account since 2009. I'll buy food and gas on Thursday, and the only money I'll spend is a cash donation to my contra dance group! :) #Iamin
February 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Don't forget: February 28 is #nospendFriday. We all need to do this to make an impact. Honestly, I don't like buying stuff anyway - I haven't had an Amazon account since 2009. I'll buy food and gas on Thursday, and the only money I'll spend is a cash donation to my contra dance group! :) #Iamin
How I dream of the day when a woman who has had 12 children by 3 different fathers is not only un-stigmatized, but invited to run the most powerful country in the world. Just sayin'...
February 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How I dream of the day when a woman who has had 12 children by 3 different fathers is not only un-stigmatized, but invited to run the most powerful country in the world. Just sayin'...
Big oil and gas don't have a mandate. My Congresswoman Summer Lee here in western PA hasn't given up on the Earth - neither should any of us.
February 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Big oil and gas don't have a mandate. My Congresswoman Summer Lee here in western PA hasn't given up on the Earth - neither should any of us.