Christine Brunkhorst

Christine Brunkhorst is a Minneapolis-based writer and teacher. Her essays and reviews have appeared in America, Santa Clara Magazine, St. Anthony Messenger, The Minnesota Star Tribune, and other publications.

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Gently They Go

"When a ninety-year-old Catholic mother dies, a man who’s been at the parish for fewer than six years puts on a robe, says a few words, and then we go home. And every time I think, you have no idea who you had here."

By Christine Brunkhorst

October 21, 2025

Death and Dying

Mother

Women in the Church

The Last Word