Lynda McDonnell

Lynda McDonnell is a writer and retired journalist who lives in Minneapolis and is active in immigration issues through her parish. Her work has been published in the Washington Monthly, Hudson Review, U.S. Catholic, and elsewhere. She blogs at lyndamcdonnell.com.

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The Habit of Sacrifice

We all make sacrifices in response to the pandemic. Great or small, they allow us to consider what we truly need, and how we can help one another.

June 10, 2020

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Religious Sisters on the Border

The sisters I met along the border know well the intractability of poverty, disease, and violence. That does not keep them from working to relieve them.

October 11, 2019

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