Christine Schintgen
Dr. Christine Schintgen teaches literature at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College. Her current interests include Dickens, Dante, and the relationship between faith and literature. She also writes poetry. Christine and her husband Michael live in Barry's Bay with their three children
For Mom and Dad, On Their 50th
There never was a marriage with no pain
But they let hurts be helps along the way
To greater union, making faults their gain
And forging gold...
Sainte Marguerite D’Youville: A Poetic Retrospective
Sainte Marguerite D'Youville (1701-1771. Feast, October 16th)
I have to laugh when they call me a dangerous woman;
A woman of ill-repute; a drunken whore.
It’s true that...
Speaking the Lingo of the Millennials: Social and Religious Justice
Many members of the Millennial generation are strongly concerned with social justice. They are die-hard Democrats (or NDPers, in the Canadian context), and leftism...
