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Heather King

Desire Lines

Heather King (heather-king.com) writes memoir, leads workshops, and posts on substack at "Desire Lines: Books, Culture, Art."

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Fellow Augustinian Father John J. Ferrence raises the chalice during Mass celebrated by Father William Atkinson at Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill, Pa. A toboggan accident left Father Atkinson paralyzed from the shoulders down. (CNS photo by Danielle Shields, Catholic Standard and Times)

Paralyzed and immobile, these holy men let the Holy Spirit move them

Heather King|Oct 16, 2026|4 Min Read

(Shutterstock)

Only with Christ can we ‘take nothing for the journey’

Heather King|Oct 9, 2026|4 Min Read

A patient is pictured in a file photo chatting with Dominican Sister Catherine Marie at Rosary Hill Home, a Dominican-run facility in Hawthorne, N.Y., that provides palliative care to people with incurable cancer and are in financial need. The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, have filed a lawsuit against New York state, challenging a state law requiring long-term care facilities to use preferred pronouns and assign rooms based on gender identity. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Live not by lies? We're surrounded by them every day

Heather King|Oct 2, 2026|5 Min Read

Los Angeles County sheriffs forcibly evict Mrs. Aurora Vargas from her home at 1771 Malvina Avenue in Chávez Ravine on May 9, 1959, as media representatives recorded the event. The family put up a fight and reported they had only received a written eviction notice, causing criticism of the government’s methods. (Wikimedia Commons)

The tragic history of Dodger Stadium’s Chavez Ravine

Heather King|Sep 25, 2026|5 Min Read

Cover art for Georges Bernanos' book "The Diary of a Country Priest." (Amazon)

The fragile holiness at the heart of ‘Diary of a Country Priest’

Heather King|Sep 18, 2026|4 Min Read

(Mary Morgan / Shutterstock)

Would our 15-year-old selves approve of where we are today?

Heather King|Sep 11, 2026|5 Min Read

An undated photo shows Rhoda Wise, who was declared a servant of God in 2017, with Rita Antoinette Rizzo (right), who later became Mother Angelica, founder of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). According to reports, a teenage Rizzo was taken to see Wise around 1943 in hopes of a healing for her debilitating stomach pain caused by a rare condition, which were suddenly resolved after she followed Wise's instructions to pray a novena. (OSV News photo/courtesy of the Rhoda Wise House and Grotto)

God chose these two people to receive the stigmata, but why?

Heather King|Sep 4, 2026|4 Min Read

“Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe),” by Antonio de Arellano (1638-1714) and Manuel de Arellano (1662-1722), Mexican, on view in the new David Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (REDSPORK02/CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

LA’s renovated LACMA museum features art at its finest — both strange and superb

Heather King|Aug 28, 2026|5 Min Read

A scene from the film "The Face of Another." (IMDB)

With plastic surgery, what's really the thing that's changed?

Heather King|Aug 21, 2026|5 Min Read

A Times Square vigil at the U.S. Army Recruiting Office in New York City for airman Aaron Bushnell, who died of self-immolation at the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25, 2024. (Shutterstock)

The dark side of a monastic cult that’s far from Catholic

Heather King|Aug 14, 2026|5 Min Read

(Shutterstock)

Who needs a Pulitzer? I have my readers’ thank-you notes

Heather King|Aug 7, 2026|4 Min Read

A Belgian river station on the Congo River in 1889. (Wikimedia Commons)

Can hope be found in Joseph Conrad’s ‘The Heart of Darkness’?

Heather King|Jul 31, 2026|5 Min Read

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