Fr. Michael Rennier

Fr. Michael Rennier graduated from Yale Divinity School and lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife and 5 children. He is an ordained Catholic priest through the Pastoral Provision for former Episcopal clergymen that was created by Pope St. John Paul II. He’s also a contributing editor at Dappled Things, a journal dedicated to the written and visual arts.

Fr. Michael Rennier

How reading poetry like ‘Old Songs’ will make you happier

Fr. Michael Rennier

Are you eccentric? And is that necessarily a bad thing?

Fr. Michael Rennier

A look at T.S. Eliot’s everlasting annunciation

The Night Cafe (Detail) - Vincent van Gogh

Fr. Michael Rennier

Hope in the sinful world of Van Gogh’s ‘The Night Cafe’

Rodin sculpted hand touched by human hand

Fr. Michael Rennier

The amazing, revelatory hands sculpted by Rodin

"Saint Joseph with the Infant Jesus," by Guido Reni, c 1635, Detail

Fr. Michael Rennier

St. Joseph cradles baby Jesus in this extraordinary image

Fr. Michael Rennier

Confessions of a recovering perfectionist

Fr. Michael Rennier

How to handle unjust criticism or misunderstandings

Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Life by Paul Mariani

Fr. Michael Rennier

A poetic biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Fr. Michael Rennier

What happened when we limited our kids’ use of electronics

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