Archive - PASSIO

Exorcising the male gaze

The hermits sought to overcome the sexual predations of patriarchy, but they left some difficult questions behind them

Jun 24 •

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

To be in solitude, together

The hermits show us the easily missed connection between personal spiritualities and the political economies they lean toward

Jun 2 •

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

May 2025

Expanding our ideas of hospitality

In her own words: Lydia Hiorns, from Shieldfield Art Works, on hospitality as a way of life.

May 27 •

The Passio Project

Where and how did the Hermits live?

Unpicking the surprising, and moving, practicalities of early ascetic lives.

May 19 •

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

Finding inner peace in a violent warzone

Piecing things together with Rev'd Nadim Nassar: priest, firebrand, and director of the Awareness Foundation.

May 13 •

The Passio Project

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Finding paradise by accident

Do the heavenly-minded find paradise on Earth intentionally, or just as some by-product of other choices?

May 6 •

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

April 2025

Grab a copy of our final print issue now!

Pick up the limited edition Passio #15 today.

Apr 28 •

The Passio Project

The puzzle of kindly deceit

A well-meant dishonesty seems to go by uncommented by the Desert Fathers & Mothers. But then again, what would you prefer?

Apr 7 •

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

March 2025

The Hermits & The Law

How a murder mystery and a miracle give us a glimpse into a life beyond the law.

Mar 10 •

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

February 2025

Forgetting how to quarrel

A utopian tale on the death of homo economicus

Feb 24 •

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

A new economy... inside yourself

What if desert ascetics were escaping from the political realities of violent rule—in the one place they could control?

Feb 4 •

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

January 2025

Winter at the border

Our friends at Catholic Worker Calais share snapshots of life among the refugee population in limbo there.

Jan 28 •

The Passio Project

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