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Health, Well-Being and Monastic Life: Conversio

Last October, at the end of a big two-year project, I took inventory was dismayed every part of my situation: health, energy, weight, fitness, work-life balance, spiritual well-being, community life, friendships – even my belief that I could change it.  Koyaanisqatsi … Continue reading

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Spreading the word about lectio

I spend a lot of time standing in front of groups of people talking about something that I think is important and useful for them – but it’s a statistics classroom, and the students usually don’t have as much enthusiasm … Continue reading

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Federation Chapter, Day Four

This last day of meetings for the Federation Chapter was packed with content.  Sister Agatha Muggli (who has played piano and arranged our rituals) and Sister Katherine Howard spoke on a culture of formation.  Sister Agatha connected van Kaam’s work … Continue reading

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