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		<title>How Did You Become a Sister?, Ft. Sister Denise West</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2021 16:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Want to be the first to hear every new episode? Click here to sign up for email notifications! How do you imagine one becomes a monk? Is it something you plan or something you discover? Do you have to be religious your whole life before joining a monastery? Truth be told, there is no one answer. Our own sister’s community at Holy Wisdom Monastery have an array of unique stories that led them to their lives here in Middleton. In this episode, we sit with Sister Denise West and listen to her journey from a non-secular home in Tennessee to ... </p>
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<p>How do you imagine <a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/becoming-a-sister/">one becomes a monk</a>? Is it something you plan or something you discover? Do you have to be religious your whole life before joining a monastery?</p>



<p>Truth be told, there is no one answer. <a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/about/meet-the-sisters/">Our own sister’s community at Holy Wisdom Monastery have an array of unique stories that led them to their lives here in Middleton.</a></p>



<p>In this episode, we sit with Sister Denise West and listen to her journey from a non-secular home in Tennessee to her life in New York as a teacher and eventually, through her search for spirituality, becoming a sister at our monastery.</p>



<p>Sister Denise’ story is a beautiful example of the unexpected turns in life that can lead us to our place in the world. Listen in to this episode and tell us in the comments below: <strong>What are the unexpected parts of your journey that have led you to where you are today?</strong></p>



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		<title>Passionate about building community</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2016 21:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sister Joanne often says, “Building community is one of the things we do around here.” Indeed it is. You could say we are passionate about building community at Holy Wisdom Monastery. In the sisters’ community and the oblate community, in Sunday Assembly, among coworkers, Benedictine Sojourners and Friends of Wisdom Prairie—we seek to foster personal connections where people can find a welcome acceptance for who they are and a vibrant place to give and receive personal gifts and experience the divine. Many people today express a desire for community in a society where they experience so much divisiveness and isolation. ... </p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">Sister Joanne often says, “Building community is one of the things we do around here.” Indeed it is. You could say we are passionate about building community at Holy Wisdom Monastery. In the sisters’ community and the oblate community, in Sunday Assembly, among coworkers, Benedictine Sojourners and Friends of Wisdom Prairie—we seek to foster personal connections where people can find a welcome acceptance for who they are and a vibrant place to give and receive personal gifts and experience the divine.</p>
<div id="attachment_21691" style="width: 410px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/passionate-building-community/sisters-walking3bb/" rel="attachment wp-att-21691"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-21691" class="wp-image-21691" src="https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Sisters-walking3bb.jpg" alt="Sisters walking together outdoors" width="400" height="201" srcset="https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Sisters-walking3bb.jpg 432w, https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Sisters-walking3bb-300x151.jpg 300w, https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Sisters-walking3bb-100x50.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-21691" class="wp-caption-text">Sisters Lynne Smith, Rosy Kandathil, Joanne Kollasch and Mary David Walgenbach (l-r) enjoy lighter moments together along with the work of building community.</p></div>
<p>Many people today express a desire for community in a society where they experience so much divisiveness and isolation. Here at Holy Wisdom, we know we need each other for growth and fullness of life. Participating in the give and take of community rubs off our rough edges and calls forth talents we didn’t know we had. Building community takes time, patience, lots of listening and dialogue, the hard work of forgiveness and reconciliation and not least, an openness to what the Spirit desires to do among us.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The sisters come together in community with the women who live with us as <a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/sojourners/">Benedictine Sojourners</a>. Together we walk along the road of self-exploration and growth. We journey together for six months. Through our conversations in the morning around a book we read together or at the end of the day around cups of tea, we each come to a deeper understanding of who we are in God’s love.</p>
<p>What a joy it is to work together in the garden, kitchen or office where we can give our gifts and feel a sense of contributing to something bigger than ourselves. Woven throughout our days are the reading and listening to the scriptures in <em>lectio divina</em> and the Liturgy of Hours. We hear that still small voice of God whispering love and calling us to enlarge the space in us for that love to grow.</p>
<p>I am energized by shared insights and all the growth that happens throughout this journey. With joy I welcome you to share in our passion for building community together.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Learn more about the sisters community:  <em><a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/about/sisters/">About our community</a></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Learn more about all the communities of Holy Wisdom: <em><a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/hospitality-all-are-welcome-at-holy-wisdom-monastery/">All are welcome at Holy Wisdom Monastery</a></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Read other posts in this series:  <em><a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/category/living-in-community/building-community/">Building community</a></em></p>
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		<title>Discerniendo el futuro, una nueva vida</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nota: Después de la experiencia de Sojourner Benedictina, una mujer puede elegir regresar a su anterior forma de vida, llevando consigo todo lo nuevo que ha aprendido, o ella puede optar por iniciar un proceso de discernimiento con nuestra comunidad para ver si ha sido llamada a la vida en comunidad. Paz ha expresado el deseo de iniciar este proceso de discernimiento con las hermanas. Ella ha decidido compartir sus pensamientos acerca de esta transición en este blog. Es importante para una mujer en discernimiento tener la libertad para escuchar el llamado de Dios en su vida. Los invitamos a ... </p>
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<p><i><span lang="ES">Nota: Después de la experiencia de Sojourner Benedictina, una mujer puede elegir regresar a su anterior forma de vida, llevando consigo todo lo nuevo que ha aprendido, o ella puede optar por iniciar un proceso de discernimiento con nuestra comunidad para ver si ha sido llamada a la vida en comunidad. Paz ha expresado el deseo de iniciar este proceso de discernimiento con las hermanas. Ella ha decidido compartir sus pensamientos acerca de esta transición en este blog. Es importante para una mujer en discernimiento tener la libertad para escuchar el llamado de Dios en su vida. Los invitamos a apoyar a Paz, orando por ella y por nuestra comunidad mientras discernimos, además de abstenerse de presionar la con preguntas.</span></i></p>
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<p><a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/discerning-a-future-new-life/img_4364-cr/" rel="attachment wp-att-20984"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-20984" src="https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4364-cr.jpg" alt="Sisters Joanne and Mary David, Paz and Sister Lynne gathered for conversation around the table." width="400" height="163" srcset="https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4364-cr.jpg 432w, https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4364-cr-300x122.jpg 300w, https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4364-cr-100x41.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a>Todo empezó cuando envié un correo electrónico a la hermana Lynne, pidiendo ser considerada para el programa Sojourner Benedictina en diciembre de 2014. Lo hice después de muchos meses de discernir, si realmente quiero cambiar la ruta de mi vida de una manera tan radical o no. No quiero cometer errores o cambiar de opinión en el último momento, quiero estar segura. Durante este tiempo discerniendo, le pedí consejo a Bill Kerley mi director espiritual. Y los dos estuvimos de acuerdo en que tenía que intentarlo. Esta idea no se me ocurrió de repente un día, lo cual significa que todo empezó realmente mucho antes. Toda mi vida me sentí atraída por la vida espiritual, pero nunca tuve el coraje de intentarlo. Yo sabía que después de seis meses viviendo en el monasterio sabría a ciencia cierta si esta forma de vida es para mí o no. Pero primero tenía que estar allí, para probarlo, para conocer la comunidad y dejar que Dios hable a mi corazón.</p>
<p>Un fin de semana en abril del 2005 visité el monasterio para el retiro Explorando una Comunidad Benedictina. Me enamoré de la gente y el lugar. No podía creer que todo esto fuera real. Más tarde, recibí una invitación para un retiro de dos semanas. Tratando de mantener un punto de vista escéptico, pensé que después de dos semanas en el monasterio podía ver mejor y saber si todo esto no era más que una ilusión. Y no lo era, con mi siguiente visita en julio me enamore aún más del lugar, la oración y el ritmo de vida en el monasterio.</p>
<p>Cuando hablé con mi director espiritual acerca de venir al monasterio, Él pensó que seis meses es un gran compromiso, y estaba orgulloso de mi decisión. Y yo pensaba que seis meses no es la gran cosa, porque en mi interior yo sabía que durante estos seis meses realizaría el real espiritual discernimiento que me trajo aquí en primer lugar. Al principio esta idea me asustó mucho. ¿Cómo podría yo atreverme a pensar así? Esto es algo grande. ¡Debo estar loca! ¿Soy lo suficientemente valiente o loca como para cambiar mi vida actual, de científica a religiosa?</p>
<p>Creo que soy valiente. La parte difícil ya está sucediendo, me estoy alejando de mi familia y amigos. Estoy experimentando una forma diferente de interactuar con ellos. Llevo cinco meses viviendo en el monasterio y durante este tiempo no añoro mi vida pasada, por decirlo así. Pero echo de menos mucho, hablar con mi hermano Gerardo. Todos los días entre semana, hablábamos por teléfono por alrededor de una hora. Me llamó (y me sigue llamando) todos los días durante los seis años que viví en Houston, y esto me anclo a la vida. Ahora, en el monasterio no puedo tomar sus llamadas la mayoría de las veces, y eso me parte el corazón.</p>
<p>Sin embargo, yo no me veo en el futuro viviendo fuera del monasterio. En Navidad cuando visite a mi familia en Los Ángeles, yo sabía que esto será mi prueba de fuego, ¿podría realmente vivir la mayor parte de mi vida lejos de mi familia? Se me hizo muy triste pensar que no voy a ver a mi sobrina y sobrinos crecen. Cuando salí de México mi sobrina Fátima y yo éramos muy unidas y siento que algo se rompió y que ya no es lo mismo ahora. Me temo que lo mismo pasará ahora con la relación que tengo con Alejandra y Gerardo Jr. mi sobrina y sobrino más pequeños.</p>
<p>Entonces me cuestiono si es posible tener más de una familia. ¿Podré ser capaz de lidiar con el corazón dividido en dos? Ciertamente que es posible, ya que muchos sacerdotes y monjas en todo el mundo lo han podido hacer y lo siguen haciendo. Creo que Dios me puso en esta situación tan complicada, y estoy orando para tener el valor de seguir mi vocación. Además creo que estoy haciendo mi parte, así que voy a pedir: &#8220;Dios ahora te toca a ti hacer la tuya.&#8221; Por esta razón, estoy pensando en ampliar mi estancia en el monasterio. Y pido a todos ustedes por sus oraciones, y agradezco a las hermanas por aceptar ayudarme en este tiempo de discernimiento.</p>
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<p>Leer más de Paz en su serie del blog, <em><a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/category/living-in-community/pequenas-notas-de-un-viaje-de-pradera/">Pequeñas notas de un viaje a la pradera</a></em>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynne Smith, OSB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sister Joanne will be quick to tell you that Benedictine spirituality does not exist in the abstract. It only comes alive as people embody it. It is learned and passed on person to person through relationships. Having lived this life for over sixty years, Joanne embodies the Benedictine values of the monastery in her unique way. Joanne is passionate about passing on the Benedictine way of life to everyone with whom she comes into contact. You have probably experienced the values of hospitality, respect, simplicity and beauty through Joanne. She embodies Benedictine values in the way she greets guests, in ... </p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sister Joanne will be quick to tell you that Benedictine spirituality does not exist in the abstract. It only comes alive as people embody it. It is learned and passed on person to person through relationships.</p>
<div id="attachment_20532" style="width: 442px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/building-community-through-shared-benedictine-values/joanne-w-retreatant/" rel="attachment wp-att-20532"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-20532" class="size-full wp-image-20532" src="https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Joanne-w-retreatant.jpg" alt="Sister Joanne introduces retreatant to prayer books used for daily prayer" width="432" height="271" srcset="https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Joanne-w-retreatant.jpg 432w, https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Joanne-w-retreatant-300x188.jpg 300w, https://holywisdommonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Joanne-w-retreatant-100x63.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-20532" class="wp-caption-text">Sister Joanne introduces retreatant to prayer books used for daily prayer</p></div>
<p>Having lived this life for over sixty years, Joanne embodies the Benedictine values of the monastery in her unique way. Joanne is passionate about passing on the Benedictine way of life to everyone with whom she comes into contact. You have probably experienced the values of hospitality, respect, simplicity and beauty through Joanne. She embodies Benedictine values in the way she greets guests, in her formation work with our Benedictine Sojourners, Denise and Paz, in the way she decorates spaces in the monastery and through her conversations with guests, friends, coworkers, volunteers and community members.</p>
<p>Those of you who have been around the monastery for a while embody Benedictine values in your lives. Benedictine spirituality comes alive in you as you offer hospitality to guests, work for human rights, walk with ex-offenders, or care for your children.</p>
<p>One of the pillars of Benedictine life is common dialogue. The primary way we sisters pass on our mission, vision and values is face to face through conversation and dialogue. This kind of conversation happens informally before or after Sunday Assembly, at the social time during an oblate retreat, working on the prairie with Friends of Wisdom Prairie or around the dining table with retreatants. It happens more formally when we lead an oblate retreat as we will do in February or when we lead a retreat or offer input at a Sunday Assembly meeting.</p>
<p>This year, we are beginning a new initiative to be intentional about providing formation in Benedictine values for the communities and people associated with the monastery. The question we want to address is: “How can we live more faithfully the spirit and values of the <em>Rule of Benedict</em> in our prayer and work? We seek to stimulate all of us involved at the monastery to think, speak and act with a greater awareness of the Benedictine spiritual foundation that supports what we do. This foundation is expressed in our statement of the <a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/about/mission/">mission, vision and values</a> of the monastery. Upcoming opportunities already planned include the following:</p>
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<li>Lenten Lunches, Wednesdays, February 17 – March 16, 2016, will be an exploration of forgiveness in the context of relationships informed by Benedictine values. Forgiveness is God’s gift to us, yet we often find it difficult to forgive ourselves and to extend God’s forgiveness to others. Coming to forgiveness is a transformative process arrived at over time. Benedict’s call for stability, respect for others, conversion of life and humility can help us in building relationships and coming to forgiveness and a Christ-consciousness in our lives. Oblate Claudia Greco and I will offer input, discussion and interactive experiences at the lunches. This is an opportunity to explore Benedictine values.</li>
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<li>Mike Crawford from Sunday Assembly is coordinating a Wisdom Read for families in Sunday Assembly. He and the people working with him hope it will spark conversations between parents and children around the value of hospitality.</li>
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<li>At the Sunday Assembly meeting on February 21, 2016 we will hold a brief conversation on hospitality. The Sunday Assembly new member orientation committee will also propose opportunities for conversation around Benedictine values during Lent.</li>
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<li>Oblate Carole Kretschman and I are working on a program related to Benedictine values to be offered later this spring for Sunday Assembly members and others.</li>
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<p>People at the monastery often express the desire for input from the sisters. Joanne, Mary David and I will lead the February oblate retreat on the theme: “A Call to Justice: Benedictine Perspectives on Listening, Right Relationships, and Public Witness.” Rosy and I share insights and reflections on living this Benedictine life in our monthly blog posts, <a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/category/living-in-community/letters-home-living-in-community/"><em>Letters Home</em></a> and <a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/category/living-in-community/building-community/"><em>Building Community</em></a>.</p>
<p>I feel excited and energized to be working with so many of you who are living the Benedictine values in your unique ways. I look forward to many rich conversations over the course of the winter and spring. I hope you will enter the dialogue.</p>
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<p>Follow this link to read additional blog posts from Lynne in the series titled <a href="https://holywisdommonastery.org/category/living-in-community/building-community/"><em>Building Community</em></a>.</p>
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