STILL FULL OF SAP, STILL GREEN: A Spirituality of Aging

This retreat will be inspired by many writers’ reflections on spirituality for the “second half” of life, writers including Sister Joan Chittister (The Gift of Years) and Parker Palmer (On the Brink of Everything). Creative living within the season of wisdom, greater and ongoing maturation, and positive transformation of the inner life will be some of the meditations for a full life in the Spirit. Experiencing limitations during one’s aging process will be explored as opportunities for transcendence and spiritual fecundity that could not be profoundly realized in earlier seasons of growth.

Presenter: HON. MARY FINGAL SCHULTE (RET.) has been an Oblate of Saint Andrew’s Abbey for 16 years. She has a B.A.  in history, with a minor in French, and a J.D. (law degree).  She has served as Chairperson of the Ecumenical and Inter-religious Commission for the Diocese of Orange from 1999-2005.  She loves proclaiming the word of God and has been a lector in her parish for over 25 years.  In addition to her Benedictine spirituality, she participates in a Christian Life Community (CLC) with fellow legal professionals who completed the 19th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.  She has been a retreat presenter at Valyermo with Fr. Francis Benedict.  She is co-coordinator of the Orange County oblate group, and one of four oblate mentors for the Orange County area.  She loves to write, and four of her articles have been published in the Abbey Chronicle.  She is developing a blog called Ordinary Days with Mary, to share her photography, spiritual writings, musings, and her passion for baking.

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