She served as president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious , an organization of the leaders of Catholic religious women in the US, president of the Conference of American Benedictine Prioresses, and was prioress of the. Benedictine Sisters of Erie for 12 years.
She received her doctorate in speech communications from Penn State University, the primary site of her archive collection. She is executive director of Benetvision , a resource and research center for contemporary spirituality and the founder and animator of Monasteries of the Heart , an online community sharing Benedictine spirituality with contemporary seekers.
Life must be lived forward but we can only understand it backwards An archive exposes the lighthouse and the hermit cave where old ideas are kept and new ideas can begin. Joan D. Chittister Archive collaboration includes Penn State. Archive opens in honor of Sister Joan D. An annual Joan Chittister lecture series is also hosted by Mercyhurst University.
Maria Shriver joined Joan Chittister for the presentation. Joan Chittister currently serves as co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, a partner organization of the UN, facilitating a worldwide network of women peace builders, particularly in Israel and Palestine.
She served as president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, an organization of the leaders of Catholic religious women in the US, president of the Conference of American Benedictine Prioresses, and was prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie for 12 years.
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