Diffusions – Benedict for Everyone
With Sr. Teresa Jackson, OSB
March 1 - April 5, 2025
Benedict for Everyone: Reading the Rule of Benedict in the Modern World
In this class, we will explore how people who do not belong to monasteries can read the Rule of Benedict and apply it to their life in the “world.” Benedict’s “rule” is a guidebook for seeking a life centered on God and is easily adaptable to modern people. Together we will learn how to understand and apply Benedict’s transformative wisdom in our lives.
The class will meet once a week for 1 1/2 hours. It will be challenging and interactive with discussion, practice and homework. Each session will build on the previous one. Previous experience with the Rule is helpful but not necessary.
OUTLINE:
March 1st: Rule of St. Benedict: a guidebook for your spiritual journey
March 8th: Steps for the journey, steps for reading
March 15th: Daily Life for everyday monastics
March 22nd: Commitment and change
March 29th: Practices, structures and support on the way
April 5th: Lectio and the goal of the journey
NOTE: The sessions will be recorded and will be available later only for those who are registered.
Diffusions offers online programs to further opportunities for prayer, learning, community, and spiritual growth from a Benedictine perspective. We look forward to bringing Wisdom from the Center to you, wherever you are.
Leader
Sister Teresa was elected prioress of the monastic community at the Monastery of St. Gertrude in November 2023. She made her first monastic profession in 2000 and began working in retreat ministry. As part of an outreach program, she traveled across Idaho, Washington, and Oregon facilitating retreats as well as organizing meaningful experiences for often overlooked groups – parish secretaries and women pastors, for example – at the monastery. In 2007-8, Sister Teresa earned her Certificate in Monastic Studies from St. John’s University in Minnesota. She previously served as co-coordinator of the monastery’s oblate community and co-director of the Oblates…
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