Diffusions: St. Gertrude of Helfta: Companion for the Millennium
With Dr. Samantha L. Miller
February 4, 2026
Join us in reading about St. Gertrude of Helfta, 13-th-century mystic and namesake of St. Gertrude’s Monastery, in Gertrude of Helfta: Companion for the Millennium by Sr. Evangela Bossert. Each chapter is a description of part of Gertrude’s story, a description of one of her visions, and then a meditation on these for our lives. Beginning with the introduction, we are progressing chapter-by-chapter through the book. Each session is facilitated to stand alone but the greatest benefit will come through participating in each session. Reading the chapter in advance will prime participants for the day’s discussion.
This session will reflect upon the introduction.
Note: Copies of Gertrude of Helfta: Companion for the Millennium by Sr. Evangela Bossert can be purchased through Amazon.
Leader
Samantha L. Miller, (Ph.D., Marquette University) is an assistant professor of theology at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. Her most recent books are John Chrysostom and African Charismatic Theology in Conversation: Salvation, Deliverance, and the Prosperity Gospel (Lexington Press) and Chrysostom’s Devil: Demons, the Will, and Virtue in Patristic Soteriology (IVP Academic). Her research interests are early church history and spirituality, and her human interests are canoeing, hiking, and everything outdoors.
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