Joan Chittister
Encyclopedia
Sister Joan D. Chittister, O.S.B., (born April 26, 1936) is a Benedictine
nun, author and speaker.
She is a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania
, where she served as prior
ess for 12 years. Sister Chittister writes a web column for the National Catholic Reporter
, "From Where I Stand". Sister Chittister holds a Master's Degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in speech communication theory from Penn State University.
She writes and speaks on women in the church and society, human rights,and peace and justice in the areas of war and poverty and religious life and spirituality. She is the foundress of "Benetvision".
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
nun, author and speaker.
She is a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...
, where she served as prior
Prior
Prior is an ecclesiastical title, derived from the Latin adjective for 'earlier, first', with several notable uses.-Monastic superiors:A Prior is a monastic superior, usually lower in rank than an Abbot. In the Rule of St...
ess for 12 years. Sister Chittister writes a web column for the National Catholic Reporter
National Catholic Reporter
The National Catholic Reporter is the second largest Catholic newspaper in the United States; its circulation reaches ninety-seven countries on six continents. Based in midtown Kansas City, Missouri, NCR was founded by Robert Hoyt in 1964 as an independent newspaper focusing on the Catholic Church...
, "From Where I Stand". Sister Chittister holds a Master's Degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in speech communication theory from Penn State University.
She writes and speaks on women in the church and society, human rights,and peace and justice in the areas of war and poverty and religious life and spirituality. She is the foundress of "Benetvision".
Publications
She has authored various books including: The Gift of Years; The Liturgical Year, which won a 2010 Christian Retailers Choice Award in 2010; Welcome to the Wisdom of the World; In Search of Belief; Called to Question; The Friendship of Women: The Hidden Tradition of the Bible; The Breath of the Soul; and Uncommon Gratitude with Archbishop Rowan Williams.Recent publications
- Happiness, Eerdmans: Grand Rapids, MI. (2011)
- The Radical Christian Life, Liturgical Press: Collegeville, MN. (2011)
- Songs of the Heart, Twenty-Third Publications: Mystic, CT (2011)
- The Monastery of the Heart, BlueBridge Publishers: New York, NY (2011)
- God's Tender Mercy, Twenty-Third Publications: Mystic, CT. (2010) #2-September 2010, Bestsellers-hardcover: Catholic Book Publishers Assoc.
- The Rule of Benedict: a spirituality for the 21st century, revised edition, Crossroad Publications (2010).
- Uncommon Gratitude, Liturgical Press: Collegeville, MN. (2010).
- The Breath of the Soul, Twenty-Third Publications: Mystic, CT. (2009).
- Joan Chittister: In My Own Words, Liguori Publications: Liguori, MO. (2008).
- The Gift of Years, BlueBridge Publishers:New York, NY. (2008); Catholic Press Association Award Winner 2009. Also available as an audio book.
- Welcome to the Wisdom of the World, Eerdmans:Grand Rapids, MI. (2007).