Blog de la Hna. Teresa Forcades

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Estimada, querido

Paz y Bien

Quisiera que esta página te fuera útil y en ella encuentres sin tropiezos la información que deseas, te pido de entrada disculpas si tu deseo es comunicarte conmigo y después de llenar y enviar el mensaje de contacto te llega un correo que dice "buzón lleno", si esto ocurre, piensa que no es mala voluntad sino que realmente no doy abasto a responder todos los correos.

Dicho esto, mi deseo y mi oración tanto para ti, visitante desconocido, como para mí misma, es que, como dice san Benito, seamos siempre conscientes de la presencia de Dios en nuestra vida (regla de san Benito, capítulo 7, primer grado de humildad). Dios está con nosotros, no para controlarnos, ni para juzgarnos, ni para condenarnos, Dios está con nosotros porque le gusta estar con nosotros y que le tengamos en cuenta, le gusta que le hagamos caso, nos damos cuenta de su amor y de su fidelidad para con nosotros. Dios busca nuestra reciprocidad libre y amorosa.

Dios nos conoce y confía en cada uno de nosotros. Cree que todos sin excepción tenemos la capacidad de ser en nuestro mundo testigos del Amor y la Libertad que nos vienen de El. Trabajar desde la propia vulnerabilidad por la justicia social no es cosa fácil, pero su ayuda para esta tarea no nos fallará nunca.

Hna. Teresa
Monasterio de Sant Benet de Montserrat

M. Dolors Gaja, M.N., Vivir en Nazaret

Link a Vivir en Nazaret

Hno. Joan Josep Tamburini, El Rincón de Anacoreta

Link al Rincón del Anacoreta

Hermano de La Salle. Enfermero en el Casal Sant Gervasi en Barcelona.

Sister Joan Chittister, Benetvision: A point of view with the future in mind

Link a Benetvision

Sister Edith, Monastic Musings Too

Link to Monastic Musings Too

About Sister Edith

I’m a Benedictine sister, a member of St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota. I came to the monastery nearly 15 years ago, and have lived here ever since. In addition to our regular rhythm of prayer and work, I serve as the monastery’s Director of Oblates (lay women and men who apply the Rule of St Benedict to their every day lives), and as a Councilor with the Federation of St. Benedict.

Most of my time goes to teaching sociology: of families, health and illness, religion, social issues and social change, the death penalty, conspicuous consumption, the environment. I am enthusiastic about statistics (yes, I inherited a nerdy streak from my father), and teach it every semester. I sometimes have the privilege of teaching students in our Honors Program. I’m spending all of Fall 2013 developing new courses to teach statistics through graphic design — beginning with infographics. I’m looking forward to it.

Being a Benedictine and a sociologist is a wonderful combination. Sociology gives me tools for observing the modern world as it actually is — warts and wonders — and concepts for understanding how it changes.  My faith and the monastic tradition give me hope and vision for a better world, and guidance in what I can do to help bring it into being.

In my pre-monastery life, I was a statistical and research consultant, a teacher of  English and American historical dance (aka country dance), a graduate student, and an oncology social worker. I held leadership roles in small non-profit traditional music and dance organizations, and at my student parish.

Hobbies. I have always been an avid reader and, since the first day I heard it in 1971, a National Public Radio fan – probably because of I’m just as “full of ‘satiable curiosity” as the Elephant’s Child in my favorite Rudyard Kipling children’s story.

In the last few years, I’ve taken up a few new hobbies: digital photography, graphic design, the open data movement, data visualization – and blogging.

Blogging. I started the first edition of Monastic Musings in 2004 after hearing two friends discuss blogging. When Google summarily closed my first blog because of a malware infestation, I mourned for one day – and decided to start again. I write about whatever interests me. In May of 2013, my posting on statistical and research topics moved to DataTalks while all the rest remain here.

I hope you enjoy your visit to Monastic Musings Too.

Peace,

Sister Edith