[Magdalen] Margaret Guenther

[Judy Fleener]

I attended two retreats led by Margaret Guenther.  One was at DeKoven, the
other was an OJN affiliates' retreat.  She was an abolurly luminous
presence.

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> My experience is similar. I was first introduced to her by my spiritual
> director who handed me Holy Listening to read. I thought is a special book
> with much to offer about creating the environment for spiritual direction.
>
> Years after that, she came at my request to do a conference for us at
> Redeemer. Her manner was truly a nonanxious presence. She stayed at a
> hotel, but took meals with my husband and I. We enjoyed her very much.
> Interesting to me, she commented to me that she had changed much since
> writing Holy Listening and now took much more of an anam cara approach to
> direction.
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> I will miss her wisdom.....
>
> Marilyn
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:00 AM Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > We had the pleasure of having her for an evening forum. It was an
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> > especially nasty, rainy day, and I  volunteered to pick her up at St
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> > Columba's and bring her to Holy Comforter, then return her to her
> apartment
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> > near her church. What a fabulous woman!
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> > Eleanor
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> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:50 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
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> > wrote:
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> > > Thanks to those of you who sent additional information. I only met her
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> > > once, when she did a Fall Clergy Retreat for us in Virginia. What a
> > lovely,
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> > > holy presence she was.
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> > --
> Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan