[Magdalen] Margaret Guenther

[Marion Thompson]

A good 15 years ago as part of a course I saw a video of a talk she gave 
at St. John's, York Mills, here in Toronto.  She was beyond warm and 
wonderful, her words memorable.  Thank heaven I was taking notes!!!!

Marion, a pilgrim    ... today my sail I lift ....


On 12/13/2016 2:44 PM, Judy Fleener wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> I will miss her wisdom.....
>>
>> Marilyn
>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:00 AM Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We had the pleasure of having her for an evening forum. It was an
>>>
>>> especially nasty, rainy day, and I  volunteered to pick her up at St
>>>
>>> Columba's and bring her to Holy Comforter, then return her to her
>> apartment
>>> near her church. What a fabulous woman!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Eleanor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:50 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks to those of you who sent additional information. I only met her
>>>> once, when she did a Fall Clergy Retreat for us in Virginia. What a
>>> lovely,
>>>
>>>> holy presence she was.
>>> --
>> Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
>>
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