[Magdalen] Margaret Guenther

[Eleanor Braun]

And the date of her service has been set at St. Columba's:

A Celebration of the Life of Margaret Guenther will be held at St.
Columba’s on Wed., Dec. 28 at 2 pm, with a reception to follow in the Great
Hall.

http://www.columba.org/index.php/2011/news/the_rev._margaret_guenther

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Michael Canning <mjbcanning at gmail.com>
wrote:

> http://news.gts.edu/2016/12/in-memoriam-margaret-a-guenther-83/
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> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 2:12 PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > 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!!!!
> >
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> > Marion, a pilgrim    ... today my sail I lift ....
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> > On 12/13/2016 2:44 PM, Judy Fleener wrote:
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> > > I attended two retreats led by Margaret Guenther.  One was at DeKoven,
> > the
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> > > other was an OJN affiliates' retreat.  She was an abolurly luminous
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> > > presence.
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> > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com
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> >
> > > wrote:
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> > >
> >
> > >> 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.....
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> > >>
> >
> > >> Marilyn
> >
> > >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:00 AM Eleanor Braun <
> eleanor.braun at gmail.com
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> >
> > >> wrote:
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> > >>
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> > >>> We had the pleasure of having her for an evening forum. It was an
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> > >>>
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> > >>> 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
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> > >>> near her church. What a fabulous woman!
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> > >>>
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> > >>>
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> > >>>
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> > >>> Eleanor
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> > >>>
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> > >>>
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> > >>>
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> > >>>
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> > >>>
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> > >>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:50 AM Grace Cangialosi <
> gracecan at gmail.com>
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> > >>>
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> > >>> wrote:
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> > >>>
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> > >>>
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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,
> >
> > >>>
> >
> > >>>> holy presence she was.
> >
> > >>> --
> >
> > >> Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
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> > >>
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