Interfaith Lunch: Contemplative Life, Monasticism, and Interspiritual Communities

by Office of Community and Belonging

Gatherings & Meetings Be Well Community Diversity & Inclusion Religious & Spiritual

Wed, Mar 2, 2022

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM EST (GMT-5)

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Community Center, Great Room

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Katie Gordon will share insights from her time living in a monastery over the last few years, in the midst of pandemic and beyond, and what the contemplative monastic tradition has to teach us all today. Katie is also currently co-creating an interspiritual community with Nuns & Nones grounded in shared contemplative practice, and will share what monasticism has to offer people of any spiritual background.

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Katie Gordon

Katie Gordon is a seeker committed to spiritual growth, monastic renewal, and interspiritual community. She is co-founder of Nuns & Nones, an alliance of Catholic sisters, spiritually diverse seekers, and other religious elders whose mission is to create communities of care and contemplation that incite courageous action. Katie is also a staff member of Monasteries of the Heart, an online monastery of over 20,000 members that translates Benedictine wisdom for contemporary seekers. She is also currently coordinating the Formation Project, a year-long spiritual formation structure for seekers of many stripes to deepen in their own traditions and practices. Katie lives in Erie, PA with the Benedictine Sisters in a small intentional community called the Pax Priory, a site of monastic tradition and experimentation.

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