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Curriculum Vitae

Wendy M. Wright, Ph.D. Department of Theology

Creighton University 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE, 68178

(402) 280-2611 FAX (402) 2502

wmwright@creighton.edu

Degrees Earned BA, 1972, California State University at Los Angeles (History with Highest Honors) MA, 1976, University of California at Santa Barbara (Religious Studies) PhD, 1983, University of California at Santa Barbara

(Late Medieval/Early Modern Contemplative Studies from Program in Interdisciplinary Studies)

Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from De Sales University, PA: 2000 Specialized Training Programs Certification in Spiritual Direction and the Nineteenth Annotation Retreat, Creighton University Graduate Program in Christian Spirituality: 1992. Professional Employment University of California at Santa Barbara, Department of Religious Studies

Teaching Assistant, 1976, 1978-79 Associate Faculty, 1980-81 Lecturer, Spring, 1983.

Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, MA

Visiting Assistant Professor of Church History, 1985-87. University of Nebraska at Omaha,

Visiting Professor of Religion, 1988-89. Creighton University, Department of Theology Visiting Professor of Theology, 1989-90 Assistant Professor of Theology, 1990-1993 Associate Professor of Theology, 1994-1998 Professor of Theology 1998-present Director, Center for the Study of Catholicism at Creighton, 1999-2003 John C. Kenefick Faculty Chair in the Humanities, Creighton, 2002 - 2015.

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Other Graduate and Professional School Teaching and Thesis Advising: Maryknoll Novitiate, Cambridge, MA; Emanuel College, Boston, MA; United Methodist Academy for Spiritual Formation National Faculty; Creighton University Graduate Program in Christian Spirituality; Seattle University, Institute for Theological Studies (SUMORE), School for Theology and Ministry, Graduate Ministry Program; Shalom Ecumenical Center for Graduate Theological Education Augustana Lutheran College, South Dakota; Reflect Institute (Evangelical Lutheran Church), Kansas City Center; Chestnut Hill Holistic Spirituality Program, Philadelphia, PA; St. Bernard’s Institute, Rochester, N.Y., Graduate Theology Program; Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA Summer Graduate Theology Institute; San Francisco Theological Seminary; International Academy for Marital Spirituality, Brussels, Belgium; Saint Michaels’ College, Vermont; Graduate Theology Program; Catholic Theological Union Summer Institute, Chicago; Boston College School of Theology and Ministry; Institute for Contemporary, Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio. Consulting and Professional Services Editorial Board, Studia Mystica, 1985-2001. Consultant, Lay Spirituality Project, National Association of Lay Ministry: 1986-89. Editorial Board, Review for Religious: 1989-1993. Editorial Board, Companions: 1992-1995. Editorial Board, SPIRTUS: Journal of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality: 1995-present. Editorial Board, Conversations: 1996-1999. Leadership and Design Team: “Program in Congregational Spirituality” sponsored by the Lilly Foundation and Auburn and Princeton Seminaries: 1997-1999. Advisory Board, Lilly sponsored Youth Spirituality Program, San Francisco Theological Seminary: 1997-2000. Advisory Board, National Academy for Spiritual Formation, Board of Discipleship, United Methodist Church: 2000-2013.

Subcommittee, Revision of Worshipbook for the Academy: 2006. Subcommittee: A River Deep and Wide International Conference: 2008-2009.

Editorial Board, Journal of Religion and Society: 1998-present.

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Overseas Editorial Correspondent: The Way: a Review of Christian Spirituality, 2002- present. Editorial Review Panel: Presence: the Journal of Spiritual Directors International, 2005 -present Advisory Board, Creighton University Press, 2007-2008. Editorial Advisory, Liturgical Press (Collegeville, MN), 2009-2011. Board of Directors: De Sales Resources and Ministries, Inc., Stella Niagara NY.

2008-present Editorial Board, Family and Community Ministries: Resources for Christian Leadership: 2010-2013. Professional Organizations Society for Values in Higher Education: 1983-present. American Academy of Religion: 1983-present.

American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting Program Co-chair (Christian Spirituality Group), 2003-2009.

Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality: 1992-present.

Vice-President-President Elect: 1996-97. President: 1997-98. Governing Board member: 2003-2009. Search Committee for Editor of Spiritus 2013-14

Spiritual Directors International: 1992-present. Society for the Study of Early Modern Women: 1999-present. Society for the Study of Early Modern Catholicism: 2002-2008. Faculty Associate, Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society, Creighton

University: 2005 - present. Catholic Theological Society of America: 2008-present.

Co-chair, Interest Group: “Mary in Global and Contemporary Perspective” 2010-2013. Co-Chair Spirituality Session, 2014-present

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Fellowships, Grants and Honors BA with Highest Honors, California State University, Los Angeles, 1972 Regents Fellowships, University of California, 1975-76; 1978-79; 1979-80 Woodrow Wilson Women’s Studies Research Grant, 1981 Graduate Humanities Research Grant, University of California, 1981 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, 1981-82 Nebraska Arts Council Special Program Grant for composition and performance of “Songs of the Women” at Creighton University Christology Symposium, 1992 Creighton College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, February, 1996 William Kelly S.J. Achievement Award for Outstanding Mission Contribution (Catholic Imagination Project), Creighton University, 1998 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Allentown College of Francis de Sales, 2000 Nebraska Humanities Council Mini Grant for Saints Alive! Symposium, Creighton University, 2002 Honorable Mention at 2002 Catholic Press Association Book Awards, for Sacred Heart: Gateway to God Faculty Summer Fellowship Grant, Creighton University, for editing The Essential Writings of Caryll Houselander, Summer 2004 Faculty Associate Research Grant from Kripke Center for Study of Religion and Society, “Marian Devotion in Los Angeles as a Microcosm of the Multicultural Church,” Summer, 2005. 2012 Catholic Press Association Awards: Third Place Best Feature Article – Scholarly Magazines. “Scripting the Saints: Reflections by Four Distinguished Authors.” With L. Cunningham, R. Ellsberg, J. Martin, SJ. PUBLICATIONS Books Silent Fire: An Invitation to Western Mysticism. With Walter H. Capps. New York: Harper and Row, 1978. Bond of Perfection: Jeanne de Chantal and François de Sales. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist

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Press, 1985. Enhanced edition: Stella Niagara New York: De Sales Resource Center, 2001. Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal: Letters of Spiritual Direction. Classics of Western Spirituality Series. With Joseph F. Power and Péronne-Marie Thibert. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1988. Korean edition, Seoul: Don Bosco Media, 2001 Sacred Dwelling: A Spirituality of Family Life. NY: Crossroads, 1989. Revised edition, Leavenworth, KS: Forest of Peace Books, 1994. U.K. new revised edition, London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2007/ U.S. new revised edition, Boston: Pauline Books, 2007. The Vigil: Keeping Watch in the Season of Christ’s Coming. Nashville: Upper Room, 1992. United Kingdom Edition: London: Darton, Longman Todd, 2003. Francis de Sales: Introduction to the Devout Life and Treatise on the Love of God. Spiritual Legacy Series. NY: Crossroad, 1993. Revised Edition, Stella Niagara, NY: De Sales Resource Center, 2005. The Rising: Living the Mysteries of Lent, Easter and Pentecost. Nashville: Upper Room, 1994. United Kingdom edition, London: Darton, Longman, Todd, 2005. Excerpted in Forgiveness: Perspectives on Making Peace with your Past. Ed. Amy Lyles Wilson. Nashville: Fresh Air Books, 2008: 31-37. A Retreat With: Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantal and Aelred of Rievaulx: Befriending Each Other in God. Cincinnati: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1996. The Time Between: The Cycles and Rhythms of Ordinary Time. Nashville: Upper Room, 1999. Sacred Heart: Gateway to God. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2001. United Kingdom Edition, London: Darton, Longman, Todd, 2002. Seasons of a Family’s Life: Cultivating a Contemplative Spirit at Home. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2003. Heart Speaks to Heart: the Salesian Tradition. Christian Spiritual Traditions Series. London: Darton, Longman, Todd, 2004. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004. Caryll Houselander: Essential Writings. Modern Spiritual Masters Series. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2005.

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The Essential Spirituality Handbook. Liguori, MO: Liguori Publications, 2009. The Lady of the Angels and Her City: A Marian Pilgrimage. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2013. Sacred Dwelling: Discovering and Living Your Family Spirituality. New London, CT: Twenty Third Publications, 2015. (New substantially revised edition). Academic Theology: Articles in Books, Refereed Journals, Monographs, Published Lectures “The Contemplative Mode.” With Walter H. Capps. Studia Mystica I:1 (Spring 1978). “The Feminine Dimension of Contemplation.” Studia Mystica III: 4 (Winter 1980).

Reprinted in The Feminist Mystic. Ed. Mary Giles. NY: Crossroads, 1982. “François de Sales: Gentleness and Civility.” Roots of the Modern Christian Tradition.

The Spirituality of Western Christendom II. Ed. Roseann EIder, 124-144. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Pub., 1984.

“The Two Faces of Christ: Jeanne de Chantal” Medieval Religious Women.

Vol. II: Peaceweavers. Eds. Lillian Shank and John Nichols, 353-364. Kalamazoo, Ml: Cistercian Pub., 1988.

“That Is What It Is Made For”: Image of the Heart in the Spirituality of Francis de Sales

and Jane de Chantal.” Spiritualities of the Heart. Ed. Annice Callahan, 143-158. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1990.

“Spiritual Friendship and Spiritual Direction in the Salesian World.” Editor of issue and

contributor. Studia Mystica XII: 1(Spring 1989):49-61. “Jane de Chantal’s Guidance of Women: The Community of the Visitation and Womanly

Values.” Modern Christian Spirituality: Methodological and Historical Essays. Ed. Bradley C. Hanson, 113-138. Atlanta, GA: American Academy of Religion, 1990.

“Birthing Jesus: A Salesian Understanding of the Christian Life.” Studia Mystica. XII:1

(Spring 1990): 23-44. “Hearts Have a Secret Language: The Spiritual Friendship of Francis de Sales and Jane

de Chantal.” Vincentian Heritage XI: 1 (1990): 45-58. Reprinted in Room for All: Insights for the Millennium. Ed.John Sankarathil, OSFS. Bangalore, India: Asian Trading Corporation, 2007: 129-144. .

“The Hidden Life of the Gentle Humble Jesus: The Visitation of Holy Mary as Ideal

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Women’s Community.” Vox Benedictina 7: 3 (July 1990): 281-300. “The Spiritual Classics as Spiritual Guides.” The Way. Supplement 73, (Spring 1992):

36-48. “On Reading the Life of Aloysius Gonzaga: Reflections on Saints and Saint’s Lives.” Aloysius. Eds. Clifford Stevens and William Hart McNichols, 42-67. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 1993. “The Visitation of Holy Mary: The First Years” Religious Orders of the Catholic Reformation; in Honor of John C. Olin on His Seventy Fifth Birthday. Ed. Richard L. DeMolen, 21 7-252. New York: Fordham University Press, 1994. “La Douceur Maternelle dans la direction spirituelle de Jeanne de Chantal.’ L’Unidivers Salésien: Saint François de Sales hier et aujourd’hui. Textes réunis par Hélène Bordes et Jacques Hennequin: 307-319. Paris: Université de Metz, 1994. “Woman-Body, Man-Body: Knowing God.” The Way 36:2 (April 1995): 133-143.

Reprinted in Women’s Spirituality: Resources for Christian Development. Ed. Joann Wolski Conn, 83-95. New York: Paulist Press, 1996.

“Leaven in the Loaf: Salesian Perspectives on Collaboration.” DeSales Reflections 1 (Jan. 1995): 2-10. Washington D.C.: DeSales School of Theology. “The Salesian and Berullian Spiritual Traditions.” Alive for God Now: Proceedings of the Conference Exploring Contemporary Influences from the French School of Spirituality, 157-67. Buffalo, NY: St. John Eudes Center, 1995. “Reading Clare of Assisi in a Dodge Minivan at Curbside on a Grade school Soccer Carpool Route.” Clare Centenary Series, VIII, Clare of Assisi: a Medieval and Modern Woman: 219-38. Ed. lngrid Peterson, O.S.F. St. Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Press, 1996. “Salesian Spiritualty and the Art of Spiritual Direction” Studies in Spirituality 6. (1996):

194-219. “Teaching the Whole Person: Faith 101.” Conversations, 11 (Spring 1 997): 37-38. “Babette’s Feast: A Religious Film.” Journal of Religion and Film. 1:2 (Fall 1997).

www.unomaha.edu/~wwwjrf/ “Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantal and the Ministry of Love.” Professor R. Wayne Kraft Endowed Memorial Patron’s Day Lecture, Allentown College of Francis de Sales,

Monograph: February, 1997. Reprinted in Room for All: Insights for the Millennium. Ed.John Sankarathil, OSFS. Bangalore, India: Asian Trading Corporation, 2007: 81-93.

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“Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Art of Embodied Presence.” Vincentian Heritage 18:2: 249-60. “Woman, Wife, Mother, Catholic and Feminist: A Contemporary American View.” The Way Supplement. (1998/93): 130-142. “Searching for God’s Will Together.” The Exercise of the Primacy: Continuing the Dialogue. Eds. Phyllis Zagano and Terrence W. Tilley. New York: Crossroad Publishing, 1998: 89-106. “The Ignatian -Salesian Imagination and Familied Life.” The Holy Family in Art and Devotion. Ed. Joseph F. Chorpenning, OSFS. Philadelphia: St. Joseph’s University Press, 1998: 104 - 09. “Living Contemplatively.” The Merton Annual: Studies in Culture, Spirituality and Social Concerns 10(1977): 59-75. “A Wide and Fleshy Love: Images, Imagination and the Study of Christian Spirituality.”

Christian Spirituality Bulletin: Journal of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality 7:1 (Spring 1999):1-12.

“The Charism of Parenting.” Retrieving Charisms for the Twenty-first Century. Ed. Doris Donnelly. Proceedings of the Charisms for the Twenty-first Century Symposium. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1999: 85-102. “The Song of Soloman: The Lover and the Beloved.”In The Spiritual Formation Bible. Zondervan Publishing, 1999: 879-888. “Jeanne de Chantal and the Martyrdom of Love: An Exploration of a Theme.” Salesian Insights. Ed. William C. Marceau, CSB. Bangalore, India: SF5. Publications,1999: 13-28. “Hearts Human and Divine: Women’s Sacred Place.” Studia Mystica X)( (1999): 43-55. “Inside My Body Is the Body of God: Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Tradition of Embodied Mysticism.” The Mystical Gesture: Essays on Medieval and Early

Modern Spiritual Culture in Honor of Mary E. Giles. Ed. Robert Boenig. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000: 185-192

“Elizabeth Bailey Seton and the Art of Embodied Presence.” Vincentian Heritage XVIII: 2: 249-260. “Discerning the Choice of a Contemplative Formation Program.” The Lay

Contemplative: Testimonies, Perspectives, Resources. Eds. Mary Frolich and Ginny Mans. Cincinnati, Ohio: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1999: 89-104,

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“Visitation, Order of.” Encyclopedia of Monasticism. Ed. William Johnson, 1st edition. 2: 1335-1337. “A Sacred Sense of Place: Reflection on Being at Home on the Plains.” Practical

Theology: Perspectives from the Plains. Eds. Michael G. Lawler and Gail S. Risch. Omaha: Creighton University Press, 2000: 16- 32.

“A Wide and Fleshy Love: Images, Imagination and the Study of Christian Spirituality.” Studies in Spirituality 10 (2000): 254-274. “Margaret-Mary Alacoque” and “Madame Guyon.” Catholic Woman Writers: a

Bio- bibliographic Sourcebook. Ed. Mary R. Reichardt. Westport/London: Greenwood Press, 2001: 1-6 and 143-48. “Elizabeth Ann Seton: Acquiescence to the Divine Will.” Women Christian Mystics

Speak to Our Times. Ed. David B. Perrin, O.M.I. Ashland, Ohio: Sheed and Ward, 2001: 173-193.

“Transformed Seeing: Visual Devotional Imagery and the Shape of the Imagination The Case of the Sacred Heart.” Studia Mystica XXII (2001): 97-109. “A Salesian Pentecost: Thérèse of Lisieux, Léonie Aviat and Salesian Tradition.” Studies in Spirituality 12 (2002): 156-177. “The Practice of Spiritual Direction in Classic and Contemporary Modes.” Theoforum 33 (2002): 141-153. “Caussade, Jean Pierre,” “Direction, spiritual,” “Francis de Sales,” “Lawrence of the Resurrection,” “Sacred Heart,” “Seton, Elizabeth Ann,”

Tears, spiritual,” and “Vincent de Paul.” The Upper Room Dictionary of Spiritual Formation. Ed. Keith Beasley Topliffe. Nashville: Upper Room, 2003. “A Wide and Fleshy Love: Images, Imagination and the Study of Christian Spirituality.” Minding the Spirit: the Study of Christian Spirituality. Eds. Elizabeth A.

Dreyer and Mark S. Burrows. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004: 314-333.

“The Christian Spiritual Life and the Family.” Marriage in the Catholic Tradition: Scripture, Tradition and Experience. Eds.Todd Salzman, John O’Keefe and Thomas Kelly. NY: Crossroad Publishing, 2005: 185-192 . “Sacred Heart,” “Salesian Spirituality,” and “Marriage, Family and Spirituality.” The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. Ed. Philip Sheldrake. Philadelphia: Westminster/John Knox, 2005.

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Preface to Elizabeth Leseur: Selected Writings. Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Ed. Janet Ruffing. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2005. “Marriage as a School of Love.” United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Colloquium of Social Scientists and Theologians. www.usccb.org/laity/marriage/npim.shtml “Spirituality.” Extended essay, The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism. Eds. James J. Buckley, Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt and Trent Pomplun, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007: 389-402. “Jane de Chantal’s Testimony for the Canonization of Francis de Sales.” Human Encounter in the Salesian Tradition: Collected Essays Commemorating the 4th Centenary of the Initial Encounter of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal. Ed. Joseph Chorpenning, OSFS. Rome: International Commission for Salesian Studies, 2007: 191-208. “Classic Spiritual Traditions and Family Life.” Family Perspectives: Journal of the National Association of Family Life Ministers 24 (2), 2007. [On-line] http://www.nacflm.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=62 “Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) and the Conception of the Virgin Mary.” Marian Studies LV (2008): 135-158. “The Sacramental Texture of Family Life: a Contemporary Roman Catholic Perspective.” Religion and the Family. Eds. Ronald Simkins and Gail Risch. Omaha: Creighton University Press, 2008: 87-101. “Francis de Sales (1567-1622): Introduction to the Devout Life.” Christian Spirituality:

the Classics. Ed. Arthur Holder. London/New York: Routledge, 2009: 233-244. “Religion, Spirituality and Film.” The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film. Ed.

William Blizek. London/New York: Continuum, 2009: 198-208. “The Ambiguously Gendered Ideal of a Seventeenth Century Community of Women

Religious: the Visitation of Holy Mary.” Eds. Susan Calef and Ronald Simkins. Journal of Religion and Society, 11, supplement series 5, (2009): 103-113. Available http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2009/2009-14.html

Entries: “Discipline,”“Francis de Sales,” “Jane de Chantal,” “Roman Catholic Spirituality,” Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity. Ed. Daniel Patte. Cambridge University press, 2010. “Discovering God’s Presence in His Holy Ones: the Feasts of Mary and the Saints.” Assembly: A Journal of Liturgical Theology, 37:2 (March 2011): 18-24.

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“Scripting the Saints: Reflections by Four Distinguished Authors.” American Catholic Studies: Journal of the American Catholic Historical Society. Vol. 122:3 (Fall 2011): 60-63. Entries, “Family Life, Spirituality of,” “Francis de Sales,” Jane Frances de Chantal.” Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. Ed. Glen Scorgie. Zondervan, 2011. “Of Gods and Men (2010).” Journal of Religion and Film, 15:2 (October 2011). www.unomaha.edu/jrf/Vol15no2/God_Men.html “Seventeenth Century French Mysticism.” Major essay in The Wiley-Blackwell

Companion to Christian Mysticism. Ed. Julia A. Lamm. London: Wiley- Blackwell, 2012: 437-451. “The Introduction to the Devout Life as Spiritual Classic” in Encountering Anew the Familiar: Francis de Sales’ Introduction to the Devout Life at 400 Years. Ed. Joseph F. Chorpenning. International Commission for Salesian Studies, 2012: 23- 35. “In the Presence of Beauty and Mercy: Marian Devotion in Los Angeles” and

“Religion and the Visual: Introduction” in Ronald Simkins and Wendy M. Wright (Eds.) Journal of Religion and Society Supplement Series 8 (2012): 1-6 and 145-53. http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS?toc/SS08.html

Twelve Part Lecture CD Series, “A World of Hearts: the Salesian Spiritual Tradition” Now You Know Media, 2012. “Visual Theology: Reading the Text of One Marian Altar.” American Catholic Studies:

Journal of the American Catholic Historical Society, 124:3 (2013), 1-9. “The Virgin Mary’s Kleidoscopic Heart: From Spain to Southern California with the

Immaculate Heart Community.” Marian Studies LXII (2011): 139-154. (Published in 2014).

Forward to Heart of Hearts: Writings on the Life and Spirit of St. Francis de Sales:

a Collection of Essays by Joseph F. Power, OSFS. Edited by Daniel P. Wisniewski. Stella Niagara, NY: De Sales Resource Center, 2015.

Academic Theology: Monographs and Articles in Specialized Publications: “Jane de Chantal’s Guidance of Women. Parts I and II. Salesian Living Heritage. I: 1 (Spring 1986) and II: 1 (Spring 1987): 16-28. “Reflections on the Salesian Spirit in this Year of Mary, Queen of Peace.” Salesian

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Living Heritage. Ill: 1 (Spring 1988): 28-31. “Simplicity in the Salesian Sources.” Salesian Living Heritage. (Spring/FaIl, 1989): 4-15. “Jane de Chantal and the Martyrdom of Love.” Salesian Living Heritage. V: 1 (Spring 1990): 13-23. “Living the Already but Not Yet: the Spiritual Life of the American Catholic Family.”

Warren Lecture Series in Catholic Studies, No.25. Tulsa, OK: University of Tulsa,1993.

“Living With a Saint: Rediscovering Jane de Chantal.” Christian Spirituality Bulletin, 2:.2 (Fall 1994): 6-8. ‘Keeping Ones Distance: Presence and Absence in the History of Christian Spirituality. Christian Spirituality Bulletin. 4: 1 (summer 1996): 20-21 “Seeking God’s Will Together: Discernment in the Salesian World of Hearts.” Monograph. Keynote Address, June, 2003, Convocation of the Wilmington- Philadelphia Province of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales. “Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Relational Mystery of the Visitation of Holy Mary.” Online journal, Theological Review of the Episcopal Academy. Spring 2006. http://www.eal1785.org/eax_spirit.aspx?ptid=350&contentId=569 Refuge, Warrior and Peacemaker: Faces of Our Lady in Los Angeles. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Mission Archives Library, 2008. Mary and the Catholic Imagination: Le Point Vierge. Madeleva Lecture Series. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2010. “To Live with One Heart: Louis Brisson and the Salesian Pentecost.” International Commission for Salesian Studies Newsletter, 29 (February 2013), 1-8. “Mary and the Catholic Imagination.” Selected Lectures from the John McCarthy Lecture Series on the Catholic Church in the 21st Century. Austin TX: Saint Edwards University (2014): 5-22. Applied Theology – Articles in Pastoral Publications “Wreathed in Flesh and Warm.” Weavings. I: 3 (January 1987: 18-27. Reprinted in A Book of Christmas: Readings for Reflection During Advent and Christmas, Nashville: Upper Room, 1988: 33-42. “On the Feast of the Holy Innocents.” Covenant. (December 1986).

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“Through A Child’s Eyes: Images for Justice.” Covenant. (August/September 1987). “Reflections on Spiritual Friendship.” Weavings II: 4 (July 1987): 13-23. Reprinted in International Christian Digest, Vol. 2, no. 8 (October 1988): 21-23. “Finding God in Family Life.” Praying. (November-December 1987): 5-8. Reprinted in Rituals for Sharing Faith: A Resource for Parish Ministers. Center for Youth Ministry and Development: Don Bosco Multimedia, 1992. “In the Circle of A Mother’s Arms.” Weavings, III: 1 (January-February 1988): 14-23. “A Spirituality of Motherhood.” Praying. (May 1988): 5-7. “For All the Saints.” Weavings, III: 5 (November/December 1988): 6-18. Reprinted in The Weavings Reader Nashville: Upper Room, 1993. “Anointed with the Spirit.” The Upper Room Disciplines 1990, Nashville: Upper Room, 1990: 13-19. “Lord, When Did We See You? Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement.” Weavings, IV: 2 (March/April 1990): 7-17. “Hints, Signs and Showings: The Compassion of God.” Weavings, 3 (November/December 1990), 6-17. Reprinted in The Weavings Reader. Nashville: Upper Room, 1993. Reprinted in Compassion: Thoughts on Cultivating a Good Heart, ed. Amy Lyles Wilson. Nashville: Fresh Air Books, 2008: 59-74. “The Coming of the Prince of Peace.” Living Prayer, 23: 6 (November/December 1990): 3- 8. “Sing To the Lord a New Song.” Weavings Vl: 5, (September/October, 1991): 6-17. “Empowerment in Spiritual Direction.” Harvest, 24: 3 (Fall 1991): 16-17. “Celebrating Sacred Time in Family.” Marriage and Family 73:7 (July, 1991): 18-21. “Contemplation in Time of War.” Weavings, VII: 4 (July/August 1992): 17-27. Reprinted in Signs of the Times: Weavings Reprint Series, online publication through Upper Room Ministries. www.upperroom.org/bookstore/ “Bridges to the Ignatian Isles.” Part 1. Companions, no. 4 (Winter 1992). With Gregory I. Carlson, S.J.: 14-16. “Bridges to the Ignatian Isles.” Part 2. Companions, no. 5 (Spring 1993). With Gregory I.

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Carlson, S.J.: 25-28. “Two Faces of Joy.” Weavings, VIII: 6 (November/December 1993): 12-22. “Desert Listening.” Weavings, IX: 3 (May/June 1994): 6-16. Reprinted in Communion, Community, Commonweal: Readings for Spiritual Leadership. Ed.John S. Mogabgab. Nashville: Upper Room, 1995: 122-130. “Fools for Christ” Weavings IX: 6 (Nov/Dec 1994): 23-31. “Memories of Now.” Weavings X: 3, (May/June 1995): 6-13. “Passing Angels: the Arts of Spiritual Discernment.” Weavings X: 6, (Nov/Dec 1995): 6- 15. “Making Things New: Thoughts on Being Stripped, Naked and Clothed.” Weavings XI: 1 (Jan/Feb 1996): 6-13. “Seasons of Glad Songs: Entries from a Notebook on Scripture and Prayer.” Weavings XI: 4 (July/Aug 1996): 6-16. “Gazing Upon Easter.” The Lutheran (April 1996): 14-15. “Living Into the Image: Thoughts on Religious Imagination and the Imagery of Tradition.” Weavings XII: 1 (Jan/Feb, 1997): 6-17. “Wisdom of the Mothers.” Weavings XII: 4 (July/Aug 1997): 6-18. “The Christ of Iglesia San Omer: The Heart of the Wounded Healer.” Weavings XIII: 5 (September/October, 1998): 16-22. “Parenting Offers Unexpected Gifts.” U.S. Catholic. (April 1998): 10 - 16. Reprinted in We Believe in the Holy Spirit: a Study and Faith Sharing Guide, Saint Louis, MO: Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Saint Louis, 2003. “Resting, Reaping Times.” Weavings XIV:1 (January/February 1999): 6-14. “The Long, Lithe Limbs of Hope.” Weavings XIV, 6 (November/December 1999): 6-14. Excerpted as “Meeting Hope in Haiti.” Catholic Digest (March 2000): 6-12. “The Charism of Parenting.” Family Ministry: Empowering Through Faith 13:1 (Spring 1999): 6-21. “Reflections: Sacred Dwelling.” Family Ministry: Empowering Through Faith 13:2 (Summer 1999): 9-11.

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“Reflections: Sacred Dwellings.” Family Ministry: Empowering Through Faith 13:4 (Winter 1999): 8-9. “Tears of a Greening Heart” Weavings XV: 2 (March/April 2000): 7-14. “Reflections: Sacred Dwellings.” Family Ministry: Empowering Through Faith 14:2 (Summer 2000): 7-10. “I Thirst.” Weavings XV: 4 (July/August 2000): 27-33. “God-With-Us.” The Lutheran 13:12 (December 2000): 14-16. “Exploring Spiritual Guidance: The Spirit of Christ.” Part 5, Companions in Christ: A Small Group Experience in Spiritual Formation. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2001: 235-89. “A Garden’s Invitation.” Weavings XVI:1 (Jan-Feb 2001), 14-21. “Easter: Love’s Triumph Over Death.” The Liguorian, 89:4 (April 2001), 10-12. Foreword to Patrons and Protectors: Occupations, by Michael O’Neill McGrath, O.S.F.S. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2001. “The Most Poignant Longing (December 9-15)” The Upper Room Disciplines 2002 (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2001): 356-62. “Sacred Dwelling: Reflections.” Family Ministry: Empowering through Faith, 15:2 (Summer 2001), 8-10. “The Vineyard of the Lord.” Weavings XVI: 5 (September/October 2001), 15-21. “The Crib and the Cross.” Liguorian 89:10 (December 2001), 10-14. “Sacred Dwellings Column.” Family Ministry 16:2 (Summer 2002), 8-11. “Sacred Dwellings Column.” Family Ministry 15:4 (Winter 2002): 9-11. “Potter and Clay: Thoughts on Forming and Being Formed.” Weavings XVII: 2 (March/April 2002): 6-1 1. “Little Things: a Meditation in Three Parts.” Weavings XVIII: 1 (Jan-Feb 2003): 12- 21. “Sacred Dwellings Column.” Family Ministry 17:2 (summer 2003): 9-10 “Sacred Dwellings Column.” Family Ministry 17:4 (winter 2003): 7-9.

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“The Freedom of the Children of God: Notes on Spiritual Poverty.” Weavings XVIII, 6 (November/December 2003): 15-25. “Holy Week.” Small World: the CAFOD/DLT Lent Book 2004. London: Darton, Longman, Todd, 2004: 80-89. “Just As I Am’: a Spirituality for Disciples.” With Roc O’Connor, SJ. Pastoral Musician 28:2 (December/January 2004): 35-40. “Mom, Stevie’s Looking Out of My Car Window!: the Spiritual Life in the Midst of It

All” and “For Everything Its Season: a Meditation across Time.” Family Ministry, 18, 2, (Summer 2004): 42-47, 48-89.

Excerpted in Boston College C21 Resources, Spring 2009: 16, 18. “Be Gentle.” Weavings XIX , 4, (July/August 2004): 6-17. “The Fragments of Love.” Weavings XIX, 6 (November/December 2004): 38-44. “The Gift of Newness.” Upper Room Disciplines 2006. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2005: 70-76. “Sacred Dwellings Column.” Journal of Family Ministry: Empowering Through Faith 19:1 (spring 2005): 8-9. “Sacred Dwellings Column.” Journal of Family Ministry: Empowering Through Faith 19:3 (Fall 2005): 12-13. “Lent: the Season for Transformation.” Creighton Magazine, (Spring 2005): 22-27. “To Belong and Yet Not To Belong.” Weavings XX, 3 (May/June 2005): 26-33. “Creativity Unleashed: a Meditation on the Creative and Chaotic Movements of Ash Wednesday and the Lenten Season.” The Messiah College Bridge (Winter 2006): 10-15. “Caryll Houselander: a Modern Spiritual Master.” Ligourian 94:6 (July-August 2006): 20-23. “End Times: a Meditation at the Close of the Year.” Weavings XXI: 6 (November/December 2006): 28-36. “The Song of Zachariah.” Alive Now 26:6 (November/December 2006): 12. “Sacred Dwellings Column.” Journal of Family Ministry: Empowering Through Faith 20:1 (Spring 2006): 9-10.

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“Sacred Dwellings Column.” Journal of Family Ministry: Empowering Through Faith 20:3 (Fall 2006): 10-12. “Praying the Daily Liturgies Together.” Upper Room Worshipbook (Revised) Music and Liturgies for Spiritual Formation. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2006. “Classic Spiritual Traditions and Family Life.” Family Perspectives: Journal of the National Association of Family Life Ministers 24:2 (Spring 2007). http://www.nacflm.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=62 “The Hidden Ground of Love.” Family and Community Ministries: Empowering Through Faith 21:1 (Summer 2007): 38-39. Reprinted in Tuesday Morning: a Quarterly Preaching Journal. (July-Sept., 2008) “Pursuing Mary in Los Angeles.” Initiative Report: Catholic Common Ground Initiative 11:3 (September 2007): 3-6. “Seeking Stillness.” Weavings XXII: 1 (January/February 2007): 22- 31. “To Be Alert: a Rumination.” Weavings XXII: 6 (November/December 2007): 6-14. “Praying Together.” Rhythm and Fire: Experiencing the Holy in Community and Solitude. Eds. J. Haas and C. Langston-Kirk. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2008: 113-115. “The Seasons of Family Life.” Family and Community Ministries: Empowering Through Faith 22:1 (2008), 34-35. “Thoughts on Solitude.” Weavings XXIII: 6 (November- December 2008), 6-15.. “St. Francis de Sales: Wise Guide.” US Catholic: 74 (6), 47-48. “Circles of Sorrow.” Weavings XXV: 1 (Fall 2009), 22-30. “Musings on Wisdom and Becoming Wise.” Weavings XXVI: 3 (2011): 41-47. “Interfaith Dialogue: a Practice for the Anniversary of 9/11” http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/practices/single_practice.php?id=21553 “Holy Mother? Saint Jane and her Teenager.” Bondings: Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Newsletter 24:2 (Spring 2011): 1,6. “A Hollowed Heart.” Weavings XXVII: 4 (2012): 26-30.

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“Family Life as Spiritual Practice.” Catholic Spiritual Practices: a Treasury of Old and New. Eds. Colleen M. Griffth and Thomas H. Groome. Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2012: 80-88. “Musings on Wisdom and Becoming Wise.” Weavings XXVI: 3 (2013): 41-47. “A Way That You Know Not.” Weavings XXVIII:4. (2013): 4-9. “A Marian Pilgrimage in the City of the Angels.” Creighton Magazine (Spring 2013): 16-21. “A Dialogue with God: Family Life and the Sacramental Imagination.” The Way, 52/1 (January 2013), 1-11. “Freedom’s Ring.” Weavings XXIX/4 (2014): 4-9. “Living the Question.” Weavings XXX/3 (2015): 14-18. Forward to John L. Graden, Letting Go, Hanging On: a Guide to the Spiritual Journey. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2015. Book and Film Reviews Review of Together in Solitude by Douglas Steere. Theology Today. XL: 3 (Oct. 1983): 362-364. Review of John Dunne’s House of Wisdom. Theology Today (Fall 1986): 423-427. Reviews of Christ Our Mother: Julian of Norwich by Grant Pelphrey and Passionate Women: Two Medieval Women by Elizabeth Dreyer. Review for Religious, 49: 4 (July/August 1990): 631-32. Review of Spiritual Grandparenting by Therese M. Boucher. National Catholic Reporter, February 1, 1991. Review of Harvey Egan, An Anthology of Christian Mysticism. Horizons, 21: 1 (Sp. 94): 210-11. Review of Writings and Conversations on the Practice of the Presence of God by Br. Lawrence of the Resurrection. Horizons, 23 (Sp.l994): 179-80. Review of Br. Lawrence, Writings and Conversations on the Practice of the Presence of God. Weavings, XI: 6 (Nov/Dec 1996): 44-45. Review of James W. Fowler, Faithful Change: The Personal and Public Challenges of Postmodern Life. Anglican Theological Review: LXXIX: 4: 634-35.

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Review of Kathleen Norris, Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith. Horizons 26:2 (Fall 1999): 391-92. Review of Thomas Merton’s Paradise Journey: Writings on Contemplation, by William H. Shannon. The Merton Seasonal 25:3 (Fall 2000): 29-30. Review of Simone Well and the Intellect of Grace by Henry Leroy Finch. Journal of Religion and Society 2 (2000).

http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2000/2000-r20.html Review of The Making of the Magdalene by Katherine Ludwig Jansen. Journal of Religion and Society 3 (2001).

http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2000/2000-r20.html Review of Spiritual Quest: a Guide to the Changing Landscape by Thomas Hart, and

Transforming Fire: Women Using Anger Creatively by Kathleen Hart. Horizons 28:2 (Fall 2001): 350-51.

Review of France and the Cult of the Sacred Heart by Raymond Jonas and The Book of the Heart by Eric Jager. Spiritus 2:1 (Spring 2002): 127-129. Review of Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: a Conversation in Spiritual Theology by Eugene Peterson. Theology Today 63:2 (July 2006): 235-236. Review of Stalking the Holy: the Pursuit of Saint Making by Michael Higgins. National Catholic Reporter, October 6, 2006: 4a. Review of Adrien Gambart’s Emblem Book (1664): the Life of St. Francis de Sales in Symbols and Emblemata Sacra: Emblem Books from the Maurits Sabbe Library, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven by Ralph Dekoninck. Spiritus 7:1 (Spring 2007): 104-107. Review of The Discerning Heart: Exploring the Christian Path by Wilkie Au and Noreen Cannon Au. The Merton Annual, 20, (2007): 391-394. Review of Exploring Christian Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sandra Schneiders. Eds Bruce Lescher and Elizabeth Liebert. Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin. Film Review “Of Gods and Men” Journal of Religion and Film 15 (2) October 2011 http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/Vol15no2/God_Men.html Review of The Concept of Freedom in the Writings of St. Francis de Sales by Eunan McDonnell. Oenach: JFMRSI Reviews 2.1 (2010). http://oencah.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/oenach-reviews-2-1-2010/

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Review of Beyond Compare: St. Francis de Sales and Sri Vedanta Desika on Loving Surrender to God by Francis Clooney, SJ. Horizons 38/1 (Sp 2011): 177-78. Film Review “God Is the Bigger Elvis” Journal of Religion and Film. 16 (1) April 2012 www.unomaha/jrf/Vol16.no1/Reviews/GodElvis.html Interviews “Interview with Wendy Wright”, in Spiritual Book News, Notre Dame, IN, September, 1994: 2. “The Nurturing Love of God: A Spiritual Director Treasures Each Faith Journey” in Jesuit Journeys, 2: 3 (Autumn 1994), 16-17. “Sacred Dwelling: An Interview with Wendy Wright”, in Living Prayer, 27: 5 (September October, 1994), 20-22. “An Instinct for the Numinous”, interview in Praying, no. 65 (Mar/April 1995), 36-37. Interviewed in parts three and four, “Place,” of video series Discovering Everyday Spirituality, (New York: Trinity Television, 1995). Interviewed in video class series, “Belief and Believers,” part 5, “Mysticism.” (Indiana University, 1999). Interview: “A Conversation with Wendy Wright. Alive Now 29:1 (January/February 1999): 10- 15. Interview about Seasons of a Family’s Life for AM/FM Audio Magazine for Family Ministry. February, 2003. “Profile: Wendy M. Wright.” In Face to Face (Herald Publishing), January-March 2004: 23-30. Interview about new Pauline Press edition of Sacred Dwelling: a Spirituality of Family Life. “As You Think” hosted by Fr. Paul Keenan, Sirius Satellite radio May 17,

2007. Interviewed about The Essential Spirituality Handbook on EWTN, Son Rise Morning Show, June 16, 2009. Interviewed about theme of Domestic Church, KDJW, Saint Valentine Catholic Radio, Amarillo TX, Sept. 13, 2013.

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Creative, Artistic and Media Work 2011 Le Point Vierge: Mary and the Catholic Imagination. Photographic Exhibit. Concept and Interpretation: Wendy M. Wright. Photos: Dorothy Tuma. Hartford CT: Clare Gallery. August 25-October 23, 2011. 2012 Le Point Vierge: Mary and the Catholic Imagination. Photographic Exhibit. Concept and Interpretation: Wendy M. Wright. Photos: Dorothy Tuma. Leid Art Gallery, Creighton University, Omaha NE. January 20 - February 17, 2012. Le Point Vierge: Mary and the Catholic Imagination. Photographic Exhibit. Concept and Interpretation: Wendy M. Wright. Photos: Dorothy Tuma. Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio TX. March 6 - April 6, 2012. Le Point Vierge: Mary and the Catholic Imagination. Photographic Exhibit. Concept and Interpretation: Wendy M. Wright. Photos: Dorothy Tuma. St. Edward’s University Fine Arts Gallery, Austin TX. October 26 – November 2, 2012. 2013 Le Point Vierge: Mary and the Catholic Imagination. Photographic Exhibit. Concept and Interpretation: Wendy M. Wright. Photos: Dorothy Tuma. Loyola Marymount University Library, Los Angeles. April 7-20, 2103. Le Point Vierge: Mary and the Catholic Imagination. Photographic Exhibit. Concept and Interpretation: Wendy M. Wright. Photos: Dorothy Tuma. Marian Library?International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton, Dayton Ohio. May 5-July 26, 2013. Co-host (with John O’Keefe) of Catholic Comments Podcast: weekly 15 minutes podcast on topics of contemporary Catholic interest. 2008-present. http://cucatholicctr.org/catholic-comments/ SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY/RESEARCH Academic Theology: Delivered Papers and Addresses 1976-88 Lectures, “Sanctity and Psychological Development,” Religion and Psychology Series, Santa Barbara City College, Spring 1976 Paper, “Jeanne de Chantal,” American Academy of Religion Western Regional Conference, March 1981 Paper, “François de Sales,” Western Michigan University Conference: The Spirituality of

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Western Christendom, June 1981 Paper, “Jeanne de Chantal and the Direction of the Daughters of the Visitation,” American Academy of Religion Annual Conference, Chicago, December 1984 Commencement Address, “Jane de Chantal and Francis de Sales”, St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, WI, May 1987 Chair Session and read paper, “Spiritual Direction and Spiritual Friendship in the Salesian World” in Session on Spiritual Friendship, Medieval Institute, Kalamazoo, Ml, May 1988 1989 Paper, “Images of Motherhood and the Unitive Life,” Medieval Institute, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1989. Keynote speaker, “Salesian Spirituality,” Vincentian Heritage Conference, Perryville, MO, June 1989. Paper, “Rituals and Family Spirituality,” Society for Values in Higher Education Annual Conference, Colorado Springs, August 1989. Paper, “Jane de Chantal: Martyrdom of Love,” Villa Nova University Patristics, Medieval and Renaissance Conference, Philadelphia, September 1989. 1990 Paper, “The Life of the Hidden Gentle Jesus: Community of the Visitation: Ideal Women’s Community,” International Medieval Institute, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1990. Paper, “The Visitation of Holy Mary in the Context of Contemporary Women’s Communities”, Villa Nova University, Patristics, Medieval and Renaissance Conference, September 1990. 1991 Keynote lecture, Founder’s Day, Georgetown Academy of the Visitation Washington D.C., May 1, 1991, “Salesian Spirituality and the Art of Teaching.” 1992 Paper, “La douceur maternelle dans Ia direction spirituelle de Jeanne de Chantal” presented at Colloque International de Saint François de Sales, Université de Metz, France, Sept.1992. Paper, “The Sacred Heart of Jesus: An Apophatic Image” presented at American Academy of Religion, San Francisco, Nov. 1992.

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Keynote speaker, “Images of Relationship in Salesian Spirituality” presented at Salesian Spirituality Conference, Rochester, N.Y. Oct. 1992. 1994 Keynote Lecture, “ Leaven for the Loaf: Salesian Perspectives on Collaboration,” Inauguration of DeSales Center for Lay Spirituality, De Sales School of Theology, March, 1994. Collaborator, Colloquim for Salesian Scholars on the Sermons of François de Sales with Prof. Helene Bordes, Univ. of Metz, Stella Niagara, N.Y., Oct., 1994. “Salesian Spirituality and Contemporary Spiritual Direction,” Newman College Graduate Program in Spiritual Direction, Philadelphia, Oct. 1994. 1995 “Eros and the Body in Spiritual Practice: In Dialogue with Paul LaChance, Victoria Rue and Paul Schwartz” presentation at “Eros, Ecstasy and Creation: the Renaissance of Christian Spirituality”, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, Mar.24-26, 1995. “The Berullian and Salesian Traditions”, paper presented at “Conference on the French School of Spirituality”, Atlanta, August 18-22, 1995. “Challenges for the Jesuit University from the 34th Congregation’s Statement on the Situation of Women”, address given at Xavier University, Cincinatti, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1995. “Jeanne de Chantal and the Martyrdom of Love”, paper presented at International Colloquium on Women Mystics, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, Oct. 27-29,1995. 1996 Paper read, “A Salesian-Ignatian Spirituality of Family Life”, Holy Family As Prototype of the Civilization of Love, International Symposium, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, April 12-14, 1996. Commencement Address, St. Francis Diocesan Seminary, Milwaukee, WI, May 11, 1996. Major Address, “The Charism of Parenting”, Charisms for the 21st Century International Symposium in honor of Cardinal Suenens, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH, June 1-3, 1996. Presentation and Panelist, “Spirituality in the Contemporary World”, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, July 2, 1996. 1997

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Endowed Lecture-Founders Day Address, “Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantal and the Ministry of Love”, Allentown College of Francis de Sales, Allentown, PA, February, 5, 1997. Consultation, “Feminism and the Church”, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC, March 21, 1997. Major presenter, “Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Art of Embodied Presence”, Seton Heritage Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 11-13, 1997. Major presenter, “Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Art of Embodied Presence”, Seton Heritage Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 2-4, 1997. Keynote address, “The Sacred Heart and Violence Today”, Conference of Sacred Heart Communities in Collaboration, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, June 26-29, 1997. 1998 Endowed Lecture: Annual Otto A. Shults Lectures on Spirituality, “The Charism of Parenting” and “Ministering to Families”, St. Bernard’s Institute, Rochester, NY, June 3, 1998. Keynote Addresses, “The Charism of Parenting” and “Ministering to Families”, Annual Faith, Families and Congregations Conference, Louisville Seminary, November 13- 14, 1998. Presidential Address, Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality Annual Meeting, Orlando, Nov.1998, “A Wide and Fleshy Love: Images and the Imagination and the Sacred Heart.” 1999 Faculty/Leadership and Planning Team, “Project in Congregational Spirituality” (Lilly funded project co-sponsored by Princeton and Auburn Seminaries and Presbyterian Church USA), Stony Point, NY, Jan.14-16. Endowed Lecture: Sihier Memorial Lecturer, March 7, “Sacred Dwelling: Women, Family and Spirituality,” Luther College, Decorah, IA. Major Presenter, “Salesian Spirituality: A Gentle Presence in a Violent World,” Georgetown Visitation Academy Bicentennial Celebration, Washington, DC, June 26: Workshop, “Salesian Spirituality,” Creighton University Christian Spirituality Program Alumni Weekend, Omaha, NE, July 3, 1999. Keynote Speaker, “The Eucharist and Social Justice: The Sacred Heart,” Benedictine Theology Institute, Yankton, SD, Oct.9.

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Workshop for Theology Faculty, “Sacred Dwelling: A Spirituality of Family Life,” John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH, Oct.18. 2000 Keynote Speaker, Annual Spring lectureships Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City: “Spiritual Nurture for Ministers and Ministry,” “Family Spirituality,” and “Many Mansions: Christian Spirituality in Ecumenical Perspective,” February 23, 2000. Keynote speaker, Loyola College, Baltimore MD, “Women in Jesuit Education,” January 22, 2000. Keynote lecture, Festival of Spirituality at Chestnut Hill College, “Ordinary Contemplation,” Philadelphia, June 4, 2000. Keynote speaker, Seton Heritage Days, “Elizabeth Seton: Model for Today,” Mount St. Vincent University, Riverdale, N.Y.; College of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, N.J.; St. John’s University, Long Island, October 13-14, 2000. Salesian Scholars seminar, Stella Niagara, N.Y., October 2000. Paper: “We will have but the Word of Francis de Sales: Salesian Spirituality and Elizabeth Ann Seton.” 2001 La Spiritualité a l”Université Symposium. Université Saint-Paul, Ottawa, Canada. Paper read: “The Practice of Spiritual Direction in Classic and Contemporary Modes.” August 24-26, 2001. The Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Annual Convention, Omaha Nebraska. Presentation: “Creighton University’s Catholic Imagination Project.” September 28, 2001 Salesian Scholars Conference. Stella Niagara, NY. Paper read: “The Nineteenth Century Salesian Pentecost: Therese of Lisieux and Leonie Aviat.” October 18-21, 2001 2002 Religion and Family Conference, Creighton University, Omaha, NE. Paper read: “The Sacramental Texture of Family Life: a Contemporary Roman Catholic Perspective.” April 5-6, 2002 Mentor, “Transitions: Jesuits in Higher Education” San Francisco, CA. May 30-June 3, 2002. Endowed Lecture: Annual G. Marian Kinget Memorial Lecture on Catholic Thought and Spirituality, Lansing, Ml “Is the Devout Life Possible in the 21 Century?” October 13, 2002.

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Salesian Scholars Conference, Stella Niagara, NY. Paper read: “Jane de Chantal, Mère de Chaugy and the Continuing Salesian Tradition.” Chaired seminar. October 24-27, 2002 2003 Keynote Speaker, Regis University, Denver, Celebrating Vatican II Series, “Women’s Voices Since the Council,” March 26, 2003. Chaffin Memorial Lecture: Keynote Speaker, “Seasons of a Family’s Life,” and “Sacred Dwelling,” Hand in Hand Family Ministry Conference, Baylor University, April 6-8, 2003 Faculty, for interdisciplinary course, “The Place of Marriage in Society,” International Academy for Marital Spirituality, Brussels, Belgium, August 25- September 5, 2003. 2004 Keynote Speaker, Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales 2004 Provincial Chapter. Discernment in the Salesian Tradition,” Cape May, NJ, January 12, 2004. Endowed Lecture: Sapientia et Doctrina Lecture: “Faith and the Poetic Imagination” Fordham University, NY. March 30, 2004 Salesian Scholar’s Lecture, Salesian Center for Faith and Culture, DeSales University, Center Valley, PA., March 18, 2004. International Mariological Society Annual Conference, Paper read: “Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) and the Conception of the Virgin Mary,” Houston, TX, May 19, 2004. Workshop for MDiv students, University of Notre Dame Pastoral Ministry Program, South Bend, IN, August 27, 2004, “Family Spirituality.” Public Lecture, Augustana Lutheran College, “Sacred in the Ordinary,” September 27, 2004. Salesian Scholars Conference, Stella Niagara, NY. Paper read: “True and Public Knowledge: Jeanne de Chantal’s Testimony for the Canonization of François de Sales. Chaired seminar. October 21-24, 2004. Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Toronto. Paper read: “True and Public Knowledge: Jeanne de Chantal’s Testimony for the Canonization of François de Sales.” October, 28-31, 2004. 2005 Endowed Lecture: 25th Annual Cardinal Newman Lecture, Horizons Theological Institute, The Oratory, South Carolina. “Faith and the Poetic Imagination.” February 26, 2005.

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Keynote Speaker, October 24-25, 2005, Omaha NE, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Colloquium of Social Scientists and Theologians, “Marriage as a School of Love.” Ecumenical Spirituality Conference, Chicago, IL. Invited guest, “Contemplative Orientation.” November 4-6, 2005. Princeton Theological Seminary Sabbath Renewal Program, Princeton, NJ. Keynote presenter and Retreat design, “Sabbath, Sabbatical, and Jubilee.” November 11-13, 2005. 2006 Keynote Speaker, Annual Humanities Conference, “Faith and the Poetic Imagination.” Messiah College, Harrisburg, PA, February 22-23, 2006. Keynote Speaker, Convocation 2006 Center for Theological and Spiritual Development College of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, “Called to Resurrection.” March 31-April 1, 2006. International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. Paper read: ”A Thoroughly Modern Mary: Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantal and the Early Modern Catholic Image of the Virgin at the Visitation: an Exploration and Inquiry.” May 5-7, 2006. Salesian Scholars Seminar, Stella Niagara New York. Paper read: “Francis de Sales and the Virgin Mary.” Co-chair of seminar. October 18-22, 2006. Annual Meeting American Academy of Religion, Washington DC. Co-chair Christian Spirituality Group. November 17-21, 2006. 2007 Faculty: Grace Institute Spiritual Formation Program, Sinsinawa, WI, Feb. 9-11, 2007. Endowed Lecture, Annual Heinmiller Lectures, Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO, March 16-17, 2007. Session Presider, Rocky Mountains-Great Plains Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Omaha NE, March 23-24, 2007. Invited Participant, New Voices Seminar, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, April 19-20, 2007. Endowed Lecture, Norman Neuerburg Memorial Lecture, Friends of the Mission Archives, “Mary in L.A.: Refuge, Warrior and Peacemaker,” Santa Barbara, CA, October 14, 2007.

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Major Presenter, “Mary in L.A.: Refuge, Warrior and Peacemaker,” Ecumenical Institute of Spirituality, Chicago, IL, October 18-21, 2007. 2008 Endowed Lectures: Theo and Belle Moll Chair in Faith and Life. Baldwin Wallace College, Ohio. “The Christian Spiritual Traditions: Mining the History, Exploring the Diversity, and Living the Legacy.” January 31, 2008. Invited presenter: “The Legacy of Walter Holden Capps.” Symposium “Exploring the Contributions of Walter H. Capps to the Study of Religion.” University of California at Santa Barbara, May 9-10, 2008. Paper: “Meister Eckhart Meets the Blue Army: An Inquiry into the Relationship between Spirituality and ‘Popular’ and ‘Traditionalist’ Devotions.” Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Meeting. Miami, FL, June 5-8, 2008. Panelist: Theologies of Mary in Encounter with Popular Religiosity. Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Meeting. Miami, FL, June 5-8, 2008. Faculty, National Academy of Spiritual Formation, United Methodist Church. “History of Spirituality.” Sinsinawa, WI, August 19-24, 2008. Keynote Speaker, “Contemporary Christian Spirituality and Traditional Catholic Devotions.” Neumann College, Aston, PA, Graduate Programs in Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Counseling. October 10-11, 2008. Paper read and co-facilitator of Seminar. “The Ideal Woman Religious as Refracted in the 19th century Année Sainte of the Visitation of Holy Mary.” Salesian Scholars’ Seminar. Stella Niagara, NY. October 22-26, 2008. Paper read. “The Ideal Woman Religious as Refracted in the 19th century Année Sainte of the Visitation of Holy Mary.” Women, Gender and Religion Symposium. Kripke Center, Creighton University, Omaha, NE. November 6-7, 2008. 2009 Keynote Speaker: Preparation for Lent. Central Baptist Seminary, Kansas City, January 9-10, 2009. Invited Lectures: “Seventeenth Century French Mysticism,” in Christian Mysticism History, Wisdom and Insights Series, Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX, March 7, 2009. Planning Team, Liturgist, and Workshop presenter, “ A River Deep and Wide,” Global Academy of Spiritual Formation, sponsored by National Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church, Nashville TN, April, 20-25, 2009.

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Lay Spirituality for Today. San Diego University Center for Spirituality, San Diego, CA, May 3-4, 2009. Invited lecture: “The Introduction to the Devout Life as a Spiritual Classic.” Given at the International Colloquium “Encountering Anew the Familiar: the Introduction to the Devout Life at 400 Years.” Annecy, France, July 27-28, 2009. 2010 Major presenter: “Sacred Dwelling: Family Spirituality,” at Women and Church East and West: 2010 Huffington Ecumenical Symposium, Loyola Marymount University. Los Angeles, CA, March 5-6, 2010. Endowed Lecture: “Le Point Vierge: Mary and the Catholic Imagination” 25th Annual Endowed Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality. St Mary’s University at Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, April 22, 2010. Paper read, annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, Historical Section, “Francis de Sales: Making Old Things New,” June 11, 2010. Keynote, Annual Liturgy Conference, “Discovering Gods’ Presence through Celebrations of His Holy Ones: the Feasts of Mary and the Saints,” June 14-16, 2010, Notre Dame University Center for Liturgy. Distinguished Scholar in Residence Lecture, Washington Theological Union, Washington DC. Keynote lecture: “The Visit: the Relational Mystery at the Heart of the Gospel,” July 14-16, 2010. Faculty, Academy for Spiritual Formation (sponsor, Board of Ministries, United Methodist Church). July, 26-31, 2010. San Antonio, TX, “History of Christian Spirituality.” Co-Chair and presenter, Salesian Scholars Seminar bi-Annual conference. Read paper: “Preliminary Thoughts on the Mystery of the Visitation and the Early Visitation of Holy Mary,” Stella Niagara, NY, October 20-24, 2010. 2011 Keynote Address: “Why Should Anabaptists Pay Attention to Mary?” My Spirit Rejoices in God My Savior: Mary in Anabaptist Dress Conference, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Indiana, March 24-26, 2011. Co-Convener and presenter: Kripke Center Religion and the Visual Symposium: Exploring the Visual Communication of the Sacred. Paper read: “In the Presence of Beauty and Mercy: Marian Devotion in Los Angeles,” Creighton University, March 31 – April 1, 2011, Omaha NE.

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Paper read, annual meeting of the Mariological Society of America, Scottsdale AZ, May 2011. “The Virgin Mary’s Kaleidoscopic Heart: Southern California from the 19th to the 21st Century.” Commencement Address: San Antonio Oblate Seminary, May 2011. Paper read: “Scripting the Saints,” Invited Session, Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, June 9-12, 2011. Co-chair of Mary in Global and Contemporary Perspective Interest Group CTSA Annual Meeting. Panel presentation, “Is There an Evangelical Spirituality?” CTRF session at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 18-21, 2011. 2012 January 26, 2012: Featured talk in Center for Catholic Thought: “Mary and the Catholic Imagination” Creighton University, Omaha NE. March 8, 2012: Endowed lecture, “Le Point Vierge: Mary and the Catholic Imagination” Oblate Seminary, San Antonio, TX. March 20, 2012: Endowed lecture, Charles Miller CM Symposium, “Mary and the Catholic Imagination,” St John’s Seminary, Camarillo CA. June 7-10, 2012: Paper read: “A Dialogue with God,” in Spirituality Session and Co-convener of Mary in Global and Contemporary Perspective Interest Group, Catholic Theological Association of America Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO. September 25, 2012: Keynote lecture: International Symposium for the Beatification of Fr. Louis Brisson, OSFS, “Louis Brisson and the Salesian Pentecost, Troyes, France. October 18-21, 2012: Paper read: “Louis Brisson and the Salesian Pentecost” and Co-chair of Bi-Annual Salesian Scholars Seminar, Stella Niagara, NY. November 6, 2012: Endowed Lecture, “Mary and the Catholic Imagination,” St. Edwards University, Austin, TX. November 8, 2012: Ruth Agnes Ahlers Endowed Lecture, “Heart Speaks to Heart: the Salesian Spiritual Tradition” Briar Cliff University, Sioux City IA. November 9, 2012: Response to Fr. T. O’Meara: Vatican II Conference, Creighton University, Omaha NE. 2013

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Jan. 4-6, 2013: Paper read, “Reading the Text of One Marian Altar,” Catholic Historical Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Mar. 11, 2013: Lecture, “Le point Vierge: Mary and the Catholic Imagination,” Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL. April 2, 2013: Endowed Lecture, “Heart Speaks to Heart; the Salesian Tradition” University of Toledo Program in Catholic Studies, Corpus Christi Parish, Toledo OH. April 9, 2013: Inaugural Lecture for Catholic Studies Program, “Le Point Vierge,” Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. April 22, 2013: Paper read, “Mother, Sister. Queen: Mary and the Second Vatican Council,” 50th Anniversary of the Legacy of Vatican II Conference, Creighton University, Omaha NE. June 8, 2013: Co-convener, “Mary in Global and Contemporary Perspective Interest Group, Catholic Theological Society Annual Meeting, Miami FL. June 28-30 2013: Paper read, ”The Doctor of Love and the Fear of the Lord,” Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality Conference, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. September 13, 2013: Keynote, Year of Faith Archdiocesan Convocation, Diocese of Amarillo, “Domestic Church,” Amarillo TX. September 18, 2013: Archbishop Curtiss Annual Lecture, “Mary and the Catholic Imagination: Sightings in L.A.” College of Saint Mary, Omaha NE. 2014 January 26-31, 2014: Faculty, National Academy for Spiritual Formation, “Catholic Spiritual Traditions,” Burlingame, California. June 5-8, 2014: Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Meeting, co-chair of Spirituality Session. October 2-12, 2014: Paper Read, “Francis de Sales and Fear,” and Seminar Co-Leader, International Salesian Scholars Bi-Annual Seminar and Meeting, Stella Niagara, New York. 2015 January 17, 2015: Public Lectures on “French Mystics” in Portraits of World Mysticism Series. Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX.

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June 24, 2015: Workshop, “The Domestic Church and Witness,” What We Have Seen and Heard: Fostering Baptismal Witness in the World Conference, John S. Marten Program in Homiletics and Liturgics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. October 17, 2015: Paper Read, “Francis de Sales and the Gospel of John” and Session Organizer, “Francis de Sales and the Scriptural Imagination,” Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, Villanova University, Villanova, PA. Applied Theology: National and Regional Lectures and Presentations 1984-89 Keynote speaker, “Jane de Chantal and Francis de Sales: Spiritual Friendship,” Salesian Heritage Conference, Stella Niagara, N.Y., August 1984 Keynote speaker, “Jane de Chantal and Salesian Spirituality,” Salesian Heritage Conference, Allentown, PA, August 1985 Participant/consultant, Consultation on Family Spirituality, United Methodist Board of Discipleship, Nashville, TN, April, 1986 Keynote speaker, “Spiritual Friendship Then and Now,” Salesian Heritage Conference, Allentown, PA, August, 1986 Keynote speaker, “Jane de Chantal’s Prayer,” Salesian Spirituality Conference, Arlington, VA, August 1987 Address, “Jane de Chantal’s Direction of Women: Its Possibilities as Educational Method,’ Faculty Inservice Program, Visitation School, St. Paul, MN, September 1987 Major presenter, “Peacemaking in the Family,” For All the People Pastoral Approach to Peace and Justice Spirituality,” Creighton University, June 1988 Keynote speaker, “Jane de Chantal on Simplicity,” Salesian Spirituality Conference, St. Louis, August 1989. 1990 Keynote Speaker, “Family Spirituality,” “Jesus Day”, Archdiocese of Chicago, Mundelein, IL, October, 1990 Faculty, Methodist Academy for Spiritual Formation, “Peacemaking”, Des Moines, Iowa, April, 1990.

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Faculty-staff workshop, “Family Spirituality,” Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, Mar.10. 1990. 1991 Keynote Speaker, Ohio Ecumenical Pastor’s Convocation (Columbus, Ohio), January 28-30, 1991, “Spirituality for a Public Conscience.” Keynote lecture, Founder’s Day, Georgetown Academy of the Visitation, Washington D.C., May 1, 1991, “Salesian Spirituality and the Art of Teaching” Keynote Presenter, Wyoming Diocese, Lay Ministry Days, Cheyenne, WY, June 1-2, 1991, “Family Spirituality” Faculty, National Methodist Academy for Spiritual Formation, “History of Spirituality”, Sumatanga, Alabama, August, 1991. Workshop, International Catholic Engaged Encounter Convention (Omaha, NE), Oct. 19, 1991, “Family Spirituality” Retreat program, Methodist Diaconals of Iowa (Strawberry Point, Iowa), April 4-7, 1991, “Journey Inward/Journey Outward” (with Rev. Bruce Ough) 1992 Major presenter, “Family Spirituality” and “Spirituality Today” at Gifted With Salvation, 1992 Congress, Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Jan, 1992 Faculty, National Methodist Academy for Spiritual Formation, History of Spirituality”, Burlingame, CA, January, 1992. Consultant/lecture, “Contemporary Spirituality” for Methodist clergy, Milwaukee, WI, April, 1992 Workshop, “Human Experience of God” workshop, Institute for Spiritual Guidance, St. Joseph’s Educational Center, Des Moines, IA, Nov., 1992 Keynote speaker, “Family Spirituality”, “Family 2000” Methodist Conference, Lincoln, NE, Nov., 1992 Lecture, “Humility in the Salesian Tradition”, in-service day for faculty of Visitation Academy, St. Louis, MO Oct, 1992 1993 Major presenter, “Fellowship of Learning”, Nebraska Conference, United Methodist Church, Grand Island, NE, Jan.4-7, 1993

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Faculty, National Methodist Academy for Spiritual Formation, “History of Spirituality”, February, 1993. Workshop, “Family Spirituality”, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, Feb, 1993 Lecture, “Living the Already But Not Yet: The American Catholic Family, Warren Catholic Studies lecture series, University of Tulsa, March, 1993 Faculty, “Family Spirituality”, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA, June 1993. 1994 Presenter: “Human Side of Holiness”, Institute for Spiritual Direction, DesMoines, Iowa, Jan.22, 1994 Presenter: “Family Spirituality”, Springfield-Cape Girardo. MO. Diocesan Convention, Aug, 1994. Presenter and Team Member: Salesian Spirituality Inservice, DeSales Center for Lay Spirituality, Washington, DC, Oct 20-23,1994. 1995 Faculty: National Methodist Academy for Spiritual Formation, “Roman Catholic Spirituality”, Madison, WI, June, 1995. “Re-imaging Our Response to the Future”, major presenter, National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers Annual Conference, Madison,WI, Sept.29,1995. 1996 Faculty: National Methodist Academy for Spiritual Formation, “Spiritual Friendship”, Sumatanga, Alabama, Jan. 16-20, 1996. Faculty: National Methodist Academy for Spiritual Formation, History of Spirituality, Burlingame, CA, Jan. 22-27, 1996. Program: “Preaching Lent and Easter”, Shalom Center for Theological Education, Sioux Falls, SD, Mar. 22-24, 1996. Faculty: Methodist Academy for Spiritual Formation, “Roman Catholic Spirituality”, St. Benedict’s Center, Madison, WI, June 23-27., 1996 Program: “Forgiveness: Retreat days for Catechetical Ministers, Archdiocese of Houston Galveston, TX, Aug. 6-7, 1996. Program: ‘Salesian Tradition”: Retreat Day, Conception Seminary College,

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Conception, MO, Nov. 1,1996. 1997 “Sacred in the Ordinary”: Retreat for Diocesan Ministers, Archdiocese of Orlando, Orlando, FL, January 10-12, 1997, Project in Congregational Spirituality (sponsored by Princeton seminary, Auburn seminary and the Faith and Life Office of the Presbyterian Church USA), May 8-10, 1997 and September 25-17, 1 997,Stonypoint, NY. “Family Spirituality” and “Ministering to Families”, Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Anaheim, CA, February 14-16, 1997. Faculty, “Spiritual Friendship and Spiritual Guidance”, Nebraska Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation, Hastings Nebraska, February 23-28, 1997. “The Religious Imagination”, Mount Calvary Retreat Center, Santa Barbara, CA, March 2-4, 1997. Faculty, “Spiritual Friendship and Spiritual Guidance”, National Academy for Spiritual Formation, North Carolina, June 8-13,1997. Faculty, “Roman Catholic Spirituality”, National Academy for Spiritual Formation, South Bend, Indiana, September- October, 1997. 1998 Project in Congregational Spirituality (sponsored by Princeton seminary, Auburn seminary and the Faith and Life Office of the Presbyterian Church USA, Jan. and May, 1 998,Stonypoint, NY. Keynote Addresses, “Let the Land Lie Fallow”, Archdiocesan Conference, Nashville, TN, July 18, 1998. Faculty, course on “Salesian Spirituality” for “Horizons of the Spirit”, The Oratory, South Carolina, July, 13-17, 1998. Salesian Spirituality”, Divine Compassion Center, White Plains, NY, September 27, 1998. 1999 Project in Congregational Spirituality (sponsored by Princeton seminary, Auburn seminary and the Faith and Life Office of the Presbyterian Church, Stonypoint, NY. Feb.28-Mar.5: Faculty for 5 day course on “Image and Imagination,”

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Academy for Spiritual Formation, Pacific Northwest Conference, Seattle, WA. Ap.21: Workshop, “Home,” Vincentian Center for Spirituality and Work, Denver, CO. Aug.6-8: Major Presenter, “Salesian Spirituality at the Turn of the Century,” Annual Salesian Spirituality Conference, Washington, DC. Aug.23-27: Faculty for 5-day course on “Spiritual Friendship,” Academy for Spiritual Formation, National Two Year Program, Sinsinawa, WI. Nov.11: Pastor’s Retreat, “Advent,” Missouri Conference, United Methodist Church, St. Charles, MO. Nov.12-13: Parish Spiritual Retreat, First United Methodist Church, St. Charles, MO. 2000 Keynote Lectures, Annual Lenten Spirituality Series, Mepkin Abby, South Carolina, March 11-13, 2000. Workshop Leader, “Befriending Each Other in God,” Great Lakes Pastoral Ministry Gathering, Chicago IL, March, 18 and 19, 2000. Faculty/retreat leader, Hinton Rural Life Center, Smoky Mountains, “Pastors As Spiritual Guides,” March 27-29, 2000, Retreat leader, Annual Lenten Retreat of the First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta GA, March 31-April 2, 2000. Workshop leader, Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Anaheim CA, “Ministering to Families,” “The Charism of Parenting,” April 7 and 9, 2000. Keynote speaker, Pastoral Gathering: Leading for the Sake of the Gospel, Diocese of New Ulm, Collegeville MN, “The Charism of Parenting,” August 1, 2000. Workshop Leader, “Family Spirituality,” August 2, 2000. Keynote speaker, Archdiocesan Day of Reflection, Atheneum of Ohio, Cincinnati OH, “Spiritual Friendship,” September 20, 2000. Keynote speaker “Sonrise 2000, “Diocesecan Convention of Wilmington Delaware, “Mary: Woman for the New Millennium,” September 22, 2000. Retreat leader, Ursuline Community Day of Prayer, Cincinnati OH,

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“Resting, Reaping Times: Celebrating Sabbath, Sabbatical and Jubilee,” September 30, 2000, Retreat leader, “What Are You Waiting For? Advent Retreat, Augustana Lutheran Church, Omaha, Nov.7, 14, 21, 28, 2000. Retreat leader, “What Are You Waiting For?”: Advent Retreat St. Perpetua Catholic Church, Lafayette, CA, Dec. 2-6, 2000. 2001 Speaker June 6-8, 2001, Maryland Jesuit Province Days, Baltimore, MD, “Spiritual Formation of a Working Soccer Mom.” Retreat leader, July 29- August 2, 2001. North Carolina Evangelical Lutheran Church Spirituality Conference, “Spiritual Friendship.” Retreat leader, October 5-6, 2001, St. James Catholic Church, Tupelo, MS. “Developing Catholic Family Spirituality.” Retreat leader, October 10-14,2001 Pathways-Weavings Retreat Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN: “Grace in the Shadows: Grace in the Light” 2002 Retreat leader, February, 8-10, 2002 Jesuit Spirituality Center, Wernersville, PA. “Befriending Each Other in God.” Retreat leader, February 10, 2002, Pottstown, PA. “Family Spirituality.” Major Presenter, March 1-3, 2002, SACEM, Annual Meeting of Directors of Continuing Education in Seminaries, Daytona Beach, FL, “Beauty and Justice.” Retreat leader, March 6-10, 2002, Spirit Streams, Santa Barbara, CA. “Spiritual Life.” Retreat leader, March 16, 2002, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, CT. “Lenten Preparation.” Speaker, April 14, 2002, Centennial Celebration, St. Frances de Chantal Church, Long Island, NY. “The Charisms of Jane de Chantal.” Retreat leader, April 27, 2002 Celebrate Women Retreat, Villa Maria, St. Paul MN. “Women of Wisdom.” Faculty, May 14-18, 2002 National Academy for Spiritual Formation, Sinsinawa, WI. “Spiritual Friendship.”

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Keynote speaker, June 7-8, 2002, “Together in Christ: a Dakotas Ecumenical Assembly.” Sioux Falls, SD. “Family Spirituality.” Keynote presenter, July 10, 2002, National Association of Pastoral Musicians regional Assembly, “Musical Discipleship as Vulnerability and Availability,” with Fr. Roc O’Connor, SJ. Retreat leader, September 30, 2002 South Indiana Conference United Methodist Church, Clergy Continuing Education, Indianapolis, IN, “The Season of Advent and Christmas.” Faculty, National Academy for Spiritual Formation, San Antonio, TX, “Roman Catholic Spirituality.”Oct. 2002 Retreat leader, November 14-17, 2002, Oasis Ministries’ “Soul of Tomorrow’s Church,” Kirkridge, PA. 2003 Retreat leader, “Spiritual Friendship,” Covenant Colleagues Retreat, N. Georgia Conference, United Methodist Church, January 5-8, 2003, Atlanta Georgia. Leader of Clergy Continuing Education Events: “Lenten Preparation,” January 9, 2003 and “Ordinary Time,” March 11, 2003. South Indiana Conference United Methodist Church, Springville, Indiana. Retreat Leader, “Families, Friends and the Spiritual Life,” Annual Archdiocesan Religious Formation Ministers Get-Away, St. Benedict Center, Schuyler, NE, January 30-31, 2003. Keynote Speaker, Spiritual Director in Residence, “Family Spirituality,” Iowa United Methodist Church School for Ministry, Des Moines, Iowa, April 21-23, 2003. Keynote Speaker, “Seasons of a Family’s Life,” Faith, Families and Congregations Conference, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, Louisville, KY, May 14-15, 2003. Featured Luncheon Speaker, Annual Religious Booksellers Trade Exhibit, Chicago, II, May 29, 2003. Keynote Speaker, “The Spiritual Life in Classic and Contemporary Modes,” “Sacred in the Ordinary,” and “Finding God in Family,” Archdiocesan Pastoral Ministry Conference, Detroit, MI, August 4-7, 2003.

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Keynote Speaker, “Family Spirituality,” The Youth and Family Institute Summer Leadership Conference, Concordia University, Saint Paul, MN, August, 8, 2003. Retreat Leader, Christian Life Communities Annual Retreat, “God In Everyday Life,” October 3-6, 2003, American Martyrs Retreat Center, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Keynote Speaker, “Family Spirituality,” Annual Peace Colloquy, Community of Christ! Rockhurst University, November 7-9, 2003, Independence, MO. Faculty, Colleague Covenant Forum (Lilly Endowment Funded Ecumenical Series for Rural Pastors), “The Pastor as Spiritual Leader,” Waycross Retreat Center, Morgantown Indiana, November 3-6, 2003. 2004 Faculty, February 3-7, 2004, National Academy for Spiritual Formation, Gallant Alabama. “Spiritual Friendship.” Retreat leader, February 29, 2004, Stillpoint Center for Spirituality, Memphis, TN., “Preparing for Lent.” Retreat leader, March 1-4, 2004, Covenant Colleagues Forum, Memphis TN,. “Pastor as Spiritual Guide.” Retreat leader, March 14, 2004, Day of Reflection, Franciscan Center, Philadelphia, PA., “Sacred in the Ordinary.” Retreat leader, March 26-28, 2004, Immaculate Heart Community, Santa Barbara, CA, “Lenten Discernment.” Speaker, June 21, 2004, Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales Toledo-Detroit Province Assembly 2004. “Sacred Sleep.” Faculty, July 12-17, 2004, National Academy for Spiritual Formation, Baltimore, MD. “Roman Catholic Spirituality.” Speaker, August 6-8, 2004, Annual Salesian Spirituality Conference, Saint Louis, MO, “Close Encounters of the Salesian Kind.” Retreat, September 12, 2004, Knights of Columbus, Shegbogen MI, “Sacred Heart: Gateway to God.” Retreat, September 17-19, 2004, Sinsinawa Mound Retreat Center, WI, “Spiritual Friendship.”

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Retreat, September 26, 2004, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Watertown, SD, “Family Spirituality.” Leader, Day of Recollection, October 4, 2004, Conception Seminary, Conception MO, “A Cloud of Witnesses.” Keynote Speaker, October 26-27, 2004, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Annual Pastors Convocation, Branson, MO. 2005 Keynote Speaker, January 22-23, 2005, Annual Salesian Days, Wilmington-Delaware Province, Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, Fort Meyers, Florida, “Heart Speaks to Heart: Salesian Spirituality.” Retreat leader, January 28-30, 2005, Blessed Trinity Shrine, Alabama, “Women’s retreat: The Little Virtues.” Keynote speaker, February 24, 2005, St Andrew’s Catholic Community, Columbus Ohio, “Family Spirituality.” Keynote Speaker, June 24-26, 2005, Sacred Heart Communities in Collaboration, Boston, MA, “Sacred Heart.” Retreat leader, September 15-18, 2005, Novitiate of Visitation Monasteries, Cape May, NJ, “Friendship in the Salesian Tradition.” Keynote Speaker, October 7-8, 2005, Annual Salesian Days, Visitation Preparatory School/Visitation Neighbors, St Paul, MN, “Family Spirituality.” 2006 Major Presenter, Archdiocesan Days of Prayer, FAITH Program of Office of Lay Ministry Formation, Omaha NE. January 14 and 21, 2006. Days of reflection, Kenwood Convent of the Religious of the Sacred Heart, Albany New York. January 27-29, 2006. Retreat Leader, Retreat for Pastoral Ministers, Diocese of Grand Island, NE, May 5-7, 2006. Keynote Speaker and Workshop leader, “Cultivating Compassionate Presence,” Contemplative Living Conference, Interweave Center for Wholistic Living, New Jersey, June 10, 2006. Keynote, “Discernment in the Heart,” Apostles of the Sacred Heart Province Gathering, Mount Sacred Heart, Hamden CT, July 3-8, 2006.

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Advent Reflection Workshop, Adult Education Program, All Saints Episcopal Church, Omaha NE, November 26, 2006. 2007 Keynote Speaker, “Salesian Spirituality: A World of Interconnected Hearts,” Great Schools of Spirituality Conference, The Retreat Center at Saint John’s, Plymouth MI, June 14-15, 2007. Workshop leader, “A Thoroughly Modern Mary: Francis de Sales and the Virgin,” Twenty-fifth Annual Salesian Spirituality Conference, Minneapolis, MN, August 2-5, 2007. Keynote Speaker, “Stoking the Fire: Caring for Yourself and Your Passion of Spirit, 8th Annual Nebraska Health Ministry Conference, Omaha NE, September 14-15, 2007. Advent Program, Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Mission KS, December 2, 2007. 2008 Keynote Speaker, Annual Women’s Conference on Spirituality, Seven Dolors Church, Manhattan, KS. “Heart to Heart.” March 1, 2008. Leader, Lenten Retreat. “Fountain of Life: Images and Metaphors of the Heart.” Sacred Journey of the Heart Lenten Series, St Cecilia Cathedral, Omaha, NE. March 4, 2008. Leader, First-Church Project. Lilly Institute sponsored ecumenical project for new pastors of rural churches. Hinton Rural Life Center, North Carolina. April 16-17, 2008. Retreat Leader, Sisters’ Renovation of Vows Retreat. Visitation of Holy Mary Monastery, Minneapolis, MN. November 14-15, 2008. Advent Retreat Leader: “New Creation-Renewed Creation: the Promise of Advent.” St. Mary’s Sewanee Episcopal Retreat Center, Sewanee, Tennessee. December 5-7, 2008. Advent Retreat Leader: “The Vigil: Keeping Watch in the Season of Christ’s Coming.” St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Omaha, NE. December 9, 2008. 2009 Major Presenter: “Spirituality for Pastors.” First Church Project, Hinton Rural Life Center, Hayesville, NC, January 28-30, 2009. Facilitator: Annual Salesian Spirituality Conference: “The Devoted Life: Happiness on the Journey.” St Louis MO, Aug. 8, 2009 Invited Workshop: “Perspectives on St. Jane de Chantal.” Monastery Mont Deux Coeurs. Tyringham, MA. Aug. 9-10, 2009.

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Keynote Speaker: “Using Images for Prayer.” Annual New England Convocation for Catechetical Leadership. Springfield, MA. Aug. 11-12, 2009. Major Presenter. “Friendship,” Mennonite Spiritual Directors Convocation, Cleveland OH, October 26-28, 2009. 2010 Major Presenter: “The Visitation as Community,” Annual Salesian Spirituality Conference, “The Visit: a Salesian Icon for Today,” simulcast from Wilmington, Delaware, August 7, 2010. Retreat leader: “Warm Hearts, Kindred Friends,” Rolling Ridge Methodist Conference Center, North Andover, MA October 13-16, 2010. 2011 Retreat leader: “Spiritual Friendship in the Salesian Tradition,” Chicago Area Daughters of St. Francis de Sales, March 18-20, 2011. Featured Speaker, 400th Anniversary Celebration of the Foundation of the Order of the Visitation, “The Procession Expands the Heart,” St Louis, Monastery of the Visitation, June 21-23, 2011. Featured Speaker: St Olaf Church Speakers Series, “The Vigil: Advent Reflections,” December 1, 2011, Minneapolis, MN. 2012 February 7-11, 2012: Faculty, National Academy for Spiritual Formation, “History of Spirituality,” Donaldson, Indiana. March 31, 2012: Retreat Leader: Ignatian Associates Annual Retreat, Bellevue NE. March 31, 2012: Lenten Retreat Leader, “Spiritual Friendship,” St Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Omaha NE. 2013 Jan. 26, 2013: Speaker, “Francis de Sales and the Salesian Spirit,” Day of Reflection, St Francis de Sales Parish, Lansing, KS. March 9, 2013: Teacher/Leader, “Day of Prayer,” Kuntz Memorial Lutheran Church, Omaha NE. April 20, 2013: Presenter, In-service Day for Deacon Candidates of Des Moines Diocese, “Family Spirituality,” Council Bluffs, IA.

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Sept. 29, 2013: Retreat leader, “What IS There About Mary,” Knowles Mercy Spirituality Center, Venice NE. 2014 March 1, 2014: “Sacred Dwelling.” Lenten Day of Reflection, Alums of Rockhurst High, Kansas City Missouri. April 1, 2014: Leader, Day of Recollection at Conception College Seminary, Conception Missouri, “Salesian Spirituality.” July 19, 2014: Keynote Speaker, Annual Meetings of the National Association of the Catholic Family Life Ministers, “Home is a Holy Place,” Dayton Ohio. 2015 September 18, 2015. Public Lecture, “Angels, Saints and Intercessors: the World of Catholic Devotions,” Archdiocesan Spirituality Center, New Orleans, LA. September 19, 2015. In-service workshop for Spiritual Directors. Archdiocesan Spirituality Center, New Orleans, LA.