Spring Flowers Around Wisdom House

Photos by Sister Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP

Poem: Gently

Meet Sister Jo-Ann

Sister Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP is a Dominican Sister of Hope who is presently Art and Spirituality Coordinator at Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center in Litchfield.

Her ministries have included teaching at the elementary and secondary levels in New York and New Jersey. Since moving to Connecticut, she has been a reporter and photographer for The Catholic Transcript newspaper. She also has scripted programs for the Office of Radio and Television for the Archdiocese of Hartford. She also was Director of Religious Education at St.Ann Parish in Avon, CT.

She is a poet and photographer. Her poetry has appeared in national and international magazines. She has had one-woman shows of her photography in New York and Connecticut.

A native of Paterson, New Jersey, Sr. Jo-Ann holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York, and a Master’s degree in Theology from Fordham University, Bronx, New York. She lectures frequently on the 14th Century English mystic, Julian of Norwich, as well as on the inter-relationship between art and spirituality.

Reading Other Poets
When I sit in awe at the sound of
their words,
Listen to the journeys of
their hearts,
Walk in the richness of
their memories,
I know myself as thief.
I know the envy in
my heart
Wants, most of all,
to steal
their silence.

Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP