Marianne Durand Balding renews promises as an Associate of Wisdom

Marianne Durand Balding renews her promises as an Associate of Wisdom during a gathering of the Tidewater Sowers of Justice.  Daughters of Wisdom Margaret McCabe and Marilyn Lieber presented Marianne with a copy of The Love of Eternal Wisdom: A Revisioning of Saint Louise DeMontfort’s Contemplation on Divine Wisdom by Rabbi Rami Shapiro.

Marianne is a Geriatric Family Nurse, a graduate of Norfolk Catholic High School (VA) and Maryview Hospital School of Nursing.  She is an active legislative advocate for the poor and marginated and a participant in “Empower Hampton Roads,” a regional interfaith coalition of 30 Congregations that join forces to deal with justice issues (see www.gamaliel.org).

For more information about the Daughters of Wisdom and the Associates of Wisdom, visit www.daughtersofwisdom.org . For a copy of The Love of Eternal Wisdom: A Revisioning…. contact info@wisdomhouse.org.

               

Seek Wisdom

Wisdom is an undying fire seen by all who love Her,

  And found by all who seek Her....

The beginning of wisdom is the desire for Wisdom,

   And this desire, when transformed into action, is love; And love is lived through the Way....

(Excerpt from "The Love of Eternal Wisdom: A Revisioning of Saint Louis deMontfort's Contemplation on Divine Wisdom" by Rabbi Rami Shapiro, www.rabbirami.com )

New Beginnings

On 1/1/12, Sr. Rosemarie Greco, DW, and Sr. Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP, discussed 'New Beginnings.'

Click here to listen to the podcast. There may be a delay as the streaming audio loads.

Courageous Community Leadership Program

Participants in the "Courageous Community Leadership Program" met several times this year in the Farm House.  With the support of Bill Graustein, Heidi Brooks, and David Carter (who lead this program), the group focuses on leadership effectiveness.  Learn more about the Fund at www.wcgmf.org.

Who Is This Woman?

Photo by Wendy Carlson

Who Is This Woman?
 

Who is this woman who talks to angels

   and is on familiar terms with divinity?

In the fullness of time,

 She bore the fullness of grace.

The shepherds went in haste,

 And found the angels’ proclamation true.

  All were there as they had been told,

    Maiden mother, mentor, and male child.

Those who heard of it were amazed.

Mary looked on in gratitude.

   The silence in her heart

Held the past and the future

     In a balance.

Eight days passed before marking him,

    Naming him,

Whose future pulls us forward. 

Who is this woman

   Who dared to say “Yes”

And, now holds eternal vulnerability

   In her lap?   

                                          Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP