Advent Quiet Day

Saturday, December 4, 2021 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. in Reynolds Register to Attend

Sister Hannah Winkler, CSM has been a member of the Community of St. Mary, Southern Province, for the past six years. She began her ministries within the Community by managing the guest ministries as well as the chapel services as the Sister sacristan. She helps manage the Community’s website, social media, and online gift shop and promotes convent events online. She has been active in preaching at a variety of Episcopal churches and schools both in-person and online, and, prior to COVID, traveled out of state to preach and teach adult forums at various churches. Before the pandemic, she also regularly led tour groups through the convent grounds and chapel and educated visitors about the history and ministries of the Community.

Part of her work involves taking turns with the other Sisters in instructing the Organic Prayer Program interns about the Rule of St. Benedict. She enjoys living out Benedictine hospitality and meeting new guests, visitors, and groups that come to the convent. Prior to entering Community, she graduated with her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nutritional sciences in 2008 and 2011 from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, respectively. She became a licensed registered dietitian in 2011. She began her career as a clinical dietitian first at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, NC then at Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, NC. There she worked in the oncology, surgical, and psychiatric units. She recently graduated from the University of the South with a Master of Arts in Theology in December 2020. She is looking forward to the ways God will use her diverse backgrounds as part of the Community’s various ministries.

All are welcome to join Sister Hannah for a quiet day entitled “Food for Thought.” The quiet day will begin with morning prayer, followed by two reflections, a break for lunch, a final reflection, and a closing Eucharist. Sr. Hannah will combine her background of nutrition with her religious background to reflect on topics such as mindful eating, a healthy diet, sustainable lifestyles, how to nourish each other as the body of Christ, and how to create a spiritual landscape in our everyday life. Throughout the quiet day, Sr. Hannah will utilize scripture, hymns, meditations, and prayer that relate to the overall theme of physical and spiritual nourishment. She will discuss how Benedictine spirituality grounds her theology of the Eucharist and her ministries. She will also reflect on how Benedictine monasticism continues to feed both the world and the church. There will be periods of silence, activities paired with each reflection, and a time for Q&A.

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Contact Rev. Becky Zartman at [email protected] for additional information.