![]() ![]() Air Force, logging time in England, Germany, Korea, Egypt, Kansas, Illinois, and Washington, D.C. It is so important to have a place to go where we can relax, see the love of the monks, and be inspired to pray. “When we come back home, it’s almost like we were reborn. “Each time, it seems like the troubles of the world go away,” Paul said. Paul and Monique Harris, an active retired couple, look forward to each trip they make to meet the monks of Mount Angel, whether it is to promote vocations, make a retreat, or attend the Bach Festival or Seminary Benefit Dinner. Mount Angel is their island of serenity Legacy, Fall 2021 “It’s important to be grateful for what is holy, what really works.” “Monasticism has given birth to so much that is beautiful,” Therese said. Therese says her gratitude to monastic spirituality and to the Benedictine charism is “profound,” and she encourages all to “give deeply, intentionally, and generously” to Mount Angel Abbey. As an elder, I realize the way I can age gracefully is to garden every day along with prayer, writing, teaching and music.” and in the daily nuts and bolts of how monastics have lived. “I’m interested in all things traditional, which to me is also very creative – not static –. There is even a garden resembling a European monastic garden which produces culinary and medicinal herbs and fruits and vegetables aplenty. Now, her house exudes a monastic spirit of quiet, simplicity and scholarship. It was an intuitive, spirit-guided decision.” “I just knew with my whole heart to get it. Living in Montana at the time, she began coming to the Abbey for retreats, always allowing time for a visit with Fr. Angel was that I had a beautiful and profound experience in the Abbey in 1998,” she said. Angel since 2002, Therese has maintained a close relationship with the monks of Mount Angel and is an oblate of the Abbey. “I feel like this is a way in which an ordinary lay person can live the Gospel.”Ī resident of Mt. I was assigned to care for a man who was dying of emphysema, and knew it was important to be with him, to walk with him in the best way that I could. “This came up in a deeply moving way when I was a young woman working as an orderly. Therese says that, for her, the genesis of this now world-wide ministry is rooted in the monastic ideal to receive everyone as Christ. The Chalice of Repose Project, also founded by Therese, provides training and education in contemplative musicianship. ![]() Her personal experience and studies in medicine, spirituality and music led her to found music-thanatology, a palliative medical modality utilizing harp and voice in the physical and spiritual care of the dying. A concert and recording artist, Therese made her Carnegie Hall debut in 1980 as a harpist and singer. Therese Schroeder-Sheker is a lay person whose devotion to monasticism permeates her work and daily life. ![]() Monastic spirituality inspires artist Legacy, Spring 2022 She firmly believes that “by the grace of God and his Divine Mercy which he showers upon me, it behooves me to give back and remember that all things come from him.” Remarkable, but Maria sees her decision as a response to God’s abundant generosity in her life. During their conversation, Maria felt inspired to make a financial gift to Mount Angel Seminary, knowing that “there is a major need for more vocations and that the Holy Spirit was calling me to seek to try to reach out to Holy Mother Church in that way.”ĭeciding to pursue planned giving while suffering in the hospital may seem She asked him about his priestly calling and learned about his sincere desire to minister to God’s people. “He came across to me as a very modest, very humble, very faithful child of God,” recalls Maria. Sanchez, who has been assigned as chaplain to Rust Medical Center since 2021. It’s probably because we don’t see pain as a blessing from God.”Ī major blessing for Maria during her hospital stay came from a visit with Fr. Maria reflects, “when we find ourselves in pain or in a hospital, it sometimes becomes more difficult to see Divine Providence through the pain. “I placed my trust in God to have the medical team do their researching and checking and testing to find out what was ailing me.” Maria ultimately remained in the hospital for eight days and required about three months of home assignments and follow-up visits with doctors before she was back on her feet. The unexpected stay at the hospital was a trying experience for Maria. Edgar Sanchez ’15, a Mount Angel Seminary alumnus. During a lengthy stay at Presbyterian Rust Medical Center in April 2022, Maria felt that presence through the ministry of Fr. “When I see a priest, I see our Lord’s presence among us,” remarks Maria Cortez, a retired university administrator who resides in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Abbey Foundation of Oregon Annual Reports. ![]()
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