Sister Ann Muczynski, Formation Director, presents retreat director Sister Elizabeth Carrillo, from Mount St. Scholastica Monastery in Atchison, Kansas, with a gift at the conclusion of the annual community retreat. Sister Elizabeth led sisters and oblates through a week of reflections titled, "Together Unto Everlasting Life: A Benedictine Ethos of Creation Care."
Sister Elizabeth recently earned an MA in Religion and the Environment from the University of the South School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee, and her reflections wove together environmental and Benedictine spirituality. She is a board and staff member of the Center for Deep Green Faith which provides offerings that blend eco-theology with eco-spirituality grounded in the Christian tradition. Sister Elizabeth is a member of her community’s Wangari Maathai Sustainability Committee and leads retreats and workshops on creation care and integral ecology through the Sophia Spirituality Center.
