Calista Robledo, an MDiv student working at Monasteries of the Heart and the Inner-City Neighborhood Art House this summer and living at the monastery, submitted her thoughts on the new to Superman movie to National Catholic Reporter. You can read "'Superman' is the superhero movie of our sociopolitical moment" at ncronline.org. "Superman" is the superhero movie not just of the summer, but of this sociopolitical moment of despair, fear, lament and rage. The inspiration here is tangible, sticky, with grit, teeth and muscles; it is real, just as the evil in the movie is real. May we absorb this art fully, and remember what we were made to do: co-create a world of justice, peace and flourishing for all life," she concludes.
Earlier in July, Calista and Katie Gordon, Monasteries of the Heart coordinator, facilitated a writing and reflection session, "Reimagining the Divine through Creative Writing" as part of the curriculum for the new Benedictine Peacemakers year-long immersion program. Katie, left, and Calista are at the top of this photo from the workshop, held at The Writing Studio as St. Mary's: A Space to Create.
Calista is member of Discerning Deacons and was featured in a previous NCR piece along with Erie Benedictine Oblate Kelly Adamson, "Five Catholic women who dream of ordination as deacons."
