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Saint Raphael Parish is pleased to welcome Sr. Julia Upton, RSM, for our third Benedictine Spirituality Day.

An accomplished author, Sr. Julia has written several books, including Worship in Spirit and Truth: The Life and Legacy of H.A. Reinhold, A Time for Embracing: Reclaiming Reconciliation, and A Church for the Next Generation: Sacraments in Transition.

We invite you to join us in the church for a morning presentation and reflection as Sr. Julia speaks to our community on Giving Glory to God by Our Lives. Her presentation will be followed by a Q&A session and a brief introduction to the Benedictine Formation group. Afterward, all attendees are invited to the parish rectory for a light lunch.

About the Speaker

Sr. Julia Upton, RSM, is a member of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and an Oblate of Mount Saviour Monastery in Elmira, New York. She holds a doctorate in Theology from Fordham University. Prior to her retirement, she was a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John's University (NY), where she taught for 40 years. For 20 of those years, she also served as a university administrator, notably as the University Provost from 2000 to 2012. 

An accomplished author of several books, Sr. Julia is currently researching the contributions of "Catholic Worker Artist" Adé Bethune to the liturgical life of the Church. Her upcoming project is provisionally titled The Work and Works of Mercy: Learning from Adé Bethune.
 

To register for this event, please contact our parish office by September 4th at 603.623.2604