Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program - Coordinators
2011-2012
For information please contact any of the following site coordinators
Sister Marilyn Carpenter (Denver)
Reverend Joanne Buchanan-Brown (Denver Year II)
Sister Mary Colleen Schwarz (Colorado Springs)
Sister Anne Madeleine Brost, OSB/Sister Mary Glenn, OSB (Grand Junction)
Online classes also available. Contact Sister Mary Colleen.
Sister Marilyn Carpenter, OSB
Interim Executive Director
Denver Site Coordinator
Year 1 Facilitator
Phone: (719) 429-7500 (cell)
(303) 756-7349 (home)
email:smarilync@juno.com
Sister Marilyn has a BS from Regis College, Denver; MA in Theology & Pastoral Ministry from St. Meinrad’s School of Theology in Indiana; and an MA Psych with an emphasis in Bereavement Counseling from Antioch University-West, Denver. She is certified as a hospital chaplain by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and has 30+ years experience in teaching, parish and healing ministry, hospital chaplaincy and bereavement education/counseling. She is also a certified Spiritual Director.
Sister Mary Colleen Schwarz, OSB RN
Colorado Springs, Grand Junction and online Site Coordinator
Year 1 and 2 Facilitator
Wimba Elluminate
Phone:(719) 633-0655
email:
smarycolleen@benethillmonastery.org
"Transformed hearts create a transfigured world.”
-Sister Johnette Putnam, OSB
Sister Mary Colleen was a clinical instructor of nursing for the University of Iowa College of Nursing for eleven years, and has a total of thirty years cardiovascular nursing experience with a focus on critical care. Sister is a certified Spiritual Director, a centering prayer group facilitator, and teaches in the Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program. She is currently co-director of Vocations at Benet Hill Monastery.
Sister Anne Madeleine Brost, OSB
Grand Junction Site Co-coordinator
Year 2 Facilitator
Phone:(970) 241-3847
email:amatkannahcreek@peoplepc.com
Sister Anne Madeleine graduated from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul with a BA in Mathematics. She has been certified as a Spiritual Director by the Pecos, NM, Benedictine Abbey Program for Spiritual Directors, and as a presenter of the Enneagram by the Hurley-Donson Enneagram Program in Denver.
Sister Anne facilitated a Masters Degree program in theology from Loyola University in New Orleans. Recently she received the Certificate of Completion from the Einsiedeln Conference, a Continuing Education Activity. The topic of the Conference was “Tending the Heart of Relationship: Nurturing Wellness, Healing Brokenness.”
Grand Junction Site Co-coordinator
Year 1 Facilitator
Phone:(970) 241-3847
email:amatkannahcreek@peoplepc.com
Sister Mary Glenn has lived monastic life for over 40 years. She has led various small group retreats, taught scripture classes and Centering Prayer. She was co-facilitator of the Loyola University, New Orleans, MA Theology program for the Pueblo Diocese. Sister Mary has a BS in Sociology and lives at the Whitewater Mission of Benet Hill Monastery.
Reverend Joanne Buchanan-Brown
Denver Site
Year II Facilitator
email: parsonbrownjbb@yahoo.com
Rev. Joanne Buchanan-Brown has been influenced by the Benedictine spiritual tradition over most of her adult life. Certified by the BSFP herself, she has practiced as spiritual director for over five years, and offers spiritual retreats in churches and other communities. She holds an MDiv from the Iliff School of Theology and is ordained in the United Church of Christ, where her current call is prison chaplain at Denver Women's Correctional Facility. There, she weaves Benedictine hospitality and contemplative practice into her ecumenical ministry to nearly 1,000 women offenders. A registered nurse for 30 years and a pastor since 2000, Joanne has known a lifelong passion for walking with others in pursuit of the spiritual, and has done spiritual formation/transformation work within various congregations for over 20 years. As a teacher and preacher integrating the spiritual journey with social justice, she is honored to work with the Sisters of the Benet Hill community and looks forward to making her vows as oblate with Benet Hill in November.