Sr. Mary Margaret Funk, OSB
Our Lady of Grace Monastery
1402 Southern Avenue
Beech Grove, IN 46107-1160
(317) 787-3287
(317) 780-2398 (fax)
(317) 730-7436 (cell)
email: nunmegfunk@gmail.com
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Mary Margaret Funk
Archives:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Notre Dame Indiana 46556
Education:
MA Catholic University (1973) Religion and Religious Education
MS Indiana University (1979) Adult Education
Post Graduate Studies: CUA 1982-83
Graduate of Epiphany Certification Program of Formative Spirituality (2002)
Certificates: Selection Research Incorporated Interview Perceiver (teacher, admin. Religious)
Experience:
1961: Member of Our Lady of Grace Benedictine Monastery, Beech Grove, Indiana
1965-1969: Elementary school teacher, St. Barnabas Catholic School, Indianapolis
1969-1983: Administrator, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis in catechetics
1983-1984: Postgraduate studies Catholic University, DC
1984: Bolivia
1984-1985: Administrator Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville in catechetics
1985-1993: Prioress, Our Lady of Grace Monastery, Beech Grove, Indiana
1988 Development Education for Religious Communities sponsored by Lilly Endowment
1994-2004: Executive Director, Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (MID) Board
1995-2001: Lalitha Krishnan. Personal mentoring in Hindu scriptures, rituals and gurus. Three pilgrimages to India. She moved to Beech Grove with Margaret Laulor to assist with MID.
2003-2007: Director, School Of Lectio Divina at Benedict Inn, Beech Grove, Indiana
2005-7: Consultant for Kylemore Abbey, Connemara IRELAND
2007-2008: Prioress Administrator Kylemore Abbey, Connemara IRELAND
2008-2011: Consultant for Glencairn Abbey, IRELAND
2008-2015 Writer and teacher of The Matter Series
2010-2013 School of Lectio with St. Joseph Monastery Tulsa OK Benedictines
2010-2014 School of Lectio with St. Paul Monastery St. Paul MN Benedictines
2010-2014 School of Discernment St. Paul Monastery St. Paul MN Benedictines
2009-2016 teach Matter Series at Abby of Gethsemani Novitiate
2009-present: Consultant to Sister Joyce Weller, DC Los Angeles CA
2010-15 Retreats: for Mepkin Abbey, SC,
*Novice Guardians of UK gathered at Noddfa Wales,
*Anglican Sisters of the Incarnation in Oxford England,
*Cistercian monks Mt.St. Bernard's England,
* Junior Course Cistercians St. Joseph Roscrae Ireland,
*Junior Course Cistercians Mt. Melleray, Ireland,
*Oblates Beech Grove,
*Oblates Rock Island,
*Daughters of Charity Evansville Indiana,
*Day of Discernment for St. Joseph Benedictines Tulsa,
*Day of Discernment St. Paul MN,
*Contemplative Nuns Gathering Dalgan, Ireland,
*Muslim Catholic Dialogue St. Cloud University MN.
*Contemplative Outreach: Snowmass, Denver, Indianapolis
*Jane Owen Legacy Lecture New Harmony Indiana "Friendship"
*Retreat Stanbrook Abbey UK
*Retreat Daughters of Charity Evansville
*Retreat Benedictine Monks of Morristown NJ
*School of Lectio St. Paul MN (2005-2015)
*Public lecture: Ceaseless Prayer St. Paul MN
*Pittsburg Contemplative Outreach
*Women Touched By Grace: Thoughts Matter
*St. Benedict's Center Schuyler NE: Merton's Legacy
*Spiritual Direction Internship at Beech Grove: Desert Tradition
*Novitiate Gethsemani Abbey teaching Julian of Norwich
*Mission Committee of Sponsor Ascension 2016-17
Mission Committee of Board of Directors St. Vincent Indiana 2017-2019
St. Vincent Indiana Hospital Chaplains Retreat Day 2017
*Retreat Elk Horn NE Abbey 2017
*Ash Wednesday Retreat 2017 Benedict Inn
*Novice Institute Benedictines 2017
*World Day of Prayer for Contemplative Outreach 2018 On line
*Mission and Mentoring St. Vincent Leadership March 2018
Invitational Gathering Office of the President Georgetown University
Celebrating the 50 years of Dialogue sponsored by the PCID
Pontifical Council Of Interreligious Dialogue coordinated by
John Borelli. Paper on Monastic Experience of Dialogue
Accomplishments:
Coordinated the Gethsemani Encounter (1996) and Gethsemani Encounter II (2002)
Coordinated the Benedict's Dharma Conference (2001 and 2003)
Coordinated the first Nuns in the West (NITW) gathering in Los Angeles, Hsi Lai Temple (2003)
Participated in NITW III (2008) and NITW IV (2011)
Spoke at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago (1993)
Coordinated and participated in the 6th Spiritual Exchange Program in 1995 (formal exchange program between USA and India/Tibet)
Participated in formal dialogue programs with Hindu, Zen Buddhist, Muslim, Confucian, and Taoist practitioners
Coordinated The MID Bulletin twice a year
Coordinated the website www.monasticdialog.com (73 issues)
Coordinated moving the MID archives to Notre Dame University Archives
Taught in the School of Lectio Divina in Tulsa, OK (2009-2014))
Taught in the School of Lectio Divina in St. Paul, MN (2005-2015)
Retreat on Lectio Divina Transfiguration Monastery Cincinnati Ohio (July 2018)
Parish Conversation St Thomas Indianapolis December 5, 2018: Renouncing Violence
Georgetown University Celebration of 50 years of PCID Invitational reflection on Dialogue
(details above)
Lilly Endowment young pastors. Indianapolis Alexander Hotel 2019. Thoughts Matter
Retreat St. Anselm's Abbey Washington DC 2019
Conference 7 with Abbot James Wiseman on Jon Roosbroec
Renouncing Violence: Advent programs St. Pius X December 2019
St. Enda 100 day virtual retreat through voice memos March 1st-July 11th, 2020
St. Enda 100 day virtual retreat co-teaching with Kathleen Cahalan 8/1/2020-11/11/2020
Published works:
Thoughts Matter (Continuum, 1998) is an updating of the teaching of the fourth century desert father, John Cassian, on the eight "afflictive thoughts" that impede spiritual life.
Tools Matter (Continuum, 2001) is on both ancient and modern practices that help us with our "afflictive thoughts" and help us to lift up our thoughts in prayer.
Humility Matters (Continuum, 2005) is on the teaching on humility of St. Benedict.
Islam Is...An Experience of Dialogue and Devotion (Lantern Books, 2003)
What Catholics Should Know About Islam (St. Anthony Messenger Update, 2004)
Revelation Catholic & Muslim Perspective (USCCB Publication No. 5-630. 2006)
Islam Is...An Experience of Dialogue and Devotion (Lantern Books, 2nd Edition 2008)
Lectio Matters: Before the Burning Bush: Through the Revelatory Texts of Scripture, Nature and Experience (Continuum, 2010) is a clear teaching from the Alexandrian School for catechumens (Didaskeleion) that is recommended by the Rule of St. Benedict
Lectio Matters in Polish: http://multibook.pl/pl/p/Mary-Margaret-Funk-OSB-Przed-krzewem-gorejacym.-O-czytaniu-slowa-Bozego/4229
Into the Depths: Memoirs of Bolivia (Lantern Books, 2011)
Thoughts Matter, Tools Matter, Humility Matters, Lectio Matters, Revisions, Discernment Matters Published by Liturgical Press Collegeville MN. 2013 (five book set: MatterSeries)
America Magazine August 19, 2016 Interview by Judith Valente on Anger and Politics
Renouncing Violence published by Liturgical Press September 15 2018
Contributed works:
Interview with Patrick Hart, ocso Dilatation Corde Volume 5, Numbers 1%2 January-December 2015 Lantern 2016
Interfaith Friendship. Edited by James Frederick (Palsgrave 2015)
Lectio Divina. Written for Oxford Handbook on Late Antiquity, but not published.
Gethsemani Encounter, 1996 (Continuum, 1998) edit. Don Mitchell & James Wiseman
Benedict's Dharma (Riverhead, 2001) edited Patrick Henry
Purity of Heart (Continuum, 2001) edit. Joseph Wong and Bruno Barnhart
Transforming Suffering (Doubleday, 2003)
A Monastic Vision for the 21st Century (Cistercian Publications, 2006) edit. Patrick Hart
Listen I, II, III Constitutions of Federation of Saint Gertrude. Both writer and facilitator
"Retrieving, Reclaiming and Reappropriating Monastic Life Today" in Living in the Meantime (Paulist Press, 1994) edit. Paul Philibert, OP
Forward Praise the Name of the Lord by Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald. Lit Press 2016
Endorsement: Rule of Benedict by Georg Hplzherr
Book Review: Do not Stifle the Spirit: Conversations with Jaques Dupuis
Book Review: The Church has left the Building. Cistercian Studies Quarterly. Vol 52.4. 2017
Give Us This Day Reflections published Liturgical Press. edited by Mary Stommes. 2000-2020
Articles Published in:
America Magazine
US Catholic
DIM Bulletin (UK)
Benedictine
St. Anthony Messenger
Living Light
Book Reviews:
Praise the Name of the Lord, by Bishop Michael Fitzgerald
Over 50 reviews published in Cistercian Studies, Living Light, MID Bulletin and the Merton Seasonal Reader, Worship, Cistercian Studies
MID/DIM Jaques Dupris and Pope Benedict XVI
Book Endorsements, three or four a year.
Recently: Michael Casey, Joan Chittister, Catherine Stewart, Georg Holzherr, Sam Rahberg,
Chris Manion, John Wimmer, Gerhard Lohfink
Public Presentations:
Speaker: the Gethsemani Encounter (1996) and Gethsemani Encounter II (2002)
Speaker: World's Parliament of Religions, Chicago (1993)
Retreat director: USA, Central America, Europe and India
Speaker: St. John's Collegeville Monastic Institute (4 Institutes gave written papers)
Speaker: Anniversary of Nostra Aetatae Rome San Anselmo and St. Michael's VT
Speaker: Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (7 Conventions)
Speaker: Islamic Society of North America Convention (2005)
Speaker: What is Prayer? Princeton University (2007)
2013 Closed blog: megfunk.com now use Amazon Author page
Board Memberships:
Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambride, MA (1980-1985)
St. Meinrad School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN (16 years between 1985 and 2005)
Monastic Interreligious Dialogue Board of North America (1987-2005)
Thomas Keating's Contemplative Outreach Faculty and/or Board of Trustees (1989 - 2001)
Mission Committee: Sponsors of Ascension.org St. Louis 2016-2017.
Mission Committee Ascension St. Vincent Hospital Bard 2017 -2019.
Archives:
Archives for Sr. Meg Funk are available at University of Notre Dame Archives.
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