Benedictine oblate · poet
Christine Valters Paintner
Poet, writer and Benedictine oblate in Galway who leads Abbey of the Arts, a virtual monastery for contemplatives and artists.
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Interview · The Healer With A Thousand Faces · 2026Creativity, Chronic Illness and Contemplation
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A long conversation about what creative work, a body that is ill, and the contemplative traditions each have to teach, and how they can become teachers rather…
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