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Laura Swan
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 15 ธ.ค. 2011
My passion has been around restoring women to the stories we tell. I unearth stories from the early movement to the desert from the 200s onward (the ammas) through medieval times to the present. Women have made huge contributions to culture and society but have been ignored for too long. I am grateful for scholars who share the fruit of their research -- diving into dusty archives and libraries. Their books are dense but fruitful.
.Verena of Thebes & Zurzach
Saint Verena was a gutsy young woman from Egypt. Listen to find out who she was
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Hild of Whitby
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Hild of Whitby, a 7th Century Abbess in northern England, led a "minster," which included a woman's monastery, a men's monastery, several parish churches, and pastorally responsible for all who lived there. She build a major intellectual center the served the growing church.
Deacon Olympias of Constantinople
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One of my favorite women in the early church, Olympias had significant impact on theology and asceticism. Deacon Olympias is one of our early Church Mothers
Makrina, the Sage of God
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Meet one of the Mothers of the Church and the actual founder of eastern monasticism.
Scholastica of Nursia
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Scholastica, twin of Benedict, was born in 480. What do we know of her? How did she influence her more famous brother, and especially his Rule? Listen to find out more about her.
Why Did the Women Disappear?
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Benedictine Sister Laura Swan of St. Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington, talks about the early Jesus movement and why women who followed Jesus seemed to disappear from history.
Laura Swan OSB - The Wisdom of the Beguines - Part 5
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Sister Laura Swan, OSB, of St. Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington, gave this presentation to the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict in Australia in November 2023.
Laura Swan OSB - The Wisdom of the Beguines - Part 4
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Sister Laura Swan, OSB, of St. Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington, gave this presentation to the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict in Australia in November 2023.
Laura Swan OSB - The Wisdom of the Beguines - Part 3
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Sister Laura Swan, OSB, of St. Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington, gave this presentation to the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict in Australia in November 2023.
Laura Swan OSB - The Wisdom of the Beguines - Part 2
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Sister Laura Swan, OSB, of St. Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington, gave this presentation to the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict in Australia in November 2023.
Laura Swan OSB - The Wisdom of the Beguines - Part 1
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Sister Laura Swan, OSB, of St. Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington, gave this presentation to the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict in Australia in November 2023.
Laura Swan OSB - The Desert Mothers - Part 4
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Sister Laura Swan, OSB, of St. Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington, gave this presentation to the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict in Australia in November 2023.
Laura Swan OSB - The Desert Mothers - Part 3
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Sister Laura Swan, OSB, of St. Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington, gave this presentation to the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict in Australia in November 2023.
Laura Swan OSB - The Desert Mothers - Part 2
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Sister Laura Swan, OSB, of St. Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington, gave this presentation to the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict in Australia in November 2023.
Laura Swan OSB - The Desert Mothers - 06NOV23 - Part 1 of 4
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Sister Laura Swan, OSB, of St. Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington, gave this presentation to the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict in Australia in November 2023.
Learn about the Desert Mothers A Catholic Forum Video Interview with Sr Laura Swan, OSB - Part 2
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Learn about the Desert Mothers A Catholic Forum Video Interview with Sr Laura Swan, OSB - Part 2
Learn about the Desert Mothers A Catholic Forum Video Interview with Sr Laura Swan, OSB - Part 1
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Learn about the Desert Mothers A Catholic Forum Video Interview with Sr Laura Swan, OSB - Part 1