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ABOUT SR. MEG
Mary Margaret Funk, OSB, is director of the School of Lectio Divina at
Benedict Inn, Beech Grove, Indiana.
Mary Margaret Funk, OSB, has been a member of Our Lady of Grace Monastery
Beech Grove, Indiana since 1961. Taught elementary school at St. Barnabas
1965-69. She was an administrator for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in catechetics from 1969-1983.
She also was Director of Religious Education for the Archdiocese of Louisville in 1984.
She was Prioress of Our Lady of Grace Monastery from 1985 - 1993, and in 1994 became Executive Director of
Monastic Interreligious Dialogue Board. In that capacity she coordinated the
Gethsemani Encounter 1996, and in 2002, Benedict’s Dharma Conference, 2001,
Benedict’s Dharma 2, 2003. She spoke at the World’s Parliament of Religions in
1993. She traveled to India and Tibet on the 6th Spiritual Exchange Program in
1995 and 1999, and has been in formal dialogue with Hindu, Zen Buddhist, Islam,
Confucius, and Taoist traditions.
She was the Executive Director of MID Board. She collaborated with James
Wiseman, editor, on the last 30 issues of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue
Bulletin and Web Site:
MonasticDialogue.org
She spoke at the Gethsemani Encounter 1996 and 2002. She has given many retreats
to Monastics and lay ministers on Christian Practice. She served on Thomas
Keating’s Contemplative Outreach Board of Trustees, Weston School of Theology in
Cambridge and was a member of the Board of Overseers of St. Meinrad School of
Theology.
She holds Graduate degrees from Catholic University (1973) and Indiana
University (1979). She’s a graduate of Epiphany Certification Program of
Formative Spirituality (2002).
In addition to her books chapters by her have appeared in The Gethsemani Encounter:
A Dialogue on the Spiritual Life by Buddhist and Christian Monastics;
Benedict’s Dharma: Buddhists Reflect on the Rule of St. Benedict; Purity of Heart
and Contemplation: A Monastic Dialogue between Christian and Asian Traditions; and Transforming Suffering:
Reflections on Finding Peace in Troubles Times. . .
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