French Mystics (Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantal, Guyon / Fenelon)

Presentation:  March 7, 2009

Wendy Wright, Ph.D.

Brief Description of Presentation

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Prayer Exercise

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Preparation for Session and Bibliography

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About  Wendy Wright

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Wendy M. Wright holds a Ph.D. from the University of   California at Santa Barbara and is currently Professor of Theology  at Creighton University.  She also teaches regularly in several graduate ministerial programs including Creighton's Christian Spirituality Master's  program and the National Methodist Academy for Spiritual Formation.

Her expertise falls in the areas of history of spirituality, family spirituality, spiritual direction and the Catholic devotional tradition. Her academic work has focused on the Salesian spiritual tradition founded by Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal. Listed among her books are Bond of Perfection: Jeanne de Chantal and François de Sales (Paulist Press), Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal: Letters of Spiritual Direction (Paulist Press Classics of Western Spirituality Series), Francis de Sales: Introduction to the Devout Life and Treatise on the Love of God (Crossroad Spiritual Legacy Series), Sacred Dwelling: A Spirituality of Family Life (3rd ed. Darton,Longman,Todd and Pauline Books), Seasons of a Family's Life: Cultivating the Contemplative Spirit at Home (Jossey Bass), Heart Speaks to Heart: the Salesian Spiritual Tradition (Orbis/Darton, Longman, Todd) and Caryll Houselander: Essential Writings (Orbis Books).  She is a frequent contributor to the journals Weavings and Family and Community Ministries. She and her husband, Roger Bergman, are the parents of three young adults.