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Sr. Michaela Hedican, OSB & Fr. Nick Kleespie, OSB - The intersection of faith and personal development. Our search for meaning in faith, work, and life
“The mission of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University is to provide the very best residential liberal arts education in the Catholic university tradition. They foster integrated learning, exceptional leadership for change, and wisdom for a lifetime.” - The first sentences of the joint mission of CSB/SJU. While attending college, whether at St.Ben’s and St. John’s or many other religiously affiliated institutions, spirituality is often at the focal point of the academic mission, and a focus of the preparation students receive before entering the professional world and the rest of their lives. Catholic, Lutheran, non- denominational, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, or practicing any form of spirituality - do we have a responsibility to focus on staying connected to our spirituality through the distractions of transition as we grow beyond college and into different parts of our lives? Does spirituality play a role in our career development, and how can we reflect on spirituality through periods of transition and growth as a calling to our higher purpose? How can engaging our spirituality benefit our personal lives, communal lives, and professional lives?
Sr. Michaela Hedican, OSB: The blessings in Sister Michaela’s life began when she was born in Virginia, Minnesota, on September 4, 1945. The Benedictines from St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota, were her grade schoolteachers. When her family moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, she attended the Benedictine staffed Regis High School and joined the Sisters of Saint Bede Monastery during her senior year. In 2010 the community joined Saint Benedict’s Monastery. S. Michaela is a graduate of the College of Saint Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota, in education and holds two master’s degrees, one in religious education from Seattle University and the other in theology (Monastic Studies) from Saint John’s University School of Theology/ Seminary. She was a middle school/high school teacher for twenty years and over the years has served in a number of administrative positions. She is currently Director of Oblates, as well as serving in retreat ministry and as a spiritual director. Being with people, reading, music, movies, and being in nature are sources of enjoyment for her.
Fr. Nick Kleespie, OSB: Fr. Nick Kleespie, OSB was born and raised in West-Central Minnesota. After graduating from Saint John’s University in 2006, Nick served with the Saint John’s Abbey Benedictine Volunteer Corps in Tanzania. Since entering the Abbey in 2009 Fr. Nick completed his MDiv at the Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary. Fr. Nick is the Chaplain of Saint John’s University, lives as a Faculty Resident in a freshman dormitory, serves as a firefighter/EMT on the Saint John’s Fire Department.
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“The mission of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University is to provide the very best residential liberal arts education in the Catholic university tradition. They foster integrated learning, exceptional leadership for change, and wisdom for a lifetime.” - The first sentences of the joint mission of CSB/SJU. While attending college, whether at St.Ben’s and St. John’s or many other religiously affiliated institutions, spirituality is often at the focal point of the academic mission, and a focus of the preparation students receive before entering the professional world and the rest of their lives. Catholic, Lutheran, non- denominational, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, or practicing any form of spirituality - do we have a responsibility to focus on staying connected to our spirituality through the distractions of transition as we grow beyond college and into different parts of our lives? Does spirituality play a role in our career development, and how can we reflect on spirituality through periods of transition and growth as a calling to our higher purpose? How can engaging our spirituality benefit our personal lives, communal lives, and professional lives?
Sr. Michaela Hedican, OSB: The blessings in Sister Michaela’s life began when she was born in Virginia, Minnesota, on September 4, 1945. The Benedictines from St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota, were her grade schoolteachers. When her family moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, she attended the Benedictine staffed Regis High School and joined the Sisters of Saint Bede Monastery during her senior year. In 2010 the community joined Saint Benedict’s Monastery. S. Michaela is a graduate of the College of Saint Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota, in education and holds two master’s degrees, one in religious education from Seattle University and the other in theology (Monastic Studies) from Saint John’s University School of Theology/ Seminary. She was a middle school/high school teacher for twenty years and over the years has served in a number of administrative positions. She is currently Director of Oblates, as well as serving in retreat ministry and as a spiritual director. Being with people, reading, music, movies, and being in nature are sources of enjoyment for her.
Fr. Nick Kleespie, OSB: Fr. Nick Kleespie, OSB was born and raised in West-Central Minnesota. After graduating from Saint John’s University in 2006, Nick served with the Saint John’s Abbey Benedictine Volunteer Corps in Tanzania. Since entering the Abbey in 2009 Fr. Nick completed his MDiv at the Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary. Fr. Nick is the Chaplain of Saint John’s University, lives as a Faculty Resident in a freshman dormitory, serves as a firefighter/EMT on the Saint John’s Fire Department.