Thursday, May 05, 2005
MEET ADRIAN HOFSTETTER
at Chronogram.com
Catholic Dominican Sister.
86 years old.
Feminist.
Ph.D. in Zoology
Masters in Ministry.
First book published by Lindisfarne, titled Earth-Friendly: Re-visioning Science and Spirituality Through Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and Rudolf Steiner.
A few excerpts from the article:
Learning how to listen to the world she vowed to serve would soon take her in a very different direction, one that included Rudolf Steiner, psychodrama, and community-based activism. ...
Sister Adrian is connected to Rome only distantly.
She lives on her own, follows her own heart, works with other sisters, and is sustained by donations from her community. ..
many of the sisters, including herself, have turned to Buddhism and other Eastern religions in their growing frustration with the male-dominated Catholic Church. While Sister Adrian practices with a Buddhist group regularly, she still finds it "too rigid," and so takes what she likes and leaves the rest, meditating daily on her own.
This flexibility in lifestyle has allowed Sister Adrian to do some fascinating work. She and Claire Danielsson, a psychodramatist, met at a Pax Christ[i] meeting in Tivoli in 1968. Sister Adrian found Danielsson's work so exciting, she invited her to conduct a workshop at Creighton. The two joined forces in 1980 and founded Boughton Place in Highland.... Boughton Place is home to the Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute, Community Playback Theater, and cohousing and community facilitation programs. Sister Adrian has also been a deeply committed student and fan of the work of Rudolph Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy and Waldorf education, which has led her to continue her efforts toward creating sustainable farming, including her own garden.
She has an email list. Among the topics is "the growing possibility of impeaching George W." [Bush?].
She is a devotee of Jesus, but not a follower of exclusionary doctrine.
In other words according to this article, Dominican Sister Adrian Hofstetter is a dilettante who claims to be Catholic only when it is convenient or economically expedient. Otherwise known as a fraud.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
