Sister Ann Astell
We introduce you to Sr. Ann Astell, a Schoenstatt Sister of Mary and Professor of Theology, as she describes her loving upbringing, journey to religious life and academia, and steadfast faith in God even during times of suffering.
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Friday, January 3, 2025 12:00 pm
“God doesn’t change. God is always there—he’s our anchor. To have faith is to participate in this victory, and so there’s something very unshakeable about it.”
-Sister Ann Astell
Acquaint yourself with Sr. Ann Astell, a Schoenstatt Sister of Mary and Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, as she describes her loving upbringing, journey to religious life and academia, and steadfast faith in God even during times of suffering.
This episode was originally published by FaithND on June 5, 2021. To explore the entire library of Everyday Holiness podcast episodes and for more information about FaithND, please visit faith.nd.edu.
MoreMeet the Faculty: Sister Ann W. Astell
Sister Ann W. Astell is Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of six books, most recently Eating Beauty: The Eucharist and the Spiritual Arts of the Middle Ages (2006), and is now completing a monograph on hagiography and the Bible. She has been the recipient of an N.E.H. fellowship and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. She has edited eight collections of essays, most recently Saving Fear in Christian Spirituality (2020). Past President of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality and also of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion, she has published recently in Cistercian Studies Quarterly, Spiritus, Theological Studies, Marian Studies, and Religion and Literature.