Sr. Gregory Healy, OSB, '10 M.Div.
Journey with Sr. Gregory Healy, OSB, a Benedictine nun who has discovered God’s calling in life through the beauty of music, the wonder of creation, and the holy example of others.
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Journey with Sr. Gregory Healy, OSB, a Benedictine nun who has discovered God’s calling in life through the beauty of music, the wonder of creation, and the holy example of others.
This episode was originally published by FaithND on September 8, 2023. To explore the entire library of Everyday Holiness podcast episodes and for more information about FaithND, please visit faith.nd.edu.
MoreMeet the Speaker: Sr. Gregory Healy, OSB, '10 M.Div.
Before entering Regina Laudis Sister Gregory Healy had completed a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and a Master of Arts in Theological Studies and a Master of Divinity. During her monastic life she has enthusiastically shared her musical gifts in directing our Novices’ Maria Goretti Schola and teaching Gregorian Chant to our postulants. She is learning to play the harp and assists our liturgists in preparing for major solemnities.
She collaborates with other community members in teaching our Monastic Theology course to interns, practicum students, and visiting college groups. Sister Gregory has become the liaison between the Abbey and the Center for Social Concerns at her Alma Mater, the University of Notre Dame. Regina Laudis is now a placement site for their Summer Service Learning Program where students have the opportunity to experience the Catholic social tradition of care for the environment within a monastic context.
Sister Gregory has developed other talents as well during her time as a novice. She studied woodturning under local masters and creates stunning bowls, vases, and pens from wood from our land. She also has been studying Environmental Floral Design and creates arrangements that grace the sanctuary of our church Jesu Fili Mariae.
During the past few years when called on to help the infirmarians, it became clear that Sister Gregory had a natural gift in her care and solicitude for the the elderly and sick members of the community. In 2019 she became a Certified Nurse Aide and during the last two years completed the necessary prerequisites for nursing school: anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry, psychology, sociology, and lifespan development. She has just applied to nursing school. The Abbey’s new infirmary, completed as part of our New Horizons renovation project, was named for the Guardian Angels which is why this feast was chosen for Sister Gregory’s First Profession of Vows.