Therese Elias, OSB

Sister Therese at Skellig Michael in Ireland

Therese Elias OSB was mentored in Celtic Pilgrimages by Ester de Waal and Marcus Losack. So far, she has led 14 pilgrimages to Ireland, Scotland and Wales - many with repeat participants. (They think of themselves as "frequent pilgrims".) Sister Therese is a retreat director, spiritual advisor and lecturer with specialties in Benedictine spirituality, the mystics, contemplative prayer and Celtic spirituality. A former college Religious Studies instructor, she has bachelor's and master's degrees in Theology and has done extensive graduate work in Spirituality and Spiritual Direction. She has been in full-time retreat ministry and spiritual direction for 23 years. Therese also directs Benedictine Oblates. She is a Benedictine Sister from the Monastery of Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, KS, USA.

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