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About the Author
Sister Joan Saalfeld,
author of Looking for the Song
Joan
Saalfeld (author) and Mary Bertoli (illustrator) are members of the
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, an international congregation
of women religious and associates dedicated to the full development
of the human person through education, social justice, contemplation
and the arts.
Sr. Joan received her Ph.D. in literature and creative writing
at the University of Denver, and was a member of the English Department of
the University of Portland for 27 years. She is currently Oregon Province
Director for the Sisters of the
Holy Names, and lives in Portland, Oregon.
» Learn more about the illustrator
Sister Mary Bertoli.
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and works of art helps us to reach others through our ministries
throughout the region. In effect, you partner with us in our work.
We thank you in advance for this gift."
Sister Jane Hibbard, Provincial Admin.
Sisters of the Holy Names
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Holy Names Gift Shop Book by Sister Joan Saalfeld
Looking for the Song
Written by Sister Joan Saalfeld
Illustrated by Sister Mary Bertoli
$20.00
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This
44 page story is a fable about a girl
whose journey begins when she loses the spiritual experience that has
been part of her childhood, and enters a period of darkness. She leaves
her home
in search of the Song that has made her young life so happy.
Along
the way, she meets various guides and challenges, finds her connection
to the creatures
of the world, and learns that she has been seeing things backwards.
The transcendent Song for which she is looking is not only in far-away
stars, or distant,
mysterious lands. If she can only pay attention and listen, it is
in the things and situations of ordinary life that she encounters every
day. The
fable crosses cultures and religions to reveal a universal truth
about the longing for spiritual fulfillment.
“Looking for the Song is a story for all ages--a moving tale
that engages, delights, instructs, and inspires. Its characters
take us on a spiritual journey through darkness and light, sorrow
and joy,
loneliness and community, to that compassion which links
our individual song to the Song of the universe. Beautifully
written and illustrated,
it is a wonderful resource for pastors and teachers, spiritual
directors and retreat leaders--and the perfect gift for spiritual
seekers everywhere.”
--Kathleen Fischer, Ph.D., theologian, spiritual
director,
therapist, and author of Imaging Life After Death.
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