Pilgrimage with St. Hildegard von Bingen through Creation

Our journey today will be a pilgrimage with a trailblazing woman saint, whom Pope Benedict XVI named a Doctor of the Church. She was a musician and composer, a theologian and mystic, an herbalist and healer, and a preacher and reformer in the High Middle Ages.

On today’s journey, you will

Meet St. Hildegard von Bingen and hear about her life
Discover how her insights can help us find wholeness and healing in our lives as we reclaim our relationship to the rest of Creation

Click here to visit the official website of St. Hildegard’s Cathedral of the Woods.

We are so grateful to this month’s sponsor, Deanna Villarreal, who made this podcast episode possible.

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Guest Information

Jeanne O’Connell is wife to her husband, Kelly, and mother of 5 beautiful children. She enjoys hiking in the mountains, watching her children’s college athletic sports, cooking healthy & delicious dishes, gardening, facilitating workshops and retreats, traveling, and gathering with friends and family. She is an 19-year Pastoral Assistant at St. Matthew’s Catholic Parish, employed as Director of Marriage Ministries and Women’s Formation. She is a University of Minnesota-Crookston graduate, is also certified in JPII’s Theology of the Body Head and Heart Immersion from the Theology of the Body Institute, is a certified Matthew Kelly Dream Manager Coach, and is a certified AFPA Holistic Nutritionist. After a breast cancer diagnosis in 2017, Jeanne discovered how ancient forms of nutrition and healing merge with today’s nutritional science for optimal health and wellbeing primarily through the timeless teachings and wisdom of Hildegard von Bingen, Saint and Doctor of the Church. By consolidating her pastoral experience and certifications, she is passionate about teaching St. Hildegard’s 7 strategic approaches to physical and spiritual vitality, wellbeing and wholeness.