Adele McKiernan Wrote About Their Spiritual Journey

For National Catholic Reporter, Adele McKiernan reflected on their journey of spirituality and how it manifested in Kentucky’s Cedars of Peace retreat center. 

They wrote, “I paused at the entrance and took stock of my spirit and a somatic inventory of my body. I was feeling small and unprepared for what had been built up for me over the course of the retreat — a new way of being that is both tied to my religious past, and to connection with others. I looked across the labyrinth to the center, which had welcomed so much hesitancy and unsteadiness, and thought of the uncertainty sisters had expressed they also felt coming to Loretto for the first time, some at age 16.” 

The essay explores how McKiernan reconciled their faith and learned about other religions like Judaism. 

McKiernan’s writing has appeared in Global Sisters Report and other outlets.