When the histories of the earliest East-West religious dialogues get written, with origins dating back close to a half century in the Catholic church, names like Thomas Merton, Bede Griffiths, Anthony de Mello, Raimon Panikkar will be listed with their contributions discussed. Another name certain to be on that list is Pascaline Coff, a Benedictine Sister of Perpetual Adoration and a co-founder of the Osage Monastery in Sand Springs, Okla. Coff combines a traditional Catholic devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus with a Benedictine monastic sense of hospitality, seeing Christ in every stranger she meets. With these foundational pillars of spirituality, she also has a rare and brilliant openness to the Spirit in all the world's religions traditions. She lived in India for a year at Bede Griffiths' ashram and since then has participated in many hospitality exchanges between Christian and Tibetan Monastics in Asia and the United States. http://ncrcafe.org 2007 National Catholic Reporter en-us Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:55:02 -0500 dcoday@ncronline.org Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:25:08 -0500 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.0.4) http://www.feedforall.com NCR Podcast - The riches of interreligious dialogue replace this Tom Fox National Catholic Reporter dcoday@ncronline.org Zen, Buddhism, Catholicism, conversion, interfaith no no http://ncrnews.org/ncrpodcasts/graphics/pcoff.jpg http://ncrcafe.org Sr. Pascaline Coff 144 202 What are the pillars of your spiritual life, Tom Fox asks Sr. Pascaline Coff. She answers: A devotion to the Sacred Heart, adoration and daily Mass. "My primary monastic vow, a constant turning to the Lord, and welcoming the Divine in the other has meant a lot to me," she adds. She also describes meeting Fr. Bede Griffiths and founding Osage Monastery in Oklahoma. http://ncrnews.org/ncrpodcasts/coff_episode1_highspeed_option.mp3 dcoday@ncronline.org Zen, Buddhism, Catholicism, conversion, interfaith http://ncrcafe.org 4AA2824D-305B-4155-B967-5A898B8C8785 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:31:07 -0500 NCR Cafe Sr. Coff talks with Tom Fox about the treasures she has gained from studying and dialoging with other religions: From the Hindus, she said she learned about radical hospitality, welcoming the divine in the other. From the Buddhists, compassion. From Muslims, fidelity to prayer and surrender to divine. From Daoists, be content with what you have. “If we would follow even half of the wisdom that comes from other traditions, from our own tradition,” what a world this would be Coff says.. http://ncrnews.org/ncrpodcasts/coff_episode2_highspeed_option.mp3 dcoday@ncronline.org Zen, Buddhism, Catholicism, conversion, interfaith http://ncrcafe.org 70419102-303B-4B16-BD47-DFC274FF306B Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:29:36 -0500 NCR Cafe Sr. Coff discussions the practicalities of visiting the ashram at Osage Monastery. http://ncrnews.org/ncrpodcasts/coff_episode3_highspeed_option.mp3 dcoday@ncronline.org Zen, Buddhism, Catholicism, conversion, interfaith http://ncrcafe.org 81652827-80D0-46C8-950B-FF85D1C24FC1 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:28:03 -0500 NCR Cafe