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Sisters of St. Francis, Denver, CO
 
Wisdom Center


A new ministry of
the Marycrest Franciscans
Offering programs in Spirituality for
the Second Half of Life

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Wisdom Center Mission Statement
  Wisdom Center, a ministry of the Marycrest Franciscans, aims to challenge those in the second half of life to a deeper spirituality and to new ways of service. The Wisdom Center’s staff seeks to combine the insights of the Conscious Aging Movement with our Christian and
Franciscan heritage for the benefit of elders of all religious traditions. As needs emerge, we stand ready to provide short-term and long-term programs, group work, and individual support.

The program we follow in the first half of life
is woefully inadequate in the second.
~ Karl Jung

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Why?


Americans today are living longer and healthier lives than ever before. Why has God given us these additional years? How can we be good stewards of this gift? These are the questions we want to explore at Wisdom Center.

How can these additional years become a time of inner growth, a spiritual adventure? How can we become wise elders? How can we who are elders become a life-giving force in a world that badly needs our wisdom? Wisdom Center aims to draw together elders of all faith traditions who are asking these questions. Please join us in the adventure of becoming wise elders and finding our place as elders in the world.

Youths grow tired and weary…
But those who hope in God will renew
their strength, they will soar as with
eagles’ wings.
They will run and not grow weary,
walk and not grow faint.
Is 40:30-31

Mary, Mother of Wisdom

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Wisdom Center Director

Sister Macrina Scott, O.S.F., director of Wisdom Center, has a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from the Franciscan School of Theology, has founded and directed the Catholic Biblical School of the Archdiocese of Denver, published many articles and three books: Picking the “Right” Bible Study Program, Bible Stories Revisited: Discover Your Story in the Old Testament, and Bible Stories Revisited: Discover Your Story in Luke and Acts. She also serves as leader of pilgrimages and as spiritual director. She is certified by the Spiritual Eldering Institute to present workshops based on the work of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.



Contact the Wisdom Center

Please contact Sr. Macrina if you would you like one of these programs for a group in your parish.


Sister Macrina Scott, OSF
Wisdom Center
2250 S. Harrison St.
Denver, CO 80201
303-756-3083
Email Wisdom Center

Feel free to ask questions or send comments to the Marycrest Franciscans