Take Heart Now Series: Rev. Karen MacQueen

Spiritual Tools for Centering and Compassion

Are you looking for ways to become more spiritually grounded? This conversation features the Reverend Karen MacQueen. An Episcopal priest ordained in 2004, Karen became fascinated by Indian religion and philosophy in the mid-70s. Rev. MacQueen volunteered for two years with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta and traveled in her free time. She visited some of India’s great holy cities, including Rishikesh, Varanasi (Benares), Puri, and Vrindavana. In South India, she met Father Bede Griffiths, who changed her life. Father Bede was the spiritual director of a Christian ashram, Shantivanam, in Tamil Nadu. He showed Rev. MacQueen it was possible to live fully as a disciple of Jesus while exploring Indian spirituality.