Mary C. Earle
CCMV Faculty
The Rev. Mary C. Earle is an Episcopal priest, writer, retreat leader and spiritual director, who taught classes in spirituality for the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin until her recent retirement. A resident of San Antonio, Mary is also the Author-in-Residence at The Work+Shop, a ministry in partnership with St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Her most recently published book, Celtic Christian Spirituality: Essential Writings Annotated and Explained, is being used in parishes for group study. Currently she is working on a new book titled Marvelously Made: Gratefulness and the Body for Church Publishing Incorporated/Morehouse, scheduled for release in April, 2012. She has also authored Days of Grace: Meditations and Practices for Living with Illness, The Desert Mothers: Spiritual Practices from the Women of the Wilderness, Beginning Again: Benedictine Wisdom for Living with Illness, andBroken Body, Healing Spirit: Lectio Divina and Living with Illness. With Sylvia Maddox, she co-authored Holy Companions: Spiritual Practices from the Celtic Saints.
Mary regularly teaches in a variety of settings in San Antonio, and online for the Seminary of the Southwest. As a member of the leadership team, she participates in the annual ecumenical silent retreat at Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio. She also co-facilitates Called Back to the Well at Oblate, a program for deepening congregational spirituality. Mary and her husband Doug, also an Episcopal priest, live with three border collies and two cats, and enjoy growing organic vegetables. Their son Jason lives in New York and is a professor of French.