Bio

FAMILY LIFE — Karen is a Mom and a Grandma. She was married to her dear husband Bill for 48 years prior to his passing. They had 2 daughters and 2 grown grandchildren. During their marriage, Bill worked in Diplomacy and they lived overseas in the Middle East and Asia.

SPIRITUAL LIFE — While in Malaysia, Karen entered the Carmelite community in 1996 and became the Director of Formation. She is also the Director of Formation in her current Carmelite community.  Karen has taught classes in Carmel for 25 years. She teaches Rosary Club at one of her former schools, St. Mary the Assumption in Upper Marlboro.  Currently, Karen is taking a Spiritual Direction course out of Oxford, England.

PROFESSIONAL LIFE — Karen taught as a reading specialist for 25 years both overseas and here in the United States, teaching Kindergarten, 1st grade, and Middle School students.

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES — Karen has been involved in Girl Scouts for 54 years both here in the US and in all of her overseas locations and has been a GS Leader.

As a TASTE member and having such broad spiritual foundation, we are grateful that she offered to give a talk called “An Introduction to Contemplative Prayer” with very short notice.