Maria Wurth
M.LITT IN THEOLOGY AND THE ARTS STUDENT
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA / Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Education: BA in Theology; minors in Philosophy and English, Benedictine College
Alumna, the Phoenix Institute, International Theological Institute, Trumau, Austria
Fellow, the Catholic Worldview Fellowship, Weeze, Germany
Alumna, the Phoenix Institute, International Theological Institute, Trumau, Austria
Fellow, the Catholic Worldview Fellowship, Weeze, Germany
Academic Interests
Maria is interested in Catholic mysticism, monastic spirituality, the Liturgical Movement, grief and suffering, attention, and the experience of the transcendent in the ordinary. Overall, Maria is interested in the universal human pursuit of meaning. She seeks to draw attention to the roles beauty and storytelling take in human flourishing and the encounter with the Sacred. Some influential figures for Maria include Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Willa Cather, Joan Didion, John Senior, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and Pope St. John Paul II.
Other Interests
Outside her studies, Maria enjoys ambitious hikes, time by the sea, going to rodeos, helping out around her parish, armchair ufology, and writing.
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