Sister Mary Lou Ruck, SP, is "retired" and lives at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She is a former teacher of sixth graders through adults, specializing in English and theology. She then moved to pastoral work as Pastoral Administrator or Pastoral Associate. She has served in Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. She loves the midwest, the Woods, and serving others. Now you will find her giving energy treatments (Reiki, Healing Touch, etc.) or companioning folks with dementia when she isn't practicing centering prayer, reading, or playing cards.

Gifts for a volunteer: hope and hospitality
Volunteering can be a source of hope and peace

Comfort from beauty
Also wanting to help others, I searched my soul. Stretching his idea of comfort from music, I thought of other arts: poetry, other writing, painting, and so on. Then it struck me: weaving!

