 Associate Retreat Director
Tel: 860-521-0440 ext. 118
Email: bnappi@cpprov.org Brandon Nappi is Holy Family's Associate Retreat Director. He is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Notre Dame where he majored in Theology and Medieval Studies. Brandon’s work in the Church has included youth ministry, adult education, pastoral care, and music ministry. He completed a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University and is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis. His doctoral thesis will explore Zen-Christian dialogue and the role of meditation in Christian preaching. Brandon lives in Middlebury with his wife Susan and daughters Sophia and Ellie. He can be found cooking, gardening, playing the guitar, and doing silly things with his children. Living in the Now Recommended Reading:
New Seeds of Contemplation, Thomas Merton
Peace is Every Step, Thich Nhat Hanh
The Inner Voice of Love, Henry Nouwen
Open Mind, Open Heart, Thomas Keating
The Missing Piece, Shel Silverstein
The Old Turtle, Douglas Wood A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle "The ultimate meaning and purpose of life cannot be expressed, cannot properly be thought. It is present everywhere, in everything, yet it always escapes our grasp. It is the ground of all existence, that from which all things come, to which all things return, but which never appears. It is ‘within’ all things, ‘above’ all things, ‘beyond’ all things but it cannot be identified with anything. Without it nothing could exist, without it nothing can be known. It is ‘unseen but seeing, unheard but hearing, unperceived but perceiving, unknown but knowing’ … We speak of ‘God’ but this also is only a name for this inexpressible mystery."
Father Bede Griffiths, Return to the Centre |
