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Christine Valters Paintner is the online Abbess at www.AbbeyoftheArts.com, a virtual monastery and progressive global community offering resources that integrate contemplative practice and creative expression. She is the author of over twenty books on spirituality including three collections of poetry. She is a Benedictine Oblate, poet, writer, spiritual director, retreat facilitator, teacher, and pilgrimage guide. Her fields of expertise include Christian spiritual practices, monastic spirituality rooted in Benedictine, desert, and Celtic lineages, and the expressive arts. Christine earned her PhD in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and her professional status as Registered Expressive Arts Consultant and Educator (REACE) from the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA.org). Christine has lived in Galway, Ireland with her husband John since 2012. Together they lead a variety online programs including retreats, contemplative prayer services, prayer cycles of morning and evening prayer, and a book club.

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Give Me a Word

The Promise of an Ancient Practice to Guide Your Year

By: Christine Valters Paintner

Narrated by: Cyndi Stark

Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins

Release date: 11-18-25

Language: English

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Journey to Joy

A Fairy Tale for Thresholds and Transitions

By: Christine Valters Paintner

Narrated by: Christine Valters Paintner, Eilish McCarthy, Colette Devaney, Sarah O'Toole, Ian Mac Lochlainn

Length: 1 hr and 5 mins

Release date: 09-11-25

Language: English

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The Soul’s Slow Ripening

12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred

By: Christine Valters Paintner

Narrated by: Susan Hanfield

Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins

Release date: 03-19-19

Language: English

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A Different Kind of Fast

Feeding Our True Hungers in Lent

By: Christine Valters Paintner

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins

Release date: 04-16-24

Language: English

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