Coming Alive Memoir by Rev. Dr. Anne Ierardi (STH’90)
Rev. Dr. Anne Ierardi’s (STH’90) memoir “Coming Alive” (Shanti Arts Press) charts her spiritual, psychological, and artistic formation of three decades through feminism, gay liberation, and her quest to integrate her Italian-Catholic background after experiencing a profound call to ordination in seminary. Her oil paintings are featured in the book and on the cover. She lives on Cape Cod with her wife of 42 years and is available for presentations and art exhibits.
Anne Ierardi is a writer, painter, and minister. Her passion is trusting the Life that could be, and bringing all her gifts and those of others to that living. Making connections, finding beauty, and choosing what is good takes roots and reach.
Coming Alive, her recently completed memoir, from Catholic Italian-American Boston to ordained minister and same sex marriage on Cape Cod is filled with the portraits of people, places, and ideas that enliven and invite.
Anne cofounded Healthsigns Center, a sanctuary for spiritual guidance, contemplative worship, and creative gatherings. The book, Walking with Grief: A Healing Journey, was published by Healthsigns. Anne illustrated 21 sensitive paintings responding to the touching poem by Rev. Nanette Geertz on the sudden death of her daughter.
Artistic expression whether it is visual art, writing, or music defines Anne’s identity and search for wholeness and the Holy.
Visit Rev. Dr. Anne Ierardi’s (STH’90) website here.
Get your copy of Coming Alive from here on Shanti Arts. The book is also available on Amazon.