--- title: "4 Joan Chittister Quotes - Famous Christian nun" description: "Roman Catholic nun, activist, writer and academic... | Joan Daugherty Chittister, is an American Benedictine nun, theologian, writer, and speaker. She h..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-joan-chittister-70622.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Joan Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-joan-chittister-70622.jpg) # Joan Chittister (1936) Christian Nun **4** quotes in **18** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Joan Chittister is a Christian nun. ## Quick Facts About Joan Chittister Born April 26, 1936 Profession Christian Nun ## About Joan Chittister Roman Catholic nun, activist, writer and academic... \| Joan Daugherty Chittister, is an American Benedictine nun, theologian, writer, and speaker. She has served as a Benedictine prioress, Benedictine federation president, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, and co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women. ## Quotes by Joan Chittister > [“Of all the things we share, the most central is not in the liturgical or theological or canonical dimensions of the religion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-chittister/of-all-the-things-we-share-the-most-central-is-not-in-the-liturgical/) Joan Chittister [Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/joan-chittister-70622_buddhism_of-all-the-things-we-share-the-most-cent_519857.jpg) > [“Benedictine spirituality, after all, is life lived to the hilt. It is a life of concentration on life's ordinary dimensions. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-chittister/benedictine-spirituality-after-all-is-life-lived-to-the-hilt-it-is-a/) Joan Chittister [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b33/joan-chittister-70622_life_benedictine-spirituality-after-all-is-li_692564.jpg) > [“Everywhere I looked, hope existed - but only as some kind of green shoot in the midst of struggle. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-chittister/everywhere-i-looked-hope-existed-but-only-as-some-kind-of-green-shoot/) Joan Chittister [Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/joan-chittister-70622_hope_everywhere-i-looked-hope-existed-but-onl_779210.jpg) > [“I began to trust the questions themselves to lead me beyond answers to understanding, beyond practice to faith”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-chittister/i-began-to-trust-the-questions-themselves-to-lead-me-beyond-answers/) Joan Chittister [Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/638/joan-chittister-70622_faith_i-began-to-trust-the-questions-themselve_916700.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-chittister/#itemlist", "name": "Joan Chittister Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Of all the things we share, the most central is not in the liturgical or theological or canonical dimensions of the religion. 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