Episode 112: Rosemary Metzler, a Benedictine Oblate who recently met Pope Francis

Rosemary Metzler works at St. Joseph’s Monastery in Tulsa and is a Benedictine Oblate there. She is a parishioner here at the Church of Saint Mary.

Rosemary grew up as an Army brat living mostly on the East Coast and in Germany. Home Base for Rosemary is Philadelphia where her brother and sister reside. Rosemary has worked in a number of areas from being a Vietnamese linguist for the NSA to being an executive secretary to working at a lumber mill.

Most recently Rosemary traveled to Rome to meet with Pope Francis as representative of Benedictine Oblates in Tulsa.

Rosemary is a widow. She helped raise 4 children and has 6 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

SHOW NOTES:

Benedictine Oblate World Congress: https://www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/2023-09/ing-038/the-challenge-of-hospitality-in-a-society-suffocated-by-selfishn.html

Benedictine Oblate program in Tulsa: http://www.stjosephmonastery.org/oblates

The Liturgy of the Hours:

https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgy-of-the-hours