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Catherine Quehl-Engel

Member profile details

Membership level

Expired Memberships

First name

Catherine

Last name

Quehl-Engel

Organization

Cornell College (Iowa) & Trinity Episcopal Iowa City

Contact Information

Web site

http://www.cornellcollege.edu/chaplain-and-spiritual-life/meet-the-chaplain/index.shtml

City

Mt. Vernon

Province/State

Iowa

Country

U.S.A.

First Image

Image No.1

Caption No.1

I Revere the Divine Within You Mandala

Description No.1

In The Imitation of Christ Thomas à Kempis gives wise counsel: “O anxious soul, I am telling you that you yourself are God’s dwelling, God’s secret hiding place…all your good and hope is so close to y

Second Image

Image No.2

Caption No.2

Mother and Child

Description No.2

We are made, says The Book of Wisdom, “in the image of God’s own eternity (2:23).” Because the Holy One dwells in yet also beyond us, we are invited to not render the world and each other opaque.

Third Image

Image No.3

Caption No.3

Monastic Wisdom

Description No.3

Our monastic heritage reminds us of dangers to society and self when we forget the demand of the soul, and lose ourselves in the chaos of unconscious living, lack of self-control, and preoccupation wi

Arts data

Relation to Art

Artist
Clergy

Arts Media

Painting
Photography

Arts Proficiency

Emerging

Artist Statement

Catherine's spiritual life and artistic soul includes prayerful long runs down Iowa back country roads, and painting mystical landscapes. Her doctoral dissertation entitled "Deep Abiding: Praying, Living, and Loving From The Inside Out" is, along with her weekly meditation/interior prayer instruction among students, faculty, and townspeople, are among the ways she helps cultivate an Incarnational way of seeing the world, others, and ourselves as drenched with Divinity in inter-connective oneness.

Church data

Denomination

Episcopal

Diocese

Iowa

Parish

Trinity Iowa City

Church Name

Trinity Episcopal Church, Iowa City

Additional information

About

The Rev. Dr. Catherine Quehl-Engel received her D.Min. in Christian Spirituality from Washington Theological Union (2014), her M.Div. and M.A. in Religion and Visual Arts from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA (1994), and B.A. with majors in Art and Religion from Cornell College (1989). She is ecumenical and interfaith Chaplain of Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa and Associate Priest at Trinity Iowa City, Iowa.