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New Monastic Resident

New Monastic Resident

Joe Duquette

Joe Duquette

At the end of the Monastic Institute, a number of participants expressed interest in taking part of the Residency program. This involves living and working in the Mepkin community for a year. Roger Haigney is already a Resident, and at the end of August, he was joined by Joe Duquette. Joe is a native of Massachusetts and has lived in New York, Los Angeles, and Paris. During his time in Paris about 13 years ago, he was a member of Les Fraternité Monastique de Jerusalem. Joe’s profession was acting, and he spent time working as a hospital chaplain. He also studied clinical pastoral education and led retreats entitled “Acting out Your Spirituality.” We wish Joe every blessing in the year ahead at Mepkin.

Roger Haigney

Roger Haigney