Title: contemplative activist

Location: Pacific Northwest, USA

Jayne is the Director of Interfaith Sanctuary Homeless Shelter and the Viriditas Center. She is a contemplative-activist, a secular carmelite (aspirant), and an advocate for those who are poor and marginalized within our world.  Since 1991, Jayne has provided service for organizations including the Idaho Hunger Action Council, Idaho Roundtable Against Hunger, Temple of Light Prison Ministry, Ada County Juvenile Court Services, Habitat for Humanity, Ada County Human Rights Task Force, the Interfaith Alliance of Idaho, and Wellbriety for Prisons/White Bison. In 2009, she was honored with a Women Making History award from Boise State University.

Jayne is a spiritual mentor/companion for people who are called to integrate the contemplative path with compassionate service & action in the world. She has over 25 years formation and training in Eastern and Western spiritual traditions and a lifetime of service & activism.

• Heart of the Treasure Valley: Idaho Statesman, Dec. 8, 2008
• Women Making History 2009,  Boise State University
• Sacred Activism Video , Living in the Fire of Change
• Boise's Interfaith Sanctuary volunteers help formerly homeless people make transition: Idaho Statesman, September 9, 2009
• Interfaith Sanctuary At…or Near Capacity: NPR Interview, September 28, 2009
  

”Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.” - Mother Teresa

“At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by “I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.” - Mother Teresa

“This is the reason for prayer, my daughters, the purpose of this spiritual marriage: the birth always of good works, good works.  So be occupied in prayer not for the sake of enjoyment but so as to have the strength to serve.  Mary and Martha must combine.” -Saint Teresa of Avila

“It is possible to serve meals in a nursing home, to cook in a homeless shelter, or read stories to children at an inner-city library and never let others into your heart. It is possible to do the good thing and end up feeling satisfied with yourself and even just a bit superior. It is possible to do the good thing and not be changed for the better by it. Hospitality includes cooking the meal, and reading to the kid, but it demands that you let the people you are serving into your heart. Only in opening yourself wide to another are you transformed by the power of love.” - Radical Hospitality, Fr. Daniel Homan and Lonni Collins Pratt

Where to Find Me on Gaia:

Contemplation & Beyond (co-administrator)

On the Web:

Twitter - “sacredactivist”
Interfaith Sanctuary

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