Sister Jo-Ann writes, “Our local library is holding a writing contest. The only directions are: Write a brief memoir of 100 words or less.” Below is her entry: My Life – A Brief Memoir At 18, I wanted to be a writer. I also wanted to be a nun....
When Sister Jo-Ann Iannotti was a teenager in the 1960s, she read the Sunday New York Times every weekend. The Book Review section inspired her to write creatively. The fashion ads inspired her to sketch: she imitated the sketches of fashions featured in ads like Lord...
At her work station for the week-long Artists’ retreat, Ulana Salewycz pores over pebbles, eggshells, photographs, and paints: all materials she uses to create new works of art. She says she comes to the retreat with a mental plan of projects to begin here, and...
Published author, photographer, and Dominican Sister of Hope Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP, debuted her exhibition, Intimate Spirits: Photography and Poetry in Conversation at the Clare Gallery in Hartford, CT in January, but her reception at which she will discuss the event is...
Dominican Sister of Hope Jo-Ann Iannotti is a published author, photographer, teacher, and, now, the Art and Spirituality Coordinator at Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center in Litchfield, CT. After teaching for seventeen years, Sister worked as the Associate...
