Sister Mary Agna Barth

Sinsinawa, WI, USA

Sister Mary Agna Barth, O.P. a Sinsinawa Wisconsin Dominican Sister has been a teacher since 1931 in various Diocesan Schools throughout the United States. Sister taught for many years in grades three through eighth. She taught English in Visitation High School in the early seventies. In 1973 she was Coordinator for the Religious Education Program at Redondo Beach, California. Over seven-hundred students were involved in this program. Besides supervising the program she did Teacher Training for the seventy-teachers teaching in the program. After working for six years at St. James, Sister Mary Agna returned to the mid-west. In Rockford, Illinois, she became the Religious Education Coordinator for nineteen parishes in the Rockford Diocese. It was while working here that she attended a Chicago Diocesan Education meeting and attended a session given by Father Matthew Fox, O.P. After hearing him she knew she had to learn more about Creation Spirituality. In Oakland, CA, a summer seminar was being given by Father Fox. At this time she attended a workshop on Creative Writing given by Dr. Gill. Since then besides continuing in Religious Education work she began work in earnest on Creative Writing. Fox's illuminations of Hildegard's work really interested her and she began putting the ideas into Poetry form.

Peace in the World

The Power of Holiness unleashed, 
Anything can happen! 
People called to Compassion. 
Compassion is a Cosmic Law. 

An era of Compassion, 
An era of Justice making, 
An era of Celebration! 
Globally erupted, 
Deep Ecumenism will appear, 
There will be Peace and Justice. 

The Cosmic Christ recovered, 
Recovering of a living Cosmology, 
Can bring about a COSMIC CHRIST MYSTICISM. 
A COSMIC CHRIST MYSTICISM a basic for Church renewal. 

Churches coming together, 
Celebrating together, 
Making connections together, 
Interactions of all peoples. 
The "Pattern that Connects, 
IS THE COSMIC CHRIST!" 
Peace will only come through a living COSMOLOGY! 
"COSMIC WISDOM" "COSMIC CHRIST"

A Wonderful Story

She hastened from Nazareth 
To a hill outside Bethlehem, 
She greeted her cousin Elizabeth 
Who was already with child. 

The words of  Elizabeth 
She heard with great joy, 
"Blessed are you among women" 
Rang in her heart. 

The night was dark and still, 
A crowd came into the city. 
Joseph went to each Inn 
Only to find they were all filled. 

In a little cave 
Outside the city, 
Mary gave Birth to her Son, 
She wrapped Him in swaddling clothes. 

As time went on, 
To the temple they went, 
Mary here presented her Son, 
To the God she held in her arms. 

She watched Him grow 
Until the time came again 
To Jerusalem they must go. 
His preaching then began. 

The rest of the story 
You hear when Christ became a Man, 
The miracles He performed 
Were many. 

When brought before Pilate, 
Pilate asked Him, 
If He was the King of the Jews. 
Christ answered, "I am not a Jew." 

"My Kingdom does not belong to this world,  
My Kingdom is not here. It is you who says 
I am King. I came into this world to testify  
To the Truth."