Judith Valente

Judith Valente is the author of five books on spirituality and two poetry collections. She has worked as a writer for The Wall Street Journal and an air correspondent covering faith and values for national PBS-TV. She is a lay associate of Mount St. Scholastica Monastery in Atchison, Kansas. Judith guides retreats on how to live a more contemplative life and leads the annual Benedictine Footprints retreat to sacred sites in Italy.

Upcoming Programs by Judith Valente

Writing the Prologue to Your New Year

January 9, 2027

There is a saying, “Write it down, make it happen.” The start of a new year is a blank page offering us so many possibilities. It is a time to reflect on where we have been but also on where we want to go to turn our dreams for ourselves into the possible. This means […]