Jennifer Ristine is a consecrated woman of Regnum Christi, a Society of Apostolic Life in the Catholic Church.  She consecrated her life to God in 1997 and is engaged in faith and spiritual formation primarily through teaching, writing, conferences, retreats, and spiritual direction.

She is a contributor for RC Spirituality, instructor for the new online Spiritual Director Certificate course at Divine Mercy University in Virginia, and author of Mary Magdalene: Insights from Ancient Magdala and Nine Days with Mary Magdalene.  

From August 2014 to July 2018, she served as the Director of the Magdalena Institute and the Visitors’ Center Coordinator in Magdala, the ancient hometown of Mary Magdalene, a first-century Jewish site and Christian pilgrim center.

Jennifer obtained degrees in Special Education from Western Illinois University, Pastoral and Religious Studies from Regina Apostolorum in Rome, and her Masters in Theology from Catholic Distance University in Virginia. She most recently continued studies in Ignatian and Carmelite spirituality in Spain.