{"id":13171,"date":"2018-01-30T12:35:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T17:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.regnumchristi.org\/en\/?p=13171"},"modified":"2023-08-08T10:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T14:59:15","slug":"joan-kingsland-consecrated-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/joan-kingsland-consecrated-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Kingsland: A Consecrated Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jim Fair<\/p>\n

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Joan Kingsland decided to give a year as a Regnum Christi volunteer. The year turned into a quarter century as a consecrated woman of the Movement, an anniversary marked January 25, 2018, at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center in Norwood, Ohio.<\/p>\n

As her friends and colleagues would attest, Joan is a consummate teacher and academic. She also is renowned as a baker, with particularly famed chocolate-chip cookies and award-winning apple pie (secret is lard in the crust).<\/p>\n

Joan (Dr. Kingsland in academic circles) has a demanding schedule, but took time to answer a few questions about her life as a Consecrated Woman of Regnum Christi.<\/p>\n

How did you meet Regnum Christi and decide to become consecrated?<\/strong><\/p>\n

From when I was a young child I felt called to the religious life. I remember telling my mother this when I was about 12 years old and she answered: \u201cNo Joan, you need to become something different. Something where you give yourself completely to God but not as a religious.\u201d I felt annoyed with my mother at the time, but her words returned to me when I met the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi. I had originally gone to our center in Rhode Island with the intention of volunteering for a year in Italy in order to get the strength to answer my vocation to the religious life. But my heart immediately resonated with the spirit of Regnum Christi. It was there that I found the joy and peace to answer my vocation.<\/p>\n

If you had not followed this path, what would you likely have done with your life?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would have been a religious sister in a teaching order.<\/p>\n

What books have you written and what do you have planned for the future?\"\"

Ask Me No Questions<\/em>, which is a novel involving a bioethical issue and You Make Me Mad<\/em>, which is about how to overcome anger in a Christian way. Although I was short-listed in a Canadian book contest for You Make Me Mad<\/em>, I haven\u2019t followed through with getting this book published. That\u2019s the next thing I\u2019d like to do. There\u2019s also been turning around in my mind and heart for a long time a book in the area of spirituality about walking in the company of the Lord.<\/p>\n

What are the most memorable times as a teacher?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I ardently desire to help young women to become aware of their immense dignity and worth and to have the wherewithal to ask others to respect and uphold it. My most memorable moments as a teacher are related to this theme; and past students will often mention to me how much those particular lessons helped them, something that is a source of satisfaction for me!<\/p>\n

Who have been your role models, mentors, people who you emulated?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Aunt Maureen was an Ursuline Sister and as a little girl I admired her greatly and wanted to be like her.<\/p>\n

What was your faith experience growing up in Canada, with your family?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My parents are devout Catholics and we grew up praying the rosary together as a family on Sundays. They have always given an example of involvement in their parish and loving service to others in many ways, something I admire very much. Their 60th wedding anniversary is not too many years down the road: I admire them for their example of fidelity! They also have passed down their love for nature to my five brothers and me. Every summer we go camping as a family.<\/p>\n

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