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- Biography-William Wilson, D.Min.
William
Wilson
grew up amidst alcoholism and poverty in the inner-city of Philadelphia. Seeking union with God, at nineteen William became
a silent Trappist monk for the next 25 years. Seven
of those years he lived in solitude as a hermit monk.
At 37, William was called out of the hermit life to serve as Chaplain and
confessor to Trappistine Nuns and subsequently as Novice Master in his own monastery. In these pastoral roles he became a spiritual
director and taught classes in the history, theology, and practice of classical Christian
spirituality.
In 1981, at 44 years of age, William went to live and serve among the poorest
people in the world in the Bolivian Andes. During
these years, aided by Christian friends in the United States, Fr. William founded Amistad
Mission, which now supports a school and operates a medical clinic and an orphanage in
Cochabamba, Bolivia.
As a Trappist
monk William had learned the ancient ways of union with God in solitude. As a missionary among the poor, he learned to seek
and find union with God while loving people. In
1989 he married a medical missionary, Dr. Susan Winchester.
Excluded from the priesthood in the Roman Catholic tradition, he was
received by the Episcopal Church. In
recent years, Father William earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Drew University. Most marvelous of all, since 1996 God has made Dr.
Susan and Fr. William proud and grateful adoptive parents of two children. The experience of parenthood has given the final
enrichment to his practice of contemplation in the world.
Now an Anglican priest of the Diocese of Bolivia, William is Director of Ministries of the Spiritual Life Ministry Foundation in Birmingham. In this role he offers the ministry of retreat leadership, lectures, and spiritual direction to people in many parts of the United States. His recently published book, FOUR ESSENTIALS: Classical Disciplines of Christian Spirituality, is currently receiving glowing reviews
January 2003
-Father William Wilson, D. Min.
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