Sherryl White, CSJ, is a guide for Engaging Impasse: Circles of Contemplation and Dialogue®. In this capacity she participates in the planning and enabling of the circle experiences. Sherryl is a psychologist ministering to apostolic and contemplative congregations of religious throughout the United States and Canada. In facilitating Chapters, General Assemblies, Congregational Meetings, strategic planning, workshops and consultations with Leadership Teams, Sherryl helps religious communities engage the question of how they might best live into their future. Her particular areas of expertise address the psychological and spiritual qualities of life in light of the aging process. Sherryl’s group processes are designed to draw upon the strengths of contemplative inquiry, broadening our capacities to engage the questions that confront us in changing times. Sherryl is also a trained Spiritual Director and offers retreats and workshops throughout North America. Sherryl’s writings have appeared in America Magazine and on the Website for the Religion Division of the Lilly Endowment, Inc. She is a contributing author to a book soon to be published on “Interfaith Congregational Discernment.” Sherryl is a grantee of The Louisville Institute’s Study Grant for Pastoral Leaders, funded by the Lilly Endowment. Her project focused on determining ways to ensure a positive quality of life for senior members of religious communities. Consequently, Sherryl serves in an advisory capacity for numerous congregations regarding their motherhouse and provincial house facilities. Recently, Sherryl was invited by the Lilly Foundation to serve on a national consultation project, “Christian Faith and Life and Religious Institutions.” As a select group of scholars and pastoral leaders, they met to study the preparation of Leadership for ministry in the Church. Sherryl also serves as the Catholic representative on the George Fox University’s National Interfaith Discernment Board in Portland, Oregon, also sponsored by the Lilly Foundation. Sherryl works as an independent consultant for the National Religious Retirement Office, in Washington, D.C. She is also the Editor of their newest quarterly publication, “Engaging Aging.” Sherryl is a Sister of St. Joseph of Baden, PA. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Boston University; a M.A. in Psychology from Boston University; a M.Ed. in Religious Education from Boston College; and a B.S. in Special Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Sherryl can be reached at s.white.csj@bc.edu or swhitecsj@msn.com Return to the Top Back to Who We Are