Samuel Torvend

Samuel Torvend is an Oblate of St. Benedict, Faculty Fellow in Humanities at Pacific Lutheran
University, and Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Olympia. His most recent book is the highly
acclaimed Monastic Ecological Wisdom: A Living Tradition (Liturgical Press, 2023).

Upcoming Programs by Samuel Torvend

Hybrid: Jesus in Nature: Monastic Images of an Earthy Christ

April 26, 2025

The call to care for our common home, the earth, invites Christians to consider the image of Jesus who was and is among us – in, with, and through nature’s seasons. In this retreat, participants will consider the work of Benedict of Nursia, the Venerable Bede, Walafrid Strabo, and Hildegard of Bingen – Benedictines whose […]