The Rev. Dr. Lisa DeBenedittis is a vowed member of the new monastic Community of the Incarnation, her spiritual life has been shaped by shared contemplative practice.
Lisa is jointly appointed as Curate at the Cathedral, and Director of Formation at Cathedral College, fostering academic rigor, contemplative depth, and pastoral skill in the preparation of priests for the Church and the world.
Lisa has had a long career in academia, most recently on the faculty of Parsons School of Design and The New School, where she was also Vice Provost, guiding teaching and learning across a large urban university. She is a licensed psychoanalyst in private practice and a supervising analyst, arising from her conviction that listening deeply is itself a ministry of accompaniment.