An Interview With Trina Paulus About Advent
Trina Paulus came to Grailville in 1949 as a teenager. She said it was a magnificent change, even though the living circumstances then were extremely simple and sometimes primitive, the cultural experience was a “high art form.” She now lives lives in Montclair, New Jersey, however returned to Grailville for this Advent Season to talk about her own work, as well as Grailville’s collection of over forty Nativity scenes from around the world.
In 1972, Paulus wrote the book, Hope for the Flowers. It is now translated into many languages and there are over two million copies in print.
In talking about this particular Christian Advent season, Paulus describes the global time we are living in as a period of preparation for the great change that we know is coming, but cannot yet predict. She called it, “The pregnant time - the fuller coming of God into our hearts and the fuller coming of God into our world”
Paulus said that the Christian Advent season is a time for all people to say, Yes to God’s call to be a chosen “We as human beings are meant to be surrendered to the will of God.”
Paulus started sculpting at the age of eight in Cleveland Heights, Ohio with mud from the creek in her back yard. She won national awards as a high-schooler.
In this LOVELAND MAGAZINE HD VIDEO, Reporter Alana Johnson interviews Paulus in the dining hall at Grailville where Paulus has many of her Advent sculptures on display as part of their International Creche Exhibit.
Paulus says that, “We all have a priestly task in this world. To give the love of God out to the world.”
Grailville, just outside of Loveland is an environmental, education, and retreat center of The Grail, an international women's movement. Located on 300 acres, with organic gardens, hiking trails, woods, pastures, ponds, creeks, modest guest housing, and solitude.
The Grailville Store features fair-trade items, gifts, and specialty items from Grailville and Grail artists.
Learn more about Trina Paulus... Grail member, artist, sculptor, author...
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