Networking Within Networking in Our T’ai Chi Chih Family

By: Sr. Mary Ann Cirillo

O.P., Canton, OK

As I walked to the sales area at our Conference, a woman from another Conference being held at Regis University walked with me. She said that she and her husband had heard of T’ai Chi Chih and wanted to learn. I brought her to Good Karma and showed her Justin’s book and tape. Both Jeanne and I suggested that she attend a class. When I asked the women where she lived, I was surprised to hear Tulsa, Oklahoma. I asked if she would be willing to travel to Oklahoma City. She said, “Yes.” Lois heard the word travel, and asked me if I marked on my card that I would be willing to travel. I shared with Lois that as a sister, there is a networking within the networking of our T’ai Chi Chih Family. When I traveled to New Jersey for a Congregational meeting, I shared T’ai Chi Chih with the Sister of Saint John the Baptist in Gladstone, NJ. When I returned to Oklahoma, I suggested that the sisters contact Sr. Antonia who lives in New Jersey. In March of this past year, I was invited to our Dominican Common Novitiate in St. Louis, Mo. I introduced T’ai Chi Chih, and suggested that the sisters order Justin’s books and tapes. At our networking time at our conference, I asked if any of the sisters would be willing to teach at the novitiate. Sr. Alice Holden said that her sisters might be. While staying with the Dominican Sisters of Hope in Denver, the sisters and their accountant asked about learning T’ai Chi Chih. One of the teachers in the Denver area will soon receive a call from the Sisters of Gaylord Street. This has been an outreach for me and the opportunity to pass on our T’ai Chi Chih. Thank you for this opportunity! Peace and Love.