Sr Ilia Delio, a respected academic and theologian, is Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University and the author of nearly 20 books including Christ In Evolution, The Emergent Christ, The Unbearable Wholeness of Being and Making All Things New.  She is the founder and vision behind the Omega Center now Center for Christogenesis.  She is an internationally sought after presenter speaking on the intersection of Science and Religion and we were honored to have Ilia give weekend retreats in Kansas City (of course, before packed crowds) in 2017 and 2018.

Her recent memoir- Birth of a Dancing Star is just out. Regarding this book, Barbara Brown Taylor says the following “Thank God there is nothing linear in the lifeline of this book. Delio tells her rising, spiraling story with such transparent joy that she seizes every change of plan as a new dance move from God. Only out of chaos can a star be born, she says, welcoming us to take our own places in the rising, spiraling story of the universe.”