Interview with Sister Lorraine Caza, Theologian
Sister Lorraine Caza outlined the major events of her life in the Congrégation de Notre-Dame since her entrance in 1956.
She spoke first of the novitiate where, withdrawn from the rest of the world, she experienced a profound deepening. In 1967, she began a Masters Degree in Theology which she completed in five years at the Dominican College in Ottawa. She then obtained a doctorate from lÉcole biblique de Jérusalem: the topic of her dissertation was My God, My God, why have you abandoned me?
After her return to Canada she taught theology in Ottawa, becoming dean of the faculty in 1987. From 1996 to 2006 she completed two five-year mandates as Congregation Leader, formerly called Superior General, of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame.
In November 2006, freed from her administrative responsibilities, she took a three-month sabbatical in a Swiss monastery. Since then, she has been at the House of Prayer in Longueil giving retreats, sessions, recollections and consultations, as well as accepting invitations from outside the Congregation."
