Benedicta Ward SlgBenedicta Ward is a sister of the community of Sisters of the Love of God, based in Oxford. She is Reader in the History of Christian Spirituality at the University of Oxford and an honorary lecturer at Harris Manchester College. She has written a nuber of books on early monasticism and on the Middle Ages, and is one of the world's most knowledgeable writers on the legacy of the Desert Fathers and Mothers. Read More Read Less