Presented by Sr. Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP
Calling on examples in her own life, Sr. Jo-Ann Iannotti, will reflect on the themes of creativity and self-discovery through her practice of the two arts of poetry and photography. Her presentation will include examples from her new book, “I Know Myself As Thief”.
A book signing will follow the presentation. All book sale proceeds will support the mission of the Dominican Sisters of Hope.
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Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP, is a Dominican Sister of Hope living in Litchfield, Connecticut. Jo-Ann is a poet and photographer, and her poetry has appeared in national and international magazines. A member of the Dominican Institute for the Arts, she has had solo shows of her photography in New York and Connecticut.
Jo-Ann lectures frequently on the 14th-century English mystic Julian of Norwich, as well as on the interrelationship between art and spirituality. She is the author of Remember, Return, Rejoice: Journeying from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. She frequently serves as a supply preacher for numerous churches in northwestern Connecticut.
Her ministries have included being the art and spirituality coordinator at Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center in Litchfield, associate director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Hartford, a scriptwriter for the Office of Radio and Television of the Archdiocese of Hartford, and reporter and photographer for The Catholic Transcript newspaper in that archdiocese. She has also taught in elementary and secondary schools in New York and New Jersey.
A native of Paterson, New Jersey, she holds a BA in education from Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, New York, and an MA in theology from Fordham University, Bronx, New York.
Her most recent book, I Know Myself as Thief, a collection of her poetry and photography, was released in April 2025.