Journeying with Wisdom 75 Years

Dear Friends,

As we begin 2024, we take time to capture the energetic spirit of the past 75 years at Wisdom House.   The Daughters of Wisdom began this journey in Litchfield in 1949. Their mission, which we still embrace today, is to seek and find Divine Wisdom in all reality and in everyday life.   Come with us this year as we share special memories and events from our sisters and from members of our Litchfield community.  Many of you have been part of this journey. You have brought us to this 75th anniversary year.

Watch for these in our newsletter, website blog, and social media as we will be sharing videos and pictures of this special anniversary.

Deborah Kelly

Executive Director

Enjoy the poem below written for Wisdom House by Jonathan Montaldo that expresses the heart of our mission.

As You Enter Wisdom’s House

Jonathan Montaldo 

Wisdom House, Litchfield, CT

November, 2007

Every road you have ever taken, 

Every corner you ever turned, 

Has led you to this gate to paradise

That opens now for you by grace and prayers. 

Wisdom discloses her deepest self in this house. 

She whispers her secrets from every corner. 

Before you even approached her doorway, 

She was preparing your nourishment without fuss, 

She was kneeling to take off your shoes. 

Enter her house carefully and 

She will teach you everything. 

Hush your heart and Wisdom will open

Your soul’s secret doorway

And make herself at home. 

Settle yourself there in her holy rooms

Whose walls are perfumed with the prayers

Of those who have come before you

Relax your heart in mute content

And eat your fill at Wisdom’s table. 

Your Sister’s house is always ready.

Open her door and find your road to joy.