In a field behind Carondelet Center, past the vegetable garden, there is a labyrinth 77-feet across, its form etched permanently into the earth by the many feet that have walked its winding path over the years. One fine summer morning, a small crowd of men and women gathers here to celebrate the Feast of Mary Magdalene with spices and scripture, music and sacred movement. As they stand together around the circle, all the participants in this annual ritual—— nuns, consociates, organizers, performers and guests——are spinners of the web of spiritual partnerships that is known to the Sisters as Wisdom Ways.       In fact, the Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality began life as a partnership. In 1994, the College of St. Catherine saw the need for a theology center, a sort of adult education program revolving around matters of the spirit. In a collaborative effort with the Sisters of St. Joseph, they initiated an outreach program focused on feminist theology——an area of study often neglected by churches.

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