Background
Cintra Pemberton was born October 10, 1935, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was a daughter of John Bedford Shober, an investment banker and broker, and Beatrice Shober. She had two sisters and a brother.
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
In 1970 Cintra Pemberton received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University.
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
In 1972 Cintra Pemberton obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of New Orleans.
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In the past few years, pilgrimage-going to ancient holy sites in search of God-has become increasingly popular for people seeking to deepen their relationship with the Holy. Sister Cintra Pemberton seeks to enrich the experiences of today's pilgrims by helping them draw on the history of pilgrimage itself, as well as by suggesting particularly rich sites to visit. Part One of Soulfaring explores the history of pilgrimage, beginning in Celtic times, and moving through the early Christian period, the Middle Ages, and even the revival of pilgrimage today. Part Two explores fifteen sites in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Each of the descriptions of the various sites includes not only suggestions of what may be seen there but the author's personal meditations on the experience of the Holy in each place.
https://www.amazon.com/Soulfaring-Celtic-Pilgrimages-Then-Now/dp/0819217808/?tag=2022091-20
1999
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Cintra Pemberton was born October 10, 1935, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was a daughter of John Bedford Shober, an investment banker and broker, and Beatrice Shober. She had two sisters and a brother.
In 1970 Cintra Pemberton received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University. In 1972 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of New Orleans.
From 1965 to 1970 Cintra Pemberton was a teacher at an Episcopal school in Metairie, Louisiana. From 1970 to 1977 she was a member of music faculty and director of a piano program for young people at Louisiana State University. In 1977 she entered the Order of St. Helena, the Episcopalian religious community, became a member of the board of directors in 1972, making her life profession in 1982. From 1979 to 1991 she the editor of Saint Helena. In 1980 she became a member of the board of trustees at Margaret Hall Foundation. From 1982 to 1996 Cintra was a member of the executive council of the Order of St. Helena.
From 1984 to 1987 Pemberton served as an associate chaplain at Gold water Hospital. She was a convener of the Order's committee which produced an inclusive language version of the Psalms, and a complete Breviary for which she composed many antiphons and canticles in the Gregorian tradition. Cintra stressed the importance of remaining close to the language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. She authored Soulfaring: Celtic Pilgrimage Then and Now (1999), along with articles on spirituality.
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1999Cintra Pemberton was married to John Brander Austin, an Episcopal priest. In 1969 they divorced. They had two children: Cintra Austin Sheasby, John Brander, Jr.