About Me
My Background
God. Music. Writing. Food. Community.
These are the things that have defined my life. In the beginning that looked like Church, musicals, journals , Italians and choir. Things have appeared to have changed over time but in one form or another these all remain. And still the constant in all is Love.
What I love
Words
I love writing them, singing them, speaking them. I love to tell stories and talk about the meaning of life.
So I wrote a book about my life, a blog about everyday life, a play about Joan’s life and mine and my mother— and recorded two different CDs that try to capture the beauty, joy and mystery of life and Love.
Theatre
What a spiritual exercise to discover another's motivation, empty yourself and become them so you can tell their story and hopefully move an audience to feel more connected to them as well. This is what theatre is for me and then there's the company you are working with...a community of change-makers. Theatre is ministry, holy work, disguised as entertainment.
Upcoming Performances
Sedona, AZ - Saturday, April 13, 2019
Mary D. Fisher Theatre
Tickets $20.
Contact Sedona Film Festival: 928-282-1177
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE with Joan Chittister at the Performing Arts Center, Erie, PA, May 3, 2019, 7pm
More information soon
Click "Schedule," then "Events" at
JoanChittister.orgTeri's Work
Spark of Creation
"This CD is born from, and is a celebration of, this "spark" that I call the Spirit of God."
Featuring songs of
David Friedman
and rarely heard songs from some musicals, you might not know.
Through Stained Glass: the priests of my life
A true and intimate memoir. Views of life and God are transformed. Sometimes light-hearted, sometimes troubling, but always honest, we see the author inspired by, and sometimes despite, the priests of her life.
Joan Chittister The Play
Joan Chittister: Her story, my story, our story is a one-woman play about the intersecting lives of women facing adversity, abuse & injustice.
”The work is seamlessly, artfully and movingly welded together. It’s a fresh and interesting approach to the notion of the universality of women today. It has heart and substance...great praise.”
Joan Chittister
Sacred Songs, Sacred Space
A CD of favorites from Schubert's Ave Maria to Michael Joncas' On Eagle's Wings. Teri sings familiar songs and some beautiful less-familiar inspiring songs, all recorded in Sedona, AZ.
"Finally a collection of sacred songs that we know and love, sung prayerfully and beautifully by Teri Bays."
Fr. JC Ortiz
NEW Book coming: Inspired Into Play
This book is about the process of change and finding your way through it. Specifically, it focuses on the process of writing the Joan Chittister Play. Its stories offer a blueprint for following one’s own path prompted by the Spirit, which always leads to the most unexpected and perfect outcomes.
Changing Church, Changing World
First presented at the National Call to Action Conference, Teri's Changing Church, Changing World presentation is ever-changing still.