Veronica Mary Rolf
Veronica Mary Rolf is an independent scholar, university lecturer, former Broadway and television actress, a professional playwright, and a popular retreat leader. She is the author of Living Resurrected Lives; What it Means and Why it Matters, co-authored with Eva Natanya PhD (Cascade Books, 2020), which won a 2021 Catholic Media Association Book Award for Contemporary Spirituality; Suddenly There is God: The Story of Our Lives in Sacred Scripture (Cascade Books, 2019), which won a 2020 Catholic Media Association Book Award for Scripture; An Explorer's Guide to Julian of Norwich (InterVarsity Academic Press, 2018), which won the 2018 IVP Readers' Choice Award; and Julian’s Gospel: Illuminating the Life & Revelations of Julian of Norwich (Orbis Books, 2013), which won a First Place Catholic Media Association Book Award, the Nautilus Gold Medal Book Award for Spirituality, the National Indie “Excellence” Book Award for Religion/Non-Fiction, and the “Excellence in Publishing Award” for Biography from the Association of Catholic Publishers.
Veronica made her stage debut on Broadway at the age of nine and literally grew up in the professional theatre, playing leads and featured roles on Broadway, in classical repertory theatre, and on television. She was appointed to be the first actress in the Affiliate Artist program, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. In this capacity, she performed her One Woman Shows and lectured on theatre arts as a goodwill ambassador throughout the United States. As a playwright, her work has been produced on New York stages and on national television. She was also the founder and CEO of the Manhattan-based Center for Creative Collaboration, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving at-risk youth through the arts, the marketplace, and the community. In addition, she was the founding Artistic Director of a multi-racial performing arts company -- The CharActors -- in New York City. For two decades, she trained and directed hundreds of professional actors as a Master Teacher of Dramatic Arts at the Stella Adler Studio (New York City), The Actors' Centre (London), Teatro Andamio '90 (Buenos Aires), and Berkeley Repertory Theatre (California).
In 2007, Veronica created the One Thousand Acts of Peace website (www.onethousandactsofpeace.org), which has spawned educational programs for children and adult peace activities around the world. She also designed and taught a three-year course on the history of Christian Mysticism entitled Ascent to the Divine. She is the administrator of the popular Julian of Norwich Group (with over 8,500 members) on Facebook.
Her podcast series -- Life, Love, & Light (https://www.lifelovelightpodcast.com/) -- goes in depth to explore The Revelations of Julian of Norwich (Season One); Biblical Mystics (Season Two); The Mystical Path (Season Three); and Living Resurrected Lives (Season Four). The series has over 34,000 downloads in over 3,000 cities around the world. It is available on Apple and Google podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Pandora, and a host of other directories, including Buzzsprout:
https://lifelovelight.buzzsprout.com/
Veronica also leads online "Virtual Retreats" via Zoom. (Please see the Retreats Page for more information.) She blogs about spiritual topics on this website and on www.juliansvoice.com.
Veronica has been married for over fifty years to actor/director, Frederick Rolf. They have two adult children, two teenage grandsons, and one granddog.
Veronica made her stage debut on Broadway at the age of nine and literally grew up in the professional theatre, playing leads and featured roles on Broadway, in classical repertory theatre, and on television. She was appointed to be the first actress in the Affiliate Artist program, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. In this capacity, she performed her One Woman Shows and lectured on theatre arts as a goodwill ambassador throughout the United States. As a playwright, her work has been produced on New York stages and on national television. She was also the founder and CEO of the Manhattan-based Center for Creative Collaboration, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving at-risk youth through the arts, the marketplace, and the community. In addition, she was the founding Artistic Director of a multi-racial performing arts company -- The CharActors -- in New York City. For two decades, she trained and directed hundreds of professional actors as a Master Teacher of Dramatic Arts at the Stella Adler Studio (New York City), The Actors' Centre (London), Teatro Andamio '90 (Buenos Aires), and Berkeley Repertory Theatre (California).
In 2007, Veronica created the One Thousand Acts of Peace website (www.onethousandactsofpeace.org), which has spawned educational programs for children and adult peace activities around the world. She also designed and taught a three-year course on the history of Christian Mysticism entitled Ascent to the Divine. She is the administrator of the popular Julian of Norwich Group (with over 8,500 members) on Facebook.
Her podcast series -- Life, Love, & Light (https://www.lifelovelightpodcast.com/) -- goes in depth to explore The Revelations of Julian of Norwich (Season One); Biblical Mystics (Season Two); The Mystical Path (Season Three); and Living Resurrected Lives (Season Four). The series has over 34,000 downloads in over 3,000 cities around the world. It is available on Apple and Google podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Pandora, and a host of other directories, including Buzzsprout:
https://lifelovelight.buzzsprout.com/
Veronica also leads online "Virtual Retreats" via Zoom. (Please see the Retreats Page for more information.) She blogs about spiritual topics on this website and on www.juliansvoice.com.
Veronica has been married for over fifty years to actor/director, Frederick Rolf. They have two adult children, two teenage grandsons, and one granddog.