Susan Knutson is a Faithful Fool and a Franciscan Sister of Little Falls, Minnesota. Her background is healthcare, both in nursing and administration. Susan came to Berkeley, CA ten years ago to work with a spiritual teacher and she continues to do so.
Sister Susan Knutson, OSF

In the Fall of 1998 she made a street retreat with Carmen and Kay in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco. That experience began her transformation toward being a presence on the streets of San Francisco. 

"The lines of separation between myself and those who live on the streets began to blur and eventually began to disappear. The streets of San Francisco and those who live on them, which once looked ugly and dirty, now became a place I felt welcomed and at home in," Susan explains.

Since February of 1999 Susan has been spending time at a hospitality center for homeless people, hosted by the Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. As her relationship with those who live on the streets grew, so did her desire to spend more time on the streets.  So, in July of 1999 Susan was formally invested as a Faithful Fool.

Susan is present at and participate in the street retreats we do as well as spend Fridays in the Haight/Ashbury district in San Francisco.

Susan serves as a Fool of the Round Table (Board of Trustees) of the Faithful Fools. 

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