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Charles Wilson Hatfield
Charles Wilson Hatfield lived in three different countries and eleven different states by the time he graduated from the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville, Tennessee in 197...view moreCharles Wilson Hatfield lived in three different countries and eleven different states by the time he graduated from the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1979. Mr. Hatfield’s Father was a “lifer” in the United States Air Force (USAF); Mr. (Charles) Hatfield enlisted in the USAF in 1974 and was Honorable Discharged as a Conscientious Objection in 1975. He returned to UT where he earned a Degree in Religious Studies before attended Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. He was married just before the beginning of his second year at Vanderbilt. His wife was also a graduate of UT, where they met at dated for their last three years at that school. The marriage ended after 8 years, one year after their daughter was born. Mr. Hatfield made his first retreat to the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky shortly after the divorce was final. He began making annual retreats during Advent to that monastery in 1991. Mr. Hatfield was raised as a member of the Churches of Christ. He joined the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States in 1988 and then was confirmed a member of the Roman Catholic Church during the Easter Mass of 2002. Mr. Hatfield considers himself to be a Christen, a Buddhist, and an agnostic.view less