My Favorite Recipes

Linda Shea did not take a direct route to Whitman County from Portland, where she was born and raised. She majored in theology at Seattle University, and her first job was in religious education at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Federal Way. While there, she earned an MA in religious education. After three years in the convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, she knew that her faith was important, but she wasn’t suited for the convent.

Her next adventure was a job in a fish company and as director of music and liturgy at St. Anthony Parish in Renton. A young adult group there provided an...