MATT STREIT
Priest-In-Training
Matt Streit was ordained as a priest-in-training with Ben Connelly in November 2022. Matt has been practicing with MZMC since 2020. Before then, Matt practiced at Dharma Field Zen center for twelve years and received lay initiation from Steve Hagen in 2019. MZMC is Matt’s primary sangha, but he is active in many Zen communities throughout the United States, including Ancient Dragon Zen Gate in Chicago and Sanshin Zen Community in Bloomington, Indiana. Matt is also a certified facilitator with Joanna Macy’s environmentalist “Work That Reconnects” network. Being a part of multiple sanghas, inside and outside the Zen tradition, helps keep him grounded and rounded.
Matt has been a public school teacher since 2004. He has taught middle school with Minneapolis Public Schools since 2009. He has two children who are active in the MZMC youth program. In his spare time, Matt likes to read books about Dogen, coach baseball and basketball, and shovel snow.
Priest-In-Training
Matt Streit was ordained as a priest-in-training with Ben Connelly in November 2022. Matt has been practicing with MZMC since 2020. Before then, Matt practiced at Dharma Field Zen center for twelve years and received lay initiation from Steve Hagen in 2019. MZMC is Matt’s primary sangha, but he is active in many Zen communities throughout the United States, including Ancient Dragon Zen Gate in Chicago and Sanshin Zen Community in Bloomington, Indiana. Matt is also a certified facilitator with Joanna Macy’s environmentalist “Work That Reconnects” network. Being a part of multiple sanghas, inside and outside the Zen tradition, helps keep him grounded and rounded.
Matt has been a public school teacher since 2004. He has taught middle school with Minneapolis Public Schools since 2009. He has two children who are active in the MZMC youth program. In his spare time, Matt likes to read books about Dogen, coach baseball and basketball, and shovel snow.
