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Connie Bartelson,
has many varied experiences as facilitator of knitting groups.
She has been organizer and presenter for the Knit and Relax Retreat in New
Ipswich, NH, Rafqa Prayer Shawl Ministry and the Shawl Sharing Day in Worcester,
MA. She has co-presented the Praying with Hearts and Hands Retreat here at
the Center. She is a retired teacher and has been an avid knitter for 50
years.
Ann Billard, OLM, Ph.D.,
is a member of the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy.
Trained in pastoral counseling and a certified Grief Recovery Specialist®,
Sister Ann is an experienced retreat guide and currently
coordinates Transformative Aging
programs. Sister Ann has presented at national conferences and
facilitated workshops and retreats throughout North America and Australia.
William Brown,
OMV. is a
member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and serves as Provincial for the
United States province. He is a retreat and spiritual director and ministers to
young adults in the Boston, MA area.
Michelle DeSimone is a pastoral
assistant at St. Brigid’s Parish in Hartford, CT. She is a spiritual
director and for several years has assisted Fr. Edward McLean in giving retreats
here at the Center.
Susan Frederick, p.m. holds an M.A. in Christian Spirituality and Spiritual Direction from Creighton
University, Omaha, NE. She presently serves as president of Presentation of Mary Academy, Methuen,
MA.
Ann Harriman holds a
certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Shalem Institute for Spiritual
Formation in Bethesda, MD. Ann has a private spiritual direction
practice and is available at the Center upon request.
Fr.Willliam Jarema is the author of
Fathering the Next Generation, There's a Hole in My Chest, and
newly released, A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Altar. Fr. Jarema is the founder and program
director of the Mercy Center for Healing the Whole Person,
in Colorado Springs, CO. He is a spiritual director, psychotherapist,
retreat director and international workshop presenter.
Marylee
Johnson is an American Folk art
instructor. She has taught in her own business and in adult education
programs. For many years she has embraced knitting ministries for God's
children around the world. Most recently, she has taught prayer shawl
workshops in faith communities from New Hampshire to Florida.
Marie May Lausier, p.m. studied
Spirituality and Theology at the Gregorian Institute in Rome, Italy. She
holds an M.A.
from Fairfield University in CT, and is certified in Marian Studies from the
Marian Institute in Dayton, OH. She authored In Joyful Haste, the life of
Blessed Anne Marie Rivier. She is a retreat and spiritual director, Rivier
Retreat facilitator and province director of the Marie Rivier
Association.
Beverly Libby,
a retired teacher from Westbrook, Maine works as a facilitator for the
program "Echoes of Faith" for adults. She also gives workshops in Adult
Formation in the RCIA program. She has been knitting prayer shawls for the
past several years. She is lay Associate of the Sisters of the
Presentation of Mary.
John Malich, FMS is a
Marist Brother and holds degrees in Biblical Spirituality and Theology from
Catholic University. He has served his community as Novice Director,
Formation Director of two Provinces, Assistant Provincial and Provincial.
He has spent the last thirty-two years involved in adult spiritual formation and
retreats here in the United States and Canada.
Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy is a priest of the Eastern Rite (Byzantine)
of the Catholic Church. Formerly a lawyer and a university educator, he is
the founder and the original director of the Program for the Study and Practice
of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution at the University of Notre Dame. He is
also co-founder of Pax Christi- USA. He is the author of three books and
innumerable articles on the subject of nonviolence and religion. He was
nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his life's work on behalf of peace among
people.
Fr. Edward McLean is a diocesan priest
of the Archdiocese of Hartford and Director of the Catholic Information Center
in Hartford, CT. He is a spiritual director, pastoral counselor, lecturer
and a retreat master for laity, religious and clergy.
Fr. Marc
Montminy, a priest of the Diocese
of Manchester, NH for 32 years and involved in retreat work; has served as
Director of the Office of Spiritual Renewal, involving Cursillo, Charismatic
Renewal, Spiritual Direction, Retreats, Days of Recollection and Healing
Services. He has served as Director of the Office of Worship, Vocation
Director and founded the Joseph House of Prayer. He is now at St. Michael
Parish in Exeter and St. Mary Parish in Newmarket, NH.
David Nicgorski, OMV is a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and a
native of Philadelphia. His background includes being a director to young
adults and youth ministry and co-director of a retreat center in Perth Amboy, NJ.
Presently he lives and works in Milton, MA where he is a member of his
community's parish mission and retreat team.
Kim Le Nguyen holds a Bachelor degree of Fine Art from the University of Louisiana
specializing in watercolor. At Mount Mary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she obtained a
Master's degree in Art Therapy. She has worked as an Activity
Psychotherapist and currently teaches Creative Expressions at the Mercy Center
in Colorado Springs, CO.
Fr. Daniel O'Connell is a
diocesan priest, pastor of a parish and staff member of the Office of Spiritual Development in the
Boston archdiocese. He is involved with parish-wide retreats and days of
recollection. He is a producer and host on the Boston Catholic Television.
Linda Mae
Plourde, p.m., is a Vocation Director for the Sisters of the Presentation of
Mary of the Methuen Province. She has an M.A. in Education from Boston
College and an M.A. in Theology from St. Michael's College in Vermont. She
has also received a certificate in Spiritual Direction from Mercy Center in
Colorado Springs, Colorado..
Fr. Robert Vaillancourt is a native of Lewiston, Maine. He
was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Portland, Maine in 1982. He has
served as pastor in parishes, as a retreat director at the Christian Life Center
in Frenchville, Maine, has been the Diocesan Director of Youth Ministry and is
presently the Diocesan Director of the Office of Vocations.
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