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Susan Beaudry,
p.m. has been involved in the retreat
ministry, offering spiritual direction, directed and group retreats for the past
20 years. She presently resides in Methuen, MA.
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.
Mary Ann
DeTrana is a freelance writer and
lecturer. She has extensive experience in presenting retreats to diverse
groups throughout the country. She has a B.A. from Dominican University,
Chicago and an M.A. in Theology from Durham University, England. She is a
Feldenkrais® Practitioner and Bones For Life teacher. She is the founder of
Healing Sabbath, a residential respite program in Richmond, Virginia.
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. She is a Christian
Reiki Master and practitioner. Ann has a private spiritual direction
practice and is available at M.J.S.C. upon request. She is also a Rivier Retreat
team member.
Donald Harriman is a former
educator and Junior High School administrator. He has been involved in retreat
work as a facilitator since the late nineteen-eighties.
Fr.Willliam Jarema is the author of
Fathering the Next Generation, There's a Hole in My Chest, and a
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.
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 for her religious community.
Jane McAllister has a
B.A. from Loyola University, Chicago and an M.S. from Medical College of
Virginia. She has enjoyed careers as a teacher, human resources executive
and currently as an Occupational Therapist. Jane works part-time in an
acute care hospital in Richmond, VA and is involved in her private Feldenkrais®
practice.
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.
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, WI, 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 VT. She
has also received a certificate in Spiritual Direction from Mercy Center in
Colorado Springs, CO.
Fr. Leonard Tighe
is a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston. He has been a parish priest,
hospital chaplain and for several years has been actively involved in adult
faith formation. Still involved in hospital ministry, he has given many
retreats to religious and others in the United States and Canada.
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