Chicago Workshop Presenters, 2005
Tom Allen is a spiritual director and Co-Director of City House, a spiritual direction ministry to persons "on the margins." He is a former business and non-profit executive and self-employed organization development consultant.
Jeff Agron has completed the Morei Derekh training program for Jewish Spiritual Directors and is a certified teacher of Jewish meditation from Chochmat HaLev.
Wilkie Au, PhD, is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University where he teaches in the area of spirituality and pastoral ministry. He is the former Director of Spiritual Development Services in Los Angeles, CA, USA, which provides spiritual counseling for individuals, as well as in-service workshops, retreats, and consultation for lay and religious groups.
Canon Peter Ball is an Anglican priest. After parish ministry and work as a Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, UK, he has a full retirement ministry in spiritual direction, retreats, consultancy, training and writing. He is the author of Anglican Spiritual Direction and Introducing Spiritual Direction.
Margaret Benefiel, PhD, offers spiritual direction to businesses and other organizations. She is currently teaching at the Milltown Institute in Dublin, Ireland, and at Andover Newton Theological School in Boston. MA, USA. Her second book, The Second Half of the Journey: Guiding Organizations Through Spiritual Transformation, will be published by Seabury Press in early 2005.
Patricia M Bombard, BVM, DMin, has served as Executive Director of the Institute for Spiritual Leadership in Chicago, IL, USA, since 1994. She holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Chicago Theological Seminary.
Richard Bough, MFA, from Chicago, IL, USA, is a graduate of the Institute of Spiritual Companionship, has taught art and design to students of all levels (within formal school/university settings and one-on-one), and has been showing his art in galleries for many years.
John Stuart and Sue Dunbar are both Institute of Spiritual Leadership graduates and passionate Australians. John has 20 years experience in spiritual direction and counselling. Sue is a teacher, designer and spiritual director.
Katherine Dyckman, SNJM, Adjunct faculty School of Theology and Ministry of Seattle University, WA, USA, is co-author of four books and co-founder of the first eight-month l9th annotation retreat (SEEL) in the USA utilizing gifts of laity in directing and administration.
Deacon Daniel Gana, MSW, is a social worker in Toronto, ON, CAN, working with families and children; Chaplain at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; member of the pastoral team at the Church of Holy Rosary Parish and a member of Manresa Spiritual Companioning Team.
Mary Garvin, SNJM is Assistant Professor at Gonzaga University, a popular presenter, and member of directing team in Spokane, WA, USA, program "Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life." The presenter co-authored, with Elizabeth Liebert and Katherine Dyckman, The Spiritual Exercises Reclaimed: Uncovering Liberating Possibilities for Women.
Robert Grant, PhD, a clinical psychologist in CA, USA, has assessed or treated over 1000 victims of trauma in 25 countries. He has trained over 1000 US Navy Chaplains and 200 Canadian Armed Forces Chaplains in his psycho-spiritual approach to trauma care.
Jennifer (Jinks) Hoffmann is a psychotherapist and spiritual director in Toronto, ON, CAN, a graduate of Lev Shomea and her poetry appears in Presence Journal.
Sandy Jardine, MS, LPC, is an interfaith spiritual director in AZ, USA, a graduate of Lev Shomea, a Jewish Spiritual Direction training program, a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice, and teaches in the Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors, an Interfaith Spiritual Direction training program.
Brother Joseph Kilikevice, OP, is a friar of the Dominican Order who has directed interfaith retreats in the creation spirituality tradition nationally and internationally. His ministry also includes Reiki and Spiritual Direction with training at Burlingame, CA, USA. Sacred chant and movement using the Dances of Universal Peace are an important part of his work.
Dan Klipper has completed the Morei Derekh training program for Jewish Spiritual Directors and is a student in the Rabbinic Pastor program of Aleph, the Jewish Renewal movement. He is also in his third year of Clinical Pastoral Education, serving as an oncology chaplain at Norwalk Hospital, CT, USA.
Rev Brenda Buckwell Lifland, is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Tradition, a spiritual director and retreat leader working with both clergy and laity in spiritual formation; a co-coordinator of the Fellowship of United Methodist Spiritual Directors and Retreat Leaders; and Minister of Spiritual Formation at Church of Messiah UMC, OH, USA.
Diane M Millis, PhD, has served as Director of Companions on a Journey, a program for the Theological Exploration of Vocation funded through a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. Diane has also taught in the Theology department at the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, MN, USA.
John Mossi, SJ, DMin, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest, Associate Professor in the Religious Studies Department of Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, USA, author of several articles on Spirituality in the Paulist Press Handbook of Spirituality for Ministers, Vol. 1, and Vol. 2.
Sandra V Padilla, MBA, is a Human Resources Senior Manager for the Caribbean and Latin American Region of a multinational company and has taught management at Universidad del Sagrado Corazon in Puerto Rico. She completed her Spiritual Direction Certification at St Thomas University in Miami, FL, USA, where she is working on her MA in Pastoral Ministry.
Nancy Reeves, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in trauma, grief and loss for 27 years. She is a spiritual director, teaches courses at many universities and seminaries, and is author of a number of books on loss and spiritual discernment.
Dale Rhodes, MS, MA, is a gay man who answered his call to spiritual direction at Mercy Center and Maryhurst University, a Taoist mentor, certified Enneagram trainer in the Narrative Tradition and teaches Tai Chi Chuan at the Interfaith Spiritual Center in Portland, OR, USA.
Regina Roman, mother, spiritual director, and Master Guide for pilgrimages and study programs to Ireland, Egypt and NM, USA. Phil Cover, retreat leader, spiritual guide, and Catholic priest, is a retired government executive with the Justice Department and Master Guide for pilgrimages and study programs to Egypt and NM, USA. The presenters are the co-authors of the recently published journal, "Journey with Purpose."
Joyce Rupp, OSM, international speaker and retreat director, describes herself as a "spiritual mid-wife." Her ministry includes writing, retreats, and conferences. She is the author of numerous popular books and the 2004 recipient of US Catholic's national award for furthering the cause of women in the church.
Gordon Self, MDiv, VP of Organizational Advancement, Caritas Health Group, Edmonton, AB, CAN, integrates a spirituality of organization perspective in his healthcare leadership role. He is married to Theresa and has three daughters.
Linda R Thal is co-director of Yedidya Center for Jewish Spiritual Direction and it's Morei Derekh training program. She teaches on the faculty of Makom, The Center for Contemplative Judaism of the JCC in Manhattan and is consultant to the Central Conference of American Rabbis' Committee on Spiritual Leadership.
Christine Treanor is a spiritual director who respectfully uses the practices of other spiritual traditions in her work. She routinely uses the Tibetan "Loving Kindness Blessing" or a Judeo-Christian/ Native American body prayer called "The Dance of the Four Directions."
Rudolph "Butch" Ware completed his doctoral thesis on "Quoranic Schools and their Effect on Culture in West Africa" and teaches at Northwestern University. A practicing Muslim for the past thirteen years he is also a part of Northwestern's Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa.