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Joan M. McCarthy, CSJ, Co-Director
Joan
M. McCarthy, CSJ has been ministering in spirituality programs
since 1973. The current Program Director at St. Joseph Retreat
Center, Sister Joan was one of the first directors at the
Retreat Center when the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston opened
it to the public in 1974. In the intervening years, Sister
Joan ministered full-time at Gonzaga Retreat House in East
Gloucester for approximately seven years; at an ecumenical,
residential treatment center in Canada for two years; on the
Congregation Formation Team for four years; and in Congregational
Leadership for six years. Over the years Sister Joan has led
hundreds of four-day to 30-day retreats at numerous retreat
centers in the United States and in Wales, Ireland, England,
and Canada. During the past five years Sister Joan has co-directed
an eight-month weekly Spiritual Direction Internship Program,
and a two-year monthly multi-cultural training program in
New York. Sister Joan has Masters degrees in Biology and Pastoral
Counseling, as well as certificates from full-time programs
at the Institute of Religious Formation, St. Louis, Missouri,
and the Center for Religious Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Eileen A. Moran, Co-Director
Eileen Moran received her Master of Arts degree in Pastoral
Ministry with a concentration in Spirituality from Boston
College in 2006. Shortly thereafter, she accepted the part-time
position of Retreat Coordinator at St. Joseph Retreat Center,
adding it to another part-time ministry as Spiritual Care
Coordinator with Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program.
It is a gift to have the opportunity now to serve full-time
as Co-Director of the Retreat Center. An even greater gift
is the presence in her life of her children, Michael and Katie
Fortunato. Having facilitated retreat experiences in parishes,
at Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester, MA and with
the Chicago-based Ignatian Spirituality Project, Eileen is
passionate about providing time and space for the spirituality
of the feminine, the marginalized, mothering, fabric arts,
meditation and healing touch to be shared.

Sister
Joan Duffy,CSJ, Assistant Program Coordinator
After
completing a twelve year term as a member of the leadership
team of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister Joan Duffy, CSJ
has been involved in a variety of Retreat Programs over the
last two years. Sister Joan is an experienced group facilitator
and consultant focusing on discernment of heart as a way of
being attentive to God's presence in our life as each day
unfolds.
As
a facilitator of mornings and evenings of prayers, offered
at the Retreat Center as well as the Motherhouse of the Sisters
of St. Joseph, Sister Joan companions others as they search
for a contemplative way of living deepening their relationship
with a loving Creator.
This
year, Sister Joan completed a Spiritual Direction Internship
Program and will continue to companion others through the
ministry of spiritual direction and as a facilitator of Directed
and Guided Retreats.

Jean Martin, Administrative Assistant
Jean
Martin provides secretarial and administrative support at
the Retreat Center. She is married and lives in Scituate with
her husband David, twin daughters Isabel and Fiona, and son
John.
We also welcome and rely on the assistance of experienced
adjunct retreat directors.

Nan Bouché
Nan
Bouché is a wife, mother of four and grandmother of
one precious baby granddaughter. She holds a Master's Degree
in Theology with a concentration in pastoral care and counseling
from Boston College. As a board certified chaplain with the
National Association of Catholic Chaplains, Nan has many years
of ministerial experience in both parish and hospital settings.
She is currently involved in per diem and volunteer hospital
chaplaincy. Nan is a trained spiritual director who freelances
in the area of spiritual direction and retreat work.

Brendan
Buckley, OFM Cap
Brendan
has been a member of the Capuchin Franciscans since 1971.
He is a graduate of St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH and
completed his studies for priesthood at Maryknoll School of
Theology in Osning, NY. During theology studies he journeyed
to Central America where he learned Spanish. He was ordained
to the priesthood in 1981. His ministry has been mostly w/
Puerto Rican and Dominican people in New York City. He also
worked as a campus minister and was director of the Spanish
Catholic Center in Washington, DC, a multi-service center
run by the Archdiocese of Washington. Currently he is a parochial
vicar at St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish in Cambridge,
MA and guardian of St. Benedict the Moor Friary in Roxbury,
a house of studies for friars completing their degree programs
for priesthood and other ministries. In May of 2006 he received
a certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Spiritual Direction
Internship Program.

Maureen
Casey, SND
Maureen
Casey, SND has been involved in spiritual direction and retreat
ministry for over 25 years. She was a member of the retreat
team at St. Stephen priory for 17 years. She is currently
an associate staff member of Miramar Retreat Center in Duxbury
MA. and is co-directing an eight month weekly Spiritual Direction
Internship Program in Brighton, MA.

Betsy
Conway, CSJ
Betsy
Conway, CSJ, MSW - In her work with the formerly homeless
who are living with HIV/AIDS, addiction, and/or mental illness,
Betsy has seen the healing power of love and community and
believes we are called to give and receive it. Trained in
social work and immersed in the spirituality of the Sisters
of St. Joseph, Betsy likes to explore with others the dance
of mystery and grace in our relationship with God.

Patricia Cushing, CSJ
Patricia
Cushing, CSJ has over 35 years of experience in the fields
of Liturgy, Prayer and Spirituality. She has worked on the
diocesan, parish and ecumenical levels. She has ministered
in Kansas, Missouri, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. She has
given workshops, days of prayer and led retreats on Liturgical
Spirituality and Prayer in other parts of the US and in Europe.
She also presents courses in "Spirituality in the Marketplace"
to businesses in the greater Kansas City area and works with
the dying at the Kansas City Hospice House. Patricia Cushing
is the Founding Director of the 'Dear Neighbor' Centre for
Spirituality and Healing.
Patricia holds Advanced degrees in Music, from Boston University,
Systematic Theology/Liturgy from the Weston Jesuit school
of Theology, Boston University and St. Paul School of Theology
in Kansas City, Missouri. She also is a Certified Spiritual
Director.

Anne D'Arcy, CSJ
Anne
D'Arcy is a Sister of St. Joseph and a native of Brighton,
Massachusetts. She is Associate Director of the Office of
Worship and Spiritual Life (formerly the Office of Spiritual
Development) for the Archdiocese of Boston. For many years
she has visited parishes throughout the Archdiocese leading
programs of spiritual renewal. She has preached at retreats
and Days of Prayer for various groups, and has served as Spiritual
Director as well as leading people in sharing faith and prayer.
Sister Anne has a Masters degree in Christian Spirituality
from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.

Maria
DiChiappari
Maria
DiChiappari is the Director of the Boston College Neighborhood
Center in Brighton, Massachusetts. She holds two Master's
degrees, in higher education and pastoral ministry. She is
passionate about accompanying women on their spiritual journeys,
and about social justice and fair trade. She also enjoys travel,
and has had the privilege of traveling to developing nations
such as Belize and Nicaragua. Maria has completed the Spiritual
Exercises of St. Ignatius and has spoken at several retreats
on a living spirituality in a busy world. Maria is co-creator
with Eileen Fortunato of Sophia's Circle, a women's spirituality
group which meets monthly at St. Joseph Retreat Center.

George L. Drury, SJ
After
graduating from Boston College High School in 1939, George
L. Drury entered the Society of Jesus and was ordained in
1952. For ten years he taught biology at Boston College before
being appointed Vice-President for Student Affairs in 1964.
From 1969 to 1973 he studied for his STD degree at St. Paul's
University in Ottawa, Canada, and upon receiving his degree
accepted a teaching position at Pope John XXIII Seminary.
In 1975 he was appointed Superior at Campion Residence and
Renewal Center in Weston, Massachusetts, and became a licensed
nursing home administrator. For 14 years he has been actively
involved in spiritual direction at Jesuit retreat houses in
Gloucester, Massachusetts, and Weston, Massachusetts, and
in Nairobi, Kenya. Since 1994 he has taught Ignatian Spirituality
at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Joanne A. Fantini, CSJA
Joanne
received her Masters in Pastoral Ministry with a concentration
in spirituality from Boston College in 1993. She has
been an associate of the Sisters of St. Joseph for over 20
years. Joanne is schooled in the Spiritual Exercises of St.
Ignatius with particular interest in the movements of grace
as we come to understand our stories through easter eyes.
Joanne works full-time building the matrix of treatment
for people suffering from addiction. Joanne is the mother
of 4 adult children who are the delight of her life."

Carol Fitzsimmons, CSJ
Carol
Fitzsimmons, CSJ has 30 years of experience as a Spiritual
Director and Retreat Director. She has a Masters degree in
Counseling, a Certificate of Study from the Jesuit School
of Theology, Berkeley, California, and a Certificate in Spiritual
Direction from the Center for Religious Development, Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Following 10 years as Team member and teacher
in the Sabbatical Program at St. Stephen Priory and Spiritual
Life Center, Sister Carol most recently served as Co-Director
of St. Joseph Retreat Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts.

Mary Gallagher
Mary
currently serves as Pastoral Associate for Outreach at St
Agatha Parish in Milton following her work as Pastoral Associate
in Middleboro, where she coordinated parish needs for the
RCIA process, Liturgy planning and training of ministers,
and Adult Faith Formation.
Mary also serves as Spiritual Director for individuals throughout
the archdiocese and assists the Chrism Office on the South
Shore in areas of spiritual direction. Through these aspects
of her life and especially in her roles as wife and mother
of four children, Mary continues to be grateful for the presence
and activity of God in her life.
Catherine
Griffiths, SND
Catherine
Griffiths, SND is an experienced retreat and spiritual director
who has directed retreats in the United States, Europe, and
Africa. Her main focus for over 30 years has been praying
with others for healing of memories.

Catherine Hannigan, PBVM
Catherine
M. Hannigan, PBVM is a 1987 graduate of the Center for Religious
Development (CRD) and past major superior of the Sisters of
the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She has served
as Director of Continuing Education at Weston Jesuit School
of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has been involved
in the ministry of spiritual direction and retreats for many
years. She joined the staff of CRD in 1997.

Ellen T. Keane, SND
Ellen
T. Keane, SND is a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur. Her ministries
have included teaching, administration, pastoral counseling,
spiritual direction and retreat work. She was in ministry
in Kenya for 12 years. Ellen has been on staff at the Center
for Religious Development in Cambridge, MA, where she was
engaged in a training program for those who feel called to
the ministry of spiritual direction and retreat work. When
the Center closed in June 2009, she joined the staff of the
Jesuit Collaborative in Watertown, MA.

James Keegan, SJ
James
Keegan, S.J. is a Jesuit priest of the New England Province.
A graduate of the Center for Religious Development in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, Jim was the first graduate to work full-time
on its staff, from 1985 to 1989. As a team member and director
of Campion Renewal Center in Weston, Massachusetts, in the
early 1980s he founded and ran the Light program to train
lay people in spiritual direction. From 1990 to 2001 he served
at the Archdiocesan Office of Ministry and Spirituality in
Louisville, Kentucky. In 2002 he returned to New England as
director of Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Jim has been a member of the Coordinating Council of Spiritual
Directors International and was part of the editorial board
that founded the journal Presence. He currently lives in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, where he has his own practice in spiritual
direction.

Patricia Keefe, CSJ
Since 1976 Pat has been engaged in spiritual companioning
through retreat and direction ministry, full time since 1995.
She has ministered as well in the fields of education, campus
ministry, religious life formation, and Congregational leadership.
Spiritual companioning deepens joy and wonder as we listen
more deeply and awaken to the Holy One within our own hearts
and discern our response to the Holy within each Word of creation
in the communion of life.

Nancy C. Kehoe, RSCJ, PhD.
Nancy
C. Kehoe, RSCJ, PhD. is a member of the Religious of the Sacred
Heart. She is a Clinical Instructor in Psychology in the Department
of Psychiatry at The Cambridge Health Alliance, affiliated
with Harvard Medical School, a position she has held since
1980. Her area of expertise is religion and spirituality in
the clinical context. For twenty-seven years, using a model
she created, Dr. Kehoe has led groups on spiritual beliefs
and values for adults with psychiatric disabilities. She currently
consults with healthcare providers in mental health and geriatric
settings, teaching them how to address the religious and spiritual
needs of individuals. She has presented at regional, national,
and international conferences and published on the subject
of religion and psychotherapy. Additional information can
be found on her website: www.expandingconnections.com.

John F. Kerr, CFX
John
F. Kerr, CFX was a high school teacher and principal for 21
years at Cardinal Hayes High School in The Bronx, New York,
and at Xavier High School in Middletown, Connecticut. He served
for 12 years in leadership in his congregation, during which
he resided at the Xavieran Brothers Generalate in Rome, Italy,
and London, England. He has a Masters degree in Theology from
the University of Notre Dame, and an MTS from the Jesuit School
of Theology at Berkeley, California. From 1992 through 2004
he was a staff member at St. Stephen Priory Spiritual Life
Center in Dover, Massachusetts, where he was a retreat director,
theology teacher and spiritual director. A native of Boston,
Massachusetts, Brother John currently leads retreats, works
in adult education, offers spiritual direction, and is involved
with prison ministry.

Judith LoGerfo
Judith
LoGerfo has served as a Lay Ecclesial Minister for over 20
years in parish, campus and hospital settings in the Archdiocese
of Boston. She received her Masters Degree in Educational
and Pastoral Ministry from Emmanuel College, a Master of Theological
Studies from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology and is a
board certified Chaplain ( National Association of Catholic
Chaplains). In 2004 Judy completed her internship in the Spiritual
Direction Initiative.Currently she focuses on Spiritual Direction,
Adult Faith Formation and Retreat Ministry with a particular
interest in Ignatian Spirituality. Judy and her husband are
parents of four adult sons and are active members of their
parish, St. Paul in Harvard Square, Cambridge.

Dorothea
Masuret, CSJ
Dorothea
Masuret, CSJ, presently serves as the Director of the Office
of Lay Ecclesial Ministries in the Archdiocese of Boston.
She received a Master's Degree in Pastoral Ministry from Boston
College's Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry
Program with a concentration in spirituality. Dorothea delights
in being with people in their quest for God and who are open
to God's revelations in their daily lives.

Gene Merz, SJ
Eugene
F. Merz, S. J., has offered spiritual direction and retreats
based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and
has given Ignatian Spirituality workshops around the world
for laity, priests and religious men and women. His years
of ministry within the Society of Jesus, in the diocese of
Des Moines, Iowa, and at the Center for Ignatian Spirituality,
Marquette University, have focused upon the spiritual renewal
that was encouraged by Vatican Council II. Gene holds graduate
degrees from St. Louis University. He is the coauthor, with
Carol Ann Smith, SHCJ, of the widely acclaimed book Moment
by Moment: A Retreat in Everyday Life (2000), which makes
the retreat process of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
available to a wide audience for use in homes, parishes and
many other settings. Moment by Moment won First Place
for First Time Author in the 2001 Catholic Press Association
Awards. He is also the coauthor, with Carol Ann Smith, SHCJ,
of Finding God in Each Moment (2006).

Kathryn O'Connell Cleary
Kathryn
O'Connell Cleary holds a Master's degree in Pastoral Ministry
from Boston College. She worked in parish ministry for 20
years, in the role of Pastoral Associate and Director of Liturgy
and Music. From 1992 until 1998, Kathryn was a member of the
Retreat Team at St. Stephen Priory. Presently she offers Spiritual
Direction as well as Directed and Guided Retreats on a freelance
basis. She is a certified Energy Healing Practitioner.
Kathryn is married, and has recently and joyfully become a
grandmother.

Tom Pearson
Tom
Pearson has been a life-long New Englander. Throughout that
life he has experienced the presence of an expressive God,
overflowing with the abundance of life. For Tom, poetry has
been one key means of God's expressiveness. A first career
in education, spanning more than twenty-five years of teaching,
helped Tom to develop love and knowledge of poetry, as well
as his skills at thinking and talking about it. Now firmly
entered upon a second career in legal and social services
on behalf of the poor, Tom has continued to be formed by poetry,
which helps him reflect on God's expressiveness found in his
daily experiences. He is happy to share some of those experiences
during the day of reflection.

John Phalen, CSC
Father
John Phalen was ordained a priest of the Congregation of Holy
Cross in 1974. He attended Stonehill College in North Easton,
Massachusetts, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970;
a Master of Theology from the University of Notre Dame in
1973; and pursued additional graduate studies at Fairfield
University. Currently Fr. Phalen is President of the Mariological
Society of America and a member of the Hispanic Ministry Committee
of the Congregation of Holy Cross. He is a Faithful Friar
of the Cardinal OConnell Assembly of the 4th Degree
Knights of Columbus and serves as a member of the Province
Investment Advisory Committee of the Congregation of Holy
Cross. He has preached missions around the world. Father Phalen
has served as President of Holy Cross Family Ministries since
1996. While serving the Hispanic community in the South Bend
area, Father John founded La Casa de Amistad Youth Center,
which has served the needs of the Hispanic population since
1973. Father Phalen has served as Vicar for Spanish-speaking
in South Bend, Assistant Novice Director in Waterford, New
York, Pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel parish in Brooklyn,
and Associate Director of Vocations. He has been a member
of the Board of Trustees of Stonehill College and the Board
of Family Rosary, as well as the Provincial Council of his
Province. He has served as a leader in various community organizations,
such as East Brooklyn Congregations, Central Brooklyn Churches
and Brockton Interfaith Community.

Rev. John Sassani
Born
and raised in Swampscott, MA, John Sassani is a priest of
the Archdiocese of Boston. He studied at Saint John's Seminary
in Brighton, MA, the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome,
and Creighton University in Omaha, NE. Currently, John is
the pastor of Our Lady, Help of Christians Parish in Newton,
MA and an adjunct staff member
of the Office of Worship and Spiritual Life for the Archdiocese
of Boston.

Kathleen Short, CSJ, MA, LADC (Level 1)
Kathleen
Short, CSJ is an experienced retreat director and spiritual
director. She is also a pastoral counselor, a licensed drug
and alcohol counselor, a holistic practitioner, and a nationally
certified massage therapist. Sister Kathleen brings a wealth
of experience to her programs. She has offered Twelve-Step
Spirituality retreats for over 20 years. Sister Kathleen offers
massage therapy at St. Joseph Retreat Center in Cohasset,
Massachusetts, and in many other settings. She is a member
of the Credo Liturgical Dance Company of Boston, Massachusetts.

Judith Talvacchia
Judith
Talvacchia is a married Roman Catholic lay ecclesial minister
who has offered spiritual direction and programs in spirituality
for over 10 years. She is a graduate of Weston Jesuit School
of Theology and is a Board Certified Chaplain. She served
as a chaplain for 9 years at Mary Immaculate Nursing/Restorative
Center in Lawrence, MA.

Lenny Tighe
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 priests, religious and others in the United States,Canada,
and Central America.
Jane
Tyler
Jane
Tyler is trained as a spiritual director and is available
to meet with individuals and groups of all affiliations throughout
Metro Boston. Additionally she leads refreshment days/weekends
for individuals and groups in Eastern Massachusetts and places
"away". Jane's work is based in her experience of
God's abundance in desert places and in nature as well as
in truth seeking as a means of becoming "free".
Jane has raised two young boys to young men as a single mother
and has recently welcomed a puppy, Gracie Moon, into their
home.

Dorothy Welch, CSJ
Dorothy
Welch, CSJ, M.A., M. Div. is experienced in Spiritual Direction,
and sees the Directed Retreat as a singular time for movements
of grace. Her Master's degrees are from Catholic University,
and Jesuit Weston School of Theology. Previous ministry includes
co-directing Cohasset's Retreat House, pastoral ministry,
teaching and administration. S. Dorothy is grounded in the
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, influenced by the work
of Thomas Berry, and prophetic voices of women and men. She
facilitates groups in appropriating the Ignatian Spiritual
Exercises for daily life, and directs retreats in New England
and other states.
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