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Administrative Assistant and
Web Site
Chef
Housekeeper Carol Hawkes,
assistant
Maintenance Spiritual Director's: Please see http://retreatinmaine.com/spiritual.htm Volunteers:
Addictions and Recovery Program
Coordinator:
Sharon Stover Program Leaders September 2010 - August 2011
Donald W. Banton M.Div. 26 years in
recovery. For over 20 years he has served persons with psychiatric
disabilities. For 7 years Don has meditated daily. His conscious
contact with God as he understands him improves daily.
Danielle Bartz, M.Div.
A Minnesota native, Danielle is a staff chaplain at MaineGeneral Medical
Center in Waterville. Prior to moving to Maine she trained in various
hospitals in Missouri and Minnesota. She is a member of the United
Church of Christ and is on-track for ordination within that
denomination. Her passion is to be a visible reminder of God's love and
care for people in the midst of difficult experiences and good. Janet Blakeley,
has been a staff member of Living Water Spiritual Center since its inception.
Janet earned a certificate in spiritual direction from the Center for Religious
Development, Cambridge, MA, and her Master's degree in Clinical Pastoral
Counseling from Emmanuel College, Boston. William Clark, SJ
is a central Maine native and ordained member of the Society of Jesus. He
teaches theology at the College of the Holy Cross and holds advanced degrees
from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. He has extensive retreat experience
both in the U.S. and internationally, and is also active in music ministry.
Bill is the author the book, A Voice of Their Own: The Authority of the Local
Parish, and a CD of original music, entitled And I Will Praise You. Laina Clugston
is a Waldorf
educator and counselor focused on working with parents and children from birth
to three. Laina completed facilitator preparation with the Center for Courage
and Renewal in 2009. Currently she is using the Courage and Renewal principles
and practices in her consulting work with parents and Waldorf educations Elaine Deasy, RSM,
is a member of the Sisters of
Mercy, Northeast Community. She is an experienced retreat and spiritual
director. Elaine has been offering retreats for women in recovery for the past
18 years. She is currently facilitating group spiritual direction at the CT
State Prison for Women. She is also on staff at Mercy Center, Madison, CT.
Richard (Rick) Downe
has, in 27 years of continuous sobriety in AA, experienced a lot of what
life offers including working as an engineer, being a ham radio
operator, and forming a chapter of the Fifth Chapter Motorcycle Club.
Rick has been a sole parent, a soccer coach, a Reiki practitioner and
has been active in drumming circles and Zen meditation and for many
years has been a member of a Big Book Step Study group working with
others in AA. All of which shows that "nothing, absolutely nothing,
happens in God's world by mistake". Lisa A.
Fagerstrom is
Minister of Program and Administration at Harvard-Epworth UMC in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Ms. Fagerstrom has a B.E. from Vanderbilt University and has
pursued studies towards an M.Div. at Andover Newton Theological School. She is
discerning ways to integrate her passion for and call to a more intentional
ministry of spiritual practices, recovery and spiritual life coaching. Ms.
Fagerstrom has been involved in the recovery community for over twenty years. Karen
Foley, is a
Unitarian Universalist minister, spiritual director and retreat leader who
served congregations for eighteen years in Massachusetts before moving to Maine,
where she focuses on spiritual direction, retreats and writing poetry and
prose. She completed the Shalem Institute's spiritual guidance program and is
currently enrolled in Shalem's program for retreat and group leaders. Her
reflective writing has appeared in the Portland Press Herald's Religion and
Values section, various denominational publications and the journal of Spiritual
Directors International.
James Gill, L.M.F.T.,
retired Episcopal priest, is a trained facilitator for the National
Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Family-to-Family Course, and lectures
at the University of Maine in Augusta (UMA) in the Community Mental
Health course on "The Partnership Model" (including family in the
treatment team).
Mary-Carol Griffin,
is an ordained Episcopal deacon active in the pastoral care needs of her
parish family and the community. She is presently the Bereavement
Services Coordinator for Hospice of Hancock County, training volunteers
and facilitators in providing bereavement support for adults and
children.
Jean Haley
has worked for 25 years as a public
school counselor and served most recently at a New Hampshire Episcopal
Church for eight years as the minister to children, families and
youth.” Jean completed Circle of Trust facilitator preparation with the
Center for Courage and Renewal in 2003. She directs Professional Renewal
Resources LLC in New Hampshire where she facilitates retreats for
teachers, families, and school administrators.
Elizabeth Keene,
serves as Vice President for Mission Effectiveness for St. Mary’s Health
System in Lewiston, Maine. Her background is in pastoral counseling and
end-of-life care having served as Coordinator for Spiritual and
Bereavement Care at Johns Hopkins Home Hospice in Baltimore, MD and then
as Bereavement Coordinator for the pediatric palliative care program at
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
Jeannine Levasseur, CSJ
holds an M.A. from St. Rose College in Albany, N.Y., a Certificate of Biblical
Studies, and a specialization in prophets from the Center of Biblical Studies in
San Paulo, Brazil. She holds a certificate in spiritual direction and retreat
ministry from the Center for Religious Development in Cambridge, MA. Michael Naylor, M.Ed, CCS, LADC
is the Clinical
Director of Serenity House in Portland, Maine. He also runs Men's
spiritual transformation and intimacy groups at Health, Education and Training
Institute in Portland. In addition, he is an Authorized Enneagram teacher from
the Enneagram Institute in New York.
Kerri Oliver
has been an independent consultant with Creative Memories for seven
years. In 2002, the co-founder of Creative Memories personally
introduced, trained, and inspired Kerri to teach the tradition of Faith
Booking. Jan
Osborne serves as
Lay leader and Parish Nurse coordinator at the Oakland Sidney United Methodist
Church. She retired in 2009 after 7yrs as Bereavement Services coordinator for
Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area. David
Peloquin has been a
consciousness and meditation teacher for over 15 years. He is an author,
illustrator, and internationally known folk musician and recording artist. He
lectures on many subjects, including Ken Wilber, Eckhart Tolle, and Spiral
Dynamics. Line
Rioux, CSJ is the
Director of LWSC. Sr. Line holds a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and
Directed Retreats from Creighton University, and a Masters degree in Pastoral
Studies from Loyola University of Chicago. Sr. Line has more than 20 years of
experience in parish ministry, including at the Parish of the Holy Spirit in
Waterville, and most recently at Our Lady Star of the Sea on Staten Island, NY.
Elizabeth Rosson
is an artist, art therapist, and spiritual mentor. She has traveled
throughout Europe and Australia leading retreats. Her focus is on art as
a language of the imagination in the spiritual journey.
Susan Sargent
is a lifelong knitter. She uses the relaxing, calming qualities of
knitting to slow down in a fast-paced culture. Knitting connects her to
her thoughts, feelings, the environment, and the world. Fr.
Mike Seavey was
ordained in 1986. He enjoys history, theology, and movies. He has a special
love for Sacred Scripture. He presently serves Cluster 21 in Portland. Jack
Seery is a member
of Unity Church of Greater Portland. He has been a spiritual director and
retreat leader for 35 years. While in Boston, he was part of the Catholic Worker
community, serving the homeless and engaging in acts of non-violent resistance
to weapons of mass destruction. He presently lives in Waterboro, Maine.
Barbara Smith
earned a master’s in theology from St. John’s University. She
previously served as Director of Pastoral Service department of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Maine, where she was also Coordinator of
Initiation and Director of the Office of Catechetics. She is presently a
member of the Board of Directors for Catholic Charities of Maine.
Marguerite Stapleton
is a spirituality consultant providing resources in spirituality for
individuals, groups and organizations through Wisdom’s Works. She loves
to engage people in reflective conversations, rituals, and centering.
Marguerite served as the Vice-President for Mission Effectiveness at St.
Mary’s Health System from 1993-2009.
Elaine Theriault
lives in Somesville, Maine near
Acadia National Park. Every season finds her outside enjoying the
wonders of God's creation and her hobby of photography. She is one of
the founders and facilitators of Sisters on Journey, a women's group at
Church of Our Father in Hulls Cove, Maine. She is active in lay
Episcopal ministry.
Sheri Vigue
is a passionate knitter, library volunteer and grant writer, past social
worker, and breast cancer survivor. Initially interested in knitting as
creativity, she soon discovered the meditative qualities within the
fiber and needles. Now a fervent practitioner of mindful/spiritual
knitting, she invites knitters and knitters-to-be to explore this age
old craft and potential prayer form. Paul
Weiss, therapist
and teacher, and a longtime student of zen and tai chi, has directed The Whole
Health Center in Bar Harbor since 1981. Out of his deep experience with
spiritual disciplines and with therapeutic processes, Paul teaches a
cross-cultural, practical, and integrative spirituality, including his weekly
class, The Practice of Presence.
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