Director
Sr. Line Rioux, csj     
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.

Administrative Assistant and Web Site
Sharon Campbell Delano
Sharon has been with LWSC since December 1999.  She came to the Center with 15 years experience as an  Administrative Assistant for a government non-profit agency.  If you have any questions about bringing your own group to the Center, registering for one of our programs, or additions/changes to your program that is listed on the website, please contact Sharon. 

Chef
Leslie Peters
Leslie has been with the Center since 2003.   She has an interest in health, nutrition, and local foods, and enjoys presenting meals that reflect these interests.  Leslie has taught vegetarian cooking classes though local Adult Ed programs.  She has also successfully completed the National Restaurant Association's Serve Safe ® Certification program for food safety. 

Gail Ballesta, assistant
Peter Wilson, assistant

Housekeeper
Joyce Loubier
Joyce has been with Center since 2003.  Bio forthcoming

Carol Hawkes, assistant
 

Maintenance
Jerry has been with the Center since 2005.  With 40 years experience in providing maintenance services, Jerry has successfully answered the call to many pleas for help from the staff, the Sisters, and the building!  In addition to being the caretaker of the Center's grounds and building (which include 54 acres of woods with miles of trails, the lawn and outdoor swimming pool), Jerry also finds time to create your meeting space to fit your needs.       
Jerry Murray
 

Spiritual Director's:  Please see  http://retreatinmaine.com/spiritual.htm 

Volunteers:

• Pearl Allen, Kitchen

• Joan Arnold, Hospitality

• Sandy Locklin, Laundry

• Denis Rioux, Kitchen

• Rev. Sharon Stover, Addictions and Recovery Program Coordinator

• Gretchen Tietenberg, Library & Filing

• Tom Tietenberg, Kitchen

• Lois Turcotte, Kitchen

Addictions and Recovery Program Coordinator: Sharon Stover
Rev. Sharon Stover is an ordained minister with Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC). She has pastored congregations in Tacoma WA, Sioux Falls, SD, and Omaha, NE.  While working towards her M.Div. at Seattle University, which she received in 2002, Sharon was appointed the first Protestant chaplain of the University's campus ministry. Since moving to Maine in 2005, she has served as a chaplain, spiritual director, and retreat leader within the recovery community. She has recently become affiliated with the Addictions Ministry Team at Hammond St. Congregational Church in Bangor Maine.
April 1-3, 2011: Recovery Retreat

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.
February 18-20, 2011: Men’s 11th Step Retreat

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.
September 21, 2010 - January 11, 2011: Bereavement Series
February 1-June 7, 2011: Bereavement Series
July 16, 2011: Caring for the Caregiver

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.
March 18-20, 2011: Directed Silent Retreat

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.
June 22-29, 2011: Directed Silent Retreat

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
November 6, 2010: Courage and Renewal Retreat 

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.
May 6-8, 2011: "...and Grace Will Lead us Home" A weekend retreat for women in recovery.

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".
April 1-3, 2011: Recovery Retreat

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.
October 29-31, 2010: Women’s 11th Step Retreat

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.
January 29, 2011: Living Beyond Addiction
March 19, 2011: An Experience with Lectio Divina

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).
March 19, 2011: Befriending Our Losses

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.
November 19-21, 2010: Grateful Awakenings: A Retreat For Women

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.
November 6, 2010: Courage and Renewal Retreat

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. 
September 10-11, 2010: Fishing for Fallen Light – Poetry and Spirituality

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.
October 21-24, 2010: Directed Silent Retreat
March 17-20, 2011: Directed Silent Retreat

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.
October 16, 2010: Introduction to Enneagram
February 11-13, 2011: Men’s 11th Step Retreat
March 26, 2011: Using the Enneagram for Spiritual Transformation
May 21, 2011: Relationships and the Enneagram

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.
March 11-13, 2011: Scrapbooking Retreat

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.
September 21, 2010 - January 11, 2011: Bereavement Series
February 1-June 7, 2011: Bereavement Series

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.
October 16, 2010: An Integral Path to Self-Knowledge
November 20, 2010: Engaged in the World
April 9, 2011: An integral perspective

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. 
September 21, 2010 - January 11, 2011: Bereavement Series
December 3-5, 2011: A Guided Retreat
February 1-June 7, 2011: Bereavement Series
May 21, 2011: A day for Newly Initiated in the Catholic Church
June 10-12, 2011: “Sweet Life Café” for women

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.
June 2-5, 2011: Minding the  Ministry.  A retreat in honor of Kay Gill

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.
January 28-30, 2011: Mindful Knitting Retreat

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.
November 5-6, 2010:  An Introduction to the Gospel According to St. Matthew

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.
October 21-24, 2010: Directed Silent Retreat
February 8, 2011: The Dynamics of Silence and Compassion in the Sp Journey

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.
January 21-22, 2011: The Spirituality of Aging

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.
September 10-11, 2010: Fishing for Fallen Light – Poetry and Spirituality 

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.
November 19-21, 2010: Grateful Awakenings: A Retreat For Women

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.
January 28-30, 2011: Mindful Knitting Retreat

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.
November 12-14, 2010: A Field Guide to Conscious Loving Presence
January 22, 2011: The Heart of Tonglen