Other Spiritual Directors I recommend:
Christy Aydt (Hicks)
Phone: 573-418-7373
Email: christyhicks9@gmail.com
Christy is a married lay woman who has been ministering and companioning people for the last twenty years. She is open to all who are interested in exploring their own faith journey and sees every path as unique to the person. In 2010-2011, she spent a year in India and Nepal, and though her studies have been through the lens of Catholic-Christian faith and thought, she reverences the perspective and beauty that other faith traditions share. Eastern spirituality and culture has gifted her with a more expansive image of God. MA in Pastoral Ministry, University of Dayton; Certificate in Spiritual Direction, Aquinas Institute of Theology; Trained in the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola; some Shamanic training. Available to meet in person or via Zoom. The fee is on a sliding scale ($35-$75).
Ann Naffziger
Phone: 510-502-4351
Email: ann@gospelliving.org
Since training as a spiritual director at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in 2001, Ann has worked with individuals from local churches (Catholic and Protestant), Jesuit Volunteers, Divinity students, new moms, clergy, retirees, and retreatants making the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
After receiving her Master of Divinity from the Jesuit School and Masters in Biblical Languages from the Graduate Theological Union, Ann worked as a hospital chaplain before moving into parish ministry and supervising field education students. Currently, she is the Associate Director of The Pastoral Center, a small pastoral publishing company based in Alameda, California. When she is not working, she can probably be found with her two school age children, bicycling, baking, coaching softball, reading, or growing and preserving food.
Eunice Park
Phone: 510-910-4318
Email: eunicejpark@yahoo.com
Eunice has been the ministry of accompaniment for over 25 years, particularly with young adults and women of color. She brings her years of experience in ministry, theological studies, and her experience as a first generation immigrant woman of color to her Spiritual Direction. She received her Masters degrees in both theology and ministry from the Franciscan School of Theology, and her spiritual practices are deeply rooted in the spirituality of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi. Her deepest rewards come from table ministry, accompaniment, and retreat work. Eunice is based in Fremont and can meet in person (in her ministry canopy outside) or virtually through various platforms. Sliding scale $40-60.
Erin Duffy-Burke
847-975-2972
This potent 1-1 soul companioning is one of the cornerstones of Erin’s ministry. She is an experienced minister, healer and soul companion, working for over two decades in the fields of teaching, theology, ministry and spiritual development. She has worked with Catholics, former and recovering Catholics, Christians of various denominations, the “spiritual but not religious” and the nones. Her focus is on soul sobriety and soul sovereignty, empowering that flame of the Living God/dess within each person she encounters. She is also a yoga teacher and facilitator of embodied transformation, and loves incorporating these embodied sources of wisdom into soul work, should that be something that serves you. She holds an M.Ed. from the University of Notre Dame, an MA in Multicultural Ministry from the Franciscan School of Theology, and an MA in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union. Erin holds sessions in-person (St. Louis, MO) and on Zoom. She offers full sessions (75 mins) and half-session Soul “sparks” (30 mins), both at sliding scale rates. Learn more at https://erinduffy-burke.com/embodied-soul-sessions
Bernadette Raspante braspante@gmail.com www.bernadetteraspante.com
(773) 344-1708
Bernadette holds an MA in Gender Studies from Loyola University Chicago and an MA in Theology and Spirituality from Catholic Theological Union. She is trained in Spiritual Direction in the Ignatian tradition but is open to accompanying people on all branches of their faith journey. Bernadette teaches theology at the high school and collegiate level, she facilitates retreats for people of all ages, preaches in inclusive liturgies and takes part in many church reform groups and liberative movements within the Catholic tradition. Recently, Bernadette has published some pieces on feminism and faith for USCatholic Magazine. She is available to meet socially distanced and in person in the Chicagoland area or on Zoom. Rates are $30-70.
Ellen Kelly 415-518-5471 kelly.ellen.patricia@gmail.com
**** Ellen has paused providing direction for the time being. 5/1/24
Ellen has been accompanying companions on their journey to a closer relationship with their God/higher being for the past 20 years. She received her spiritual direction training as part of her Masters in Theological Studies degree at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, where her degree specialization was Christian Spirituality. Though Ellen has intimate knowledge of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, she is open to working with any individual who is seeking a deeper connection to how God is at work in their life. In addition to spiritual direction, Ellen works full time in career development at the University of San Francisco and also has a private career counseling business and is a divorced lay woman and mother. Ellen is also a trained Project Rachel mentor and facilitates grief support meetings for parents who have experienced the loss of a baby before, during or after birth. Direction can take place via Zoom or hopefully soon in person in the San Francisco Bay Area. For her complete bio, see her LinkedIn profile.
Rhonda Miska 434.960.3305 rhondacville@gmail.com
Rhonda serves in a parish in the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minnepolis and is also a freelance writer and co-convener of the Catholic Women’s Preaching Circle. She is a graduate of the Spiritual Direction Institute founded by Monsignor Chester P. Michel in the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia. Rhonda holds a MA in Pastoral Ministry from the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Ministry from the Aquinas Institute of Theology. She is a single lay woman in her 40s who is familiar with religious life because of her five years discerning religious life with a Dominican community. Rhonda is active in Discerning Deacons and Catholic Women Preach, and is particularly passionate about supporting and accompanying Catholic women discerning and living out their call to ministry and discipleship. When not doing ministry, Rhonda enjoys singing, folk dancing, as well as kayaking on Minnesota’s many lakes.