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Jim Krisher is the founder and full-time director of the Spiritual Renewal Center. Jim received his undergraduate degree in religion from Syracuse University, and his M.A. degree in theology from Boston College. Jim also has pursued further graduate studies in Christian spirituality and spiritual direction at Creighton University. He has written numerous published articles in his area of expertise, and is the author of
Spiritual Surrender: Yielding Yourself to a Loving God, and The Ongoing Work of Jesus: His Mission in our Lives, both published by Twenty-Third Publications. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the religious studies department at LeMoyne College, where he teaches courses in New Testament and Christian spirituality. He is married and the father of four children
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Pat Williams is the Office Manager at the Center. She has B.S. in business administration and a M.S. in education from SUNY at Oswego. She is also an adjunct instructor in the computer studies department at Onondaga Community College. |
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Margaret Babcock is a spiritual director at the Center. She is the director of the resource center at the Bishop Harrison Diocesan Center. |
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Lois Barton, CSJ is a Sister of St. Joseph. She has extensive experience in religious education and spiritual formation, and is currently working full-time in spiritual direction and retreat ministry. She is based at the Spiritual Center in Windsor, a small, ecumenical retreat place where she lives with four other Sisters of St. Joseph. She received her training in spiritual direction here at the Spiritual Renewal Center.
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Mary Ellen Curtin, CSJ, is a spiritual director at the Center. She does workshops and retreats on Eco-spirituality. Mary Ellen is also a staff member for our Mentoring Program.
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Chris Goral is a spiritual director at the Center. She serves in ministry at the Vineyard Church in Auburn.
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Joseph Jozwiak, FSC is a De La Salle Christian Brother and is presently Principal of Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, NY. He received his training as a spiritual director at The Upper Room Spirituality Center of the Diocese of Trenton, NJ.
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Pam Kelsey-Gossard, is a counselor presently working on staff at Immanuel Methodist Church in Camillus. She is married and the mother of two children. Pam trained as a spiritual director here at the Spiritual Renewal Center.
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Joan Kerley, FMSJ, is a spiritual director at the Center. She is the Director of Service Learning at LeMoyne College.
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Bob Langston is a spiritual director at the Center. He is pastor of Onondaga Hill Presbyterian Church in Syracuse.
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Marise May, OSF, serves as a spiritual director, and coordinates our Nineteenth Annotation version of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Marise also serves as a staff member of our Mentoring Program.
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Greg Mellor is a spiritual director at the Center. He received his training as a spiritual director through the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago where he also completed his M.A. in Spirituality. He currently works as Campus Minister for Faith Formation at Le Moyne College.
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David Movsovich is a spiritual director at the Center, and a key staff member in our Nineteenth Annotation Ignatian Exercises program. He is the pastor of the Fay Road Baptist Church.
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Kathy Papa is a spiritual director at the Center. She is also a certified substance abuse counselor. Kathy also serves as a staff member for our Mentoring Program.
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Kathleen Owens is a spiritual director at the Center. She is the pastoral associate at St. Francis Xavier Church in Marcellus.
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Tim Reger serves as a spiritual director at the Center. He is an Episcopal priest and pastor of Grace Episcopal Church in Baldwinsville NY.
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Lana Riley serves as a spiritual director, and as a staff member of our Mentoring Program. She is a member of the pastoral team at St. Margaret’s Church in Homer NY.
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Mary Ellen Schopfer, CSJ, is a spiritual director at the Center. She is also involved in spiritual ministries in the Utica area.
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Roberta Smith, OSF is currently a member of the Leadership Team of the Sisters of St. Francis here in Syracuse. Besides congregational leadership, she has ministered as a pastoral assistant in several parishes located in NYC and Westchester
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Lou Sogliuzzo, SJ, is a spiritual director at the Center. A Jesuit priest, he is director of campus ministry at LeMoyne College in Syracuse.
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Gary Thomas Smith is a spiritual director at the Center. He is a member of the pastoral team at St. Margaret’s Church in Homer.
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Rose Raymond Wagner, OSF is a spiritual director, formerly on the staff of Christ the King Retreat House, and at Stella Maris Retreat Center. She is now a Region Minister for the Sisters of St. Francis in the CNY Region.
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