Zoom Program Presenter
Monika Ellis, OSB
Sister Monika is a spiritual director, retreat facilitator, musician and artist. She recently became a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT) and is interested in helping people explore the world of art and its connection to the spiritual life. She has experienced how a Zentangle practice brings relief from pain, worry, and stress. It is a healing […]
Nancy Joan Brighid
Nancy Joan Brighid is a Baptist preacher’s daughter who has had a calling to the spiritual life since childhood. From 1988-2016, Nancy held a career as a field botanist, ecologist, and educator. She did botanical and ecological field surveys all over the Inter- and Rocky Mountain West from 1988-2012. Her career was mostly focused on […]
Victoria Scarlett
Victoria Scarlett is dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of sacred art--and to its place in devotional and meditative practices. She is the Director of the Center for Sacred Art in Seattle, where she develops programs that seek an integrative understanding of the human experience, spirituality, and world sacred art traditions. Victoria’s training includes a B.A. […]
Rosemarie Oliver
Rosemarie Oliver, is a Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist who has worked in the field of nutritional practice since 1978. She became interested in the field of Mindful Eating in 2010. Rosemarie became an MB-EAT (Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training) qualified instructor in October of 2020 and obtained a Certificate in Mindful Eating offered by The Center for Mindful […]
St. Placid Oblates and Sisters
Presenters: Oblates: Don Cairns, Kathy Androes-Downes, Roy DeLeon, Marilyn Freeman, Susan Johnson, Ken Peterson, Kathryn Rickert, Laura Tenisci, Sisters: Julian Cleary, Monika Ellis, Anna-Camille Wooden, Lucy Wynkoop, Paz Vital, Sonja Weber
Shemaiah Gonzalez
Shemaiah Gonzalez is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in America Magazine and U.S. Catholic, among other publications. Shemaiah wrote Northwest Catholic’s ”God in the Ordinary” column for three years, which was honored with the Catholic Press Award twice. She is writing a collection of essays on joy, based on her popular Substack, Undaunted Joy for Harper […]
Steve Reed, PhD
Steven Reed, PhD, has been a clinical psychologist in private practice in Bellevue, Washington for 35 years specializing in attachment disorders, trauma, and spirituality. Dr. Reed has also been a spiritual director working with SEEL of Puget Sound for 20 years. He is a senior faculty member with Masterson Institute in which he has taught […]
Debbie Carmody
Debbie Carmody has retired after 28 years in pastoral ministry at Good Shepherd Parish in Shawnee, KS. She has a Masters in Religious Education from Loyola-New Orleans. She and her husband just celebrated 50 years of marriage and they dream of one day staying in a treehouse.
Mary Kay Whitacre
Mary Kay Whitacre is the Associate Director of Sophia Spirituality Center - a ministry of the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison KS. She also helps direct Sophia Center's Souljourners' Spiritual Direction Formation Program. She has over 45 years of experience in ministry, spiritual direction, and retreat work. She received her Doctor of Ministry from Seattle […]