Christos Center’s Staff and Board of Directors

Patricia Hendricks:  Executive Director; BS Ed. Indiana University; Spiritual Direction Program Coordinator/faculty; author of Hungry Souls, Holy Companions: Mentoring a New Generation of Christians; Spiritual Director.

Joan Frazerhurst: Financial Administrator; Editor of The Active Contemplative; RN, Swedish Hospital; Spiritual Director.

Janet Palmer: Coordinator/faculty of Personal Spiritual Deepening through the Ignatian Exercises; Website Administrator; BS in Organizational Administration, Northwestern College; Spiritual Director.

Joyce Finch: Coordinator of Continuing Education, Special Events, Retreats/Workshops; BAS in Communication Disorders, Univ. of Minn; volunteer SD with City House; Spiritual Director.

Jessie Vicha: Coordinator of the Chicago Area Spiritual Direction Program; BA Spanish and Art, MacMurray College; Spiritual Director.

Back row - Pat Hendricks, Joyce Finch, Janet Palmer, Jessie Vicha, Don Vicha
Front row - LaVonne Hite, Wai-Chin Matsuoka, Joan Frazerhurst

 

Additional Teaching Faculty

Tom Allen: co-executive director, City-House; teaching faculty for the Spiritual Direction Program

Jeannette Bakke, PhD: author of Holy Invitations; teaching faculty for the Spiritual Direction Program; adjunct teaching faculty at Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, MN

Dwayne Beidelman, MS: teaching faculty for Personal Spiritual Deepening through the Ignatian Exercises and the Spiritual Direction Program

Mark Gardner, MA in Theology ; Luther Seminary; teaching faculty for the Spiritual Direction Program

Janet Hagberg, MSW: author of The Critical Journey, Real Power: Stages of Personal Power in Organizations, Wrestling with your Angels, The Inventurers: Excursions in Life and Career Renewal; teaching faculty for the Spiritual Direction Program

Lisa Harrell, MA, LPC: Licensed Professional Counselor; teaching faculty for the Spiritual Direction Program

Brad Holt, PhD : Professor of Religion, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN; author of Thirsty for God; teaching faculty for the Spiritual Direction Program

Debbi Horton, MA : teaching faculty for Personal Spiritual Deepening through the Ignatian Exercises

Dan Johnson:  teaching faculty for Personal Spiritual Deepening through the Ignatian Exercises and the Spiritual Direction Program

Joann Nesser, D.Min M.A: Founder of Christos Center; author of Prayer: Journey from Self to God; Journey Into Reality: Through Prayer and God-Centeredness; Contemplative Prayer: Praying When the Well Runs Dry; teaching faculty for the Spiritual Direction Program

Steve Simmons, PhD: Professor Emeritus in Agronomy and Plant Genetics, Universtiy of Minnesota; teaching faculty for the Spiritual Direction Program

David Strootman: teaching faculty for Personal Spiritual Deepening through the Ignatian Exercises

 

 

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