Christos Center’s Staff and Board of Directors

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

Donna Elftmann: Financial Administrator

Janet Palmer, BS: Coordinator of Christos Events,Workshops, Pilgrimage,
and Ignatian Exercises; website administrator

Joyce Finch, BAS: Spiritual Direction Program Associate; coordinator of peer supervision groups and south metro workshops.

Wai-Chin Matsuoka, MS: Co-coordinator ChristosChicago Spiritual Direction Program

Donna Scott, MSW: Co-coordinator ChristosChicago Spiritual Direction Program

Maisie Sparks, MA: Alumni Relations Coordinator ChristosChicago Spiritual Direction Program

Jessie Vicha, BA: Facilitator, former Co-coordinator ChristosChicago Spiritual Direction Program

Left to Right: Joyce Finch, Donna Elftmann,
Janet Palmer, Patricia Hendricks

Left to Right: Donna Scott and Wai-Chin Matsuoka

 

Masie Sparks

 

Additional Teaching Faculty

Tom Allen, BS: Staff member at Loyola Spirituality Center; faculty for Christos Spiritual Direction Program

Steve Arnold, PhD: Professor Emeritus of Education, Concordia University; faculty for Christos Spiritual Direction Program

Jeannette Bakke, PhD: author of Holy Invitations; faculty for Christos Spiritual Direction Program; adjunct teaching faculty at Bethel Seminary

Dwayne Beidelman, MS: faculty for Christos Spiritual Direction Program and Ignatian Exercises

Nancy Blanski, MA: faculty for Christos 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; faculty for Christos Spiritual Direction Program

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

Brad Holt, PhD : Professor of Religion, Augsburg College; author of Thirsty for God; faculty for Christos Spiritual Direction Program

Debbi Horton, MA: Christos Ignatian Exercises faculty

Dan Johnson, BA: faculty for Christos Spiritual Direction Program and Ignatian Exercises

Dee Menning, BA: faculty for Christos 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; faculty for Christos Spiritual Direction Program

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

David Strootman: Christos Ignatian Exercises faculty

 

 

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