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Dr. Margarett A. Schlientz has a masters degree
theology, spirituality (Creighton University), psychiatric nursing (University of
Maryland) and a doctorate in Psychiatric nursing (University of Pittsburgh).
In her professional career as a university administrator and teacher
(Marquette University) she has developed the integration of the psychological and
spiritual relationship necessary for human growth and development.
With her professional expertise she works as a national consultant as an
agent of change affecting the internal culture within the health care
system. Because of the value integration for human growth she has
consulted with numerous religious communities and diocese. Presently
in addition to her work with health care systems she is the Assistant
Director at the Institute for Priestly Formation at Creighton University
where she teaches and ministers to diocesan seminarians in an intensive ten
week spiritual renewal program each summer. Committed to the ministry
of healing she has taught numerous workshops throughout the country aiding
clergy and laity in the ministry of healing and deliverance. Presently
she is part of the team with the Institute training diocesan priests in a
three year program in spiritual direction integrating the Spiritual
Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. |
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Msgr. John Esseff. Msgr's
background is extensive with Masters degrees in Semitic Languages (Catholic
University, Religious Education and Counseling (Marywood University) and a
Doctorate in Ministry (Aquinas Institute, Dubuque, IA). His pastoral
ministry has covered a myriad of needs serving the poor and destitute from
the streets to prisons, homeless, handicapped in the Scranton area, Lebanon
and Peru. He was pastor at numerous parishes in his diocese.
Having served on numerous boards as consultant and advocate to interfaith
groups, farm workers, prison chaplains, migrant workers, elderly etc.
For two years he was director of the Pontifical Mission in Beirut, Lebanon.
He also served as Director of the Propagation of the Faith and as Moderator
for the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in Scranton. He has received
numerous awards and honorary degrees. Pope John II awarded him the
Prelate of Honor award in 1983. Recently he responded to a need of
Bishop Samuel Aquila to help develop a formation program for seminarians at
Cardinal Meunch Seminary in Fargo, ND. He has returned to the Diocese
of Scranton where he continues in his role as spiritual director and
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Rev. John P. Grigus, OFM Conv. Father is a
member of the Marytown Conventual Franciscan community and is the director
of its Perpetual Adoration Program and Media Communication Ministry and
founder and director of the Harvest Vocation Prayer Ministry, a
Chicago-Archdiocese-wide intercessory ministry for priests and religious
vocations. He travels extensively throughout the USA administering
parish missions, preaching at state-wide conferences and giving retreats to
priests, religious and lay communities. His special preaching focus is
centered on topics of spirituality, Mary and the Eucharist. He serves
as spiritual director to the Pope John Paul II Eucharistic Association of
the Archdiocese of Chicago, The Mercy Foundation, Maristella and the Chicago
Marian Center. He has also written a number of religious articles for
the Franciscan Cord and Immaculata magazine. He has also been the main
consultant on a number of videos for the Mercy Foundation. Prior to
coming to Marytown he was a retreat director at St. Francis Retreat Center
in Burlington, WI and regional representative to retreat centers in
Wisconsin and Iowa for Retreats International. |
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Rev. Lawrence Hennessey - A priest of the Archdiocese
of Chicago and Professor of Patristics at St. Mary of the Lake University,
Mundelein, Ill. He was the keynote speaker at the conference for
Bishops on Episcopal Leadership and the March Symposium for the Institute
for Priestly Formation on the Priest as Good shepherd. He has numerous
accomplishments to his credit, but his scholarly content is presented with a
gracious gentleness that is most appealing. |
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Rev. Douglas Leonhardt, S.J.
was ordained as a Jesuit priest in 1969. His graduate education was done
at St. Louis University where he received a Licentiate in Sacred Theology
and two Masters degrees, one in Spirituality and the other in Education. His
priestly ministry has been in educational administration, formation of young
Jesuits, and pastoral and retreat work. He has been a principal and a
president of Marquette High School in Milwaukee. He was Novice Director for
the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus as well as a provincial team
member in charge of formation. He has served as pastor of Gesu Church in
Milwaukee and is currently Associate Director of the Office of Mission and
Identity at Marquette University. He serves on the Boards of Sojourner
Truth House, a home for battered women and children, and St. Joan Antida
High School, a girls school for underprivileged women. |
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Rev. John
Michet - a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago ordained
in 1978. He has had extensive experience in the field of pastoral
ministry, both on the parish level, as well as in counseling and spiritual
direction. Currently, in addition to parish ministry, Fr. Michet
serves as spiritual director at St. Joseph College Seminary in Chicago.
For the last six years he was appointed by Cardinal George to minister in
the area of healing and deliverance. In those areas he is a consultant
to bishops throughout the country. He has also been appointed exorcist
for the Archdiocese of Chicago by Francis Cardinal George. |
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Rosalie
Hersil Rosalie comes with an extensive professional
career in nursing as a clinician, educator and administrator both in the USA
and Japan. Her long career in various specialties of nursing prepared
her well to integrate spirituality into her practice. Using prayer and
the gifts of the Holy Spirit combined with her nursing skills she is
recognized for her leadership in her parish and the diocese. She is a
core team member and leader in the River of Life Prayer Group. She is
a respected teacher for renewal seminars, leader in the charism of
intercession, inner healing and deliverance, spiritual warfare and a retreat
director. For eight years she was vice-president of Woman's Aglow,
participant in two pilgrimages to Israel to minister healing, spoke at the
Catholic Charismatic Conference in the Caribbean British West Indies.
With her husband Tom they have administered with their pastor healing prayer
teams for the first Friday healing masses. Their two daughters Tina
and Lisa are actively engaged with them in ministry. |
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Renee Marazon -
Healing Ministry and Word Gifts Coordinator
for the Diocese of Toledo, Ministry to Catholic Charismatic Renewal. She is widely published
in the area of education particularly in the emotional and spiritual
development of children. Last fall she presented at the Leadership
Conference in Chicago highlighting the implementation of a dynamic program
in the diocese to renew the renewal. She serves as a member of the
National Service Team for Chariscenter, USA. She has tapes and a book recently
published for parishes describing how priests and lay leaders can fully
implement the directives of Vatican II particularly developing the gifts of
the spirit for the parishioners in the pew and challenging them to a renewal
of prayer. |