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Maco Cassetta, CND

Maco Cassetta, CND, is a member of the Congregation of Notre Dame, a psychotherapist, and spiritual mentor. Based in New York, she is Director of Formation for her congregation.

Maco Cassetta, CND & Karina Conrad, CDP

Maco Cassetta, CND, is a member of the Congregation of Notre Dame, a part-time licensed psychotherapist, and spiritual mentor based in New York. Responding to her community’s request, she took on the role of Novice Director for her community and lives in White Plains, New York. She offers psycho...

Marcelline Koch, OP

Sister Marcelline is a Dominican Sister and directs the Office of Justice for the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL. In this capacity, she serves as the Justice Promoter, Co-coordinator of the Springfield Dominican Anti-Racism Team, and liaison for the congregation’s Socially Responsible...

Maria Benavides

Maria was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico. At the age of fourteen she moved to San Antonio, Texas with her family to pursue an education in the United States. Motivated to act after the family separation crisis during the summer of 2018, Maria started volunteering at the bus station in...

Marianne Farina, CSC, PhD

Sister Marianne, a member of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, Notre Dame, IN, is Professor of Theology and Philosophy and member of the Core Doctoral Faculty at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA. Through teaching and professional affiliation...

Mark Dean, OMI and Glynis Mary McManamon, RGS

Dean describes and demonstrates Visio Divina; Sister Glynis walks participants through the writing of an icon.

Danielle Harrison, MA, JD

Danielle Harrison is the Co-Director of the Slavery, History, Memory and Reconciliation (SHMR) Project. With over 26 years of experience of working in Christian environments, Danielle is a teacher, facilitator, trainer, consultant, spiritual director, campus minister and retreat director. She...

Barbara Jean Franklin, ASC

She has been a member of her religious community, the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, for over 50 years. During that time she has ministered as a teacher and administrator in Catholic Schools in Illinois and Missouri and has served her religious community in a variety of administrative areas. ...

Benjamin Williams, Ph.D.

Benjamin Williams, Ph.D., is on the clinical staff at Southdown in Ontario, Canada. For more than fifty years, Southdown has offered compassionate care to vowed religious and diocesan clergy.

Carmen Nanko-Fernandez, Ph.D.

Professor of Hispanic Theology and Ministry, Catholic Theological Union at Chicago.

Daniel Horan, OFM

He is a Franciscan Friar, Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Spirituality at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and the author of numerous articles and twelve books, including The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton: A New Look at the Spiritual Influence on his Life, Thought, and...