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BIOGRAPHIES
Connie Chintall* uses creative expression to balance her professional life as an electrical engineer and management consultant. Making and using prayer beads became a contemplative practice, which she has shared with others in several settings. An Episcopalian, Connie has also led retreats on other forms of contemplative prayer.
Sr. Louise Dowgiallo, OSB, has served as Director of the Benedictine Pastoral Center for nearly 25 years as a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia. She plans and leads programs and retreats at the Bristow, VA monastery and at schools and churches throughout VA and MD. She is also a spiritual director and stained glass artist.
Sr. June Fitzgerald, OP* is a Dominican Sister of St. Catherine de Ricci ministering and living at the Dominican Retreat in McLean, VA. Her experience in retreat ministry includes spiritual direction, organizing and leading retreats. Her particular interests are story telling, Ignatian spirituality, Taizé chant, 12-step recovery, and ministry to women.
Penelope Jane Guyton, a spiritual mentor, life coach, writer, and artist, authored Awakening the Intuitive Heart and "The Emergence of the Feminine." She has studied elementary education, speech & communication, and Energy Medicine, and most recently “Entering the Castle,” a course in modern mysticism based on Teresa of Avila.
Elizabeth Hampton* is a psychiatric social worker in private practice specializing in psychological and spiritual integration. She has been adjunct faculty for two local seminaries. She lives in a garden setting in Manassas and facilitates group gatherings, individual retreats, and spiritual direction.
The Rev. Dr. Kenneth Harrington*, a minister in the United Church of Christ, teaches spirituality, prayer, & theology at Washington, DC, area seminaries, and is a postulant in the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans. Ken is currently working toward a certificate in Franciscan Studies. See his website at http://stclaresplace.googlepages.com/home.
The Rev. Hilaire Henthorne*, ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), pastors a non-denominational church in a Springfield retirement community. She has taught classes and led retreats on contemplative practices and on aging and spirituality. Hilaire is Candidate for Oblation at St. Benedict’s Monastery.
Ann Kulp, D.Min., is a spiritual director, retreat leader, member of the Shalem Institute’s associate staff, and author of SPIRIT WINDOWS, A Handbook of Spiritual Growth Resources for Leaders. She is an ordained elder and Certified Christian educator in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Sr. Charlotte Lee, OSB, joined the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia after 23 years of marriage and raising a family. She has facilitated Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina groups for more than 15 years; is a retreat leader, spiritual director, co-director of the monastery Oblate program; and has worked extensively in the surrounding community.
Martha Mason*, a Lay Leader at Andrew Chapel UMC, did graduate work in Art History at UNC Chapel Hill. She has practiced Centering Prayer since 1992 and currently co-leads a CP group. She is a member of the Shalem Institute program for Leaders of Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats class of 2008.
Barb McAdams is a retreat director with BPC with a specialty in the ever popular Confirmation and First Communion Retreats. She has been a Catechist for over 30 years and has worked with both Teens and Adults . In addition she has conducted workshops on Creative Catechetics at numerous Catechetical Conferences and has taught methodology classes for the Master Catechesis Program for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Isabelle Robinson studied at the School of the Louvre, and the Institute of Art and Archeology at the Sorbonne in Paris. She has completed the 2 year Contemplative Life Program with Contemplative Outreach and attends contemplative retreats frequently. She is a leader in the Virginia Service Team of Contemplative Outreach and has completed Living Flame II. Her web site is www.imjrobinson.com
Jo Ann Staebler* is a graduate of the Shalem Institute’s Program for Leaders of Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats. Her “youthful” graduate work was in medieval history; she has also completed all requirements for ordained ministry in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Her passions are worship and contemplative spirituality.
Philip Stone*, a graduate of the Shalem Institute program for Leaders of Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats, leads Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina groups in Northern Virginia. A Roman Catholic, he is founder and owner of FindtheDivine.com, a website to help seekers locate retreat places, leaders and events in their DC metro area.
Mary Winsky is a writer and teacher of writing. A retired K-12 Writing Coordinator for a large school district, she has taught at university level, lectured nationally and internationally, and conducted writing workshops for adults in five states. She lives in Gainesville, where she leads two ongoing writing groups.
* Identifies members of the Board of Limited Jurisdiction of the Benedictine Pastoral Center.
"The work of the Pastoral Center (BPC) is to help individuals as well as groups who are seeking greater spiritual identity and who want to actively find and nurture a meaningful spiritual aspect within daily life"
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