"Joanne is a passionate trainer Click CONTACT on left menu ANNOUNCING!
and person of faith
who believes in serving others and assisting them in de-mystifying challenges of life through reflection, good processes and skills, as well as calling for accountability."
Mike P., Nat'l Min Speaker, LA
___________________________
HUMAN and SPIRITUAL formation of individuals, groups, and systems has always fascinated me. Throughout years of ministry, my work, research, gifts and passion have led me repeatedly back to this graced work which I understand as the privilege to collaborate with God's love in lives, in the world -- indeed, in all of creation.
Being WITH: In union with God, who is WITH us in Christ (Emmanuel) - this is the guiding image of the work I am about in each context. Informed by Franciscan theology and spirituality, by the deep symbol and amazing reality of the Incarnation; guided by my own experience with mentors and companions, and many other turns on the path....
I choose to serve through offering this "being with" in ways that support reflection, action & transformation -- and mission and compassion in the world.
For Mission, Spirituality, Ministry
________________________________
EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES:
---------------------------------------------------------
Recent retreats, presentations include:
Are You Thirsty?
Tend the Flame
Who Does God Say That You Are?
The Christian Heart at Prayer
It Matters Into What Mirrors We Gaze
An Undivided Life
Awake to the Hope Who Holds You
RCIA Lenten retreat
Missionary Ministry
Church as Sacrament
Source of Life
Mission and Spirituality
Advent Reflection: Surprise Ahead
Be Thou My Vision
Dedicate Yourselves to Thankfulness
Location-Location-Location
Trailing Clouds of Glory
Joanne is facilitating two retreats
at Bon Secours Spiritual Center
in the coming months.
Dec. 31, 2010 -
This is the Way, Walk in It:
A New Years Eve Retreat
Feb. 25-26, 2011 -
Towards a Creative Spiritual Living:
An Invitation to Be Artist and Pray-er This Lent
www.bonsecoursspiritualcenter.org
MISSION = * John Paul II. Message for the XXXII World Day of Prayer for Vocations, 10/18/94.
a noble and authentic adventure* of collaboration with God's purposes and saving action in the world.
It is a participation
in the life and mission
of the Trinity:
with the Spirit and the Son, those “on mission” are continually sent forth and poured out
in order to make visible
and to proclaim God's transforming love in the world. Christian mission aims to bring to fullness God’s dream of freedom, life, unity, mutuality, justice, and love in history and for the future.
SPIRITUALITY =
Christian Spirituality is a way of life that flows from an ever deepening understanding of, experience of,
belief in, relationship with,
and commitment and response to God who is self-giving love (Trinity).
In the life of the individual or community,
it implies ongoing formation and transformation in that love for the sake of the world and, indeed, all of creation!
The invitation to this ongoing dwelling in who God is, and thus who we are,
is distinctly and preciously personal, and undeniably communal.
It is living and patterning one’s
(or one’s group’s) life
in that same pouring out in love
that the life of the Trinity shows us, especially expressed in the Incarnation and Paschal Mystery of Christ.
It is living more and more from an understanding of who we are (individually and communally) as God’s beloved ones, and letting that inform and engage our thinking, our action, our affectivity.
"As the Father loves me, so I love you. Live in my love."
John 15: 9
MINISTRY =
the action of proclaiming, serving,
witness and prayer.
It is a way of being present in the lives of others and in the world
that is an expression
of God's presence,
and is a participation in
the life and mission of the church
in the world.
In response to baptismal call,
Christian ministry is
a living out of discipleship of Jesus through the exercise
of particular gifts of the Spirit given, by grace, to the individual
for the sake
of the whole People of God.
________________________
Joanne is a great listener,
a deep thinker,
and a kind companion to have along on your journey, whether it be as a life counselor, a spiritual director, or as a career adviser.
I can offer no higher recommendation to anyone.
Dan M., Nat'l Consultant/Speaker, MD
__________________________
Joanne is a member of
SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS
INTERNATIONAL
Direction’s particular focus is
the individual’s relationship with
and life with God.
This does not exclude other
aspects of life, for
“nothing is profane, for those
who have eyes to see”(Chardin).
Spiritual direction seeks to
humbly collaborate with
God’s invitations to
an individual.
"...turns persons towards the incarnational God in Christ, revealed and made present through the work of the Spirit in the created world.
God has created each person in the image and likeness of the divine (Gen. 1: 26-27). Yet human beings easily forget that created identity and mar the image.
Spiritual formation leads people to a deeper awareness of who they most fundamentally are in God. It attunes them to carry a keen awareness of their created identities and a loving attentiveness to the created world."
[Claire Wolfteich, Navigating New Terrain: Work and Women's Spiritual Lives (NY: Paulist, 2002) 163-164]
“Joanne is a dynamic presenter
who connects with a broad range of people
through effective use of group dynamics
and deep well of resources from which she can draw.
I find that people leave her class or presentation
with new insight into Catholic theology
and Christian spirituality.
Joanne's facilitation skills, contacts
and program experience enable her to work effectively
with organizations beyond faith-based communities.”
Susan Timoney, STD - Exec. Director; Dept of Evangelization and Parish Life,
Archdiocese of Washington
