Jim & Marie David
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Rev. Marie S. David, M.Ed.
Marie David holds a Masters Degree in Education from Rivier College, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from the University of Maine, and a Minor in Religious Studies from St. Joseph College. She is certified as a Reiki Master.
Marie has over twenty years of experience in Catholic education, spirituality and ministry. She has served as a Director of Religious Education Programming and as a consultant for the Sadlier Publishing Company as well as a contributing author to their Religious Education series. She has been a presenter for numerous workshops on women's spirituality and wellness, and early childhood faith development.
Marie is a presider and homilist at liturgy and common prayer. As a parent and an expert in early childhood development she has designed and implemented programs for bringing the Liturgy of the Word to children and in the Spirituality of Parenting. As a Reiki Master Marie brings a unique integration of Eastern and Western spirituality to her work with others. She offers both Reiki Treatments and Reiki Training as well as spiritual direction. Marie is an ordained priest in good standing in the Community of Roman Catholic Womenpriests. She has faculties in the Ecumenical Catholic Church and is a certified member of the Federation of Christian Ministries.
Rev. James F. David, M.Div.
James F. (Jim) David holds a Master of Divinity Degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.
Jim is a member of CORPUS, an association for an inclusive priesthood, the International Council of Community Churches, and Call To Action. He is a certified member of CITI Ministries, Inc. as well as the Federation of Christian Ministries and has been a member of the Association of Psychological Type. He is a priest in good standing of the International Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of the Good Shepherd, Province of the United States, and has faculties in the Ecumenical Catholic Church. He currently serves as co-Director of Evensong.
Jim has served as a spiritual director and retreat director and presenter for over twenty years. His retreats include "The Love That Matters First," and "At Home With God and Self." He is certified to administer the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and has conducted workshops throughout the northeast, including presentations on Personality Type and Prayer.
Ordained in the Roman Catholic Tradition Jim has also served as a theology instructor, and as a Roman Catholic Pastor. He resigned from the Roman Catholic clerical order in 1993 to continue his work for church renewal outside of the official structure. He continues his ministry as a married Roman Catholic priest in the International Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of the Good Shepherd.
Louise Colletti, M.A. is a spiritual director, author and marriage and family therapist. She is currently the Clinical Director of Mary’s Place: Center for Grieving Children. Joseph Colletti, M.Ed., M.Div, S.T.M., is a spiritual director, author and an internationally recognized organization development consultant. Louise and Joe have conducted “Leaving a Legacy” retreats for the past five years. They have co-authored the guidebook: Leaving a Spiritual Legacy: Writing a Spiritual Will. They live in East Granby, Connecticut.
Nicole Sotelo is an author, speaker
and activist. Knowing personally the paths of pain and recovery
from trauma, she has dedicated her life to seeking women's healing
and justice through a spiritual lens. A graduate of Wellesley
College and Harvard Divinity School, she currently works for Call
To Action, a national Catholic organization that seeks systemic
justice in church and society. Her articles have appeared in numerous
publications and she is a contributing editor and writer for BustedHalo,
a national website for spiritual seekers in their 20's and 30's.
She is the author of "Go in Peace: Meditations for Women
Healing from Abuse" (Paulist Press, 2006). Born in Phoenix,
AZ, she currently resides in Chicago, IL.
Gayle Kerr
Gayle Kerr has been involved in the ministry of Spiritual Direction and retreat leadership for the past eighteen years. Until June of 2007 when she and her husband moved to Massachusetts, she served for eight years as a Spiritual Director at the Middleton Center for Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr, PA. During those same years she worked at Princeton Theological Seminary where she was involved in leading groups for Spiritual Direction for both students and faculty. A graduate of Chestnut Hill College, Gayle received her Masters degree in Holistic Spirituality and Spiritual Direction in May of 2000 and completed training for a Certificate of Supervision of Spiritual Directors in the spring of 2005. Prior to coming to the Middleton Center, Gayle served as the Director of Christian Education at the First Presbyterian Church of Lansdowne, PA for eight years where she has also served as both an Elder and a Deacon.
Gayle also holds an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from Trenton State College (now the College of New Jersey). She taught fourth grade for several years in the Marple Newtown and William Penn School Districts in Pennsylvania. Now a resident of Yarmouthport, MA, Gayle is married and is the mother of two grown sons and the grandmother of three grandsons.
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