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JIM KRISHER is the founder and and full-time director of the Spiritual Renewal Center. Jim received his undergraduate degree in religion from Syracuse University, and his M.A. degree in theology from Boston College. Jim also has pursued further graduate studies in Christian spirituality and spiritual direction at Creighton University. He has written numererous published articles in his area of expertise, and is the author of SPIRITUAL SURRENDER: YIELDING YOURSELF TO A LOVING GOD, and THE ONGOING WORK OF JESUS: HIS MISSION IN OUR LIVES, both published by Twenty-Third Publications. He also serves as adjunct instructor of New Testament and Christian spirituality at LeMoyne college. He is married and the father of four children.

JIM KRISHER is the founder and and full-time director of the Spiritual Renewal Center. Jim received his undergraduate degree in religion from Syracuse University, and his M.A. degree in theology from Boston College. Jim also has pursued further graduate studies in Christian spirituality and spiritual direction at Creighton University. He has written numererous published articles in his area of expertise, and is the author of SPIRITUAL SURRENDER: YIELDING YOURSELF TO A LOVING GOD, and THE ONGOING WORK OF JESUS: HIS MISSION IN OUR LIVES, both published by Twenty-Third Publications. He also serves as adjunct instructor of New Testament and Christian spirituality at LeMoyne college. He is married and the father of four children.
PAT WILLIAMS is the Office Manager at the Center. She has a bachelors degree in business administration and a masters degree in education. She is an adjunct instructor in the computer science department at Onondaga Community College.
Adjunct Staff...
MARGARET BABCOCK is a spiritual director at the Center. She is the director of the resource room at the Bishop Harrison Diocesan Center.
MARY ELLEN CURTIN, CSJ, is a spiritual director at the Center. She is also the director of the Earth Weaver Learning Center in Syracuse.
JOAN KERLEY, FMSJ, is a spiritual director at the Center. She is the Director of Service Learning at LeMoyne College.
MARISE MAY, OSF, serves as a spiritual director, and coordinates our Nineteenth Annotation Retreat based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. She also serves as a staff member of our Mentoring Program.
DAVID MOVSOVICH is a spiritual director at the Center, and a key staff member in our Nineteenth Annotation Ignatian Exercises program. He is the pastor of the Delaware St. Baptist Church.
KATHY PAPA is a spiritual director at the Center. She is also a certified substance abuse counselor.
TIM REGER serves as a spiritual director at the Center. He is an Episcopal priest and pastor of Grace Episcopal Church in Baldwinsville NY.
LANA RILEY serves as a spiritual director, and as a staff member of our Mentoring Program. She is a member of the pastoral team at St. Margaret's Church in Homer NY.
JOHN ROSE is a spiritual director at the Center, and staff member of our advanced Mentoring Program for the training of spiritual directors. He is a Catholic priest of the diocese of Syracuse, and pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and Blessed Sacrament parishes in Utica.
MARY ELLEN SCHOPFER, CSJ, is a spiritual director at the Center. She is also involved in spiritual ministries in the Utica area, and works at Hospice of Utica.
GARY THOMAS SMITH is a spiritual director at the Center. He is a member of the pastoral team at St. Margaret's Church in Homer.
LOU SOGLIUZZO, SJ, is a spiritual director at the Center. A Jesuit priest, he is director of campus ministry at LeMoyne College in Syracuse.
BOB LANGSTON is a spiritual director at the Center. He is pastor of Onondaga Hill Presbyterian Church in Syracuse.
PAULA JUDE EGAN, CSJ, is a spiritual director at the Center. She is a minister to the sick at St. Ann's parish in Syracuse.
CHRIS GORAL is a spiritual director at the Center.
KATHLEEN OWENS is a spiritual director at the Center. She is the pastoral associate at St. Francis Xavier Church in Marcellus.