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Victor Klimoski, Ph.D. is the Director of Lifelong Learning Saint John's School of Theology and the Benedictine Center of St. Paul’s Monastery. He holds a doctorate in adult education from the Univ. of Minn. and works extensively at the national level as a group facilitator and project consultant. Email Victor |
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Sam Rahberg is the Associate Director of the Benedictine Center. Sam has experience in parish education and administration and holds a master's degree in theology from St. John’s University, Collegeville. Email Sam |
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Virginia Matter,OSB is a member of St. Paul’s Monastery and came to the Center from Health Care. Virginia has done significant preparation in the area of spirituality, Centering Prayer, Bio-Spiritual Focusing, retreats, and Spiritual Direction. She also has experience in Native American creative arts and pottery. Email Virginia |
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Jacquelyne Witter, Ed.D. is the director of iLLUMINARE: Called for Service, Formed in Christ, the Lay Ecclesial Ministry Project of St. Paul’s Monastery. Jackie has served in ministerial settings including parish, diocese and higher education. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership, masters’ degrees in theology and religious education, and a graduate certificate in organization development. Email Jackie |
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Theresa Clarkin, OSB is the Guest Services Assistant for the Benedictine Center and a member of St. Paul's Monastery. In addition to her ministry with the retreat center, Theresa studies theology at St. Paul's Seminary. Email Theresa |
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Benita Gerold, OSB is a member of St. Paul’s Monastery and has an associates degree in Applied Science from the Univ. of Crookston. Prior to her employment at the Center as hospitality minister, S. Benita served as Director of Food Center at St. Paul’s Monastery and at St. Mary’s Rehabilitation Center. |
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Rolaine Diethelm, OSB is a hospitality minister of the Benedictine Center and a member of St. Paul's Monastery. Prior to coming to the Center, Sister Rolaine worked as a teachers' aide. |
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Chris Folkenson works behind the scenes with guest services, ensuring every guest arrives to a comfortable room. |
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Karen Sames, OSB is a member of St. Paul’s Monastery and is a trained nurse. She works full-time for the American Red Cross and provides hospitality for guests in her spare time. |
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Sharon Schiller, OSB is a member of St. Paul’s Monastery and has been a teacher in child care centers and also a secretary. She is now part of the hospitality team of the Benedictine Center. |
| 2007-2008 Presenters |
Nancy Anderson is a United Church of Christ pastor and an Oblate of
St. Paul’s Monastery. |
 Steve Arnold is Dean of the College of Vocation and Ministry at Concordia University and founder of Pivot Point Ministries. |
| S. Kathleen Atkinson OSB is Director of Christian Leadership at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. |
| Charles Bobertz is professor of Patristics and New Testament at St. John’s School of Theology. |
 Michael Dennis Browne's award-winning poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and
anthologies, including The New Yorker and American Poetry Review. Two of
his five books have won the Minnesota Book Award for poetry. He wrote the
words for To Be Certain of the Dawn, a post-Holocaust oratorio, with music
by Stephen Paulus, which premiered at the Basilica of Saint Mary and was
nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in music by the Minnesota Orchestra.
Browne is a distinguished teaching professor of English at the University of
Minnesota where he has taught for 35 years. |
| Mary and Steve Del Vecchio are Oblates of St. Paul’s Monastery. Mary serves as a pastoral minister, teaches at the College of St. Catherine, and works in the field of rehabilitation. Steve has over twenty years of experience in teaching, mediation, consulting and writing. |
| Bernard Evans is associate professor of Christian Ethics at Saint John’s University School of Theology. |
| Geri DeStasio studied Tai-Ji for three years under supervision and is a frequent teacher of Tai-Ji and Qi-Gong. |
| Fr. Paul Feela is Pastor of Lumen Christi Parish in Highland Park. |
| S. Paula Hagen OSB is the national director of Ministry of Mothers Sharing and a recognized consultant in the area of family ministry. |
| Julie Goldstein is an experienced storyteller and retreat leader. |
| Elisabeth Horst is a full-time weaver. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology
with experience in private practice. |
| Fr. Robert Hart is pastor at Transfiguration Parish in Maplewood and
a frequent retreat director. |
| Jim Lamm is Parish Administrator for
St. Edward’s Parish in Austin, Texas. |
| Stephen Lander is an Episcopal priest, licensed psychologist, and licensed marriage and family therapist. |
LeAnn Linder-Scholer is a career and life counselor who has worked with hundreds of adults.
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| Mary Martin is a hospital chaplain and a member of the Benedictine Center’s spiritual direction team. Mary cared fulltime for her mother for nine months before her death in 2005. |
| Doris Murphy is a nationally recognized expert on faith formation and parish liturgy with broad religious education experience at parish and diocesan levels. |
| Debra Organ is associate professor of homiletics for the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, at the University of St. Thomas. |
| Fr. Patrick Quinn TOR is a theologian, preacher, spiritual director and retreat master. |
| S. Carol Rennie OSB is Prioress of St. Paul’s Monastery and a member of the Benedictine Center’s spiritual direction team. |
| Dick Rice is Director of Spiritual Development at The Retreat, a spirituality center specializing in aftercare and support of those recovering from addictions. |
 Jerry Roth is a parish consultant specializing in vision, governance, planning and staff development. |
| David Rothstein is a member of the Benedictine Center’s spiritual direction team. |
 David Sagula is a licensed psychologist and management consultant. He is also a member of the Confraternity of St. Gregory’s Abbey and has conducted numerous contemplative prayer retreats and workshops. |
| Fr. Kevin Seasoltz OSB is Professor of Canon Law and Liturgy for Saint John’s University School of Theology and editor of Worship. |
 Cathy Scherer Stubbs is an Oblate of St. Paul’s Monastery and Pastoral Minister of St. Pascal Baylon's, St. Paul. |
| Fr. William Skudlarek is a monk of St. John’s Abbey. |
| Jim Smith is director of faith formation for St. Margaret Mary Parish in Golden Valley, Minnesota. |
| Barbara Sutton is Director of Ministerial Formation for the St. John’s School of Theology. |
| S. Carole Sweely OSB was a high school English and film teacher before returning to service in the monastery. She offers this course every year. |
| Peggy Thompson is a teacher and retreat leader in arts and spirituality. She is known in the art community as Margaret Carroll. |
 Norvene Vest is an Episcopal laywoman, an Oblate of St. Andrew’s Abbey in Valyermo, California, and a founding member of the Center for Christian Spirituality-West. She is the author of six books on Benedictine spirituality and spiritual practices. |
| S. Mary White OSB is both a licensed psychotherapist and a skilled
teacher of Christian meditation. Her works draws on the wisdom of the world’s great
spiritual traditions as well as her extensive background in psychology and
sociology. |
