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Molleen Dupree-Dominguez (she/her/hers), M.Div. is a teacher, writer, and spiritual director in Oakland, CA. In addition to teaching Religious Studies at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, she created a podcast, On a Mission: Conversations with People who Get Real and Go Deep.
Find more about her at molleendupreedominguez.com
Desiré Findlay (she/her/hers), is a spiritual director, dancer, and writer currently living in the Chicago area. Her work mainly focuses on empowering women, addressing major life changes, and finding freedom. You can usually find Desiré enjoying the sunshine with her fluffy dog, Beau. Read more about Desiré and her work at https://insideandout.my.canva.site/
Beth Mueller Stewart, M.Div. (she/her/hers) is a spiritual director, certified professional coach, and writer with a Master of Divinity and formation rooted in the Ignatian and mystical traditions. She accompanies individuals navigating life transitions, vocational discernment, and spiritual experience. She lives in Colorado with her family.
Ann Naffziger (she/her/hers) is a spiritual director, retreat leader, and group facilitator in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has worked in parish ministry, hospital chaplaincy, field education, and pastoral publishing. In her spare time she likes to grow food, coach softball, bicycle, and foster meaningful connections in her neighborhood. You can find her at: https://annnaffziger.org
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Suzanne Gagné-Bregman, M.A. completed her Masters in Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley California, in affiliation with the Jesuit School of Theology. Her professional and personal faith journey, shaped by Ignatian spirituality, has taken her on a variety of paths. She worked in the corporate sector, served as continuing education director for the Catholic schools of the Graduate Theological Union, and served for years as a lay ecclesial minister. A liturgist, preacher, and more by vocation and an artist by temperament, she loves putting ritual, symbol and music at the service of prayer and contemplation. After years of service in parish ministry, she now brings her diverse gifts and skills to the service of families preparing funerals for their loved ones. She has been affiliated with discerning Deacons since its inception.
Christy Hicks Aydt (she/her/hers) is the Regional Director for the Ignatian Volunteer Corps, St. Louis where she lives with her husband and family. She is a spiritual director, preacher, and prayer companion for the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Christy has worked in campus ministry, hospital chaplaincy,publishing, and is a co-convener for the Catholic Women’s Preaching Circle.
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Luisely Melecio-Zambrano (she/her) accompanies people through life, death, and the cycles in-between, as a spiritual director, midwife, speaker, dancer, facilitator, teacher, and retreat leader. She finds life in holding space for Mystery and in witnessing the wonder of the Sacred embodied. She has accompanied people as a spiritual director in correctional institutes, detention centers, retreats, shelters, churches, a counseling office, a hub for social justice activists, and virtually. She has worked as a homebirth midwife in Puerto Rico, lower Alabama, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. She received her M.Div. at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, CA. She is a daughter, sister, niece, cousin, wife, tia, friend and feels deeply connected to the Earth and her waters. She offers spiritual direction to all in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. www.birthinglight.org
Luke Hansen (he/him), a native of Wisconsin, is a campus minister and religious studies teacher at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco. Luke is excited to return to Discern, Dream, Scheme after being part of the first two workshops in 2020. In addition to co-founding Discerning Deacons, Luke has worked as a journalist and spiritual director, and in prison ministry and Catholic education. This summer, Luke is savoring quality time with his son Jonah (eight months old), who brings joy to everyone he encounters!
