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ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL COMPANIONS 2012

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Bro Gerard Choo, SJ.has been a Jesuit Brother for more than 20 years. He has an MA in pastoral ministry, is a qualified family counselor, and is trained in spirituality. He is also a registered pharmacist currently working part time at the Assunta Hospital and is on the pastoral care team.. Bro Gerard has worked for several years in Singapore in the Family Life ministry, and He gives retreats to parish groups and attends to various Jesuit administrative duties.

DR. (FR.) FIORELLO MASCARENHAS, S.J. He has a degree in Chemistry from Bombay University, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. He has served as Chairman of the International Council for Catholic Charismatic Renewal (Vatican City), and also as Chairman of the National Service Team in India for several terms. Currently he is the Rector of Vinayalaya Jesuit Retreat House (Mumbai) and Chairman of the Catholic Bible Institute, Mumbai after Pope Benedict XVI nominated him to be an “expert” at the 2008 Synod of Bishops in Rome and was then invited to be a resource person at the CCBI Plenary Assembly (2009) at Mysore. He was the only Catholic theologian to participate in the World Council of Churches Global Forum, Geneva in 2008.

Fr. David Townsend, S.J. A British Jesuit, working as the Spiritual Director of Seven Fountains, a Jesuit Retreat and Spirituality Centre in Chengmai, Thailand. He was a Spiritual Director and staff of St. Beunos, Wales. Fr. David has vast experiences in giving retreats, especially to the Religious, seminarians, counselors and various groups of laity.

Fr. Geoffrey (Monty) Williams S.J. is a Jesuit priest involved in the apostolate of spiritual direction and specifically the Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola for the past forty years. He has written two prize winning books “Finding God in the Dark I” (2005) and “The Gift of Spiritual Intimacy” (2009). He has since written “Finding God in the Dark II (2010.) He is internationally recognized as a retreat director, and trainer, and when not teaching at Regis College, University of Toronto, he travels to many parts of Europe and Asia Pacific to teach and give retreats. He brings a practical and innovative approach to the Spiritual Exercise of St Ignatius.

Fr. Ignatius Huan. Trained in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and has years of experience in giving Ignatian retreats. Fr Huan teaches at the Seminary in Penang.

Fr. Joseph Yao, S.J. is a Singaporean Jesuit who is completing soon his studies in Spiritual Direction at the Melbourne College of Divinity, Australia.

Fr. Moses Kan S.J. is a Spiritual Director and a Spiritual Exercises Master. He was the director of the Ignatian Spirituality Center in Taipei, Taiwan, and the director of the Manresa Center of Spirituality in Changhua, Taiwan. He specializes in leading the individually directed retreats and workshops for the preparation of such retreats. He is called to serve Chinese Christians, both Catholics and Protestants. In responding to his call, he leads Ignatius Spiritual Exercises retreats in many countries. In additional to Taiwan, he has traveled to the Philippines, Japan, the United States of America, and Canada and now Malaysia. Fr. Moses has given retreats and workshops to the Mandarin speaking internationally.

Fr. Paul Goh,S.J. is the Director of Ignatian Centre of Spirituality & Counselling, Singapore. He is a clinical psychologist, hypnotherapist, spiritual director and moral theologian.

Fr. Paul Vaz, S.J. is the Director of the Ignatian Spirituality and Leadership Centre, Mumbai, India. An experienced retreat facilitator, bringing together the gifts of Christian Meditation Healing from East and West".

 

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