Mary T. Naccarato, PBVM, Executive Director
(845)-876-4178 ext 302
[email protected]

Tina McCue, Hospitality Coordinator
(845)-876-4178 ext 301
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Elizabeth Anne DiPippo, SU, Retreat Team
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Kathy Donnelly, SU, Retreat Team
(845)-876-4178 ext 305
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Mary Isaac Koening, SU, Master Gardener & Retreat Team

Maureen Steeley, SU, Retreat Team
(845)-876-4178 ext 319
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Lois Zingaro, SU, Sacristan 

Pastora Mendosa, Environmental
Isabel Sanchez-Celaya, Environmental 

David Dulak, Buildings and Grounds
Lenny Morano, Buildings and Grounds
Antonio Santiago, Buildings and Grounds

Andrew Jenners, Chef
Jaime Filipe Sumano, Chef
Domingo Mendoza, Culinary Department
Paula Castellanos, Culinary Department

PRESENTERS & SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS

ELIZABETH ANNE DIPIPPO, SU is a member of the Linwood Retreat Team Ministry. After teaching for many years and serving in community administration, she received certificates in Spiritual Direction from the Archdiocesan Program as well as Mariandale/Linwood Program for Spiritual Direction in a retreat context. Elizabeth Anne has studied Ignatian Spirituality in Rome and at the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, PA. She has a Spiritual Direction practice in New Paltz, NY and at Linwood, as well as presenting spiritual programs in her parish, at Linwood and at The Redemptorist Renewal Center in Tucson, AR. Her main interest is women’s spirituality.

KATHLEEN A. DONNELLY, SU is a member of the Linwood Retreat Team Ministry. She has studied the Spiritual Exercises at the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, PA and Loyola House in Guelph, Ontario. Bio-Spiritual Focusing is one of her major areas of interest, connecting the wisdom of the body with the wisdom of the spirit. Kathleen also teaches spiritual direction and offers supervision for spiritual directors. She is interested in issues related to the environment, especially the Hudson River Bioregion.
 

MARY ISAAC KOENIG, SU  has a Master's in Earth Literacy and is also an avid gardener always looking for new friends to join her as she toils in the soil, tending our grounds, planting seeds and flowers that nourish our spirits and our bodies during the year. She also leads our Quilters retreat several times a year. 
 

​MARY T. NACCARATO, PBVM is the newest member of the Linwood Spiritual Center Team. She is no stranger to retreat ministry, spiritual direction, or retreat and conference center administration. She holds degrees in Business, and Theology from Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY, and a master's degree in Religious Education with a concentration in Youth, and Young Adult Ministry from Fordham University, Bronx, NY. Certificates in Spiritual Direction and Supervision from the Center for Spirituality and Justice, Fordham University, and Spiritual Director International. " I am excited to be able to bring my experience and skills as a retreat leader, spiritual director, and administrator to Linwood. I look forward to welcoming you to this sacred place to rest and renew your spirit."


MAUREEN STEELEY, SU  has studied Ignatian Spirituality in Rome, at St. Beuno’s in N. Wales, and at Loyola House in Guelph. Her passion and joy is in sharing our stories and the conversation about God in our everyday lives.