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

Dale Allison
Finance & Reservations
(845)-876-4178 ext 303
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Doreen DeCarolis
Weekend Hospitality

Kathy Kelly
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

Fr. Thomas Scirghi, SJ, Retreat Team

Maureen Steeley, SU, Retreat Team
(845)-876-4178 ext 319
[email protected]

Lois Zingaro, SU, Sacristan 

Andrew Jenners, Chef

RETREAT TEAM & 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, and at Linwood. 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 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. 

TOM SCIRGHI, SJ  is a native of New York City and a priest of the Society
of Jesus. He recently completed his tenure as Associate Professor of
Theology at Fordham University where he taught Liturgical and
Sacramental Theology. While there he also introduced courses on
“Spiritual Autobiography” and “The Future of Marriage.” He holds an M.Div.
from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley/ Santa Clara, an STL from
the former Weston Jesuit School of Theology, and a ThD from Boston
University. Fr. Scirghi has been a regular visitor to Linwood. Over the years he has preached and directed retreats, and celebrated the liturgy for the community and the retreatants.

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.