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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer: A conversation on Love, Loss and Tending beyond the veil.

A  conversation with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, poet, teacher, speaker. She is a writing facilitator who co-hosts Emerging Form, a podcast on creative process, which is also on substack. Her daily audio series, The Poetic Path, is on the Ritual app. Her poems have appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, PBS News Hour, O Magazine, American Life in Poetry, and Carnegie Hall stage. Her recent collections are All the Honey and The Unfolding. In 2024, she became poet laureate for Evermore, helping others explore grief and love through poetry. Since 2006, she’s written a poem a day, sharing them for FREE on her daily blog, AHundredFallingVeils.com.     For more information about Moravian University School of Theology Spiritual Direction Certificate Program:   https://www.moravian.edu/school-theology/academics/certificates [https://www.moravian.edu/school-theology/academics/certificates] Music by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com [robertjohnlong@gmail.com]

50 Thin Days with Cathy AJ Hardy

Join this conversation with Cathy AJ Hardy about her experience of journeying through the Easter-tide experiences of the 50 Thin Days, as she continues to love her Beloveds through the veil.  Cathy is a spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and founder of Soul Care ®, offering courses in spiritual formation and direction. A facilitator of soul work for the past two decades, Cathy is also the author of four books: Love Breathes with Me (2018), Walk With Me (2020), and Love Breathes With Me II (2022), and Pause; A Year of Soulful Meditation (2023). In addition to her passion for guiding others in their spiritual growth, Cathy is also a poet and award-winning singer-songwriter, her most recent album being released last year is called Here I Am.  Cathy lives in  British Columbia among the mountains, rivers, and forests.   For more information about Moravian University School of Theology Spiritual Direction Certificate Program:   https://www.moravian.edu/school-theology/academics/certificates [https://www.moravian.edu/school-theology/academics/certificates] Music by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com [robertjohnlong@gmail.com]

A Spiritual Autobiography, Dr. Erik Ranstrom, Professor of Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care

Dr. Erik Ranstrom shares his spiritual autobiography, how he was drawn to both Spiritual Direction and the Ignatian Exercises, and then he leads us in an Ignatian EXAMEN. Dr. Erik Ranstrom is the Assistant Professor of Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care at our School of Theology at Moravian University, and serves as the Degree Coordinator of our Chaplaincy Program. Prior to his work at Moravian, Erik was an Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Rosemont College. He then made a transition to professional Spiritual Care after earning his Certificate in Spiritual Direction at Fairfield University in 2017. Erik also currently serves as Manager of Spiritual Care at Saint John Vianney Center, a state-licensed behavioral health hospital for clergy and religious. Erik received his PhD from Boston College in Comparative Theology, and an MA in Theology from Boston College. He additionally has a certificate in leading people through the Ignatian Exercises from Fairfield University. For more information about Moravian University School of Theology Spiritual Direction Certificate Program:   https://www.moravian.edu/school-theology/academics/certificates [https://www.moravian.edu/school-theology/academics/certificates] Music by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com [robertjohnlong@gmail.com]

Listening to Spring Easter Mediation

Join us for an Easter Lectio Divina Meditation as we stand at the crossroad of spring. These words inspired by Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B., Steve Garners-Holmes and Henri Nouwen.  For more information about Moravian University School of Theology Spiritual Direction Certificate Program:   https://www.moravian.edu/school-theology/academics/certificates [https://www.moravian.edu/school-theology/academics/certificates] Music by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com [robertjohnlong@gmail.com]

A Conversation with Spiritual Direction Supervisors Pat and Rita

A repost of our very first podcast episode in honor of our Beloved Amma Rita who now ‘supervises from the other side’  ~Mary the Mother of Tenderness, be with our beloved Amma now. Join Hosts Pam and Marcella as they have a conversation with MTS Spiritual Director Supervisors, Pat Herbst and Rita Pursel who we fondly call our Amma's. Listen as they share their journey as Spiritual Directors and the wisdom they learned along the way. Connect with us: https://www.moravian.edu/school-theology/academics/certificates [https://www.moravian.edu/school-theology/academics/certificates] Music by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com [robertjohnlong@gmail.com]