Spiritual Directors
Every member of the diaconate community is encouraged to have a spiritual director they meet with regularly, typically once a month.
This is how we maintain ourselves to be spiritually healthy. Our deacons and wives deserve to be at their spiritual best—the people they serve deserve them at their best, too. The Office of the Diaconate maintains a list of spiritual directors willing to serve deacons and their wives. You can email or call us if you would like us to further discuss spiritual directors.
Click here for the list of Spiritual Directors.
Colleen Ambrose
St. Francis Xavier
524 Ninth St.
Wilmette, IL 60091
847.644.0264
[email protected]
Carolyn Beil
308 Crescent Dr.
Glenview, IL 60025
847.965.5568
[email protected]
Sister Benita Coffey, OSB
St. Scholastica Monastery
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60645
773.764.2413 ext.327
[email protected]
Rev. Ramil Fajardo
Holy Name Cathedral
735 N. State St.
Chicago, IL 60611
312.534.5377
312.787.8040
[email protected]
Fr. John Fontana, OSM
323 W. Illinois St.
Chicago, IL 60654
312.823.2728
[email protected]
Sue Garthwaite
St. Nicholas
806 Ridge Ave.
Evanston, IL 60202
847.344.9384
847.328.5320
[email protected]
Rev. Robert Heidenreich
5320 N. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, IL 60640
773.608.1747
[email protected]
Rev. Richard Hynes
St. Clement
642 W. Deming Pl.
Chicago, IL 60614
773.281.0371
312.534.8388
[email protected]
Fr. Bernard Kennedy, OFM
3800 W. Peterson Ave.
Chicago, IL 60659
708.209.6889
[email protected]
Rev. Michael Knotek
Office of the Vicar for Priests
980 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 1525
Chicago, IL
312.534.4029
[email protected]
Maureen Kuhn
6400 N. Cicero Ave.
Lincolnwood, IL 60712
847.331.4383
[email protected]
Maureen Martin
St. Nicholas
806 Ridge Ave.
Evanston, IL 60202
847.275.3980
[email protected]
Sister Mary Melady, OSB
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60645
773.761.4383
[email protected]
Sister Luanne Wihelm, SLW
7264 W. Peterson Ave., #618
Chicago, IL 60631
773.710.6546
[email protected]
Rev. Richard Yanos
St. Eugene Parish
7958 W. Foster Ave.
Chicago, IL 60656
773.775.6659
[email protected]
Sister Donna Williams, SLW
Living Word Center
1423 W. Hollywood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60660
773.728.0162
[email protected]
Sister Mary Caritas Wehrman
St. Therese Chinese Catholic Church
218 W. Alexander St.
Chicago, IL 60616
312.243.0753
[email protected]
Sister Patricia Bergen, CSJ
Sisters of St. Joseph of La Grange
1515 W. Ogden Ave.
La Grange Pk, IL 60526
[email protected]
Tiffani Boerio
Quotidian Joy
Suite 332
137 N. Oak Park Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60301
708.526.8147
[email protected]
Sister Celeste Cotter, CSJ
St. Joseph Center
1515 W. Ogden Ave.
La Grange Park, IL 60526
708.310.1292
[email protected]
Tony Delgado
Ss. Genevieve and Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Parish
4835 W Altgeld St.
Chicago, IL 60639
773.320.1970
Nancy Hoel
St. Giles Parish
401 Niagara Ave.
Elmhurst, IL 60126
630.279.8510
[email protected]
Deacon Ed De Lorenzo
10630 W. Cermak Rd.
Westchester, IL 60154
708.562.1797
Sister Mary Lou Pleitner, CSJ
1515 W. Ogden Ave.
LaGrange Park, IL 60526
847.347.8516
[email protected]
Sister Marianne Saieg, OSF
Sisters of St. Francis
5521 King Arthur Court
Westmont, IL 60559
630.309.3923
[email protected]
Sister Evelyn Sommers, CSJ
Sisters of St. Joseph
1515 W. Ogden Ave.
La Grange, IL 60526
708.456.8879
[email protected]
Rev. William Tkachuk
St. Francis Xavier Parish
124 N. Spring Ave.
La Grange, IL 60525
708.352.0168
[email protected]
Deacon James Schiltz
Hampshire, IL 60140
773.259.8261
[email protected]
Judy Bumbul, MS MA
773.946.7838
[email protected]
Rev. Thomas Cabala
Our Lady at St. Germaine
9711 S. Kolin Ave.
Oak Lawn, IL 60462
708.269.3863
[email protected]
Deacon Michael J. Ciciura
SS. Cyril & Methodius
13856 Steepleview Ln.
Lemont, IL 60439
630.243.9342
[email protected]
Rev. Thomas Conde
St. Christina
11005 S. Homan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60655
773.779.7181
[email protected]
Barbara Manning
16354 Terrance Court
Orland Park, IL 60487
708.305.4627
[email protected]
Deacon Peter Manning
16354 Terrance Court
Orland Park, IL 60487
708.305.4631
[email protected]
Sister Claire Marie Czerwiec, SSND
7025 W. 126th St.
Palos Heights, IL 60463
708.671.2398
[email protected]
Sister Jean Okroi, IBVM
9801 Karlov Ave., #305
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
630.244.8032
[email protected]
Denise Roccasalva
St. Cajetan Parish
2445 W. 112th St.
Chicago, IL 60655
773.480.6540
[email protected]
Deacon Jerry Souta, Jr.
6601 W. 175th Pl.
Tinley Park, IL 60477
708.574.6093
[email protected]
Rev. Robert Tonelli
St. Bernadette Church
9343 S. Francisco Ave.
Evergreen Park, IL 60805
224.216.3406
Rev. Theodore Cirone, C.M.F.
Claretian Missionaries
5540 S. Everett Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
773.493.8119
[email protected]
Avis Coleman, M.A.P.S.
5250 S. Hermitage Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
773.350.5250
[email protected]
Sister Julie Flynn, OP
St. Ann Parish
3010 Ridge Rd.
Lansing, IL 60438
708.798.6748
Dr. Mary Amore
Mayslake Ministries
718 Ogden Ave.
Downers Grove, IL 60515
630.852.9000
[email protected]
Elizabeth Kingsbury-Puscas CPSD
Mayslake Ministries
Ascension of Our Lord Parish
1 S. 314 Summit
Oak Brook Terrace, IL 60181
815.216.6111
[email protected]
Deacon Roger Vandervest
708.785.2348
[email protected]
