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LISTING OF AVAILABLE SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS

Jim Beebe, M.Div., D. Min.
Religious Affiliation:  Episcopalian (Priest)
775-831-1418

The Rev. Dr. James R. Beebe has been an Episcopal priest for 14 years.  His areas of interest include pastoral counseling, spiritual direction, teaching and preaching.  His doctoral work explored the points of contact between classical Christian spirituality and the postmodern ethos.  He is currently the Rector of St. Patrick's Episcopal Church in Incline Village.

Joan Peyser
Religious Affiliation: United Church of Christ
775-329-6830

Joan moved from Pennsylvania to Reno in 2003.  In Pennsylvania she offered Spiritual Direction for two years to both men and women, some of whom were clergy.  Her spiritual journey has found its way through the Christian tradition, and she experiences God as revealed in the Risen Christ.  She currently attends Trinity Episcopal Church.  Her training was through Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development, Inc., Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.  This was a two-year program: "Spiritual Director for Spiritual Guides", modeled from the program offered at Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Washington, D.C.

Nancy Pfaff, M.A.
Religious Affiliation:  Catholic
775-560-3030

Nancy is a native Nevadan, born in Reno .  Through a long, chronic and painful illness she developed a profound love of God through a deep prayer life and compassion for those who suffer.  By God’s grace, she was healed through spiritual direction while working with her dreams.  She sought education in spiritual direction, dream work and later supervision of spiritual directors. She did this in order to make available what she sees as vital to fullness in the life of a practicing Christian.  She received her Masters Degree in Christian Spirituality as well as her certificate in spiritual direction and retreats  from Creighton University , and her certificate in spiritual direction and supervision from the Mercy Center in Burlingame , California .

Julius M. Rogina, M.Div.,  S.T.M., Ph.D., ABMPP
Religious Affiliation:  Episcopalian (Priest)
775-324-2000

Dr. Julius Rogina is a Clinical and Consulting Psychologist in Reno, Nevada and an Associate Professor for the University of Nevada-Reno.  He is a priest at Trinity Episcopal Church in Reno.  He is very well-known in the region for conducting classes and retreats in the areas of reconciliation, Ignatian spirituality, and the Enneagram.

Jane Rohrer, M.A., M.A., M.T.S., Ph.D.
Religious Affiliation:  Episcopalian
After retirement. Dr. Jane Rohrer received a Master of Theological Studies degree from Seabury-Western Episcopalian Seminary in Evanston, IL in 2005.  She began taking coursework in spiritual direction during this time at Loyola University, Chicago.  Since then, she has been doing spiritual direction through the Christian Formation and Direction Ministries program, a two-year ecumenical spiritual direction certificate program based on the Shalem model.  Jane is a licensed Catechist for the Nevada Diocese of the Episcopal Church, and is particularly interested in spiritual practices as a response to aging.

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Last modified: February 16, 2007