About the Facilitators
Belinda Chandler
Belinda Chandler completed spiritual guidance training programs through Siena Retreat Center and the Institute of Spiritual Companioning. She has a Master of Divinity Degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and is an Episcopal priest. Belinda is a board-certified chaplain and spent the last two years working with the elderly in an independent living retirement community. She is married and has adult children and grandchildren and two dogs.
Kathie Tilot
Kathie Tilot is a retreat leader, spiritual guide, wife, mother, and grandmother. She holds a master’s degree in theology from St. Norbert College and is a graduate of Siena Retreat Center’s Spiritual Guidance Training and Supervision programs. Kathie coordinates spiritual direction and public relations at the Norbertine Center for Spirituality at St. Norbert Abbey in DePere, Wisconsin. Kathie also has professional experience in parish ministry and chaplaincy.
Lorrita Verhey, SSND
Lorrita Verhey, SSND, has been a teacher and Family Nurse Practitioner with immigrants and persons with mental illness. She also ministered in Ghana, Africa. Lorrita completed the Spiritual Guidance Training Program at Siena and an internship at Claret Center in Chicago. Lorrita currently has a waiting list for this retreat.
Ruth Hoenick
Ruth Hoenick is a spiritual companion and retreat facilitator. Ruth received her spiritual guidance training at Siena Retreat Center. With a master's degree in Education, Ruth taught English along with spiritual direction in Vietnam, Thailand, and Ethiopia. She is on the Board of Directors at the Jesuit Retreat House in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and recently walked the Camino Ignaciano in Spain. She has been actively working the 12 Step programs of AA and Al-Anon in her life since 1986. Ruth lives in Wisconsin and is a wife, mother, and grandmother.