The Emmaus Center for Spirituality offers experienced, trained supervisors who have agreed to abide by our Community Covenant and Code of Ethics.  
COVid19 Update:  Most of our supervisors continue to meet with individuals via teleconferencing
​(e.g. telephone, Zoom, FaceTime, Skype).  Please check in with the individual supervisor.
Maria Tattu Bowen, Ph.D

James M. Bowler, SJ

Eileen Crusan

​Deborah Delano

Sr. Karen M. Doyle, SSJ, D. Min.

Becky Grisell

Rev. Rebecca Bradburn Langer, D. Min.
Maria Tattu Bowen, Ph.D., has offered spiritual direction for close to thirty years.  She has offered spiritual direction for close to thirty years.  She has formed and supervised spiritual directors in a cross-cultural context for more than 20 years.  Co-founder of Together in the Mystery, Maria trains supervisors from around the world.  She is a faculty member with Fairfield University’s Spiritual Direction Formation Program; San Francisco Theological Seminary’s Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction Program; and CenterQuest Spiritual Direction School.  Maria has contributed essays to Supervision of Spiritual Directors: Engaging in Holy Mystery (Morehouse, 2005); Sacred is the Call: Formation and Transformation in Spiritual Direction (Crossroad, 2005); Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry; and Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction [2017].  She complements her Ph.D. in Christian Spirituality and Masters in Applied Spirituality with body-centered spiritual direction modalities including Inner-Relationship Focusing and Intuition Medicine. Maria offers spiritual direction and supervision both long-distance and in-person in San Luis Obispo, CA.  Contact: maria@togetherinthemystery.org
James M. Bowler, SJ  for the past thirty years has incorporated a psychospiritual approach to Ignatian Spirituality through directing, supervising and training. He has served on the staff of Loyola House in Guelph, Ontario, and established a center for Ignatian Spirituality at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Ct. He is well grounded in the psychology of Carl Jung and integrates this into his ministry. He was trained in the ministry of supervision through working with Mary Ann Scofield, RSM, at the Mercy Center in Bakersfield, CA.
Eileen Crusan has more than 13 years’ experience as a trained spiritual director and eight years’ experience as a trained supervisor of spiritual directors.  She completed a four year formation program in spiritual direction, graduating from Villa Maria Education/Spirituality Center.  She completed her supervisory training through Together in the Mystery Program, a supervisory program affiliated with San Francisco Theological Seminary.  Eileen also serves as a faculty member with the Spiritual Direction Formation Program currently sponsored by Fairfield University and as an instructor with the Together in the Mystery supervisory program.  She is trained in Ignatian spirituality and offers the experience of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.  In these days of the pandemic, she continues to offer spiritual direction, supervision and the Spiritual Exercises via phone or Zoom.  She is a member of Spiritual Directors International.  Contact Eileen at: holyground@carolina.rr.com.
Deborah Delano serves as a trained, experienced spiritual director and supervisor in Charlotte, NC. She is a faculty member with the four-year Fairfield University Spiritual Direction Formation program and is a founding member of the Emmaus Center for Spirituality.  Deborah completed her supervisory formation through the Together in the Mystery program and is a member of Spiritual Directors International. Her spirituality is deeply Ignatian, and is flavored with the insights of depth psychology, especially the work of Carl Jung.  Deborah delights in companioning spiritual directors who seek contemplative, director-centered supervision in order to open more deeply to the presence and working of the Holy in themselves and their directees. Deborah also invites directors to the creative use of the Enneagram in their ministry and personal spiritual growth.  Reach Deborah Delano directly at: sparrowabbey@gmail.com
Sister Karen M. Doyle, SSJ, D. Min. is co-director of the Spiritual Direction Training Program for clergy and ministers in the diocese of Bridgeport at Fairfield University.  She has been in the ministry of spiritual direction and supervision for over 25 years. 
Dr. Becky Grisell is a trained and experienced spiritual director, supervisor, and Enneagram coach. Becky places a high value on being a safe person and creating a sacred space to explore and connect with God’s activity in all of life.  She is passionate about people and their relationship with the Holy and one another.  Becky's approach is holistic, addressing the brokenness of life while focusing on the hope of the Gospel.  She believes in developing leaders, championing others, and practicing radical hospitality with self and others. Becky offers individual and group spiritual direction.  Becky also offers individual and group supervision to spiritual directors and guides. She teaches and facilitates leadership seminars, and church retreats.  You can find out more at beckygrisell.com or contact Becky directly at bgrisell@gmail.com.
​Rev. Dr. Rebecca Bradburn Langer is a trained, experienced spiritual director and supervisor, currently residing in Fernandina Beach, Florida.  She earned her D. Min. at San Francisco Theological Seminary.  She has served as a spiritual director and retreat leader for more than thirty years and as a supervisor and trainer of spiritual directors for more than twenty years.  Rebecca has been in various positions of the Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction program at San Francisco Theological Seminary and co-founder, with Dr. Bowen, the supervisory component called Together in the Mystery.  She co-edited, with Mary Rose Bumpus, a Spiritual Directors International book on supervision entitled Supervision of Spiritual Directors: Engaging in Holy Mystery (Morehouse, 2005).  She also is the author of  "Harvest of Righteousness."  Rebecca is retired as a Presbyterian minister.