Ignatian Spiritual Direction Formation
for the 21st Century
Our Faculty and Staff
Maria Tattu Bowen, Ph.D.
Spiritual Director, Supervisor
Maria Tattu Bowen has formed and supervised spiritual directors in a cross-cultural context for close to 30 years. Co-creator of the Together in the Mystery model of supervising spiritual directors, Maria designed, directs, and teaches in the Advanced Certificate in Supervision Program at Fordham University's Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education. She forms spiritual directors at World on Fire: Ignatian Spiritual Direction Formation for the 21st Century and at 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 from her home in San Luis Obispo, CA.
In Loving Memory Of
Rev. James Bowler, SJ, M.A., M. Div.
Spiritual Director, Supervisor, Faculty Emeritus
1940 - 2024
Fr. Jim Bowler, dear friend, mentor and faculty member passed away on March 20, 2024, at the age of 84. Fr. Jim resided at The Campion Center in Weston, MA, where he offered retreats, the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, spiritual direction, and supervision, in addition to teaching virtual programs on spiritual direction formation and various workshops. Prior to this, he served as pastoral minister at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Charlotte, NC, focusing on spiritual direction, supervision of spiritual directors, offering the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Fr. Jim was a key resource and firm supporter of the Fairfield University Spiritual Direction Formation Program which is now World on Fire. He also served as an instructor in World on Fire. Fr. Jim served for more than 20 years in the area of spiritual direction as director of Campion Center, executive director of the National Jesuit Retreat and Renewal Ministries and as a staff member at the Guelph Center of Spirituality in Ontario, where he was responsible for training and supervising spiritual directors in the Ignatian tradition.
Fr. Jim’s joyful spirit, wise teaching and honest sharing will be greatly missed by us but his impact and love of Ignatian spirituality will continue to live on in each of us as we serve those who have discerned the call to serve in the ministry of spiritual direction.
Eileen Crusan
Spiritual Director, Supervisor
Eileen Crusan, since 2007, Eileen has served as an experienced, trained spiritual director and, since 2011, as an experienced, trained supervisor. She completed a four year formation program in spiritual direction, graduating from Villa Maria Education/Spirituality Center. She is a graduate of the Together in the Mystery Program, a supervisory training program affiliated with San Francisco Theological Seminary.
Eileen serves as a faculty member with the World on Fire Spiritual Direction Formation Program and has served as an instructor in the Together in the Mystery supervisory program.
In 2012, Eileen founded Holy Ground of the Carolinas, where she offers spiritual direction, supervision and the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. She is grounded and trained in Ignatian spirituality and offers the experience of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius to individuals or groups. Eileen is a member of the Emmaus Center for Spirituality in Charlotte, NC and a member of Spiritual Directors International, a professional organization for spiritual directors.
Deborah Delano
Spiritual Director, Supervisor
Deborah Delano has joyfully served in the ministry of spiritual direction for over 15 years. She received her formation as a spiritual director at the Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center and trained as a supervisor through the Together in the Mystery formation program. Deborah served for ten years as a faculty member for the four-year Fairfield University Spiritual Direction Formation Program and currently teaches in that program's latest incarnation, World on Fire. She is a founding member of the Emmaus Center for Spirituality in Charlotte, NC. Deborah is a Riso-Hudson certified teacher of the Enneagram, a powerful tool for deepening self-awareness on the spiritual journey and a key component of the World on Fire formation program. She treasures all aspects of Ignatian spirituality and delights in “finding God in all things.” Deborah is particularly drawn to the many dimensions of spirituality that can be experienced through the creative application of art, literature, music and poetry, as well as Jungian and depth psychology.
Antoinette is a graduate of Fairfield University’s four- year Spiritual Direction Formation Program. She serves as a spiritual director in the Charlotte, NC area. She also serves as a mentor in the four year World on Fire spiritual direction formation program in NC. She is trained in Ignatian spirituality and the Spiritual Exercises and offers the Exercises to individuals. She also serves as a retreat leader, offering seasonal retreats for Advent and Lent for individuals and groups. Antoinette is passionate about the ministry of spiritual direction and finds joy in accompanying those who seek to cultivate, grow and sustained a deeper and personal relationship with God.
Antoinette Enohmbi
Spiritual Director, Mentor
Ann Hatton
Spiritual Director,
Administrative Coordinator
Ann Hatton has gratefully served in the ministry of spiritual direction for over six years. Ann was formed as a spiritual director through the four-year Fairfield University Spiritual Direction Formation Program in North Carolina. Throughout each year of study, Ann was drawn deeper into the love that the Divine longs to share with us and felt a calling to accompany others as their own spiritual journey unfolds. She is trained in Ignatian Spirituality and the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Since 2019, Ann has served as a mentor for the Fairfield formation program. For the past two years, she has coordinated the program's virtual residency week. She currently serves as Administrative Coordinator for The World on Fire formation program and will continue her mentor role with that program. Ann is a founding member of the Emmaus Center for Spirituality and currently serves as its Executive Director. She is also a member of Spiritual Directors International.
Karen Scully has served in the ministry of spiritual direction in the Charlotte area for several years. Karen is a trained spiritual director and graduate of the four-year Spiritual Direction Formation program of Fairfield University. She also holds a graduate degree in Ethics. Karen offers spiritual direction to all who are interested in deepening their relationship with God in their day-to-day lives. She is trained in Ignatian Spirituality and the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Karen leads Advent and Lenten group and individual retreats, and a yearly Silent Retreat Weekend, sponsored by the Emmaus Center for Spirituality. Karen is a mentor and faculty member for the World on Fire Spiritual Direction Formation Program. She is a member of the Emmaus Center for Spirituality and Spiritual Directors International.
Karen Scully
Spiritual Director
Rebecca Bradburn Langer, D. Min.
Spiritual Director, Supervisor
Faculty Emerita
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 almost forty 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, of 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. Rebecca, has worked with the Rev. Jim Bowler to learn Ignatian Spirituality and has experienced the exercises twice and begun offering them after training from Rev. Bowler.