Center for Spiritual Care
"Tending the holy..."
Who We Are
Carol Ludwig
Carol brings twenty years experience as a Spiritual Director to her work at the Center for Spiritual Care, which she co-founded with Maureen Schlitt in October 2000. She trained at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation (Ecumenical) in Washington, D.C., the Washington Theological Union (Roman Catholic), and Mercy Center in Burlingame, California.
In addition to her ministry at the Center for Spiritual Care, Carol works on the Spiritual Directors International (an organization of 6,500 spiritual directors in 40 faith traditions around the world) organizing committee for its annual Leadership Institute. Her articles, interviews and book reviews appear in SDI’s journal, Presence.
Carol also teaches in Loyola University and Sacred Heart University spiritual direction formation programs, and is on staff of the Audire Spiritual Direction training program at the Orlando diocesan San Pedro Center for Spiritual Development.
A career diplomat in the Foreign Service of the United States before she came to Florida, Carol has lived for extended periods in Japan, Italy, Mexico and the Philippines. Both her experience abroad and her educational background helped develop her expertise in interpersonal and intercultural communication. Her Master's degree from the University of Dayton is in Asian and American history, and she completed doctoral studies in international communications at the American University in Washington, D.C.
Carol offers individual and group spiritual direction, guided retreats, facilitates personal spiritual growth groups, staff retreats and days of recollection. Her primary interest is feminine spirituality. Carol can be reached at 772-567-1233, ext. 3, or by clicking on email.
Maureen Schlitt
As co-founder of the Center for Spiritual Care in October 2000, Maureen offers Spiritual Direction for individuals and groups. She facilitates personal spiritual growth groups at the Center and conducts retreats and days of recollection for area churches and groups. She holds a certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Audire spiritual direction training program in Orlando and a Master's Degree in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University in New Orleans. Her bachelor's degree is in social work.
She has been involved in Spiritual Direction since 1993 and is presently part of the teaching staff for the Audire Spiritual Direction Training Program at the San Pedro Center for Spiritual Development in Orlando. She is a former wellness counselor from the Next Step Institute for Integrative Medicine in Melbourne, where she co-facilitated a weekly stress and pain management group for patients with chronic pain and illness.
Maureen began her ministry with homeless teens at Covenant House in New York City. She later worked as a foster care counselor in child protective services. She and her husband conduct annual youth mission projects and coordinate youth activities to help migrant workers and handicapped persons.
A professional vocalist and guitarist, she is a Music Minister at Holy Cross Church in Vero Beach. Maureen can be reached by calling 772-567-1233, ext. 2, or by clicking on email
Spiritual Directors
Richard Schlitt
Richard is a certified spiritual director and local businessman. He has done extensive work with troubled youth and youth mission projects. He has facilitated men’s groups and parenting groups and currently serves as Director of Youth Ministry at Holy Cross Church in Vero Beach . Richard can be reached by calling 772-567-1233, or by clicking on email.
Sally Brynes: SJBrynes@Bellsouth.net
Yvonne Tso: YLTSO22@gmail.com
Extended Staff
Rev. Richard G. Cannuli, O.S.A.:
Professor of Fine Arts, Villanova University, Chair of Theatre, Studio Art, Music, Villanova University, Director, Villanova University Art Gallery, Curator, Villanova Art Collection, Certified Liturgical Design Consultant, MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
A master watercolorist, he has exhibited his work in Italy, China, Belarus, Latvia, Greece and the United States. His watercolors are in numerous private and public collections in Japan, Russia, Spain, Italy, China, South America and the United States. They have appeared as posters and cards. A focus of Fr. Cannuli’s creative work for the past fifteen years has been in iconography, in the 15th century Russian Byzantine style, including multiple exhibits, workshops and commission in Italy and the United States. A world-renowned designer and maker of liturgical vestments for the past thirty-eight years. He is represented in many countries. He designs stained glass windows, mosaics and furniture for churches in Italy and the United States.
Fr. Richard lectures on liturgical art and environment for catholic worship. His expertise has been called on to transform public space into liturgical spaces for conferences throughout the United States. He has taught in a summer program for eighteen years in Siena Italy. For five years he has taught Iconography in a summer program in Messina, Sicily for the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He co-leads pilgrim trips studying icons to Kiev, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania.
Jerome Wagner, PH.D.
Dr. Wagner was among the earliest students of the Enneagram in the United States. His dissertation was one of the first written descriptions of the Enneagram and pioneered formal research studies on the Enneagram. Part of his study involved constructing an Enneagram inventory. The current version and Manual of his highly researched and statistically validated Wagner Enneagram Personality Style Scales (WEPPS) is available from Western Psychological Services (800-648-8857.) The WEPSS is the only Enneagram inventory reviewed in Buros's Mental Measurements Yearbook (15th edition).
Dr. Wagner is the author of the Enneagram Spectrum of Personality Styles: an Introductory Guide published by Metamorphous Press, 1996 (800-233-6277) and of a 6 tape audiocassette and CD set: Two Windows on the Self: the Enneagram and Myers-Briggs distributed by Credence Communications (816-454-1500).
Jerry has taught a graduate level course on the Enneagram in the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University, Chicago, since 1980; and he began the Enneagram Spectrum Training and Certification Program there in 1995. He has offered Enneagram workshops to organizations, managers, consultants, therapists, spiritual directors, educators, and personal growth audiences. Jerry has spoken at all the IEA Conferences and was a coordinator of the Enneagram Special Event conference held at Loyola. He has presented the Enneagram at the American Psychological Association, Illinois Psychological Association, and American Counseling Association conferences. Jerry was on the Board of Directors of the IEA and has been the editor of the NinePoints Bulletin.
Sandra Padilla:
Sandra Padilla, a spiritual director and a spiritual direction supervisor from south Florida. Sandra was at the SDI conference in DC and met lots of Florida people at Jerry Wagner's March Enneagram workshop here at the Center. She also participated in our Audire intensive Supervision course a couple of years back. She's working on her Ph.D. in practical theology at Barry University now. She was with a major technology/communications group for several years covering much of Latin America in human resources.
Suzanne Fox
BookStrategy's creative "guru," Suzanne Fox, began her writing career as a Wall Street investment marketer. In the late 1980s, Suzanne left the corporate world to pursue her first love, creative writing. She received her MFA degree in Writing from the prestigious Columbia University School of the Arts, winning a Writing Fellowship and awards from the Academy of American Poets, among others. Upon graduation in 1990, she was invited to become the School’s first centralized admissions director, then acted as a consulting editor, writer and “book doctor” for clients including the City of New York.
Published by Simon & Schuster in 1997, Suzanne’s first book, Home Life: A Journey of Rooms and Recollections, was excerpted in Glamour magazine and named Editor’s Choice by the Chicago Tribune. Suzanne’s popular fiction has been published under two pen names and translated into seven languages. She reviews books for Publishers' Weekly, a leading book industry journal, and is a popular speaker and teacher on the subjects of books, writing, and creativity.
In 2002, Suzanne left New York to spend more time with her parents, both now deceased, in Vero Beach. These years of care-giving and loss helped inspire much of her new work, including the book Grief Country: A Meditation on the Landscape of Loss , a series of new poems and two legacy kits. Look for all of these products on the site now, and for both Not Broken, Suanne's mini-book of poems, and a new book on grief called Wearing the D on this site's Books page in July. Suzanne's website is www.bookstrategy.com
Betty Ritchie:
Betty Ritchie is a Master Instructor in Time Line Therapy™. She also offers Neuro Linguistic Programming and Hypnosis. Born in the U.K., Betty has made the Treasure Coast her home since 1989.
Marg Putzke:
Pysanky Easter Egg Dying - The symbolism of the egg is not lost on Marg Putzke, nor is her Polish heritage. combining the two, lead her to explore the ancient art of Pysanky, Polish/Ukrainian egg decorating. Using authentic tools, wax, dyes, and spiritual symbols, we will create artful eggs throughout the weeks of Lent leading to the celebration of Easter. Marg also leads the Polish GIG (Genealogy Interest Group) for the Indian River Genealogical Society every month at the library and she loves digging into her roots. She is a professional organist for Holy Cross Catholic Church and the music director/accompanist for Theatre-Go-Round productions.
Jim Patteson:
I am Jim Patteson, the organizer of the BUDDHIST MEDITATION AND STUDY GROUP OF VERO BEACH. Many years ago, I studied Zen Buddhism with Japanese Zen Master Dainin Katagiri and later returned to college where I earned a Ph.D. in Buddhist Philosophy. I teach courses in philosophy and Buddhism at Indian River State College in Vero Beach and at the Vero Beach Museum of Art. My wife Kathy and I have lived in Vero for about 25 years and raised 5 children here.
Carol Ludwig
Maureen Schlitt
Sally Brynes
Rev. Richard Cannuli, O.S.A.
Jerome Wagner, PH.D.
Suzanne Fox
Betty Ritchie
Marg Putzke
