Campion CIS - Kew VIC

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Contact us

Tel: 613 9854 811 0
Fax: 613 9854 8100

Michael Smith SJ
Director of Mission
Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality
99 Studley Park Road, Kew VIC 3101
Email: campion@cis.jesuit.org.au

Facilities

Campion has 20 single bedrooms with shared bathroom facilities, a conference room to seat 50, meeting rooms, Chapel and dining room where all meals are fully catered. Our gardens and the surrounding Yarra Bend Park give space for contemplation and gentle walking tracks. Our Conference centre is also available for private hire. Live-in retreats include all meals, bed linen and towels.

Campion Team Members

Bernadette Byrne (Retreat Centre Co-ordinator) is an occupational therapist who has worked in aged care for over thirty years. She trained in retreat giving and spiritual direction at Campion and has a Master of Arts in Spiritual Direction. Bernadette’s interests include taking people through the Spiritual Exercises in daily life and Eighteenth Annotation retreats.

Patricia Chisholm is professionally qualified in nursing, theology and spiritual direction. Her special interests are Ignatian Spirituality, healing prayer and eight day individually guided retreats. She is married and the mother of five children.

Trish Collier has a background in family therapy and pastoral care. She is a spiritual director and a member of the L’Arche Melbourne community. Trish is married and has five adult children.

Margaret Claver FCJ (Campion Outreach) brings a background of living Ignatian Spirituality as a member of the Society of Sisters, Faithful Companion of Jesus. Margaret is a qualified Director of the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius and enjoys giving retreats in daily life, especially to young people.

John Doenau SJ has experience in Ignatian spirituality, retreats and spiritual direction. He brings wide experience in marital, sexual and personal counselling, as well as marriage and sexual enrichment programs to his spirituality ministry.

Margaret Fahey OLSH (Campion Outreach) has experience in education, pastoral ministry and spirituality. She trained in retreat-giving and spiritual direction at Saint Beuno’s in Wales and at Heart of Life in Melbourne.

Terry Fanning (Campion Outreach) has a background in nursing, is an Arrupe Graduate . Terry is currently undertaking a Master of Arts in Spiritual Direction.

Margaret-Mary Flynn (Campion Outreach) has a background in education, teaching English, literature, history and RE to senior students and VCE to adults returning to study. Since 2004 she has been studying and working as a spiritual director at Campion and in her home Diocese of Sandhurst. Margaret-Mary lives in Bendigo with her husband, has three adult children and enjoys reading, writing, domestic arts, yoga and gardening.

Jan Geason RSM was formerly a teacher and social worker. Jan returned to giving spiritual direction after eleven years in leadership in her Mercy Congregation. She trained in spiritual direction at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California.

Michael Hansen SJ has creative and artistic energies that enhance the development and practice of Ignatian Spirituality and spiritual direction. Author of several prayer books, he is now working on the Ignatian First Spiritual Exercises.

Joan Jennings is a psychotherapist with a nursing background. She has completed a Master of Arts in Spiritual Direction. She is married with four grown children.

Laurence Leonard SJ is the superior of the Jesuit community at Campion. He did his training in retreat-giving and spiritual direction at St. Beuno’s in Wales. His interests include eight-day individually guided retreats and the Spiritual Exercises.

Marlene Marburg is a spiritual director, giver of the Spiritual Exercises, and a poet. She holds a Master of Theology, and has worked in medical imaging and education. She is married with two adult children and is committed to encouraging people to find goodness and giftedness in themselves and others. Her vision values all of life as an invitation to wholeness.

Tim Moloney CFC (Campion Outreach) is a Christian Brother who is trained in Spiritual Direction and theology. Tim is an experienced primary and secondary teacher having worked in Australia and East Africa. Tim’s interests lie in formation and spirituality, especially understanding its connections with the Universe story

Geraldine Naismith (Campion Outreach) Geraldine is a working Psychologist and has completed the Arrupe program. She presently works in rural areas with the Outreach program.

Robert Paterson has a background in theological education in Melbourne, Hong Kong and London, is married and a grandfather. Formed as a spiritual director at Heart of Life and as a giver of the Spiritual Exercises at Campion, he is interested in the roles of the imagination and art in prayer and reflection.

Anne Priestley RSM (Campion Outreach) Anne comes from a background in education. She trained in retreat direction and spiritual direction through the Arrupe Program and the Siloam Program. Anne offers prayer days, spiritual direction and retreats, especially to young people in rural areas.

Marea Richardson is a Registered Psychotherapist (PACFA), Guided Imagery and Music Therapist (Music Psychotherapy), Accredited Grief and Loss Counsellor (NALAG) and spiritual director. Marea works within a Christian perspective supporting people towards greater emotional, spiritual and pychological wholeness. Marea has a special interest in supporting people through bereavement and other grief related life experiences.

Dave Ryan SJ (Campion Outreach) Dave brings a background of living Ignatian spirituality as a member of the Society of Jesus. Dave was trained to be a spiritual director and giver of the Spiritual Exercises in the Arrupe Program at Campion. He desires to bring the Spiritual Exercises to people within country and regional Victoria.

Jennifer Sanders RSJ trained in retreat-giving and spiritual direction at St. Beuno’s, North Wales and as a giver of the Spiritual Exercises at Campion, after thirty years experience in education. Her interests include Ignatian Spirituality, individually guided retreats and the Spiritual Exercises.

Peter Saunders is a pastoral psychotherapist who works at Campion. He is interested in bringing together the insights, gifts and practice of Ignatian Spirituality and psychotherapy in an approach that values the whole person.

Ruth Spierings (Outreach Coordinator) is married with three adult children and has a background in hospitality. Ruth trained as a spiritual director and giver of the Spiritual Exercises through the Arrupe Program. Her desire is to bring prayer days, retreats and the Spiritual Exercises to all within country and regional Victoria.

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