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Picture your spiritual landscape. Do you
see an orchard rich with the fruits of the spirit or a garden
sorely in need of work? The seeds we consciously plant can
grow spiritual landscapes of astonishing beauty. How well
we nurture and cultivate the seedling plants will determine
“how our gardens grow.”
Any gardener knows that cultivating a garden
is a process, and as the years go by, the garden comes slowly
and mysteriously into its own. —Dianne R. Costanzo
Dianne R. Costanzo is a teacher,
poet, and spiritual director. For over twenty-five years,
she has taught literature, writing, and spirituality at the
college level and to adults. She holds a Ph.D. in literature
and a Masters in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University,
Chicago. In addition, she studied at the Institute for Spiritual
Leadership in Chicago.
A believer in the synergy of body, mind,
and spirit, she is a student and certified instructor of Aikido,
a Japanese martial art and holds the rank of yondan, fourth-degree
black belt; she is also a senior instructor of IMPACT Chicago,
Self-Defense. Currently, she is an adjunct professor at Dominican
University and is on staff at the Institute for Spiritual
Leadership. Dianne also has a private practice in spiritual
direction and leads retreats, days and evenings of reflection,
and workshops. In the fall of 2004, Dianne opened an Aikido
dojo, One Point Center, in Oak Park, Illinois.
Marianne Saieg is a Joliet Franciscan,
spiritual director, retreat facilitator, teacher and photographer.
Marianne's academic background/experience includes a Masters
in Religious education from the University of St. Thomas,
Houston, Texas; studies in Media Communication, Northern Illinois
University; a Certificate in the Art of Spiritual Direction,
from Mercy Center in Burlingame, California; and a Masters
in Pastoral Studies/Spirituality from Loyola University, Chicago.
Marianne creates slide meditations, greeting cards and photographic
enlargements. It is “Through A Lens” that she believes a photograph
exclusively captures, on film, a single moment, an image in
time, a memory that lasts a lifetime.
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