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Sue Ellen Ruggles                             Sr. Mary Guido, rc, MA
Executive                                          Local Leader, Cenacle Sisters 
Administrator                                   President, Board of Directors
                                                          Ministry Coordinator





Back row: Mary Pierson, Cary Simmons, Sue Ellen Ruggles
Front row: Connie Longsworth, Jean DiMambro, Jenny Alvarez


Jenny Alvarez - Ministry Registrar

Kenya Berding - Chef Manager

Doris Esparza - Evening and Weekend Receptionist

Vicki Klein-Finnerty- Prayer Enrollment Manager

Connie Longsworth - Administrative Support

Mary Pierson - Outreach Coordinator (Hospitality groups / Individual Directed Retreats)

Cary Simmons - Receptionist




Our Houston Cenacle Sisters

Sr. Mary Guido, rc, MA 

Local Leader, Cenacle Sisters
Board President 
Ministry Coordinator
Sr. Mary  - A Cenacle Sister since 1990 is the President of the Board of Directors in Houston. She now serves as both the Local Leader of the Cenacle Sisters and the Ministry Coordinator. 
She is blessed through her ministries of Spiritual Direction and Adult Faith Formation and Vocations.




Sr.
Patricia Burke, rc, MA, MRE

Treasurer, Theresian Board Member
Sr. Pat Burke - A Cenacle Sister serves as Treasurer on the Houston Cenacle Board of Directors is pursuing her D.Min. Degree from Barry University in Miami Florida. 
She also serves as a Province Counselor, is on the Regional Council of the Cenacle Auxiliaries, and on the Theresian Foundation Board. 
Sr. Pat is back in Houston for the fourth time as she has been here off and on in the past 35 years.

Sr. Ann Goggin, rc, MDiv, DMin

Director of the Spiritual Direction Institute
Sister Ann Goggin - Returns to the Cenacle after directing programs in lay ministry formation in Colorado and at the University of Notre Dame as well as serving as a university chaplain. 
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theology, a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry degree in spirituality.

 

Sr. Lois Dideon, rc

Novice Mistress
Sr. Lois - A Cenacle Sister with graduate degrees in theology and psychotherapy and has worked in spiritual renewal for many years.

Sr. Roselle Haas 

Sr. Roselle Haas
, rc, MA, MS

 
Liturgist, Vocations
Sister Roselle Haas - A Cenacle Sister, is an experienced retreat presenter, spiritual director and liturgist. Having ministered at spiritual centers in various parts of the country, she has developed programs on images of God, discernment, styles of prayer
and praying with Scripture. She has degrees in the classic sciences and in pastoral ministry/spirituality.

 

Sr. Dorothy Briscoe, rc

Sr. Dorothy Briscoe has a Masters in Library Science degree, and is the Cenacle Sacristan.  She also hand paints cards in the Cenacle Prayer Enrollment Office.


 

Sr. Mary Dennison 
Sr. Mary Dennison
, rc, EdD
  
Sister Mary Dennison - A Cenacle Sister for more than 50 years, was the Director of the Cenacle’s Spiritual Direction Institute for 25 years. She has a Doctorate in Education from the University of Houston, an MRE from Loyola of Chicago and holds Texas Certification in Gerontology.


Sr. Kara McKenney, rc

Sr. Kara McKenney is a 2nd year novice with the Cenacle.  She has a Bachelor degree in Computer Science and has a National License in Massage Therapy.

 Questions regarding Retreats/Workshops/Day of Prayer, call 281-497-3131 or email us at Ministry@CenacleRetreatHouse.org

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