Meet our Staff
Sr. Suzanne Thibault, C.A
Anawim Ministries
Executive Director
814-553-1092
srsuzanne@anawimministries.org
Sr. Suzanne Thibault, C.A., has lived at Bethany Retreat Center since it was established. She has been directing retreats for all ages since 1987. Using education, process activities and reflection techniques, Sr. Suzanne has the ability to bring the faith journey alive and make it relevant to today. The deep heritage of the labyrinth tradition took root in her spirituality when the labyrinth was built at Bethany Retreat Center in the early 1990s.
Sr. Ruth Ann Madera, C.A
Anawim Ministries
Assistant Executive Director
Spiritual Director
814-263-4855
srruthann@anawimministries.org
Sr. Ruth Ann Madera, C.A. Assistant Executive Director and Spiritual Director. She provides spiritual direction on an ongoing basis as well as spiritual companioning/direction during retreats of Anawim Minsitries. Sr. Ruth Ann has her degree in Religious Studies from St. Francis University. She is also a graduate of Shalem’s Spiritual Guidance
Diane Balliet
Bethany Retreat Center
Office Manager
814-263-4855
bethanyretreatcenter@gmail.com
Bill Bennett
Bethany Retreat Center
Maintenance Manager
814-263-4855
bethanyretreatcenter@gmail.com
Kelly Coyle
Bethany Retreat Center
Hospitality Staff
814-263-4855
bethanyretreatcenter@gmail.com
Lisa McSkimming
Bethany Retreat Center
Retreat Program Director
814-780-8101
lisam@anawimministries.org
Angela Larson
Life Line
Director
814-765-3225
angelal@anawimministries.org
Beth Rohrbacker
Life Line
Staff Assistant
814-765-3225
bethr@anawimministries.org
In Loving Memory of Sr. Therese Dush, C.A.
1931 – 2015
Sr. Therese’s legacy can be found in the thousands of lives touched and changed – the children she taught in her many years of teaching, the young people and volunteers she inspired to live out the Gospel challenge of service to others in her years of Mission work at Young People Who Care, the poor whose lives were made better, the prisoners to whom she taught prayer and brought the Gospel, and the adults for whom she served as Spiritual Director and Retreat Director through Bethany Retreat Center. She truly lived out her motto:
'Love can do all things'
~ Sr. Therese Dush