Dr. Kuenja Chung was born in Korea and grew up there. She graduated from Seoul National University and received her doctoral degree from Ohio State University. She retired from the U.S. Environment...view moreDr. Kuenja Chung was born in Korea and grew up there. She graduated from Seoul National University and received her doctoral degree from Ohio State University. She retired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after twenty years of service as a research scientist. She has published many research papers in her field. She is also the author of Hundred Days with the Gospel of Mark and Zen and Spiritual Exercises (with her husband, Deacon Moses Chung). She has shared her experience on Ignatian spiritualty, including the 19th Annotation, with individuals and groups over the past thirty years.
Rev. Christopher Steck, S.J. is an associate professor at Georgetown University. Fr. Steck received his doctoral degree in Christian Ethics at Yale University. Upon completion of his doctoral degree, Fr. Steck began teaching ethics in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University.
Rev. Msgr. Richard Mahowald was ordained to the priesthood at the North American College in Rome and got his doctoral degree in Sacred Theology at the Gregorian University in Rome. Afterward, he completed multiple assignments in Rome, and was conferred the Prelate of Honor by Pope Paul VI in 1972. When returned to US, Monsignor served in multiple teaching and formator assignments including the University of Dallas in Texas. Later, residing near the Broom Tree Retreat Center, he continued to offer retreats and spiritual directions.view less