OUR STAFF
The Retreat House is a place from which to see clearly. You can look west to the mountains rising over the foothills and east to ranch valleys and gentle mesas. Even more, you can look within to see the direction your life has taken and the choices you face.
We, the Retreat House staff, help you make that inner journey. We are well trained and warm-hearted listeners, and we delight that our friends speak of us as encouraging, accepting, flexible and compassionate, down to earth and humorous. In all this we bring both our own experience and the Jesuit tradition of spiritual wisdom.
WARREN BROUSSARD, SJ
Warren was ordained in 1988. He worked in various ministries, mostly in the pastoral sector, including as a parish pastor and a retreat house director. He enjoys accompanying retreatants through 5-, 8- and 30-day retreats. Warren also served as Assistant Novice Director and Provincial Assistant for Parishes and Retreat Houses. He has a Business degree, an MDiv and an MSW. Although he was born in the lowlands of Louisiana, he has fallen in love with the high deserts of New Mexico and the mountains of Colorado.
PEG MALONEY, RSM
Peg is a Sister of Mercy and has been involved in a number of ministries: parish, diocesan and higher education, primarily in prayer, spirituality and social justice. She taught in the adult learning programs at Regis University and also offered retreats and spiritual direction for staff and faculty. Peg was elected to serve on the leadership team for the Sisters of Mercy in Omaha, NE before returning to Colorado to work with the Ignatian Spirituality Program in Denver and now at Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat House.
BILL OULVEY, SJ
Bill was raised in E. St. Louis, Fairview Heights and his parents and grandfathers were druggists. After graduating from Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri, and inspired by the Jesuits he met there, he joined the Jesuits in 1974. He was ordained in 1985. He has taught Chemistry, was Vocation Director and served 11 years in Belize, four years at the General Headquarters in Rome and three times as a local Superior in Belize, Kansas City and Denver. He currently serves as the Director of Sacred Heart Retreat House.
PAULA SAPIENZA
Paula holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures. She taught at Union College and Fairfield University and administered a national program for faculty and graduate students in Catholic higher education. She completed her training in spiritual direction and the Spiritual Exercises through the Ignatian Spirituality Program of Denver and served as its director for six years. Paula has offered spiritual direction and led individually-directed and group retreats for over 15 years. She is married and has an adult son.
JOHN VOWELLS, SJ
John met the Jesuits at Rockhurst High School in Kansas City and joined the order in 1977. After ordination in 1990, he thought his future ministry would be teaching high school boys, but God had other plans. For the next 21 years, he served in Campus Ministry and the Mission Office at Regis University and Rockhurst University. After serving as pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Kansas City, he spent the last 9 years on the formation staff at Bellarmine House of Studies in St. Louis. He holds MDiv and ThM degrees in Theology and a DMin degree in Preaching.
PAT WIGHT
Pat is in her twentieth year at the retreat house. She completed a two-year course in spiritual direction and a four-year biblical course through the Archdiocese of Denver. She offers spiritual direction, directs individual retreats, and accompanies others through the Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life. Pat is married and has two grown children.