Maryann Kearns, MS

Adjunct Professor, Spiritual Direction MS, Education (Classroom Technology emphasis), Wilkes University, 2000 BS, Religious Studies, Rutgers University, 1977 Certificate, School Guidance Counselor, Gwynedd Mercy College, 2005-2009 Certificate, Institute for Lay Ministry, Diocese of Allentown, 2013 Graduate Certificate, Spiritual Direction, Moravian Theological Seminary, 2018 Completed Training, Ignition Exercises, Moravian Theological Seminary, 2019 Completed Training, Spiritual Direction Supervision, Moravian Theological Seminary, 2021 Completed Training, Laudato Si' Animator and Laudato Si' Contemplative, 2022   Email: kearnsm02@moravian.edu

Maryann received a Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Moravian Theological Seminary in 2018. She completed two additional MTS certificates: Training in Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and Supervision of Spiritual Directors. Maryann has assisted with Spiritual Formation classes since 2020 and now serves as adjunct faculty at MTS, teaching Ignatian Exercises and Spirituality within Diversity.

Maryann serves as a Spiritual Director for the Individual Spiritual Direction course and is a supervisor for students in the Spiritual Direction Program. Maryann also facilitates contemplative prayer groups in the Lehigh Valley.

Maryann has a passion for accompanying those who have been marginalized. Early in her career she engaged with a Lutheran ministry devoted to assisting Chilean and Argentinian refugees in New York and then Salvadoran refugees in Los Angeles. She continued to serve the disenfranchised as a public school classroom teacher and guidance counselor for 31 years, first in East Los Angeles, California, and then in Bethlehem, PA.

After retiring from education, Maryann has continued her work with those on the margins as a volunteer with the Ignatian Spirituality Project, which invites people recovering from homelessness and addiction to encounter God’s love, hope and healing through spiritual companionship. Through Laudato Si’ trainings, Maryann is also equipped to work with the Monocacy Farm Project in developing eco-spirituality programs.