Gisela Silva

Gisela Silva is a lay Dominican and works as an intense case manager at Catholic Charities of Fairfield County at the Norwalk office. At a young age, she participated with the Holy Spirit missionaries in Mexico City, Jalisco, and Sinaloa states in Mexico, Puno Peru, and St. Marcos Tacana Guatemala. Also assisted Haitian parishes with fundraisers in Haiti. She was a pastoral associate and Director of Religious education in Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in New Haven CT and St. Joseph-St. Ladislaus parish in Norwalk CT. She volunteers in the Social Ministry and the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd as a catechist at the Michael MacGivney parish in New Haven CT. She holds a Certification in Spiritual Direction from the Murphy Center of Spirituality at Fairfield University in Fairfield CT and a master’s degree in Theology and Ministry focus on Hispanic Ministry at Boston College.

Session Type:

In-person at Holy Family or online via Zoom.

Sessions are available in English, Spanish, or French.

Availability:

Monday from 4 to 8pm, Thursdays from 8 am to 4 pm (Online)

Saturdays 8 am to 5 pm (In-person)

Faith Tradition:

Catholic

Experienced with:

Spirituality of marriage and committed relationships
Spirituality of contemplative prayer
Spirituality of family and parenting

Spirituality of bodily wellness
Spirituality of grieving
Spirituality and mental health

Spirituality of caregiving
Spirituality of middle age life
Spirituality of young adult life

Payments:

Directees will pay Gisela directly for each session. Rates and payment will be coordinated between the director and directee.

Please consider an additional offering of $10-$25 per session to cover the operational and administrative costs of the Center for Spiritual Direction.

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If you are a new directee seeking direction from Gisela, please fill out the intake form below.

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Spiritual Direction Offering

This spiritual director is paid directly by each directee for the service of spiritual direction. The director will determine the session rate in conversation with you based on your needs and their practices and instruct you on how to make payments. The Center requests that you consider an additional offering of $10-$25 per session to support our operational and administrative expenses. Those offering scan be made on the “payment” page of our website.

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Session Appointments, Changes, and Cancellations

All spiritual direction sessions are scheduled and coordinated between the director and the directee. Directees are expected to keep their scheduled appointments. If you need to reschedule or cancel an appointment, please contact your spiritual director at the email address on this bio page (some directors may also choose to share phone contact information with directees once they begin meeting). Whenever possible, please provide 24 hours notice for all appointment changes. Spiritual direction is usually conducted once a month. You and your director will decide on the frequency and timing of your sessions.

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Next Steps

After you complete this intake form, the spiritual director should contact you to let you know if they can take you on as a directee and then begin the spiritual direction relationship by scheduling your first session. If this spiritual director does not contact you within one week, please send an email to the Center for Spiritual Direction at csd@holyfamilyretreat.org and we will assist you in moving forward.

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