Business Manager & Spiritual Director
Sister Lyan, Business Manager and Spiritual Director at St. Raphaela Center, was assigned to the Center in 2015 and was its Director from 2018-22. She holds a Master’s degree in Spirituality and Retreats Directing from the Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo De Manila, a Jesuit University in the Philippines. Sister Lyan has been doing retreat ministry and accompanying others in Spiritual Direction since 2002, including directing the 8-day Ignatian Retreat, 30-day Spiritual Exercises, and 19th Annotation. She has participated in a three-month internship renewal program in Spiritual Direction through the Ignatius Jesuit Centre in Guelph, Canada, a program of international reputation for its work in Ignatian Spirituality, with an added consideration of ecology and spirituality. Sister Lyan also has 9 years of experience in Youth and Vocational Pastoral Ministry and has served in formation ministry for a number of congregations, both men’s and women’s, in her native country of Vietnam. She currently serves as the Provincial Superior of the Handmaids’ United States Province.
Can provide direction in English and Vietnamese
Email: ltri@straphaelacenter.org