Meet the Jesuits & Directors

Fr. Joe entered the Society of Jesus in 2000 and was ordained in 2011. His ministry has included teaching at the high school level, serving as a college campus minister, and accompanying communities in Mayan villages in Belize. Most recently, he served as the national director of the Pope’s Prayer Network.

Fr. Joe has extensive experience leading group retreats and is widely known for helping people enter more deeply into prayer. He is featured on the Hallow app, EWTN, Busted Halo, and in America magazine, and is the author of two books focused on personal retreat, devotion to the Sacred Heart, and the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola. He began serving as Director of Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat House in August 2025.

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Fr. Warren was ordained in 1988 and has spent much of his Jesuit life in pastoral ministry, including service as a parish pastor and retreat house director. He has a particular love for accompanying retreatants through longer retreats, including 5-, 8-, and 30-day Ignatian retreats.

Over the years, Fr. Warren has also served as Assistant Novice Director and Provincial Assistant for Parishes and Retreat Houses. His formation includes a business degree, a Master of Divinity, and a Master of Social Work. Though born in the lowlands of Louisiana, he has come to love the high deserts of New Mexico and the mountains of Colorado, where he continues to accompany others in prayer and discernment.

Fr Dan served as a pastor in St Louis MO and in Belize, Central America.

Note: Due to his travel schedule, he does NOT offer personally directed retreats [5day, 8day]. He leads weekend retreats and days of prayer.

He was born in Wisconsin and met the Jesuits during his studies at St Louis University. He has served on the staff of the Jesuit novitiate. He is admired for his thoughtful and inspired preaching. He also serves the Central & Southern Province Jesuits, overseeing retreat houses and parishes.

Fr Aric was born in Mankato, Minnesota. One of 13 children, his family moved several times before his parents settled in Pecos, Texas. He learned about the Jesuits from reading about the lives of Ignatius and Francis Xavier. His connection to the Jesuits came through his aunt, Sr. Teresa of the Eternal Father, OCD, in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. He studied music at Eastern New Mexico University where he played the euphonium in marching band and wind symphony. He also played guitar in both jazz and ska bands. While he was an undergrad, he attended Jesuit discernment retreats and loved sitting in silence and praying with Scripture. After graduation, Aric entered the Jesuit novitiate at Grand Coteau, Louisiana, in 2012.

Fr Aric taught at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado, where he taught both boys and girls theology, guitar, and band and directed the freshman girls retreat. He recently served at St. Peter Claver Parish in Punta Gorda, Belize, providing sacraments to over 30 Mayan villages.

Ronald "Ron" Gonzales was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1967 and adopted by a loving family in Santa Fe, N.M.  Attending Catholic schools since elementary school through college, he first joined the De La Salle Christian Brother's formation program while in undergraduate school at Loyola New Orleans. After teaching theology for three years at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory school , he eventually joined the Jesuits in 1992 and was ordained in 2003.  Most of his ministry has been as Pastor in parishes— in San Antonio TX, El Paso TX and most recently, San Juan, Puerto Rico. For 3 a years he led Ignatian preached and directed retreats at Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House in Lake Dallas, TX.  

His interests include: going to movies, visiting family and friends, reading, sitting by the fireplace, meditating, and walking.

Deacon Tom was ordained in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, serving at St. Brigid in Johns Creek, Georgia. He trained and served at Ignatius House, Jesuit Retreat Center, Atlanta Georgia, after receiving a Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama.

Tom received an MA in Christian Spirituality, from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. He is incardinated in the Diocese of Colorado Springs, serving at Pax Christi in Lone Tree, Colorado.  In the Ignatian Tradition, Tom organized the training and development of spiritual directors throughout the Diocese of Colorado Springs.

He and his wife Susan, have two married sons and five grandchildren.

Mika Rizzo grew up in Texas. She converted to the Catholic faith in 2014. She moved to Colorado to attend college and subsequently enjoyed a 20+ year career in accounting/finance. Mika was drawn out of her career in the business world to become a Spiritual Director. 

In 2022, she was missioned, through the Lanteri Center for Ignatian Spirituality in Denver, as a Spiritual Director and in 2024, she was missioned to lead exercitants in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. In 2025, Mika was invited on staff at the Lanteri Center.  As a staff member, Mika’s responsibilities include being a formator/teacher in the formation classes of new directors, being a supervisor to directors, organizing and directing silent retreats, being a part of workshops/seminars, and assisting with the financials of the Lanteri Center.  She is married and has two children. She enjoys spending time with family, golfing, reading, walking with others in their faith journey, serving in her parish and deepening her own faith.  

Kelly has been offering Spiritual Direction since 2019 when she graduated with a Master of Arts in Christian Formation and Soul Care from Denver Seminary. Following seminary, a journey a through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola unexpectedly led her back to her Catholic roots.  Kelly then completed the five year formation program in Ignatian Spirituality with the Lanteri Center; she was recently missioned to give the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola in the summer of 2025.  Kelly is a retired police officer, married, mother of three, and a grandmother of two.  She has advanced training in Grief and Loss and Trauma from Denver Seminary.  She has traveled to Mexico repeatedly on evangelization and service mission trips to indigent women.  She has participated in ministering to incarcerated women for several years through the interdenominational Alpha program.  Kelly has a deep love of Scripture; she has deeped her love of her Catholic faith— soaking in all the richness and beauty! In her unique journey she enjoys helping others discover God’s surprising and beautiful ways!