Retreat Director
Fr. Jeffrey T. LaBelle, S.J.
"A retreat is a unique and privileged opportunity to enter into dialogue with the Divine: to have a conversation with God in the stillness of our sacred space and to share that dialogue with one another in faith. It is precisely in this dialogue with God that we can come to know our deepest desires and can discern God’s will for us today."
Fr. Jeffrey T. LaBelle, S.J.,
Retreat Director
Fr. Jeffrey T. LaBelle, S.J., is currently an assistant professor at Marquette University’s College of Education. Prior to assuming that position, he served as assistant professor of education at the University of San Francisco. Fr. LaBelle holds a BA in InterAmerican Studies with emphasis in Spanish and ESL from University of the Pacific, Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and an Ed.D. in International and Multicultural Education from the University of San Francisco. From 1988-2000, Fr. LaBelle served in two Catholic parishes in San José, St. Joseph Cathedral and Most Holy Trinity, where he was involved in extensive pastoral work among immigrants from Latin America, Vietnam, and the Philippines. In collaboration with Frs. Gerald O’Collins, S.J., and Daniel Kendall, S.J., he has co-edited Pope John Paul II: A Reader (Paulist, 2007). He is currently collaborating with them on two more books entitled Anthony deMello: The Long Retreat and Being Catholic in a Changing Church: What Was, What Is, What Could Be, which are expected to be published in 2009.