Katharine Houk

Founder and Spiritual Director of Sanctuary Without Walls

Education and Training:

BS in Design in Textiles, Summa Cum Laude, State University College at Buffalo, NY

MA in Ministry in Daily Life and Religious Leadership, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT

Additional work at Andover Newton Theological School, Newton,  MA;  St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry, Albany, NY;  and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, New York, NY.

Interests: art and religion, Celtic spirituality, religious naturalism, mysticism, sacred play, the natural world, gardening, alternatives in education, textile and fiber art, and contemplation.

Organizations: Unitarian Universalist Society of Community Ministries, Spiritual Directors International, Institute on Religion in an Age of Science, Wellspring Haven, Céile Dé, Canaan Congregational Church, Chatham Area Pastors’ Association, One Spirit Interfaith Alliance, St. David’s Welsh Society of the Capital District, Women’s Interfaith Institute in the Berkshires, ChathamArt.

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Phoebe Williams

Co-facilitator of Elderwoman workshops

Education and Training:

BA in Classics at Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

MA in Psychology and Religion at Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, MA

Additional work at California Institute of Integral Studies; Jean Houston Mystery School; Co-Counseling International.

Interests: sacred movement, Focusing, sand play, Non-Violent Communication, imaginal work, co-counseling and co-creating, yoga, whole person learning, conscious evolution and charismatic awakening.

Organizations: Women’s Interfaith Institute, Co-Counseling International, International Coach Federation, Coaching for Transformation, West Stockbridge Congregational Church, Metta Earth Institute