Directors
_
Jan Stocking, RSM Jan is the Admin Director of Rockhaven Ecozoic Center and one of its founding members. Before coming to Rockhaven, she ministered in the educational institutions in the Greater Detroit area. Her personal journey brought her to Rockhaven in 2000 to join its sabbatical program. Here she discovered her desire to work among circles of women, foster eco-feminism, and work towards multi-culturalism. She has spent time in Argentina and the Philippines. As an educator and a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, she looks forward to sharing the New Story as she companions people who come to Rockhaven. _
Diza Velasco Diza is Rockhaven's Program Director and is a founding member of Rockhaven Ecozoic Center. Gifted in ritual, art and play, she lends her spirit to the group as it continues to evolve. She comes to Rockhaven from the Philippines where she was active in women's spirituality, justice and peace, and ecological issues. She has completed master's level coursework in Culture, Spirituality and Arts from Oakland, California. Diza is a teacher and spiritual companion committed to bring about the sacred feminine dimension of the Divine and in expanding one's spirituality with the Ecozoic lifestyle. |
Program Presenters and Facilitators
|
|
|
|
Rockhaven Board
_
Maco Casseta, cnd, MAPC, LCPC Chicago, Illinois Maco is a feminist pastoral counselor and psychotherapist who uses a relational model within a holistic framework. Her clinical insterests include grief and reconnection to one's faith experience. Maco has participated in the Rockhaven sabbatical program in 2002-2003. She is actively involved in some of the programming at Rockhaven. Maco is a member of the Canadian Province of the Congregation of Notre Dame. _
Jan Stocking, RSM, MEd, MA SpiritualityHouse Springs, Missouri Jan is the Executive Director of Rockhaven Ecozoic Center and one of its founding members. Before coming to Rockhaven, she ministered in the educational institutions in the Greater Detroit area. Her personal journey brought her to Rockhaven in 2000 to join its sabbatical program. Here she discovered her desire to work among circles of women, foster eco-feminism, and work towards multi-culturalism. She has spent time in Argentina and the Philippines. As an educator and a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, she looks forward to sharing the New Story as she companions people who come to Rockhaven. |
__
Ramona Patterson, Ed.D. Batton Rouge, Louisiana Ramona teaches at the South Louisiana Community College in New Iberia, LA. She has been associated with Rockhaven for over 25 years. Finding a safe and peaceful place at Rockahven, she regularly participates in its annual women's retreat. REC welcomed Ramona to the Board in 2010. She lends to Rockhaven her expertise in development work particularly in identifying and writing grants. |