Jocelyn Sideco Spiritual Director, Retreat Director, Chaplain San Francisco, CA FTE Small Group Leader
Ms. Sideco graduated from Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA) and the Jesuit School of Theology (Berkeley, CA). She fell in love with Ignatian Spirituality while attending these Jesuit schools and working the Jesuits in subsequent years. She has ministered at 3 Jesuit university campuses (University of San Francisco, Marquette University, Loyola New Orleans), 1 parish (St. Agnes, San Francisco, CA), and 1 Province (New Orleans Province). After Hurricane Karina hit the Gulf South on August 29, 2005, Ms. Sideco began volunteering as a relief worker and eventually moved to New Orleans to commit her life to the area's recovery. She helped coordinate the Jesuit relief efforts and connected multiple schools and parishes to the needs of the people in the Gulf South. Inspired by prayer and retreat experiences amidst the difficulty of the current reality, she co-founded an urban retreat house called Contemplatives in Action. Here she worked to create a space for thoughtfulness and reflection for locals and for students and faculty on immersion or service trips. Ms. Sideco blogs for the National Catholic Reporter as well as for In Good Company at ingoodcompany.net.co. She is a trained Psychiatric and ICU chaplain as well as Diversity and anti-bias Trainer. Ms. Sideco is now a Spiritual Director, Retreat Director, Chaplain, and High School teacher in the Bay Area.
Amy Williams Gang Intervention Specialist/Youth Advocate A Hope Dealer Chicago, IL FTE Exploration Lab Leader
Amy Williams, a 19-year youth ministry veteran, follows her passion to minister to teens involved in gangs, youth on probation/parole and those lost in the criminal justice system
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