Sister Lyan Tri, ACJ

Sister Lyan, Business Manager and Spiritual Director at St. Raphaela Center, was assigned to the Center in 2015 and was its Director from 2018-22. She holds a Master’s degree in Spirituality and Retreat Directing from Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo De Manila, a Jesuit University in the Philippines. Sister Lyan has been doing retreat ministry and accompanying others in Spiritual Direction since 2002, including directing the 8 day Ignatian Retreat, 30 day Spiritual Exercises and 19^th Annotation. She has participated in a three-month internship renewal program in Spiritual Direction through the Ignatius Jesuit Centre in Guelph, Canada, a program of international reputation for its work in Ignatian Spirituality, with an added consideration of ecology and spirituality.  Sister Lyan also has 9 years of experience in Youth and Vocational Pastoral Ministry and has served in formation ministry for a number of congregations, both men’s and women’s, in her native country of Vietnam. She currently serves as the Provincial Superior of the Handmaids’ United States Province.