Paul Burgmayer, Ph.D

Paul has been accompanying others in spiritual direction for twelve years now. A former industrial chemical researcher and high school teacher, Paul has a master’s degree in Holistic Spirituality and a certificate in spiritual direction from Chestnut Hill College, certificates in supervision of spiritual direction from Together in the Mystery (affiliated with San Francisco Seminary), and Mercy Center, Burlingame, and he is trained to (and has a special love for) accompanying others in the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. A member of Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church for more than thirty years, he has developed and taught a number of adult education classes.  For six years, he also was a teacher/facilitator at Kairos School of Spiritual Formation at the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, PA. With an interest in the history of spiritual direction, he is researching the early history of spiritual direction training in the United State. Paul lives in Wayne, PA with his wife, Sharon, a piano-playing chemistry professor at Bryn Mawr College. He has two adult sons, Alan and Andrew.  Paul enjoys gardening with Sharon, woodworking, singing, and writing.