Each year, the Mercy Center for Spiritual Life gives students the opportunity to make a difference by volunteering with the Alternative Spring Break program.
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Staff
The staff of the Mercy Center for Spiritual Life is committed to the well being and spiritual growth of the Salve Regina community. We work collaboratively with the students, faculty and staff of Salve Regina to ensure that all members of the community are able to practice their faith in a supportive environment. Individual spiritual guidance and pastoral counseling are provided upon request.
Dr. Anna Mae Mayer, Director
E-mail: annamae.mayer@salve.edu
Office: (401) 341-2444
Location: 2nd Floor, New Res. Admin. Wing
Anna Mae has been at Salve Regina since August 2007. Prior, she served as associate chaplain at the Catholic Student Center at Dartmouth College for 15 years and as a lay missioner in El Salvador for 8 years. A major focus of her work is the creation of a campus community in which diverse religious and spiritual life flourishes and where both spiritual and academic growth are mutually supportive. Anna Mae is a graduate of Viterbo University, Maryknoll School of Theology and Bangor Theological Seminary.
Father Thomas O'Neill, University Chaplain
E-mail: thomas.oneill@salve.edu
Office: (401) 341-2368
Location
: McAuley, Room 106
Father Tom O'Neill, MA, M DIV, grew up in Warren Rhode Island, and graduated from LaSalle Academy and Our Lady of Providence Seminary. He studied theology at St. Bernard's Seminary and was ordained at the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul by Bishop Russell J McVinny in 1968. He served in several parishes in Rhode Island including St. Lucy's in Middletown until 1980 when he volunteered to go to Western Canada (British Columbia). He was assigned to a number of parishes and attached missions in central British Columbia and Vancouver Island. He returned to Rhode Island in 2005 and became University Chaplain at Salve Regina University.
Mr. Philip Fiadino, M.Div; MA, Pastoral Minister, Liturgist
E-mail: philip.fiadino@salve.edu
Office: (401} 341-2227
Location
: 2nd Floor, New Res. Admin. Wing
Phil has served as a pastoral minister and liturgist at Salve Regina since August 2006. He brings pastoral experience from his campus ministry work at Purdue University and his chaplaincy position at Cornell University. Deeply interested in social justice and liturgy, one of his goals is to reach out to students on campus and dialogue with them about their spirituality. Phil is a graduate of Canisius College, St. Mary's Seminary and University, and Georgetown University.
Mrs. Carol Andos, Secretary
E-mail: andosc@salve.edu
Office
: (401) 341-2326
Location: 2nd Floor, New Res. Admin. Wing
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Carol, a graduate of Rhode Island College, started at Salve Regina in 1998 with extension studies and has been with the staff Center for Spiritual Life since 2002. She has volunteered as a Sunday school teacher for over 10 years and is involved with the Prayer Shawl Ministry and Women in Spiritual Education at her church. She is married with two daughters and shares her house with two cats and her dog, Chester, a long hair mini dachshund. In her free time she enjoys needlecraft, gardening, reading and feeding the birds and squirrels.