Retreat Leaders

Father Laurence Dolan, ofm

Father Larry Dolan, ofm (semi-retired) entered the Franciscan Order in 1987 after serving as a priest of the Diocese of San Diego for 22 years. He is a graduate of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He taught at the University of San Diego and has served in parishes in San Diego, Guaymas, Portland the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation and Huntington Beach. He served most recently as rector of the Conventual Church of Our Lady of the Angels and Director of Pastoral Ministry at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, AZ. Presently he is the Guardian of Mission San Luis Rey.

Barbara Hughes, holds a Master’s Degree in Formative Spirituality from Duquesne University. A former psychiatric and hospice nurse, she is an experienced retreat facilitator and spiritual director,. Her articles on spirituality have been pulished nationally and internationally and she is a regular columnist for The Catholic Virginan. Her book, Ministry and the Mystical Path: Guide for Lay Ministers is an outgrowth of decades of ministry on the parish and diocesan level. She served as the Bishop’s Liaison to the Jewish and Muslim communities for southern Virginia from 2007-2010 and has been involved in interreligious dialogue since 2001. She is currently a member of the Franciscan covenant program and may be reached at retreats@sanluisrey.org