Biographies

Who are we?

Mary Reuter, O.S.B., Ph.D.
Interim Director, Companions on a Journey and Corad. Coordinator of Journey Groups.
Sister Mary, a member of Saint Benedict’s Monastic Community currently serves as an associate professor of Theology. Her special focus of study and teaching is Benedictine Spirituality. She received her doctorate from Duquesne University where her dissertation examined “Formation Through Encounters in Ordinary Life.” Sister Mary is involved in spiritual direction, retreats, and presenting and facilitating workshops. She also enjoys reading, biking, making handmade cards and talking with people.

Jodie Peschl
Administrative Assistant, Companions on a Journey and Corad.
Jodie has a background in accounting and office administration. She joined the Companions staff after working 10 years with Minnesota Public Radio as the District Office and Traffic Manager at the Collegeville station. She has been actively involved with National Marriage Encounter in various capacities since 1988. She also seved 14 years as a catechist for St. Paul's religious education program. Jodie lives in St. Cloud with her husband and son. Her interests include sewing, camping, fishing, genealogy, scrapbooking and crafts of all kinds.

Chick (Gloria) Hardy
Events and Program Coodinator, Companions on a Journey and Corad.
Chick started at St. John’s in 1989 working for several academic departments, including the Core Office, Communication, Philosophy, and the Forum.  She has been working for Corad (fromerly Vocation Project) since 2002, and more recently with Companions on a Journey.  She earned her BA in communications in 2006.  Some of her interest include playing flute as part of the worship team at her church, going on mission trips, baking bread, and dog grooming.  She and her husband, Jay, live in Royalton.  

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Molly Weyrens, OSB
Program Assistant, Companions on a Journey.
Molly first joined the staff of Companions on a Journey in September of 2006.  Molly is a recently professed member of the Benedictine Community here in St Joseph.  After the brief pause to complete her monastics studies, Molly returned to facilitate and develop programming for Companions on a Journey.  Molly also serves as interim director of Campus Ministry at CSB.  Molly has a BA from Concordia College in Moorehead and an MA in Pastoral Ministry from St John's School of Theology.  Previous to her work with our program, Molly was a religion teacher in Rochester and served as director of Campus Ministry at the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth.  Molly enjoys canoeing, running, reading, biking, x-country skiing, and mostly good conversations with good food!