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 Kris von Maluski, University Chaplain
E-mail: kris.vonmaluski@salve.edu
Office: (401) 341-2368
Location
: McAuley, Room 106
Fr. Kris von Maluski joined the Salve Regina community as University Chaplain in July 2009. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Father Kris worked in the defense industry while volunteering for a youth outreach organization in Newport in the mid-1980s. He found that ministering to young people was such rewarding work that he gave up his career to work as a regional youth minister for the Diocese of Providence. He went on to study for the priesthood at The American College of the Immaculate Conception and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He also served in the U.S. Navy as a Lt. Student Chaplain in Rota, Spain. Ordained in 2001, Fr. Kris brings a genuine sense of joy, a love of the scriptures and sacraments, and a deep desire to serve the Salve Regina University community.
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.