Kevin Gillespie, S.J., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pastoral Counseling
Chairperson

Loyola University Maryland
Pastoral Counseling Department
8890 McGaw Road
Suite 380w
Columbia, MD 21045

410.617.7651
KGillespie@loyola.edu

Ph.D.,  Boston University 
M.Div., The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
M.A., Duquesne University
B.S., St. Joseph's College

A spiritual sojourner would be a description that seems to fit me. As a member of the Society of Jesus I have been missioned for apostolic visits to some 20 nations. These cross cultural experiences have broadened and deepened my identity as a priest, professor and pastoral counselor. Being exposed to people of many cultures has also served to inform my roles as the Associate Chair of International Studies and as the Director of Loyola MA in Spiritual and Pastoral Care. My areas of research and writing generally involve the integration of psychology and spirituality which I often consider through a historical hermeneutic. My book, Psychology and American Catholicism: From Confession to Therapy? illustrates this historical approach. I have also presented series pastoral workshops on the life of Fr. Henri Nouwen. Other recent psycho-spiritual pastoral research concerns have been issues of sexual abuse and trauma. Finally, I am planning future sojourns for pastoral programs in Santiago, Chile, Budapest, Hungary and Nairobi, Kenya.