Racine Silva

Racine Silva holds a Master of Arts in Religious Education from Fordham University and is currently completing a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Divine Mercy University. She has twenty years of missionary experience in youth and family ministry, education, and pastoral and spiritual accompaniment across the United States, Mexico, Ireland, and Switzerland. She has directed youth ministry programs, led numerous retreats and pilgrimages, and coordinated campus ministry and psychoeducational initiatives in international school settings. Her own formation has been deeply shaped by the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, including completion of the full thirty-day silent retreat. Racine's academic and professional interests include spiritual accompaniment and the integration of Catholic spirituality with sound principles of psychology. She is passionate about forming men and women who can accompany others with wisdom, compassion, and fidelity to the Catholic tradition.