Claire Dwyer is the editor of and frequent contributor to SpiritualDirection.com and grateful and humbled to be a part of the Avila team. At the Avila Institute that she discerned the call to be a spiritual director and was introduced to St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, whose life and writings inspired Claire’s first book, This Present Paradise. She has a Master’s certification in Spiritual Theology through the Institute, and an undergraduate degree from Franciscan University--where she currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Leadership Institute.
Her passion lies at the intersection of the interior life and the power of the written word to communicate that mystery with beauty and clarity. She is co-founder and content director of Write These Words and the PraiseWriters Catholic Writing Community. A wife of 26 years, mom to six and grandmother to two, she lives with her family in Phoenix.
Fr. Jesse Maingot, O.P. is a Dominican priest of the Irish Province, currently stationed in Trinidad and Tobago. He was ordained in 2019. He was first assigned as chaplain to the Dominican College at Newbridge, Ireland. Fr. Jesse completed STL in Dogmatic Theology at the Angelicum University in Rome. He is now the Promoter of Eucharistic Adoration for the Archdiocese of Port of Spain.
Fr. Jesse has a real heart for rebuilding the culture of worship and adoration of Our Eucharistic Lord. He is passionate about discovering with others how to be better disposed to experience the gaze of Jesus from the Monstrance. He often quotes “one thing alone is necessary” (Lk 10:42) and “to be near God is our happiness.”( Ps 73:28)
Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, O.P. is a Dominican priest of the St. Joseph (Eastern) Province. He was ordained in 2011. He spent six years living as a monk in a Carthusian monastery. He then returned to the Dominicans, discerning a strong call from the Lord to help others grow in the spiritual and mystical life. Upon returning, he completed his STL, writing on The Life, Light, and Fire of Triune Love: A Trinitarian Spirituality from Scripture, Aquinas, Ruusbroec, and John of the Cross. He is the prior of St. Catherine of Siena Priory in New York City, the promoter of the Dominican Laity, and adjunct professor, spiritual director, and formator at St. Joseph’s seminary in Dunwoodie. He hopes to be of service to the Lord’s loving cry to souls and souls’ cry for the Lord: “Abyss calls to abyss!”
Dan Burke is the past President and C.O.O. of EWTN’s worldwide news network. He is the founder and President of the Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation, which offers graduate and personal enrichment studies in spiritual theology to priests, deacons, religious, and laity in over 90 countries and prepares men for seminary in over 80 dioceses.
Dan is a best-selling author and editor of numerous books on authentic Catholic spirituality and hosts the Divine Intimacy Radio show with his wife, Stephanie, broadcast weekly on EWTN Radio. Past episodes can be found, along with thousands of articles on the interior life, at SpiritualDirection.com.
In his deep commitment to the advancement of faithful Catholic spirituality, he is also the founder of Apostoli Viae, a world-wide, private association of the faithful dedicated to living and advancing the authentic spiritual patrimony of the Church.
Most importantly, Dan is a blessed husband, father of four, grandfather of one—and grateful to be Catholic.
Watch the Live Talks
Opening Remarks with Claire Dwyer & Dr. Anthony Lilles
Drawn By Love: the Eucharist and the Mystery of Grace - Fr. Jesse Maingot, O.P.
Incarnation and Eucharist: God Could Not Have Come Closer Than He Has - Fr. Ignatius Schweitzer, O.P.
Use the reflection questions for each talk as a way to enter more deeply into the heart and flame of His Eucharistic love and devotion. 
