Archives: Firesouls
Kevin Cassidy
Kevin is the Director of Operations for the Bon Secours Retreat and Conference Center. He ensures that the center is open and welcoming to groups and individuals. Kevin shares his gifts and talents to allow visitors the opportunity to focus on their agenda, as he strives to remove obstacles and deliver healing hospitality. “The Sisters…
Tessa Barnett
Tessa is the Program Manager of Fundraising for the Sisters of Bon Secours, USA. Having worked for the Sisters for over ten years, Tessa is happy spending her time sharing the Bon Secours Mission with as many people as possible. The Sisters and their many ministries provide healing, compassion, and liberation to all they serve…
Candace Rebuck
Gardening is often thought of as an active activity: planting, weeding, landscaping. However, that’s not the way Candace Rebuck, a recreational therapist at the University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Institute, sees it. Candace views gardening and time spent in gardens as an incredibly therapeutic and rehabilitating measure that can truly help patients recover from…
Andrea Fitz
Program Coordinator for the Department of Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy, Andrea Fitz has been involved with Nature Sacred since 2014. Beginning her journey as a Firesoul for Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in 2018, Andrea’s enthusiasm for spreading positivity and helping others is completely contagious! A volunteer at a local animal rescue to foster dogs…
Denise White
Rev. Denise White is a chaplain at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where she provides spiritual care and counseling to patients and families. The Sacred Place, which includes a labyrinth intended to inspire reflection and meditative practice at Johns Hopkins Bayview, is a tool that she often uses in her work. Alongside her co-Firesoul, she…
Teresia Hazen
When it comes to horticultural therapy, Teresia Hazen, M.Ed., HTR, QMHP, is the real deal. She’s worked with Legacy Health in Portland Oregon as the coordinator of 12 therapeutic gardens at 8 hospitals since 1991; offers her services as a mental health professional, and is a forerunner for employee health promotion—and the field of horticultural…
Jib Edwards
Arthur “Jib” W. Edwards, Jr., President, He is President of Severn Management, Severn Development Company, He is Partner of Pax Edwards Development. As President of Severn Development Company, Mr. Edwards, Jr. has successfully developed a diverse range of multi-family housing developments, from small rehabilitation projects to Low Income Housing Tax Credits, and other affordable housing…
Liz Anne Ganiban
Liz brings a special breed of authenticity to her work as a Firesoul at A Wider Circle—a Sacred Place at Sibley Plaza, a public housing residence for 250 low-income seniors and people with disabilities in downtown DC. She brings a sincere passion for eradicating poverty and inequality—and is a true lover of nature. A potent…
