Rev. William J. Jarema, B.A., M.S., M.Div., M.A.S., N.C.C., Executive Director (a priest of the Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica.)
Founder and Executive Director of the Mercy Center for Healing the Whole Person, Colorado Springs, Colorado, with numerous satellite programs throughout the United States and three foreign mission projects in the West Indies.
Founder and Spiritual Director of the Society of Missionaries of Mercy, for clergy, laity, men and women, married and single. The Society of Missionaries of Mercy is a community of Roman Catholic laymen and women. The Society trains men and women to be spiritual companions, spiritual directors, inner healing providers and inner healing specialists, and lay missionaries dedicated to a spirituality of mercy and the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Each Missionary of Mercy is dedicated to the vow of conversion of life and the spiritual and corporal works of mercy.
Fr. Bill has provided workshops, retreats and clergy conferences internationally. As part of the Mercy Center team, he offers a residential pastoral care treatment program for clergy and religious – The Vitality Program, a 13-week Sabbatical Program every Fall and Spring, and a Spiritual Directors Training /Renewal Program – the month of July in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
He provides a specialized program for clergy and religious on "Conscious Celibacy: Truth or Consequence," an intensive review of the biological, psychological and social implications of celibacy and those who dare to be celibate in the 21st century.
Father Bill is a National Certified Counselor, Spiritual Director, Workshop and Retreat Director.
Author of:
Fathering the Next Generation: Men Mentoring Men, Crossroad Publications, 1994.
There's a Hole in My Chest: Healing and Hope for Adult Children Everywhere, Crossroad Publications, 1996.
Creating a Parish Think Tank: A program for helping parishes assess and explore resources, ministries, hidden potential and future growth and development, 1996. (Distributed by Mercy Center, Inc.)
A Funny Things Happened On The Way To The Altar: Comedy, Parables, and Miracles & Angelic Encounters. Distributed by Mercy Center Inc. 2005 (All proceeds support 2nd and 3rd world missionaries who wish to attend the 13-week sabbatical program at the Mercy Center)
A Funnier Things Happened On The Way To The Altar: Comedy, Parables, and Miracles & Angelic Encounters. Distributed by Mercy Center Inc. 2015 (All proceeds support 2nd and 3rd world missionaries who wish to attend the 13-week sabbatical program at the Mercy Center)
The Conscious Celibacy Workbook: Truth or Consequences. Learn the skills to be a healthy celibate and explore the social, psychological, biological, and spiritual dimensions of a celibate way of life. This workbook is filled with opportunities to learn how to “live life to full” as a conscious celibate. (2008, Distributed by the Mercy Center, Inc.)
A Survivors Guide for Church Ministers
Soon To Be Released: Walking a Tight Rope: , Climbing Out Of The Anger Pit and The Four Gardens: An Allegory for Those Along The Way