Dr. Erik Ranstrom serves as Manager of Spiritual Care for the Saint John Vianney Center, overseeing Spiritual Care services for the residential treatment program. He also meets with residents to discuss the spiritual aspects of their lives and ministries.
Dr. Ranstrom holds a Ph.D. from Boston College in Theology and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Murphy Center for Ignatian Spirituality, Fairfield University.
He has prior background experience as a spiritual advisor in drug and alcohol rehabilitation and as a chaplain on psychiatric and behavioral units. He is trained to give the 19th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises, the Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life, which he offers through the Outpatient Department.
Dr. Ranstrom supports residents in their journey toward an integral spiritual life of body, mind, and spirit. He encourages cultivating the simplicity of heart that is attentive to the Lord’s self-communication. A special focus of his work is supporting practical theological reflection in the context of residential therapy.
