Areas of Focus: Christ-Centered Trauma Healing, Catholic Parts Work, Somatic Practices
Bonnie West is a wife, mother, grandmother, hospital chaplain and spiritual mentor. Through the circumstances the Lord has allowed in her own life and the grace of Jesus’ tender remedies for them, she has come to know the riches of His tender love. Her joy is to share His healing heart with those He brings to her.
“How it breaks Jesus’ heart to have us picking up nickels and dimes off the sidewalk when there is a bank vault of treasure He offers us! He lives and moves and has His being within us. His very life is ours, from being carried in the safety of His Mother’s womb, to the security of His home life with her and Joseph, to His transforming miracles, to all He is in His Cross, bearing away every barrier– and is in His risen life and presence forever with the Father, interceding for us without cease. The same Spirit that animates Him animates us. He came to show us the magnificent, simple truth–God wants to marry us. Be one with us here and for all eternity. Share everything of His life and beauty with us. He does not disdain our misery, but is madly drawn to it, longing with infinite patience to restore us to our true selves. Let us discover His Heart together! Let us learn to live heaven on earth.” – Bonnie West
EDUCATION & TRAINING
- BA in English Literature, with concentration in Theology and Philosophy, from Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, Purchase, New York
- Master’s Level Study in Spiritual Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA with Jesuit Formator of Novices
- Certification in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) in Hospital Chaplaincy at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Lancaster, PA
- Certification in Gestalt Pastoral Care and Spiritual Companioning (GPC) under founder Tilda Norberg
- Study of Theology of the Body with The Theology of the Body Institute
- Leadership Training, Desert Stream Ministries, Kansas City, MI
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