Retreat Director
Ms. Yvonne Chow
"Retreat is a time to enjoy one's intimate relationship with God, to increase the awareness of the presence of God in one's life, and to realign one's direction on the journey to holiness."
Ms. Yvonne Chow,
Retreat Director
Yvonne Chow is currently working for two Jesuit ministries: Loyola Press and Chinese Lay Missionaries, a Jesuit center for evangelism in Taiwan. She also worked in accounting at a high tech company for 19 years and as a Pastoral Associate in a small parish in Silicon Valley for six years. She has voluntarily served with the San Jose Chinese Catholic Community for the past 26 years in Catechetical Ministry, the Charismatic Prayer Group, the Evangelism Team, and the Parish Council.
Yvonne has a Master’s Degree in Spirituality from Santa Clara University and was in the first graduating class of the Institute of Leadership in Ministry of the Diocese of San Jose. She is currently in the Pierre Favre Program and is an Associate member of the Society of Sacred Heart (RSCJ) in Menlo Park. She is married and has three children.