About Judy Cannato
Welcome. My name is Judy Cannato, and I am delighted that you have taken the time to visit my website. I hope you will find something here that is inviting, something that stirs your imagination and the deeper longings of your heart.

I am an author, a retreat facilitator and spiritual director. I maintain an office at River’s Edge, a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Cleveland, Ohio. I am married, with two grown sons, and an Associate member of the Congregation of St. Joseph. I have been doing retreat ministry and spiritual direction for twenty years.

Judy Cannato’s Inspiration
Several years ago I began to read and reflect upon what is called the New Universe Story or the New Cosmology. The life-changing encounter excited me with its magnificence and resonated with a truth to which my own spiritual path had led: all is one. All of life, on the most fundamental of levels, is connected, and therefore all are included and held in the heart of God. My continued reflection on connectedness through the lens of Christian scripture moved me to write my first book, Quantum Grace: Lenten Reflections on Creation and Connectedness.

Judy Cannato’s Background
I have been doing retreat ministry and spiritual direction for twenty years. It is a joy to help someone find a deeper connection to the Holy in their lives. Before making the transition into retreat ministry and spiritual direction, I taught English on the secondary level and was a member of the adjunct faculty in the Religious Studies Department of John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, where my teaching assignments included Contemporary Catholic Theology and Christian Spirituality.

Creditials and Associations
Bachelor’s Degree in Education with Honors
in English, Ohio University
Master’s Degree in Education, John Carroll University
Master’s Degree in Religious Studies, John Carroll University
Certified Mid-Life Directions Consultant
Internship for Spiritual Directors, Diocese of Cleveland
Spiritual Director’s International..