Our counseling
service is offered by Joseph A. Grenier,
B.A., S.T.L., M.A., Ph.D. a member of
Spiritual
Care Associates and Spiritual Directors International.
Joseph is a counselor and
spiritual director here in the Pocono area. He did his undergraduate studies in Assumption
College in Massachusetts. His graduate work was done in St. Thomas Aquinas University
in Rome, where he earned his S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology. He
completed his doctoral studies at Fordham University in NYC, in 1976, taking a Ph.D in Church History. In 1995 he earned his M.A. in Counseling at
Marywood, in Scranton, PA.
Over the past 52 years he has
taught religion in Quebec, as well as in Massachusetts, theology at St.John's University, and
currently teaches Church History at Global Ministries University. He has been pastor, and has worked as a spiritual
director. For the past 19 years he has been a counselor focusing on
individual and couples' counseling. He offers counseling in English,
Spanish, or French.
Joseph has been married for over 29
years and has one daughter who is 27 years old. He is a priest (ordained
1958) in the
Celtic Christian Church (an Old Catholic Celtic Rite Church). He has lived and worked in
the Poconos for the past 24 years.
Counseling can help various people deal
with personal and inter-personal issues. If you would like to talk with
Dr. Grenier about a counseling appointment, you can reach him at 570-595-7950,
or by e-mail at
bishopjosephgrenier@verizon.net.
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