Gregory Cleveland

Fr. Greg Cleveland is a native of Chicago and the youngest of 11 children. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Business Administration and worked in marketing for a major midwestern railroad after college. He followed God’s call to priesthood in 1987, joined the Oblates of the Virgin Mary [OMV], attending Our Lady of Grace Seminary and St. John’s School of Theology in Boston. After completing an M.Div. in Theology and an M.A. in Spiritual Theology, Fr. Greg was ordained a priest in 1995. His first assignment was to St. Andrew’s parish in Avenel, New Jersey, where he worked especially with the poor, disabled and imprisoned. He obtained certification in spiritual direction from the Center for Spiritual Development in New York City, and returned to Boston to work seven years in seminary formation, as Rector and Novice Master. Fr. Greg is currently Executive Director of the Lanteri Center for Ignatian Spirituality in Denver, Colorado (www.lantericenter.org), where he offers spiritual guidance and retreats, as well as spiritual director training. He is the author of Awakening Love, an Ignatian Retreat with the Song of Songs (Pauline Books and Media, Boston, 2017).