Retreat Director
Ms. Linda Batton
"A retreat is, above all, a privileged opportunity to rest in the loving arms of God who calls us out of our busy lives to be renewed and sent out to bring this care and this love to others."
Ms. Linda Batton,
Retreat Director
Linda Batton is the Director of Social Ministries at the Diocese of San Jose where she has served since 1999. She holds an MA in Pastoral Ministries from Santa Clara University and has over 20 years of experience serving the Church and community as a volunteer and pastoral leader. In 1996, she completed the 36-day Ignatian Spiritual Excercises at El Retiro, which she says changed her life. Linda has traveled widely, particularly in the developing world. She has been a member of Church delegations to Cambodia, Jamaica, Tanzania, and the Holy Land. Linda has three grown children and five grandchildren.
Retreats Ms. Batton is assisting this season: