SPIRITUAL DIRECTION RISING
Nurturing Spiritual Direction in the Catholic Tradition
Gladyce Janky
Spiritual Director
Gladyce Janky has been a practicing chaplain/spiritual director since 2012, initially working as an on-call
trauma hospital chaplain and hospice bereavement coordinator. Before retiring in 2023, she worked as a chaplain with Creighton University for seven years, ministering to students, faculty, and staff in professional and graduate programs.
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Her professional training includes completing a one-year residency in Clinical Pastoral Education, a training program for hospital chaplains, and holds master’s degrees in ministry and Christian spirituality through Creighton University’s Christian Spirituality Program (CSP). Gladyce has certificates in Ignatian Spiritual Direction and Directed Retreats and the History of the Ignatian Tradition, which included completing an Ignatian Pilgrimage.
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