Director of Spiritual Formation 
A.B., Boston College; Ph.L., Weston College; M.A., Boston College; B.D., Boston College
Email: gmurphy@jstb.edu
Phone: (510) 549-5018
Office hours: by appointment
Courses offered:
- SP 2492: Experiments in Prayer and Meditation
- SP 2495: Practicum in Spiritual Direction (taught with J. Ferdon)
Fr. Murphy has extensive experience first as a college chaplain at Boston College, then as a retreat giver and spiritual director for lay people and religious. He served as Director of Novices for the New England Province Jesuits and as Rector of the Jesuit Community in Berkeley. As Director of Spiritual Formation he is responsible for providing spiritual directors, days of prayer, introductions to Ignatian prayer and retreat opportunities, as well as offering spiritual direction.
He has published articles on prayer and formation in Human Development, The Way, and Review for Religious. Since 1991 he has co-directed with Sr. Jane Ferdon, O.P. the Summer Practicum in Spiritual Direction. He has directed workshops and retreats on prayer and spiritual direction in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Great Britain, and Belgium.
He is especially interested in formation for collaborative ministry and the ways God is preparing future ministers and renewing experienced ones.
