Tau Center Facilitators

Rosemarie Burian, OSF, D. Min., is a Wheaton Franciscan Sister, healing touch practitioner,

and spiritual director.  Sr. Rosemarie is a certified hospital chaplain, certified Healing Touch

practitioner, and has conducted research and training in body-mind-spirit integration. 

Contact: 630-862-5115

Pat Irr, OSF, is a Wheaton Franciscan Sister, teacher, and spiritual director offering spiritual

deepening and seminars on Franciscan spirituality and other areas of spirituality. Sr. Pat holds a

Master of Sacred Science from St. Bonaventure University and an Master of Pastoral Studies

from Loyola University. Contact: 773-784-7299

Marian Kraus has been enthralled with nature and the inherent order of the Universe from a

young age. This fascination resulted in his growing desire to express beauty and harmony

through light and sound. After spending 20 years in the corporate world, he began his career as

a professional photographer. By being a long time hand drummer, he expanded his creative

repertoire by expressing images also through the sound of gongs. As a student and practitioner

of metaphysics for over thirty years, Marian presents sound excursions by playing three large

gongs and several Himalayan singing bowls. With these he generates a broad spectrum of

fascinating rhythms and functional harmonics by exploring the full range of frequencies within his

instruments ranging from shimmering explosive highs to deep mysterious lows. His meditative

and transformative sound journeys are driven by his innate rhythmic hand drum abilities and

heightened sense of visual and intuitive perception. The result is that these sonic, vibrational and

mystical characteristics energize and quiet the mind & body in a very unique fashion. His gong

sound meditations are psychoacoustic gateways to higher states of awareness and

consciousness. To learn more about Marian, visit his Gong Sound Healing website.

Georgene L. Wilson, OSF, D. Min., is a Wheaton Franciscan Sister, teacher, preacher, artist

and poet. She is the poetry editor of Interreligious Insight and on the faculty of Common Ground

in Deerfield, Illinois. Sr. Georgene is experienced in spiritual formation and retreats with adults

and spiritual direction. She is available for directed, guided or preached retreats for individuals

or groups, trans-traditional spiritual teaching and workshops, and conference facilitation.

Contact: 630-690-1249

Therese Yonikus, LMT, is a licensed Massage and Craniosacral Therapist, Shamanic Healing

Practitioner, offers The Raindrop Technique and is Certified in Arivigo Abdominal Therapy. She

holds a Master of Education degree.  Contact: 630-393-0386