Brief

Mary's spiritual practices include contemplative prayer and studying the Catholic mystics, theology, spirituality, and discernment. 

Mary endeavors to spread her knowledge of the enneagram to encourage growth in compassion for self and others among all people. She encourages community  and passionately shares her experience, strength, and hope with others. 

Mary converted to Catholicism in 2011 at St. Brigid parish in Johns Creek, GA, and is  now a member of St. Andrews Catholic Church in Roswell, GA. 

Mary was raised in the Protestant tradition in Louisiana, followed by a microbiology internship in Hot Springs, AR. She moved as a single woman to New York City and began work as a microbiologist at a renowned cancer center.  

After marriage, Mary moved with her family between NYC, Woodbridge New Jersey, Colorado, California, Atlanta, and Basking Ridge, New Jersey, a suburb of NYC. In mid - August 2001, just before 9/11, Mary moved from her second time in New Jersey to a second time in Atlanta, GA.

Masters  in  Pastoral Studies  (MPS)  and Certificate in Spiritual  Direction (CSD),  Spring  Hill  College,  Mobile,  AL,  2019.

Mary has several enneagram certifications, including enneagram practitioner, coach, and typing professional. Over 300 hours of class time.

Enneagram Practitioner:

• The Narrative Enneagram
• Ennneagram Atlanta

Enneagram Coaching:

• The Enneagram in Business,  coaching 1.0 
• Advanced coaching  2.0
• Typing and training

Affiliate spiritual director,  Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center in Atlanta, GA. www.ignatiushouse.org/programs/spiritual-direction/

Spiritual director for weekend spiritual conversations with retreatants at Ignatius House.

Member of Spiritual Directors group with Becky Eldridge, Ignatian Ministries, www.ignatianministries.org. 

Silent Retreat spiritual director, Ignatian Spirituality Center (ISC),https://ignatianspirit.org/  Spring Hill College and the Visitation Monastery, Mobile, AL.

Ignatian Spirituality Project (ISP) Volunteer Retreat Facilitator, women in recovery from homelessness and addiction, Ignatius House.

Spiritual director reflection contributor for The Contemplatio podcast, Ignatius House.    

St. Vincent de Paul

RCIA catechist and sponsor for several years. 

Eucharistic minister

Case  sponsor and advocate for annulment petitioners for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Metropolitan Tribunal

Ignatian Volunteer Corps sponsored by Ignatius House in Atlanta, GA. Assigned to Lutheran Services of GA, Development Dept.  LSG Volunteer, Ignatian Volunteer Corps Member Mary Maio Lends a Hand, Creates Smiles — Inspiritus (weinspirit.org) 

Mary follows the Ethical Guidelines of Spiritual Direction and meets regularly with her spiritual director and with her supervisor. 

Mary is enthusiastically studying online with a number of writers and professors who specialize in government and political systems. One of them is Dr. Heather Cox Richardson, American Historian, who makes history come alive in a supportive community which finds hope in American history.  I also recommend Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Dr. Anne Applebaum, both experts on worldwise authoritarianism, as well as Dr. Joanne Freeman, a Revolutionary War professor at Yale. Peace and blessings for 2026.