Schlecht, Dean

At the age of eight Dean had a strong awareness that someday he wanted to be both a Catholic priest and a healer. This was a compelling intuition that shaped the rest of his life. He entered Minor Seminary when he was thirteen and remained in a seminary environment until he was twenty-six, when he was ordained. He began his professional life as a priest in 1967, but quit to get married in 1973. He then went back to graduate school for two years to study Pastoral Counseling with the goal of becoming a spiritually oriented psychotherapist. In 1975 he began working for a Pastoral Counseling agenc...