Fr. Seán ÓLaoire is a Catholic priest, ordained in 1972. Born in Ireland, he was awarded a B.Sc. degree (major in mathematics) from the National University of Ireland. He spent 14 years in East Africa working in education, agriculture, preventive medicine, famine relief, architecture, and also with physically disabled children. He is multi-lingual and has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in transpersonal psychology.
He is a co-founder and the Spiritual Director of a group of Bay Area (California) Catholics, called “Companions on the Journey,” who are attempting to find “a new way of being truly Catholic.”
He is also a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a private counseling practice in Los Altos, CA. He lectures and conducts scientific research on the effects of prayer.
He is the author of three books:
Ukweli ni Nini? (What is truth?)—written in Swahili in 1983
Spirits in Spacesuits—published in 2024
Souls on Safari—to be published in April 2024
