Marguerite founded and incorporated Journeys of the Heart in 1995 – 1996. These days she happily keeps a retirement schedule but is also happy to provide back-up and support for the Journeys of the Heart staff in the event of an emergency. She is also available to accept her own ceremony assignments upon special request. Marguerite finds deep satisfaction in glancing back over those 20 years and is grateful that her visionary ministry became a powerful force for good in the Philadelphia region and beyond.

Marguerite (a.k.a. Marge or Margie) is an unabashed romantic. While she looks to find the good in every situation and usually manages to, she is likewise unafraid to “speak truth to power” in the face of injustice or discrimination of any kind. She also firmly believes that there are elements of humor, although often deeply hidden, woven into just about every life situation.

She enjoys good books and movie dates with her companion, sweetheart and spouse of many years, Tom. Together they enjoy the luxury of adventures available to them at this sweet time of their lives, sharing a mutual interest in spirituality, travel, politics and sports, especially Phillies baseball (regardless of the team’s success or lack thereof). Marguerite enjoys walking in the sunshine with friends and swimming at the “Y”. In retirement she plans to spend even more time continuing to seek all manner of people and things she finds spiritual, interesting, exciting, thought-provoking, enlightening, liberating, challenging or hilarious. The years have shown her that every day holds the promise of any or all of these things.

Marguerite honors all religious and cultural practices so long as they are done with open-heartedness and a true desire for the common good. To that end, she is President of the Cheltenham Area Multifaith Council, an interfaith group that fosters mutual dialogue and understanding across bridges that often divide.