Dr. Wil Hernandez

Biography

Wil Hernandez was born and raised in the Philippines. Prior to coming to the United States in 1995 to pursue his Master of Theology degree (ThM, Counseling Ministry major), he worked full-time with an international, interdenominational Christian parachurch organization for eighteen years. Wil finished his PhD in Practical Theology with a concentration in spirituality in 2005 at Fuller Theological Seminary, with additional summer studies at the University of Notre Dame and Loyola Marymount University.

A trained counselor and spiritual director, Wil devotes part of his time “companioning” others in their spiritual journey, aside from teaching courses on the spirituality of Henri Nouwen at various Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities across North America and Asia.

Wil is a lay Benedictine oblate of Saint Andrew’s Abbey in Valyermo, California. As the founder and executive director of CenterQuest (CO)-an ecumenical hub for the study and practice of Christian spirituality (www.cqcenterquest.org) which hosts a hybrid training program in spiritual direction, he just spearheaded the recent pilot launching of CQ Asia (https://cqasia-ssd.com).