Directors

Cynthia Hunt, MD

Director of Holy Alliance Support Ministry

  • Graduate of Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
  • Board Certification in Internal Medicine & Psychiatry
  • Faculty Member, Director of Counseling, Associate Director of Human Formation & Admissions for St. Patrick’s Seminary
  • Former Board Member and current speaker for the Catholic Medical Association.
  • Former Chair of the National CMA Opioid Task Force.
  • Advisory Board Member for the Pope Leo XIII Institute.

Christina Lynch, Psy.D.

Associate Director of Holy Alliance Support Ministry

  • First Doctoral Graduate of Institute for Psychological Sciences (IPS) Divine Mercy University
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Virginia)
  • Board Member and Secretary for Sacred Story Institute (SSI)
  • Coalition for Seminary Psychologists member
  • Alumni Advisor to Divine Mercy University (DMU)
  • Director of Psychological Services at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary (Denver, CO) for 13 years
  • Founding Board Member, Past President and current Advisor of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association
  • Implemented a growth counseling program for seminarians and priests and served as an adjunct faculty member for Human & Spiritual Formation

Fr. Dennis McManus

Consultant of Holy Alliance Support Ministry

  • Priest of the Archdiocese of Mobile
  • Doctorate in historical theology and master’s in biomedical ethics
  • Professor of systematic theology at Mt. St Mary’s Seminary
  • Adjunct professor at Georgetown University in Jewish Studies
  • Principal presenter for the Leo XIII Institute for the training of exorcists
  • Associate Director for the Secretariat for the Liturgy of the USCCB for ten years
  • Served on seminary faculties for 15 years, both as a professor and a spiritual director