Ariell Simon, M.Div. is a healthcare chaplain who lives, writes, and serves in central Missouri.  

Ariell was raised in the evangelical church, which instilled in her the value of scripture and the importance of lay ministry. After falling in love with Catholic Social Teaching as an undergraduate student at Loyola University Maryland, she entered the Catholic Church in 2011. Ariell received a Masters of Divinity from Boston College School of Theology and Ministry in 2018. She completed her chaplain residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, focusing on psychiatry and spiritual care.

Ariell currently works as a chaplain at Valley Hope Association, where she provides spiritual care to people in early recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Ariell also serves as a spiritual director, adjunct instructor of Religious Studies, liturgical coordinator for FutureChurch, and regular contributor to New Ways Ministry’s blog. She enjoys using her eclectic gifts to foster a theological imagination for an inclusive Church.

Ariell lives on 60 acres of woods and pastureland outside of Sedalia, Missouri with her wife Rachelle, her in-laws, and a host of wildlife.