The Lighthouse Center, Inc.
Founded by Chetana Catherine Florida
Chetana Catherine Florida
July 4, 1941 - April 2, 2003
Spiritual Development . Meditation . Ahimsa
Catherine Florida was born and
raised in Detroit, Michigan.
She became a mantra meditator
in 1972 after the death
of her first husband.

She taught metaphysics classes
for "Do Something Different"
in area high schools and colleges
and in 1978 founded The
Lighthouse Center for Spiritual
Development in Whitmore Lake,
Michigan.

She met Jain Master, Gurudev
Chitrabhunuji in the 1980's
and in 1991 was initiated as his
first apostle atop the holy
Jain Mountain Shastrunjaya in
Palitana, India. It was here that she
was given the spiritual name
Chetana, which means pure
awareness, pure consciousness.

She completed her fifth pilgrimage
to India with Gurudev in
September, 2002 and received the
International Vegetarian Award
from the Bombay Vegetarian
Society.

She was the beloved Spiritual
Mother to hundreds of meditation
students at The Lighthouse Center
and around the world.
Photo: Terry Abrams
Photo: Terry Abrams