ministry

Stevens Point Deanery

Coordinator 7/1988 to 12/2007.

Manage an office and library to support collaboration of sixteen churches in adult education, pastoral planning, evangelization, stewardship, catechist certification, ministry to elderly, council and committee formation and deanery gatherings. Adult curriculum design, teaching and group facilitation. Executive secretary to ministerial council and assistant to deanery pastoral council. Develop and managed a resource library for adults, 35,000 volumes. Serve needs of consultative bodies, prepared budgets, managed grants and bookkeeping. Experience in communications, computers, office equipment, record keeping, management of resources, publicity, internet resources.

Diocese of La Crosse

Committee Assignments

Pastoral Planning

Evangelization, Adult education

Implementation of Catechism

Youth ministry

RCIA; Confirmation

Fourth Synod Preparatory Commission

for Teaching Office

Viterbo University

Adjunct Faculty in RN to BSN program

9/1995 to 8/2004. Taught college courses in philosophy and religious studies to adults in extension program at eleven different sites in Wisconsin. Courses included:

Environmental Spirituality

Religions of the World

Introduction to Ethics

Ethics, Life Decisions and Medicine

Prayer and Spirituality

Introduction to Philosophy

Philosophy of the Human Person

History of Contemporary Philosophy

Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian

Newman Catholic HS Religion Teacher and Campus Ministry Coordinator 3/2016–6/2017. Planned class retreats, Mass ministries and forming a student ministry leadership team; taught Old Testament, Christian Morality, and Justice & Peace courses for freshmen, juniors, and seniors.

Consultations

Stevens Point Area Catholic Schools

Commission
St. Joseph Parish Education Committee.
Br.James Miller Memorial Committee

Summer 2013 “Prayer and Conversation”

process to consider the future of St.

Anthony Spirituality Center in Marathon.

First United Methodist Church, Faith Formation Coordinator 11/2009 to 6/2015. Developing and supporting teams for the whole arc of Christian education; integrating formation with other core practices of care, worship and outreach.

St. Joseph Church, Director of Religious Education 8/1979 to 6/1992. Designed and managed formation programs for all age levels. Initiated youth rallies, small group faith sharing, children’s liturgy of the Word, Summer Bible camp.

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Director of Religious Education 8/1976 to 6/1979.

All levels of religious education, pre-school through adult while doing graduate studies at St. Mary’s University

St. John Church, Director of Youth Ministry 8/1974 to 6/1976. Directed and taught released-time religion, gr.6-12.

Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, CCD Coordinator 8/1971 to 6/1973. All levels of religious education, pre-school through adult. Associated with religious studies department at Seton Hill College

Ministry / Employment