Meet the Global Fellows Speakers

Rev. Louis Anderson, Grand Rapids, MI

As a priest of the Diocese of Grand Rapids for 43 years, Fr. Anderson has served in eight parishes, taught High School, College Seminary, and served as Diocesan Director of Religious Education. His ministry has also included three years as Deacon Internship Director for the State of Michigan and five years of missionary collaboration with Maryknoll in Korea and China.

He eagerly brings that range of ministerial exposure to preaching on behalf of Catholic Relief Services with the Global Fellows: A Parish Homily Program as part of his retirement stage of life.

Rev. Msgr. Frank Bach, Spokane, WA

Msgr. Bach was born in Johnstown, PA, where he completed his early education. He was ordained a priest at the Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH in 1956 for the diocese of Spokane, WA. Msgr. Bach served as pastor on the Spokane Indian Reservation from 1960 to 1962. In 1964, he received a Masters Degree in Social Work from Catholic University of America. He served as Catholic Charities Director for the Diocese of Spokane from 1964-1978. Msgr. Bach was also Chancellor and Vicar for Administration for the Diocese from 1980-1987. Before retiring in 1997, Msgr. Bach served as pastor of various parishes in the diocese. He loves gardening and camping in the mountains of the West.

Rev. Mr. Gary Becker, Santa Barbara, CA

Deacon Gary Becker was born and educated in Indiana. He completed his undergraduate degree and a law degree at Indiana University, and then practiced law in Indiana and Kentucky.

In 1993 Gary was ordained a Permanent Deacon in the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky. He served for the next ten years as a deacon assigned to the Catholic Community of Epiphany in Louisville. During that period he completed a two-year training program in Spiritual Direction sponsored by the Archdiocese of Louisville.

Gary also completed the Spiritual Direction Internship at the Mercy Center in Burlingame, California in 2000.

In 2004 Gary moved to Santa Barbara, California and he is presently assigned as a Permanent Deacon at San Roque Parish in that city. Gary is married to Mary Becker and they have three grown children.

He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Just Faith Ministries Inc. (www.justfaith.org); Stillpoint: The Center for Christian Spirituality (www.stillpointca.org) and Fonkoze USA (www.fonkoze.org), a foundation that provides microfinance services and literacy training to the rural poor of Haiti. Gary is also an active member of Spiritual Directors International. His JustFaith experience and frequent trips to Haiti and El Salvador have convinced him of the need for the many services Catholic Relief Services can provide, and he is proud to be an advocate for the agency.

Rev. George Behan, Providence, RI

Fr. Behan was born in Newport, RI and was ordained for the diocese of Providence in 1956. His particular interest in ministry has been in small group communities – CFM, Small Christian Communities, Pax Christi, Marriage Encounters, retreat work. He was appointed pastor of St. Jude Parish in Lincoln, RI in 1976. He was pastor there for 21 years before transferring to St. William Parish in Warwick, RI for 7 years. Fr. Behan retired in 2004. He has been part of the Global Fellows: A Parish Homily Program since July 2004, and has traveled to Sri Lanka to witness first hand the work of CRS.

Rev. George Brownholtz, OSFS, Philadelphia, PA

George Brownholtz, OSFS is currently assigned to Mission Ajyreals for the foreign missions of the Oblates of St. Frances de Sales. Thirteen years as a missionary were spent in South Africa and Namibia. In 2006, he celebrated the 37^th anniversary of ordination and his 4^th anniversary as Global Fellow Speaker with CRS. Born and raised in Philadelphia, George also enjoys storytelling and balloon sculpting ministries.

Rev. Msgr. Joseph Ciampaglio, Paterson, NJ

Msgr. Ciampaglio was born January 17^th, 1937 in Morristown, NJ. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Seton Hall University in 1958. He then attended Immaculate Conception Seminary and was ordained in 1962. Msgr. Ciampaglio then attended Fordham University, School of Social Work until 1964.

Msgr. Ciampaglio was assigned Assistant Director of Catholic Charities from 1962-1969. He was Executive Director of Catholic Charities from 1969-1979, when he was assigned pastor of St. Anthony in Hawthorne, NJ from 1969-1990. During that time Msgr. Ciampaglio was also the Director of Clergy Personal, 1987-1990. In 1992, he became Executive Director of Bayley-Ellard High School. In 1993, Msgr. Ciampaglio was assigned to St. Clement Pope and Martyr in Rockaway Township.

Msgr. Ciampaglio retired in 2001 and became the Global Fellows: A Parish Homily Program's first priest speaker. He has traveled to Guatemala, Sri Lanka, and Madagascar witnessing first hand the work of CRS.

Rev. James Conlon, Lansing, MI

Born in Sligo in the Rep. of Ireland, Fr. James Conlon was ordained for the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan in June 2002. He attended seminary at The Milltown Institute of Theology, Dublin and later at Mundelein Seminary, Chicago. It was at Mundelein that Fr. James first came in contact with the work of Catholic Relief Services when he traveled with them to India: “Traveling with eight other priests and seminarians I saw at first hand the great work done by CRS in the name of the Catholic Church in America and I knew then I wanted to be part of this. Over a period of almost two weeks we traveled to orphanages, leper colonies, schools, shelters for the sick and dying and feeding stations all helped and supplied by the generous contributions of American Catholics. Here in a very practical way the Gospel was being lived out and solidarity between the nations was being built.”

Prior to entering seminary, Fr. James was a practicing attorney having worked in Dublin and in Sydney, Australia. Before joining the diocese of Lansing as a seminarian, Fr. James worked as a hospital chaplain at the world famous Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota where he spent some time as a pediatric chaplain working with teenagers suffering from serious and life threatening illnesses. On ordination, Fr. James was appointed associate pastor at St Francis of Assisi Parish, Ann Arbor and in June 2004 was appointed Director of Bethany House, the diocesan Retreat Center for young people where the work of CRS is regularly spoken about to the kids on retreat.

Soon after his ordination, Fr James was invited to join the CRS committee at the diocesan level and was appointed chairperson in 2003. Together with his fellow priests, all global fellows, Fr James has been back to India with a group of young people from the diocese of Lansing in September 2005. He is also part of the CRS parish homily program and has traveled to several parishes in the Midwest to speak about the work of CRS. In February 2007 Fr. James plans on traveling to Rwanda in Africa to see the work of CRS on that continent.

Rev. Paul M. Esser, Milwaukee, WI

Fr. Esser was pastor of two parishes and retired in July 2005, from St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Racine, WI where he spent fourteen years as pastor and built a new church. He spent fifteen years in high school education work as a teacher, counselor and principal. He was asked by the Bishop to begin and direct a permanent deacon program.

Invited by CRS, he spent a week in Sri Lanka inspecting the work of CRS with tsunami victims. It was there that he became convinced of the importance of CRS' work. He has been a Global Fellow speaker for CRS for two years. Besides his work with CRS, he is the Archdiocesan coordinator for Milwaukee's Hurricane Katrina relief program. He also helps out at several local parishes with Mass. There is nothing like offering Mass with a congregation of people he loves. It is there that he feels most of all a priest.

Rev. Thomas Fenlon, New York, NY

Fr. Fenlon was ordained in 1961 and has been a priest of the Archdiocese of New York for forty-five years. He has served in parishes in Harlem, Staten Island, and the south Bronx in New York City, as well as in upstate Beacon and Newburgh, N.Y., and is presently pastor of St. Augustine Church in the Bronx. Fr. Fenlon has served Spanish-speaking congregations as well as English-speaking congregations in almost all of these churches. He has traveled widely in Latin American as well as other parts of the world.

Fr. Fenlon joined the Global Fellows: A Parish Homily Program in October 2005.

Rev. Victor Galier, Atlanta, GA

Fr. Galier was born September 24th, 1971 in Oklahoma City, OK. He has three brothers and two sisters. Fr. Galier received a bachelor’s degree in Natural Science with a minor in Philosophy from St. Meinrad Seminary in 1993. He then attended St. Vincent Seminary where he was ordained a priest in 1998. Fr. Galier was Parochial Vicar at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Atlanta from 1998-2001. He was assigned to St. Matthew Catholic Church in Tyrone, GA where he is currently.

Fr. Galier participated in the Global Fellows program in 1997, as a seminarian where he traveled to Zimbabwe and South Africa. He also participated in the program as a priest and traveled to Madagascar in 2006.

Fr. Galier enjoys triathlons, tennis and computers.

Very Rev. David H. Garcia, San Fernando, TX

Rev. David H. Garcia is rector of San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas since 1995.

Born August 4, 1949, in San Antonio to Dionisio Garcia, pharmacist (deceased) and Emma Vela Garcia, retired San Antonio School District teacher, Fr. Garcia was ordained March 21, 1975. Father Garcia has served the Archdiocese of San Antonio as Secretary to the Archbishop, Director of Administrative Services, Vocation Director, Interim Rector of Assumption Seminary and Seminary Formation Faculty Member. He began his ministry at Immaculate Conception Church on San Antonio’s West Side and served there as vicar and then pastor. As Director of Administrative Services, he oversaw the construction of the new Catholic Chancery building completed in 1984, the reorganization of the archdiocesan departmental structure and chaired the Mass Site Committee for the 1987 visit of Pope John Paul II to San Antonio. He serves as an Archdiocesan Consultor to the Archbishop and an Archbishop’s appointed Presbyteral Council Member.

Father Garcia holds two Masters Degrees from Notre Dame University in Theology and Administration. He was a Charles Merrill Fellow at Harvard Divinity School in 1994 and a Merrill Fellow at Notre Dame from 1972-1974. He received a Bachelor’s Degree (Magna cum Laude) from St. Mary’s University in History in 1971; He also spent a sabbatical semester studying  at the Instituto Teologico in Mexico City in 1995.

He is a member of the board of the Texas Interfaith Education Board (chair), and the National Hispanic Liturgy Institute (Instituto Hispano de Liturgia). He has served on the Priestly Life and Ministry Committee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Advisory Committee for the National Pastoral Life Center, the boards of the National Diocesan Fiscal Managers’ Conference, the Benedictine Resource Center, Assumption Seminary, the Samaritan Counseling Center and the Advisory Boards of the San Antonio Lightand the San Antonio Express-News.

Fr. Garcia has been honored with numerous citations and awards, including the 2005 Greater San Antonio Community of Churches Distinguished Religious Leadership Award, 2004 Catholic Charities Leadership in Faith and Service Award, 2004 National Association of Hispanic Priests “Buen Pastor” Award, 2003 National Association for Hispanic Elderly Award, 2003 Avenida Guadalupe Association Award,  2002 National Conference of Community and Justice (NCCJ) Humanitarian Award, 2001 Distinguished Alumnus Award of St. Mary’s University, 2001 La Prensa Foundation Hispanic Heritage Award for Religion, and the 1988 Distinguished Alumnus Award of Notre Dame University.

Rev. Robert Jeffers, Manhattan, NY

Robert Jeffers, born in Providence, Rhode Island, was ordained with the Trappists at Spencer, MA, in 1954 and studied Canon Law in Rome. In 1964 he entered the active ministry in the Archdiocese of New York and was assigned to a parish in The Bronx. Later Fr. Jeffers completed his doctorate in Theology and became Pastor of Saint Augustine Church in the South Bronx, a predominately Afro-American community. Completing twenty-five years in the pastorate he attended Dartmouth College for his sabbatical and in 1995 returned to The Bronx as chaplain at a local hospital. On February 1st, 2007 Fr. Jeffers retired from full time ministry and resides in Manhattan.

Rev. James Kleffman, Des Moines, IA

Fr. Kleffman was born on a farm near Portsmouth, IA on June 3^rd, 1934, the youngest of ten children. He attended major seminary at Mount St. Bernard Seminary in Dubuque and was ordained to the priesthood for the diocese of Des Moines on June 5^th, 1960.

Fr. Kleffman served at several parishes and taught in two high schools from 1960-1968, when he entered the U.S. Army Chaplaincy. He served at Fr. Riley, Kansas; Tay Ninh, Vietnam; and Bremerhaven, Germany until 1972. He returned to civilian life and was assigned as Co-pastor of St. Anthony Church in Des Moines, IA in 1972-1973. Fr. Kleffman was a Graduate student on the G.I. Bill at Creighton University from 1973-1975 earning his Master of Divinity Degree. After finishing his degree, Fr. Kleffman was assigned Pastor of St. Francis Church which was then joined with St. Peter Church, where he served until 1979.

In May of 1979, Fr. Kleffman returned to Army Chaplaincy and was assigned to Worms, Germany until 1982 when he was sent to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. After receiving his CPE in 1986, he was assigned as Post Chaplain to Camp Humphries in Korea for one year. After spending time in California and Sinai Egypt, Fr. Kleffman was assigned to Ft. Monmouth, NJ where he was promoted to LTC.

In 1995, Fr. Kleffman returned to civilian life and was assigned pastor of St. Patrick Church in Missouri Valley, IA. In 2000, he received his final assignment at St. Mary Church in Red Oak, IA with a mission Church of St. Patrick in Imogene, IA. He served these parishes until his retirement in July of 2003.

Rev. William E. LaFratta, Richmond, VA

Fr. LaFratta was born Oct. 11^th, 1930, in Richmond, VA. He earned a degree in meteorology from the University of Utah in 1954 and was also commissioned Ensign for the Unites States Navy. Fr. LaFratta served in the navy from 1954-1957.

In 1957, he entered St. Bernard College and seminary in Cullman, Alabama. He then attended Mt. St. Mary's Seminary in Emmetsburg, MD from 1959-1963. Fr. LaFratta was ordained May 1^st, 1963 for the Diocese of Richmond, VA.

Fr. LaFratta was assigned to St. Michael's Church in Annandale, VA from 1963-1968, when he became the Vocations Director, 1968-1972. He was also the Director of Campus Ministry from 1970-1973. In 1973, he became the pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in Richmond where he stayed until transferring to Blessed Sacrament Church in Harrisonburg in 1975. Fr. LaFratta was then assigned Campus Minister at James Madison University from 1975-1990, at which time he took a sabbatical to study Family System Counseling.

In 1991, Fr. LaFratta was assigned to the Church of the Incarnation in Charlottesville, VA where he remained until retiring in June 2001.

Rev. J. Donald Lapointe, Springfield, MA

Fr. Lapointe was born in Chicopee Falls June 4^th, 1942. He attended Seminary of Philosophy in Montreal where he obtained a Bachelor of Philosophy. He then attended Grand Seminary of Montreal where he received his S.T.L and was ordained in 1967. Fr. Lapointe also has a Masters in Education and is a licensed social worker.

In addition to being an assistant and a pastor at many parishes, Fr. Lapointe has taught high school and community college. He worked in the Diocese of Springfield Counseling Office for 14 years. He was then appointed by Bishop Maguire to form a Diocesan Office Ministry to Separated and Divorced Catholics. Fr. Lapointe was also on the Board of Directors for the Permanent Deaconate program, as well as a teacher. He also was Founding Board and Board of Directors for the Diocesan Spiritual Director Center. In his spare time Fr. Lapointe was chaplain for the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Spiritual Director for the Dominican Sisters.

Fr. Lapointe was also a Chaplain for Providence Hospital and served as a Psychological Evaluator at the Tribunal for 31 years. He has done leadership and stress reduction workshops. He was also an evaluator for the Diocese of Springfield on satanic worship and cults. He has lectured extensively on the international circuit on topics of Religion and Psychology. His favorite research is on subjects of Psycho-spirituality.

Now retired, Fr. Lapointe serves as Director of Society for the Propagation of the Faith and Diocesan Director for CRS. Fr. Lapointe has been a Global Fellow Speaker for 2 years and has traveled to Guatemala to witness the work of CRS.

Rev. Mr. Gary Long, Chicago, IL

Gary was born in a small town in Southern Illinois. He received a BA degree in Geology from Southern Illinois University in 1956, an MBA from Northwestern University in 1969, a Masters degree in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University of Chicago in 1999, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Ill., in 2005.

After college, He served in the United States Marine Corps on active duty from 1956 to 1959, and attained the rank of 1st Lt. He has been married to his wife Jere for 50 years. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. Deacon Long retired from the world of business in May of 1998 after working for over 40 years in the fields of sales, management, and environmental compliance.

Deacon Long was ordained a permanent deacon by His Eminence, Francis Cardinal George in May 1999, and has served at St. Mary's Parish in Buffalo Grove, Illinois since that time. He is certified to preach, to serve as a pre-Cana minister of FOCCUS, as a bereavement minister, and as a field advocate for the Tribunal in the Chicago archdiocese. Deacon Long has served as a chaplain to the elderly, and has been a member of the St. Vincent dePaul Society since 1995. He is also active in witnessing the Sacraments of Marriage and of Baptism.

Rev. Daniel McCaffrey, Oklahoma City, OK

Father Daniel McCaffrey was ordained in 1958. A year later he departed for Pakistan where he served for over eight years as a missionary. Fr. McCaffrey holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. In 1968, during the Vietnam Conflict he joined the United States Army Chaplain Corps. During more than twenty years of active duty he served in Vietnam, Korea, Germany and Honduras, as well as numerous army installations throughout the United States.

During his ministry Fr. McCaffrey has worked in the Apostolate of Marriage Enrichment establishing successful Natural Family Planning programs on the diocesan and parish levels.

Fr. McCaffrey is a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. He has been with the Global Fellows: A Parish Homily Program for three years.

Rev. Mr. Ed Morgado, Auburn, CA

Deacon Ed Morgado was born in Chico, CA. He received a BS degree in Electronic Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo after which he was employed in engineering, marketing and sales management. He is married and has three adult daughters.

Deacon Ed is currently assigned to St Teresa of Avila Catholic Community in Auburn, CA. He is a co-founder of the Auburn Interfaith Food Closet, on the leadership team for Gathering Inn at St Teresa, introduced JustFaith to the community and is the chair of the diocesan deacon council.

Having spent two weeks with CRS in El Salvador and Nicaragua, Deacon Ed is honored to be a Global Fellow and welcomes opportunities to share his experiences.

Rev. Joseph Muth, Baltimore, MD

Joseph L. Muth, Jr. was born in 1948 in Baltimore and is the second oldest of nine children.

He was ordained in 1974 and has served in six parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Fr. Muth has traveled to Kenya, Zambia, and Rwanda on the African continent, as well as New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland. He is the currently Pastor of St. Matthew Church in Baltimore, Maryland where the congregation is made up of people from over 35 different countries. Our Parish Motto is: "Rich in Tradition, United in Mission, Blessed With Diversity". Because of the immigrant population in the community, Fr. Muth opened the

Immigration Outreach Service Center in 2000, to help immigrants get their status adjusted, apply for political asylum, and get their families reunited.

Fr. Muth joined the Global Fellows: A Parish Homily Program in October 2006.

Rev. Leo E. Patalinghug, STL, Baltimore, MD

Fr. Leo E. Patalinghug is a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Currently he assists in parish work and various other ministries throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He also travels to different parishes and to different (Arch)dioceses throughout the country offering retreats, keynote conferences and presentations to various audiences on Theological and Spiritual topics. Prior to priesthood, Fr. Leo graduated with degrees in political science and journalism. He graduated from the University Maryland Baltimore County, studied philosophy at the Catholic University of America, and received a Bachelor's Degree in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and an advanced License Degree from the Pontifical Marianum University in Rome, specializing in Mariology.

Rev. Mr. Seigfried Desmond Presberry, Baltimore, MD

Seigfried Desmond Presberry was born in Fort Meade Maryland in June of 1956 and is the fourth child of seven children. He graduated from Baltimore City College High School in 1972 and attended Morgan State University from 1974 through 1977. In 1977 Seigfried married Frances Pauline Weems and is the proud father of two children Erica Desiree and Seigfried II.

In 1977, Seigfried began a career with the state of Maryland as a Corrections Officer. It was during his career as a Corrections Officer that he was called by God to be his servant. Seigfried became a member of St. Veronica's Catholic Church located in Cherry Hill in 1992 and later graduated from the "To be Churched Together Program" sponsored by the Archdiocese of Baltimore. In 1999 he accepted his call and entered St. Mary's Seminary. Seigfried was ordained a Deacon for the Archdiocese of Baltimore on June 23, 2001. Upon ordination, Deacon Seigfried retired from state service and concentrated his attention on his ministry.

Seigfried is currently assigned to St. Marks Church in Catonsville, Maryland and also work as an Operations Manager for the Franciscan Center, which allows him to serve God and his children in Christ.

Rev. Robert Richter, Milwaukee, WI

Fr. Richter was born in 1940, and grew up in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He was ordained a priest in 1967 for the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he served in parishes for five years. Fr. Richter then served a full career in the U.S. Army as a chaplain and retired in Washington, DC where he now lives part time, and part time in Sarasota County Florida. Fr. Richter has been a part of the Global Fellows Program for 2 years and has traveled to Madagascar.

Rev. Msgr. Desmond Vella, New York, NY

Born and raised in New York City, Msgr. Vella attended Catholic grammar, high school and college. He attended two years at St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, NY (1953-1955).

He was appointed for theological studies to the North America College in Rome in 1955, and attained a STL degree in Theology in June 1959.

Msgr. Vella was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York on December 20^th, 1958. He was reassigned for graduate studies in Canon Law at the Gregorian University terminating a J.C.D. degree in June 1962. Upon returning to New York, he was assigned to the Metropolitan Tribunal, September 1962, with residence at Immaculate Conception Parish. Msgr. Vella has remained in the Tribunal, chancery and Parish ministries to the present with appointment as Judicial Vicar or Presiding Judge of the Tribunal in July 1986.

Msgr. Vella became a priest speaker for CRS' Global Fellows: A Parish Homily Program in October 2002 and has completed thirty-seven parish assignments.

The program has been a joy for him and a spiritually enriching ministry for my priesthood. It is extremely fulfilling to work with CRS to promote the social justice teachings of the Church on behalf of the poor and victims of natural and man-made tragedies.

Rev. William Vos, St. Cloud, MN

Fr. Vos was born on January 5^th 1938, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where he attended public elementary and secondary schools. He received his BA in Philosophy/Psychology from St John's University, Collegeville, MN in 1960. Fr. Vos then entered John's Seminary, Collegeville, for Theological Studies from 1960-1964. He was ordained a priest in 1964, in the Diocese of St. Cloud. Fr. Vos spent the first two years of his ministry in area parishes and was a pastor at the Newman Center for St. Cloud State University for 10 years. During that time he was active in St. Cloud community affairs, for example: Chair of the St. Cloud Human Rights Commission, Board of Directors of the Central MN Mental Health Center, Chair of the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission, and Member of the personnel board of the Diocese.

Fr. Vos spent 19 years with Maryknoll Lay Missioners in East Africa from 1979-1998. During that time he served as the coordinator of the Maryknoll Priest Associates for 3 years at Maryknoll, New York. Fr. Vos then served on Leadership Team of the Maryknoll Lay Missioners for 3 years and as Africa Area Coordinator for Maryknoll Lay Missioners for another 4 years. He returned to the Diocese in '98 as pastor of St. Mary's parish in Mora and St. Kathryn's parish in Ogilvie. Since his return Fr. Vos has been the Director of the Diocesan Mission Office, Director of Catholic Relief Services for the Diocese, Consultor to Bishop John Kinney, Diocese of St. Cloud, and Member of the Presbyteral Council of the Diocese of St. Cloud.

He is currently working in Campus Ministry at St. Benedict's College. Fr. Vos is also directly involved in the promotion of the Global Solidarity Partnerships established between the Diocese of St. Cloud and a number of overseas Church entities.

Rev. Mr. James Westwater, Baltimore, MD

Jim Westwater feels blessed for the invitation to serve as a Global Fellows, and, as a Deacon in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He has been able to serve in diversified ministries during his ten years as a Deacon at St. Isaac Jogues parish and as an Associate at the Archdiocese's Division of Clergy Personnel: a member of the Deacon Formation Team; and, as a member of the Screening Committee, Office of Vocations.

An avid traveler and sports fan, Jim has been able to reflect at annual retreats, and to participate in Summer Scriptural programs at Georgetown University. During his professional and business career, Jim served in numerous faculty and academic positions at the College level and had his own public policy business for some ten years.