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Ministering Together Board Members:


Most Rev. Dale J. Melczek, Chair
Bishop of the Diocese of Gary, IN
9292 Broadway
Merrillville, IN  46410
219-769-9292 (tel)
219-769-2066 (fax)
vmcmanus@dcgary.org 

Sr. Judith Ann Karam, CSA
President and CEO
Sisters of Charity Health System
2351 East 22nd Street
Cleveland, OH  44115
216-875-4618 (tel)
216-696-2204 (fax)
judith.karam@csauh.com
Assistant: 
Mary Lou Adams
marylou.adams@csauh.com

Sr. Dale McDonald, PBVM
Director of Public Policy
National Catholic Educational Association
1077 – 30th Street, NW – Suite 100
Washington, DC 20007
202-337-6232 (tel)
202-333-6706 (fax)
mcdonald@ncea.org

Michael J. James, PhD
Executive Director, Lynch School of Education
The Center for Catholic Education
Boston College
195 Beacon St.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
(617)552-4187 (tel)
jamesmi@bc.edu

Matthew Thibeau
1749 Bluestem Lane
Glenview, IL. 60026 mthibeau@sbcglobal.net
847-282-6741 (tel)

Jean Beil
Senior Vice President for Programs
Catholic Charities USA
1731 King Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-549-1390 Ext.127 (tel)
703-549-1656 (fax)
jbeil@catholiccharitiesusa.org

Sr. Jeanne Bessette, OSF
Secretary
Leadership Conference of Women Religious
801 North Larkin Avenue, Suite 101
Joliet, IL 60435
815-725-8735 (tel)
815-725-8648 (fax)
jbessette@ameritech.net

 


Edward E. “Ned” Dolejsi
Executive Director
California Catholic Conference
1119 K Street, Second Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-313-4011 (tel)
916-443-4731 (fax)
ndolejsi@cacatholic.org

Daniel P. Dwyer, Ph.D.
Sisters of Mercy Health System
14528 South Outer Forty
Chesterfield, MO 63017
314-628-3828 (tel)
ddwyer@corp.mercy.net

Robert J. McCarty, D.Min.
Executive Director
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry
415 Michigan Avenue, NE, #40
Washington, D.C. 20017
202-636-3825 (tel)
bobm@nfcym.org
www.nfcym.org

Mary Jo Moran
Executive Director
Nat’l Assoc. of Catholic Personnel Administrators
100 East 8th Street
Cincinnati, OH  45202
513-421-3134 (tel)
513-421-3085 (fax)
mjmoran@nacpa.org <mailto:mjmoran@nacpa.org>

Most Rev. Joseph M. Sullivan, DD
75 Greene Avenue
Brooklyn, NY  11238
718-399-5900 Ext. 5401 (tel)
718-399-5980 (direct)
718-399-5905 (fax)
jsullivan@rcdob.org

Michael Rodgers
Senior Vice President
Public Policy and Advocacy
Catholic Health Association
1875 Eye Street
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20006
202-721-6324 (tel)
 202-296-4024 (fax)
mrodgers@chausa.org

Rev. Richard Vega
National Federation of Priests' Councils
333 N. Michigan Ave.
Suite 1205
Chicago, Il 60601-4002
Toll free: 888- 271-NFPC (6372)
312-442-9700 (tel)
312-442-9709 (fax)
vega@nfpc.org

Michael Galligan-Stierle, Ph.D.
Vice President
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
One Dupont Circle, Suite 650
Washington, DC 20036
202-457-0650 (tel)
202-236-6614 (cell)
202-728-0977 (fax)
mgs@accunet.org
http://www.accunet.org

Ministering Together Executive Committee:

Rev. Dale J. Melczek
Sr. Judith Ann Karam, CSA
Sr. Dale McDonald, PBVM 

Michael J. James
Matthew Thibeau

 

Organizations Interested in the Collaborative Vision:

Health care, human services and local parishes can respond better to individual and communities by creating a new “we”—bound together by a common goal, vision, values, language, and using resources in creative and collaborative ways.  Over time, these organizations have expressed an interest in collaboration (in alphabetical order):

- Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU)
- Caritas Connection (CC)
- Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)
- Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA)
- Catholic Health Association (CHA)
- Conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR)
- Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)
- National Association of Catholic Personnel Administrators (NACPA) 
- National Association for Lay Ministry (NALM)
- National Association of State Catholic Conferences Directors (NASCCD)
- National Catholic Partnership on Disability (NCPD)
- National Catholic Education Association (NCEA)
- National Federation of Priests Council (NFPC)
- National Pastoral Life Center (NPLC)
- National Rural Life Conference (NRLC)
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP)
- Tekakwitha Conference
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

   

 

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