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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
Assistant: 
Valerie D. McManus
vmcmanus@dcgary.org

Sr. Judith Ann Karam, CSA
President and CEO
St. Vincent Charity Hospital & Sisters of Charity Health System
2351 East 22nd Street
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-363-2505 (tel)
jakaram@sistersofcharityhealth.org
Assistant: 
Judy Barnes
216-363-2505 (tel)
Judy.Barnes@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
194 Beacon St.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
202-337-6232 (tel)
202-333-6706 (fax)
jamesmi@bc.edu

Matthew Thibeau
Director-at-Large
312-636-0470 (cell)
mthibeau@sbcglobal.net

Jean Beil
Senior Vice President for Programs
Catholic Charities USA
Sixty-six Canal Center Plaza
Suite 600
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-549-1390 Ext.127 (tel)
703-549-1656 (fax)
jbeil@catholiccharitiesusa.org

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.
Senior Vice President, Mission Integration
Trinity Health
27870 Cabot Drive
Novi, MI 48377
248-489-6819 (tel)
dwyerdp@trinity-health.org
Assistant: 
Helen Kaiser
248-489-6789 (tel)

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

Mary Jo Moran
Executive Director
Nat’l Assoc. of Church
Personnel Administrators
100 East 8th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513-421-3134 (tel)
513-421-3085 (fax)
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
Assistant: 
Baisy Apostol
718-399-5980 (tel)
bapostol@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 Avenue, Suite 1205
Chicago, IL 60601-4002
888- 271-NFPC (6372) (toll free)
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
www.accunet.org

Antonio Cube
National Manager
Justice for Immigrants
USCCB
3211 - 4th Street NE
Washington DC 20017
202-541-3165 (tel)
202-722-8755 (fax)
acube@usccb.org

Ralph McCloud
Director
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
USCCB
3211 - 4th Street NE
Washington DC 20017
202-541-3367 (tel)
rmccloud@usccb

Br. Loughlan Sofield, S.T.
5809 Riverdale Rd.
Riverdale Park, MD 20737
301-277-7442 (tel)

Rudy Vargas IV
Executive Director
Northeast Hispanic Catholic Center
1011 First Ave. 7th Fl.
New York, NY 10022
212-751-7045 (tel)
212-753-5321 (fax)
rudy1011@aol.com

Fr. Clarence Williams
Sr. Director, Racial Equality & Diversity Initiatives
Catholic Charities USA
Sixty-six Canal Center Plaza
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-236-6521 (tel)
703-549-0856 (fax)
cwilliams@catholiccharitiesusa.org



Ministering Together Executive Committee:

Most Rev. Dale J. Melczek, Chair
Sr. Judith Ann Karam, CSA
Sr. Dale McDonald, PBVM
Michael J. James, PhD


Matthew Thibeau
Jean Beil
Michael Rodgers

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)
- Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)
- Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA)
- Catholic Community Connection (CCC)
- Catholic Health Association (CHA)
- Justice for Immigrants
- Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)
- National Association of Church Personnel Administrators (NACPA)
- National Association of State Catholic Conferences Directors (NASCCD)
- National Catholic Education Association (NCEA)
- National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM)
- National Federation of Priests’ Councils (NFPC)
- National Pastoral Life Center (NPLC)
- Northeast Hispanic Catholic Center
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

   

 

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