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Catholic School Catechists
Name: Thomas Snyder Title: Dir. Religious Activities Email: harts@ssimicro.com">harts@ssimicro.com Snail Mail Address: 4911 Matonabbee St., Yellowknife, NT X1A 1X7, CANADA Phone Number: 403-920-4510 Parish or School Name: St. Patrick High School and Parish Diocese: Diocese of Mackenzie<BR> Address of Parish or School: Box 2880, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R2 Number of Families: 300 Number of Students: 450 Curriculum: NWT Programs: Grade 9 to 12 CanadaName: Jack Kelly Title: Chairman, Religious Studies Department Email: Jack_Kelly@gsacrd.ab.ca snail: 33 Malmo Drive, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 1L5, Canada phone: 403/459-7781 ext 252 school: St. Albert Catholic High School district: Greater St. Albert Regional Catholic School Division 29 diocese: Archdiocese of Edmonton school address: as in snail number of students: 750 in Grades 10-12 curriculum: Alberta Catholic School Trustees locally developed curriculum Alberta's Youth: Search for Meaning program description:In conjunction with my teaching partner, Dan Jelinski, we teach our four courses in a individualised, self-paced learning fashion. We emphasize the value of each student's response to the material we present them while at the same time stressing the need for academic knowledge. We aim to develop students who emerge as adults with a bit of religious literacy. We use a variety of textual materials, particularly Youth Updates, and texts from St. Mary's Press (my alma mater). Next year our school and our department will be on the Net in a big way as we adopt a Cyber High programme to serve the distance learning needs of a wide variety of students across our province. The Religious Studies Department will be a big part of this move into a radical new alternative for the delivery of courses. We would appreciate hearing from any other religious educators who would like to converse on these (or just about any other) topics. Peace.Name: David W. Mason Title: Teacher E-Mail: dmason@magi.com Snail Mail Address: RR1, Box 127, Chelsea, Quebec (Canada), J0X 1N0 Home phone No.: (819)827-0222 School phone No.: (819)422-3584 School: St. Michael's School Address: Box 10, Low, Quebec (Canada), J0X 2C0 Number of families in Parish School: approximately 100 How many students in program: approximately 45 Curriculum: Que. Govern. Dept. of Educat. Curriculum Outline Name: Paula Cassidy Title: Religious Education Co-ordinator E-Mail Address: cassidy@fox.nstn.ca Snail Mail Address: RR#1Eureka, Nova Scotia, Canada, B0K 1S0 Phone: 902-752-4822 Parish: Our Lady of Lourdes Name of Diocese: Antigonish Address of Parish : 112 North Foord St. New Glasgow, N.S. B2H 5G7 Number of families in Parish: 700 Number of students in your program: 550 Curriculum used: Born In The Spirit (cccb series) Other: Living Reconciliation, Living Eucharist, Welcome to the Way! Name: Joann MacCallum Title: Director of Religious Education E-Mail Address: john@halherald.herald.ns.ca Snail Mail: 5 Bedford Street, Bedford Nova Scotia, Canada B4A 1W5 Phone: 902 835-2360 Parish: Saint Ignatius Church Diocese: Archdiocese of Halifax Families in Parish: 1,200 Students in Program: 600 Curriculum: Born of the Spirit - Canadian College of Catholic Bishops - Ottawa Other: Liturgy of The Word for Children -Pflaum Gospel Weeklies - Dayton Ohio United States Alabama Name: Faustin N. Weber Title: Theology teacher E-Mail: faus@wsnet.com Snail Mail: Catholic High School 350 Vaughn Road Montgomery, Al Diocese: Archdiocese of Mobile Number of students: 300 students, grades 9-12 Curriculum: St.Mary's Press, various Maryland Name: Robert Bela Wilhelm Title: Dr. Email: storyfes@usa.pipeline.com Snail Mail Address: 18934 Rolling Rd, Hagerstown MD 21742 Phone Number: 1-800-277-7035 Parish or School Name: Storyfest School of Sacred Storytelling Diocese: Baltimore Address of Parish or School: Number of Families: Number of Students: 24 in three summer apprenticeship in sacred storytelling Curriculum: tutorial Programs: various training programs from one-day to three-years for catechists, DREs, and otther pastoral ministers on using a non-fundamentalist and non-literalist approach to stoprytelling rooted in Catholic tradition. Massachusetts Name: Paul Logan Title: Chair, Religious Education Dept. Email: logan@bchigh.edu Snail Mail Address: 33 Carson St., Weymouth, MA 02188 Phone Number: 617-436-3900, ex.57 Parish or School Name: Boston College High School Diocese: Boston Address of Parish or School: 150 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester, MA 02125 Number of Families: Number of Students: 1100 Curriculum: St. Mary's Press, Benziger, others Programs: Name: Linda Dwyer Title: Religion Teacher to fifth Grade E-Mail address: ldwyer@mail.lesley.com Snail Mail Address: Phone Number: Parish or School: St Peter's Name of Diocese: Name of Parish or school: St. Peter's Address or Parish or School: Cambridge, Massachusetts Number of families in Parish: How many students in your program: Curriculum used: Michigan Name: Mary Ann Banaszak Title: Information Specailist (first grade teacher) E-Mail address: mbana@tcictc.usa.com Snail Mail Address: Phone Number: (616) 874-5504 Parish or School: Our Lady of Consolation Name of Diocese: Grand Rapids Address of Parish or School: 4865 11 Mile Rd. N.E. Rockford, MI 49341 Curriculum used: Silver Burdett & Ginn Ohio Name: Jeanne Sanders Title: teacher Email: jeanws19@eos.net Snail Mail Address: 6222 Leroy Pl. Cincinnati, OH 45230-2733 Phone Number: 232-6097 Parish or School Name: Immaculate Heart of Mary Diocese: Cincinnati Address of Parish or School: 7800 Beechmont Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45255 Number of Families: 2700 Number of Students: 510 Curriculum: Graded Course of Study Arch. of Cincy Programs: elementary school grades 1 - 8 Name: Jonathan F. Walthour Title: Catechist E-Mail address: walthour@iglou.com Snail Mail Address:5465 Kirby, Apt. 6 Phone Number: (513) 542-3825 Parish or School: (513) 741-3000 Name of Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati Name of Parish or school: La Salle High School Address or Parish or School: 3091 North Bend * Cincinnati OH 45239 Number of families in Parish: School: approx. 600 How many students in your program: 830 Curriculum used: St. Mary's Press New Jersey Name: John Stanczak Title: High-School Teacher Email: stanz@easyway.net Snail Mail Address: Phone Number: 201-998-8227 Parish or School Name: Queen of Peace High School Diocese: Archdiocese of Newark Address of Parish or School: 191 Rutherford Pl. North Arlington, NJ 07031 Number of Families: Number of Students: 900 Curriculum: Programs: Parish Catechists Name: Peter Hart Title: Adult Educator Email: kellfranc@aol.com Snail Mail Address: Phone Number: (334) 277-1989 Parish or School: Church of the Holy Spirit Name of Diocese: Archdiocese of Mobile Address of Parish or School: Number of families in Parish School/Program: 450+ How many students in your program: 260+ Curriculum used: Tabor - Living Waters, etc. Other: We are currently working on Goals/Objectives K-12 would appreciate suggestions/input! Connecticut Name: Rosemary Marek Title: Director of Religious Education E-Mail Address: shvr93b@prodigy.com Snail Mail: 16 Bidwell Square Unionville, Ct. 06085 Phone: 673-2422 Parish: St. Mary Star of the Sea Diocese: Hartford, Ct. Number of Families: 300 Number of Students: 520 Name: Claudia Larsen Title: Director of Religious Education E-mail Address: shvr93b@prodigy.com Small Mail: 215 West St. Bristol, Ct. 06010 Phone: 582-3524 Parish: St. Ann Parish Diocese: Hartford, Ct. Number of Students: - 250 Curriculum: Silver Burdett California Name: Victor Quimson Title: High School Religious Education Catechist Email: joe.bierek@crnet.org Name of Parish: St. Francis of Assisi Address: LaQuinta, CA Name: Lorelei Zermani Title: Coordinator Early Childhood Religious Program E-Mail: Lzermani@fail.com Parish School: St. Gregory School Name of Diocese: San Francisco, California Name of Parish or School: St. Gregory Parish Address: 148 28th Avenue, San Mateo, Ca 94403 Number of families in parish school: approx. 280 Number of students in school: approx. 315 Number of students in religious ed. program (not parish school): approx. 400 Illinois Name: Tom Mc Laughlin Title: Consultant for Religious Education, Archdiocese of Chicago E-Mail: ThomasM202@aol.com Snail Mail Address: 4645 N. Beacon Chicago, IL 60640 Parish or School: none Name of Diocese: Chicago Other: After 19 years as a parish DRE I now work for the archdiocesan office in the area of planning and leadership development. I'm interested in helping DREs make better use of the newest technologies. Name: Art McNamara Title: Religious Education Coordinator E-Mail address: art.mcnamara@claret.org Snail Mail Address: 2127 W. 22nd Place, Chicago, IL 60608 Phone Number: 312.847.7622 Parish or School: St. Paul Catholic Church Name of Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago Name of Parish or school: St. Paul Catholic Church Address of Parish or School: 2127 W. 22nd Place, Chicago, IL 60608 Number of families in Parish School: 250 How many students in your program: @ 500 (not including 320 in Parsih School) Curriculum used: Silver's TIOF grades 1-8; Benzinger 1st Reconciliation/Eucharist and Confirmation (English); Brown/ROA Lectionary and Sacramental (Spanish) Name: Sr. Dolores Blahaus Title: DRE - St. Priscilla's Parish Email: Dolores_Blahaus@claret.org Snail Mail Address: 2043 N. Humboldt Blvd./Chicago Phone Number: Parish or School Name: St. Priscilla's Diocese: Chicago Address of Parish or School: Number of Families:2500 Number of Students:536; 125 in RE Curriculum: Programs:RCIA, CARE Research & Development CommitteerIndiana Name: Michael B. Grammer Title: Associate Email: Michael.B.Grammer.4@nd.edu Snail Mail Address: 3241 Chalk Maple Court, South Bend, Indiana 46628 Phone Number: 219-271-9902 Parish or School Name: Diocese: Address of Parish or School: Number of Families: Number of Students: Curriculum: Programs: Iowa Name: Mary Heinrich Title: DRE E-Mail Address: MaryDRE@aol.com Snail Mail Address: 3663 66th Street, Urbandale, Iowa 50322 Phone Number: 515-276-2059 Parish: Parish Name of Diocese: Des Moines Name of Parish: Saint Pius X Address of Parish: 3663 66th Street, Urbandale, Iowa 50322 Number of families in parish: 2400 How many students in your program: 625 Curriculum used: Silver's TIOF for grades 1-5, St. Mary's Discovering for grades 6-8. Louisiana Name: Carol D. Llull Title: Religion Teacher E-Mail address: duplantier@aol.com Snail Mail Address: 6326 Memphis St. New Orleans, LA 70124 Phone Number: (504) 482-4123 Parish or School: St. Dominic Name of Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans Name of Parish or school: St. Dominic Address of Parish or School: 6326 Memphis St. New Orleans, LA 70124 Number of families in Parish School: 500 How many students in your program: 625 Curriculum used: Sadlier Maryland Name: Robert Bela Wilhelm Title: Dr. Email: festival@interramp.com Snail Mail Address: 18934 Rolling Rd, Hagerstown MD 21742 Phone Number: 301-791-9153 Parish or School Name: School of Sacred Storytelling Diocese: Baltimore Address of Parish or School: 18934 Rolling Rd, Hagerstown MD 21742 Number of Families: Number of Students: 24 Curriculum: Storyfest Ministries Resources Programs: Storytelling approaches to catechetics. One-day workshops through 3-year apprenticeship. Programs in America and Europe. Massachusetts Name: Miss Kelly Clark Title: Catechist/Rite of Christian Initiation for Children E-Mail address: aandc@usa1.com Snail Mail Address: c/o Cathedral Rectory, 75 Union Park Street, Boston, MA 02118 Phone Number: (617)247-1147 Parish or School: Cathedral of The Holy Cross Parish Name of Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston Address of Parish or School: 75 Union Park Street, Boston, MA 02118 Number of families in Parish School/Program: varies; approximately 10 How many students in your program: varies; approximately 15-20 Curriculum used: Catechism of The Catholic Church Other: Archdiocese-supplied materials, Scripture Readings for the following Sunday's Liturgy Michigan Name: Tony and Karen Anthony Title: Director of Religious Education Email: tonya@ic.net Snail Mail Address: Phone Number: (810)348-1716 Parish or School Name: St. Sharbel Diocese: Diosese of Our Lady of Lebanon Address of Parish or School: 31601 Schoenherr, Warren, MI 48093 Number of Families: approximatley 400> Number of Students: 130 Curriculum: Faith of the Mountain Programs: Missouri Name: Joyce M. Gibbar<BR> Title: Director of Religious Education Email: svdpcape@ldd.net Snail Mail Address: 1913 Ritter Dr., Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 Phone Number: 573 335-8575 Parish or School Name: St. Vincent de Paul Parish Diocese: Springfield-Cape Girardeau Address of Parish or School: 1913 Ritter Dr. Number of Families: 1300 Number of Students: Curriculum: Sadlier and Programs: North Carolina Name: Mike Hjellming Title: Coordinator of Faith Formation, Senior Youth Group Coordinator E-Mail address: mhjellming@aol.com Phone Number: (704) 535-9965 Parish or School: Our Lady of the Assumption Name of Diocese: Charolotte Address of Parish or School: 4207 Shamrock Dr. Charlotte, NC 28215 Number of families in Parish School/Program: 850 How many students in your program: 275 Curriculum used: Pennsylvania Name: Scott Martin Title: Drector Religious Education E-Mail address: wyatttterp@aol.com Snail Mail Address: 333 Chestnut St. Latrobe, PA 15650 Phone Number: (412) 539-3638 Parish or School: Holy Family Name of Diocese: Address of Parish or School: 333 Chestnut St. Latrobe, PA 15650 Number of families in Parish School/Program: How many students in your program: Curriculum used: Texas Name:Michael Wyse Title: Director of Religious Education E-Mail address: MRWyse@aol.com Snail Mail Address: 301 W. 17th St., San Angelo, TX 76903 Phone Number: (915) 658-8759 Name of Diocese: San Angelo Name of Parish or school: St. Joseph Parish Number of families in Parish: 1100 Number of families in PSR: 360 How many students in PSR: 560 Curriculum used: Silver Burdett (TIOF) Grd 1-6; Crossroads & Highways Grd 7, 8, 11 & 12; Confirmed in a Community of Faith Grd 9 Name: Michael Liccione Title: Director of Adult Education (RCIA, Bible Study, Annulments) E-Mail Address: mliccione@gnn.com Snail Mail Address: 801 Country Place Drive #22 Houston, TX 77079 Parish: St. Michael Diocese: Galveston/Houston Parish Address: 1801 Sage Road Houston, TX 77056 Number: of families in school: approx. 300 Number of adults in RCIA: 50 in Bible Study: 65 Curriculum: for RCIA: Come & See, St. Anthony Messenger for Bible: Little Rock Scripture Study Wisconsin Name: Craig Brigham E-Mail address: crb30@juts.ccc.amdahl.com Snail Mail Address: 2801 Rolling View Drive, Waukesha, WI 53188 Phone Number: 414-548-0228 Parish or School: St. Anthony's on the Lake - Pewaukee Other: Assisting with computers for Parish and School Name: Keith Massey Title: Director of Religious Education email: 102633.1752@compuserve.com Address St Cecilia's Catholic Church PO Box 436 604 Oak St. Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965 Phone Number:(608) 254-8381 (rectory) Phone Number:(608) 254-5621 (Religious Education) Diocese Diocese of Madison Number of Families: 502, 2000 people in parish Curriculum: Silver/Burdett, Brown/Roa