The first thing you need to know about me is, I am authentically Catholic. I stick to the truths of our Catholic Faith when I teach on any topic. I very much enjoy teaching youth about our wonderful Catholic faith, the sacraments, our Blessed Mother and the love of Jesus. Another important thing to know about me is that I love organizing, I am a very social person and I am energized by working with people. It is an absolute priority for me to be dependable, organized and trustworthy.
I am praying for and working towards a position that will allow me to share my Catholic Faith and share my educational knowledge with others in order to promote and defend the Catholic faith. I have a BS as well as an MS in Education. I am currently working for my parish as the DRE in DeSmet, South Dakota. I want to work for Our Dear Lord and His Catholic Church. Up until November of 2020 I held a position with St. Joseph Catholic Church in Salida, Colorado as the Religious Education, Youth and Young Adult Coordinator. I have been involved with faith formation in one form or another for the last 30 years.
I enjoy to learning new skills and growing in knowledge to better suite the needs of the people I am serving. I am currently enrolled with Franciscan University for a masters in Catechesis and Evangelization.
I would be happy to speak with you about my experience, and knowledge and skills.
When I arrived on the scene at St. Thomas their faith formation program was pretty much on life support. Years of neglect of the program and COVID had taken their toll. Now our program is thriving. We have a full K - 5 elementary program 3 Sundays a month. We have a monthly middle school youth group, a monthly high school youth group. We have a young adult group, continuing education for adults, OCIA , men's Bible study program, as well as a new angel ministry where we reach out to our college students to keep them connected to their faith and our parish.
Each month we have a Core Team meeting with all of these programs together to first continue our education in the Catholic faith, but also to support each program in what they are doing and to have a clear vision on how to move our parish forward and grow in our relationship with Jesus and His Church.
I will gladly supply letters of recommendation to you.
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