Catholic Diocese of One Spirit in the United States

James H. Burch
Bishop, President
13419 Cavalier Woods Drive
Clifton, VA 20124
Phone: (571) 224-4975
Fax: (703) 991-2678
www.weddingceremony.org
BishopJim@OneSpiritCatholic.org
www.JamesHBurch.com

Jim Burch is Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit in the United States, and President of the non-profit corporation (“The Catholic Diocese of One Spirit”) which administers the structure of the various geographic dioceses.  Personally, he reaches over 35,000 people each year as a public speaker.  Fielding 1,000 calls per year for wedding officiating, he also celebrates 150 or so marriages per year, approximately 70 funerals, and 30+ baptisms.

Jim created and operates www.WeddingCeremony.org, a national web site which refers over 500 progressive priests and ministers to couples looking to get married.  He is president of the Institute for Catholic Contemporary Spirituality, Inc., a religious, charitable organization. He is the author of There Is No Death … There Is Only Life, and of several books being published:  I Give You Me [LOVE], Heaven! and Breaking Light.

Jim brings a breadth of experience to his priestly ministry. Jim was a real estate developer from the early 1970’s through the early 1990’s, heading companies involved in a myriad of large, mixed-use real estate projects, one of which was National Harbor, a $4 billion mixed-use, waterfront development on the Potomac River near Washington, DC.

From 1965 through 1970, Jim Burch worked for the federal government’s Office of Economic Opportunity (“War on Poverty”) all over the US – rural and urban areas, on Indian reservations, in hunger programs, and on migrant worker issues.   He has a B.A. in Philosophy; graduate Studies in Sociology and International Law, has been a lecturer and participant on numerous panels. Jim has also been a political consultant on multiple campaigns for individuals running for governor, senator, congressman, president, and was a former press secretary to U.S. Senator (now Vice President) Joe Biden.  He was also the founding chairman of the World Trade Center, Washington, D.C.

Jim is married to Patty Burch, a nurse; they have five children and ten grandchildren.

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David Joseph Tetrault
Bishop, Vice President for New Membership
22501 Cypress Point Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Home: (804) 829-5693
Mobile: (757) 880-7346
BigShowRev@aol.com

David Joseph Tetrault was ordained in 1973 in the Episcopal Church. He is Bishop in the Catholic Archdiocese for Liaison with individuals wishing to join the diocese as ordained members. He is also a retired Episcopal priest in good standing of the Diocese of Southern Virginia. And he served at St. Paul’s Church, Capitol Square, Richmond, VA, and historic Bruton Parish in Williamsburg.

David left active parish ministry in 1996 to expand the boundaries of his own faith and practice. He is a writer, university teacher, retreat leader, and professional keyboard musician/entertainer. Primarily he is a theological scholar who gladly handles the heavy lifting of making spirituality grow from its roots to a vibrancy in language and concepts that will work today.

Since 1994, he’s been one of the two chaplains serving the three traveling units of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. David and his wife Georgia Ann Prescott, MD, a pediatrician, are longtime residents of Williamsburg, VA. They have two adult daughters.

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Kenneth L. Denski
Bishop, Vice President for Assisted Living Chaplaincy
495 Burgundy Drive
Southampton, PA 18966
Home 215-806-0430
Rev.Ken@verizon.net

Ken was ordained a deacon in the Roman Rite in 1987, a priest in 1998 by Bishop Allen Jiminez of the Old Catholic Church of Utrecht, and a bishop in 2009 by Bishops Jimenez and our good friends, Bishops Peter Paul Brennan and Joe Grenier. He currently works full time as a Human Resource Director for a Philadelphia manufacturer, and has been in industry for 40 years in human resources as a labor negotiator, manager and director. His ministry is primarily in geriatrics, where he is an associate chaplain at a Bucks County Nursing Home.

He is also involved in wedding ministry. When he read our diocesan charism on our web page, www.OneSpiritCatholic.org, he said that he felt it in his heart that the Spirit was leading him here. Ken is married and has 7 grandchildren. Because of his long experience in chaplaincy in nursing and assisted living homes, Ken has agreed to establish a program within the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit for current and/or future members who wish to become accredited and devote part or all of their ministry to this wonderful field. This fits right in with our diocesan concept of ministry, because a bishop here is one who mentors and supports a concentric circle of others in the same spiritual field. While Ken is still working full time, this will be a part-time endeavor, but all good things will come in time!

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Lance W. Orndorff
Bishop, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
139 N Loudoun St., Suite 14
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone: (703) 552-2726
Fax: (703) 552-2727
www.WeddingsByLance.com
email@lanceorndorff.com

Lance W. Orndorff, Bishop since 2010 and Priest with the Diocese since 2003, is a family mediation specialist with National Family Mediation, based in Alexandria, Va.; Director of Community Services Development Corporation, a nonporift organization that assists other non-profits with business practices and fundraising; and the Director of American Heroes Return, a veterans assistance organization.

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Michael K. Carroll
Bishop, Vice President for Military Chaplaincy
36000 Chester Court
Lewes, DE 19958
302-945-6906
Mcarroll19@verizon.net

Bishop Michael Carroll heads the Catholic Archdiocese of One Spirit’s Military Chaplaincy Program. He saw military service in the U.S. Air Force as a commissioned officer for 12 years, was Special Liaison Officer to CAP McConnell AFB, with assignment to the Presidential Air Base at Andrews AFB, Washington, DC. Before that, he got his BA in Philosophy from Providence University with additional studies at Bonaventure University in a MA program and theological formation at Christ the King Seminary. Later he was incardinated into the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worchester and entered the Jesuit Novitiate program in Washington, DC. He studied at the North American College in Rome and at the American University, Leuven, Belgium.

Currently, Michael’s professional life is as an insurance company owner and executive for many years, together with his committed partner of 27 years, Deacon Ken Warne. They have what insurance personnel consider a wonderful history of success in the industry: gross live premiums exceeding $4 million, books of business including $228 million permanent face in force, and term face in force exceeding $825 million. Besides his heavy commitment of time and interest in DCOS Military Chaplaincy Program and his insurance business, Michael carries a heavy load of weddings throughout the year, and he and Ken run St. Patrick’s Abby, a registered charity in which they annually put on benefits to raise money for local charitable causes.

Priests

Arturo Ang
Jesus Christ in the 21st Century Global Ministries
225-160 Itaewon 2-dong, Yongsan-Gu
Seoul, South Korea 140-857
Cell phone no. 019-803-8628
Phone no. (0822) 3785-2225

Arturo (Archie) Ang was raised as a Roman Catholic in Manila, Philippines, Arturo (“Archie”) became deeply involved in Christianity in his late twenties. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from the Lyceum of the Philippines. In 1996 Archie traveled to Greece where he was involved with various Christian churches, leaving to become a missionary in Korea in 1998.

Arturo was received into Street Bishops by Lance Orndorff in 2002, and was introduced to the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit by Lance. He was ordained a Catholic priest by Bishop Jim Burch on February 5, 2005. Archie volunteers in an orphanage in South Korea, teaching English and Bible to orphans, and supports native missionaries in India through his work teaching English at the Prime English Academy in Korea. He remains a citizen of the Philippines, and chooses to be single for his work.

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William Ignatius Cannon
228 Rock Hill Church Road
Stafford, VA 22556
540-286-3131
Willic68@yahoo.com

Will was born in the wild and beautiful County of Donegal in the West of Ireland where the hills sweep down to meet the awe and power of the clear blue Atlantic Ocean. All too soon the family moved to London and it was there on the 15th July 1968 that he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Southwark, England. His first assignments were typical of those days, appointments to different parishes punctuated by periods teaching in Catholic High Schools.

In 1982 he received a Certificate in Marriage Counseling and appointed to establish and direct a marriage preparation program in the diocese. In the Spring of 1986 Will met a wonderful and gracious woman, Jo Anne, from Richmond, Virginia. She was a single Mom, with three children, 2 of whom were in the local Catholic school. Gradually, over some years, Will felt that his future was with her and her children, and so in the summer of 1994 they together moved to Virginia.

After some time Will fortuitously met Jim Burch, and was introduced to wedding ministry. Will and JoAnne now own a wedding venue in rural Virginia, Rock Hill Plantation, where they bless many marriages that Will officiates. They also now have another younger son.

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Kenneth R. Warne
36000 Chester Court
Lewes, DE 19958
302-945-6906
Kwarne2@verizon.net

Ken is a Deacon in the archdiocese, and is an accomplished manager of whatever he touches. It is amazing to see how organized he is. He and Bishop Michael Carroll work together on the Military Chaplaincy Program for the Catholic Archdiocese of One Spirit, their insurance business, their wedding ministry, and their St. Patrick’s Abbey charity. To clear his mind, he loves gardening. He and Michael love cats, having at one time held some kind of an indoor record (but hard to tell how many because the cat environment was exceptionally clean), and each cat known by his/her individual name.

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Mary Ann Rahall
11504 Timberbrook Drive
Waldorf, MD 20601
301-367-5163
Mary@Rahall.com

Mary Rahall was ordained a deacon within the Catholic Archdiocese of One Spirit on September 7, 2011 in Upper Marlboro, MD. Mary has a heart as big as we humans are allowed, and brings a great deal of love to all her endeavors. 26 years ago Mary helped her friend’s daughter plan a wedding and felt the calling to do whatever she could to create the perfect weddings for couples who began to hire her. First she did wedding planning, then created a company to do invitations and accessories as well, and finally became one of only 37 master bridal consultants in the world.

Counseling also seemed to be ancillary to her involvement. Finally in 2010 she responded to the desire to really create the perfect wedding atmosphere by becoming a civil officiant. But she wasn’t satisfied with that either. Her strong Catholic faith told her that she wanted to accentuate the spiritual aspects of these occasions. At the same time her faith was moving from the acceptance to whatever came from the hierarchy to a greater understanding of the God of Love being within every person and every couple The Catholic Archdiocese of One Spirit answered her needs by being a group of progressive Catholic Christians, and encouraging every spiritual event to be meaningful for the group being served.

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Paul F. Fettig
19100 Brookgreen Garden Place
Cornelius, NC 28031
704-892-2454
Fettig2@bellsouth.net

Paul Fettig was a Roman Catholic priest within the Missionaries of the Precious Blood for 21 years, engaged mostly in inner-city work in Detroit. When he left the Roman canonical priesthood, he married his wife, Molly, and then was in private practice as a licensed psychotherapist until he retired several years ago.

Paul and Molly have each suffered some almost-devastating (for most people other than them) illnesses in the past few years but are now on the roads to recovery. Paul is filled with passion and joy. He lights up a room. Paul teaches from his experiences by his actions, how to be more fully human, gracious and kind, accepting of the abundance of God’s gifts, and tolerant of the ways we all meander through the paths of life.

This photo of himself with one of his 6 grandchildren caused him to exude what seems to be his mantra: “Love it!”

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William David Megel
6245 Windward Drive
Burke, VA 22015
240-601-6200
megelarin@verizon.net

Dave started life in Detroit, Michigan, working through high school at the family grocery. He entered the “Basilians” order at 18 years in 1953, attended University of Toronto, and was ordained in 1964. In June 1965 he was sent to Belgium for graduate work in catachetics getting a “license.” Then he worked one year as director of Religious Education for Adolescents at the Canadian Bishops National Office, in Ottawa. The following year he ran a youth retreat center in Pontiac, Michigan. In 1969, Dave started a graduate, masters program at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, “The New School of Religion,” where he gathered together a number of great professors such as Tony Padavano, John L. McKenzie, Alphonse Nebreda, Dom Sebastian Moore and Ray Brown. However, he was fired after 3 years, because the local bishop thought too many of the priests in his program were leaving the priesthood.

In 1976 he received his Doctorate in Theology and the Personality Sciences from the Graduate Theological Center, Berkeley, CA. He then returned to Detroit to open another 6 week summer program toward a master’s degree, again with notable professors: Gregory Baum, Gabriel Moran, Robert MacAfee Brown, Paulo Freri, Dan Barrigan, Martin Marty. Dave says, “Those were heady years.” Married in 1974, Dave and Ann have four children, Michael, Charles, Matthew and Becca, and four grandchildren. One year into their new marriage, Dave entered law school, got his law degree in 1980, and has practiced law as a sole practitioner for over 30 years. In 2002, Anne and Dave started a non-profit corporation called Toward Educating America’s CHildren. (TEACH) to raise funds to hire teacher for Mayan children in Guatemala who would otherwise not be able to attend School. TEACH supports 10 School projects assisting about 600 children from primary through middle school. They are often found on a plane on their way to or from Guatemala.

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Jonathan P. Connor
1622 S. Tremont Street
San Diego, CA 92054
Home: (760) 458-4503
Mobile: (760) 458-4503
jcsuperstarusa@aim.com

Jonathan (Jon) P. Connor was business manager of St. Patrick Church 1987-1991, while simultaneously teaching in universities. Ordained a Roman Catholic deacon in 1991, he then served as Pastoral Associate at Christ the King Church until 1997. Ordained a Catholic priest by the Free Catholic Church in 1999, he provides services through One Spirit Catholic Ministries outside the church structure in many sacramental capacities.

He has been an assistant professor at the University of Redlands and the University of Phoenix. Jonathan previously taught at Xavier University in New Orleans, and at the University of San Diego. Jon has a PhD in Organizational Psychology, a Doctorate in Ministry, an M.A. in Ethnic and Urban Studies, and many other educational accreditations.

Jonathan has served in many governmental consultant capacities because of his expertise in urban and ethnic issues, and is well published in the areas of industrial psychology, religion and social justice. He has four adult children. Jon is a priest/celebrant with the Ecumenical Catholic Community and is also associated with the Catholic Archdiocese of One Spirit.

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Timothy Patrick Harrington
2665 North Indian Ridge Drive
Tucson, AZ 85715
Home: (520) 721-1378
Office: (520) 290-5721
tharrington@forteamresources.com

Timothy (Tim ) Patrick Harrington was ordained by Bishop Philip Zimmerman for the Reformed Catholic Church on August 1, 2004. He has found our perspective on spirituality to be consistent with his, and has joined our diocese. Tim holds special Eucharistic services 3 to 4 times a year, and devotes his special ministry – with his wife, Sherril – to teaching 16 month relationship courses to several married couples at a time, at no charge, entitled “the Way of the Beloved.”

Tim is a CPA, and runs a credit union consulting company (www.forteamresources.com) that takes him around the country on seminars and consulting jobs. Tim is a very level-headed, feet-to-the-ground person, with a dedicated spirituality that has, over the years, come to see an emptiness in overly-orchestrated and overly-institutionalized religion, and to see a consistent beauty in divinity revealed in all creation and all people. He is a seasoned person, with a ministerial gift that is very deep, rather than very widespread. He is a valued addition to the many talents and ministries of our diocese. He and his wife live in Tucson, AZ with their sons Adam (20) and Aron (16).

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Helen C. Harrison
155 Morris Street
Monroe, WA 98272
Home: (360) 282-2616
Mobile: (909) 519-8463
helenharrison@clearwire.net

Helen C.Harrison is expecting her PhD in Literature, Religion and Science from the University of California Riverside. She received her MA in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1985 and her BA in Religion and Education from Seattle Pacific University in 1980, both Magna Cum Laude. She has taught religious studies and comparative literature and languages at the University of California since 2000.

Helen has also taught Philosophy, World Religions, Religious Education, Ethics and Homiletics at Mt. San Jacinto College and Fuller Theological Seminary, both in California, and now teaches college level in Washington state. She is recognized as a brilliant theologian, especially knowledgeable on the Early Church Fathers and the historical ties between early Christian ideas and ancient religions.

Helen combines this spiritual wisdom with significant experience in the film industry. Helen has extensive experience as a copy and scriptwriter and documentary producer. She has handled investor relations for a film and entertainment company, and worked closely with executives of Walt Disney Pictures and Television in all facets of scripts, story development and liaison with various film professionals. She was ordained a Catholic priest in 2000, and is a bishop-elect.

Helen is married to Bob, a film-maker and a college film instructor.

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Edward J. Ingebretsen
2000 16th Street, NW $103
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 687-7531
EEd.ingebretsen@gmail.com

Edward (Ed) J. Ingebretsen was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1981. Ed separated from the Society in 1999 over issues of speech and issues of justice (gay, lesbian, and women’s issues) in the Roman Church. He is a professional educator (PhD, DUKE, 1986 and M.A. from Loyola University) and currently Director of the American Studies Program and Associate Professor of English at Georgetown University.

Edward publishes widely in the area of religion and culture, issues in homosexuality and ecclesiology, and American popular culture. His most recent book is At Stake: Monsters and a Rhetoric of Fear in American Culture (Chicago, 2001). He is the author of Maps of Heaven, Maps of Hell: Religious Terror as Memory from the Puritans to Stephen King and Robert Frost’s Star in a Stone Boat: A Grammar of Belief.

He is currently working on the book “Sanctuary as Torture: Ecclesiology and the Diminishment of Human Rights.” He continues in a variety of ministerial positions in DC, including pastoring with Dignity, hospital chaplaincy, and working with blessing ceremonies. Ed also runs the Wellness program for Georgetown University and is the head trainer at Results The Gym.

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David L. James
24 Centerview Dr.
Shelton, CT 06484
Home: (203) 513-2604
Cell: (914) 584-8770
www.myspiritualwedding.com
www.wedrev.com
DJames1213@aol.com

David L. James was rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and interim rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, and a tutor The General Seminary in New York City. He is, or has previously been, a writer and author of 85 articles, consultant for the Episcopal Press, and editor at various newspaper positions. He has his M.Div. from the General Theological Seminary in New York City, and M.A. in religious education, and CPE in Clinical Pastoral Education.

David has a very learned and loving understanding of the value and human relationship with animals and pets. In addition to his current wedding ministry, David is expanding his theological understanding of God’s presence in animals, and is developing new ways to use this on a practical, societal basis as a tool for humans to use as an opening to the loving presence of God in all that is.

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Daniel P. Kane
Springfield, VA 22152
Home: (703) 644-0253
www.AllFaithsWeddings.net
RevDan@allfaithsweddings.net

Dan was born in Scranton, PA, but studied with the Franciscans in California and was ordained for the diocese of Oakland, CA in 1983. He left the canonical Roman priesthood in 1993, and had been loosely associated with the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit since 2000, and joined us formally in 2008. He has both an M.A. in Divinity from the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, and a M.A. in Religious Studies. He was active in bi-lingual parish work in California, and speaks fluent Spanish. Dan maintains a professional position with the government. When not at work, he has a robust wedding ministry, serving many couples in the Washington, DC and Baltimore area.

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Matthew David Michaud
174 Bell Street, No. 2
Manchester, NH 03103
Office: (603) 396-7564
www.northeastnuptials.com
BandAidBusJockey@aol.com

Matthew David Michaud has been a paramedic in the Manchester, NH area for over ten years. He was raised a Catholic, but as he grew older his curiosity led him to a knowledge and respect for other religions. He was ordained a non-denominational minister several years ago because of his love for spirituality and his desire to share blessings with others, much of it an outgrowth of his years on the front lines of medical trauma.

Matt recently came to appreciate contemporary Catholicism and has fed his compulsion to read contemporary theology books. Since recently earning a Bachelors of Theology, Matt is now working towards his Masters of Divinity. Currently, his primary focus is in providing wedding services and support for the dying. It was a special joy for Bishop Jim Burch to ordain this young man in his late twenties to the Catholic priesthood in our diocese on January 18, 2006.

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Richard O’Brian
6164 Wilson Blvd, No. 4
Arlington, VA 22205
(703) 533-3042
No email address

Richard (Dick) O’Brian was ordained in Philadelphia in August 1992 for the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (CACINA), a branch of the Dom Duarte Costa Catholic Church in Brazil that has widespread following there. Dick retired as a radio and TV sportscaster, and then as a special police officer. After many years of ministry in assisted living homes for the elderly and infirm with CACINA, he joined our diocese and is now concentrating his ministry on weddings and visiting prisoners. Dick is an energetic man of great dedication, humble and satisfied with little in the way of possessions, paying close attention to the poor and needy.

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Timothy O’Connell
Falls Church, VA
Home: (703) 532-9431
Cell: (571) 722-3721
oconnell108@aol.com

Timothy O’Connell was ordained to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Newark NJ in 1966. Immediately he began his journey for justice for all, first by writing a letter published in National Catholic Reporter that priests had every right to be married and/or to be women, which summarily brought a rebuke from his bishop. After that he walked arm-in-arm with Martin Luther King, Jr. against the Vietnam War and was immediately confined by his bishop to New Jersey.

Not long thereafter, Timothy was removed by the bishop of Newark from active ministry in the institutional Church in 1968, after signing a letter (with 27 other priests who were not removed) asking Pope Paul VI to change Humanae Vitae and to leave birth control decisions to the informed consciences of the couples involved. All that did was to catapult Timothy into greater service to aggrieved humanity. Timothy married, and was blessed with three “deeply Human” children, now 13 to 30 years old. He is completing the work necessary to achieve “the permanent experience of The Complete Man (always and only a gift of the Divine) for the benefit of all and the realization of Humanity One.”

Timothy is a powerful teacher of “steadily shedding all constraints of dogma and ego belief while completing an internal journey across all the parameters of the Human psyche to find ‘the Kingdom within.’ This is The Kingdom of which Jesus, the Christ, and all realized and enlightened Teachers and Masters speak and teach.” Timothy works as a health care facilitator in the public school system, and has an active wedding ministry.

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Ashley Jean Reynolds
Berkeley, CA
(205) 613-1334
(510) 230-7714
makingrachel@gmail.com

Ashley Jean Reynolds, of Birmingham, AL, was ordained to the diaconate in the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit November 11, 2006. Ashley has a sharp and incisive mind, and is well read on spirituality. She is a convert to the Catholic Church, immersing herself totally for three years, and then even deeper after that. She loves the essentials of Catholicism and is a strong proponent of living the faith without the encumbrances so often put forward by the institutional church.

Active in Women’s Ordination Conference and social justice issues, she lives the Catholic Worker lifestyle and is a member of Anchorhold, Blessed by Default, a non-canonical, free-dedication religious order. Her special interest is in ministering to those suffering from psychological diseases. She often attends meeting of progressive Catholic organizations and demonstrations for equality and justice, especially on women’s issues. Ashley is pursuing her studies and spiritual development toward ordination as a community priest within the Diocese.

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Fred Ruof
Austin, TX
(410) 462-3297
Fred.Ruof@verizon.net

Fred Ruof Ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1960, after having studied advanced language, management and human behavioral studies at Georgetown, Stanford and Catholic Universities. He was parish priest and teacher/administrator in diocese of Harrisburg, and charged with diocesan-wide domestic and foreign lay missions.
Following marriage in 1966, he administered social and health centered organizations, until he founded the National Emergency Medicine Association in 1982; he is now Chairman of the Board Emeritus, and lectures on emergency health systems.

In 1999, Fred retired from health work and returned full time to active priestly ministry. He concentrates on retreat work, especially on creation spirituality, and on ecumenical justice and peace issues, and ran a planetarium retreat center near York, PA. Fred is married to Melissa Dougherty Ruof, a concert violinist, is the father of six and the grandfather of four, and recently moved with Melissa to Austin, TX.

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Irene Scaramazza
Columbus, Ohio
(614) 471-7853
irenes@columbus.rr.com

Irene Scaramazza was a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Baden, PA for 21 years. There, among other activities, she was a retreat director, principal of two high schools and of an elementary school. When she left the convent, working and studying full time, she earned a doctor of ministry in spiritual counseling from Boston University. She was a family therapist for seven years, until she returned to school full time to study computer science and earned another degree in that field. She then ran her own computer consulting business for non-profits and small businesses. For several years she has been senior manager with Action for Children. Irene was ordained to the Catholic priesthood on February 2, 2006.

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John M. Shea
11516 Rockfish River Road
Shipman, VA 22971
(434) 263-6347
jackmshea@gmail.com

John (Jack) M Shea was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in May, 1960. After teaching Latin, Greek, English, and Religion at St. Charles College in Catonsville, Maryland, from 1960 to 1962, he became a member of the Society of St. Sulpice and studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, where he earned his doctorate in sacred theology. In 1964 he translated and published: The Eternal Year, by Karl Rahner.

From 1965 to 1969 he taught ecclesiology and liturgy at St. Thomas Seminary in Seattle, and at St. Mary’s, Baltimore, when he was asked to become the Executive Secretary of the International Committee on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). In this role, he supervised the translation of many of the liturgical texts revised by Rome after Vatican II. These translations became the official liturgical texts for use throughout the English-speaking world.

In 1972 he left the canonical priesthood and pursued a career in technical and scientific writing, specializing in the areas of health research, patient education, and the application of social marketing principles to health communication programs. Jack puts his writing skills to practical use for ministry, and he officiates at weddings. He and his wife, Anne, live in the Charlottesville, Virginia area.

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Robert S. Teszlewicz
76 Locust Ct.
N. Muskegon, MI 49445
Home: (231) 288-1223
RevRobert@ulcmuskegon.com

Robert S Teszlewicz trained for three years in the Christian Brothers formation program, after which he taught as a Christian Brother for eight years. During his later years as a brother, Robert became a social worker as well, and began the first substance awareness program in the school. He then spent 10 years intervening in child custody and visitation matters. After that, Robert began his own agency, Criminal Justice Services, helping people who are in prison and/or on parole or probation to affect positive changes in their lives.

Robert has a house for people to parole to, and the house maintains a chapel. He presently has 3 children for whom he is in process of becoming legal guardian, because their mothers are in prison and the fathers in jail. He has “adopted” another 15 year old boy, and is working with the boy’s mother to be a positive male role model in his life. Robert also runs an adult foster care home with 6 adult residents, and has worked as a counselor in juvenile prison. He has an M.A. in social work. Robert has chosen to live the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience because they work for him in his apostolate.

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Penelope Ann Thoms
“Derrylough”
Clonee.Tuosist
Kenmare
County Kerry, Ireland
011-353-(0)64-668-4972
www.penelopethoms.com
penelopethoms@yahoo.com

Penelope Ann Thomas, M.Div. and M.A.  Penny has her Master of Divinity and her Master of Arts in Spiritual Direction, both from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, plus a Certificate in Celtic Studies from the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO, and Certificate in Bioethics from the University of Washington Medical School.

She is a member of the College of Chaplains, and served as resident hospital chaplain at Poudre Valley Hospital, CO, McKee Medical Center (CO), California Pacific Medical Center (San Francisco), and Santa Rosa Catholic Memorial Hospital (CA), Sonoma County Community Hospital (CA). Penelope was also Campus Ministry Chaplain at Colorado State University. She has extensive writing background, and previously lived several years primarily in Ireland where she was an accomplished and published poet, and winner of the Golden Pen Award for Poetry (2002), the Boyle International Poetry Competition (2003), and the Scottish International Poetry Competition (2004).

Penny is married to the Rev. Stephen Mead Johnson, an ordained Unitarian minister. She runs an online spiritual direction service through her web page, www.QuestPlace.com. Penny worked full time as a chaplain in hospice in Virginia, but recently moved back to Ireland to return to writing full time.

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Scott Ziegler
2533 Archdale Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
(757) 495-2993
www.abeachwedding.com
Scott@abeachwedding.com

Scott Ziegler was ordained a Catholic priest on October 26, 2008. Scott lives in Virginia Beach with his wife Lisa and his five children. He was a police chaplain for eight years, currently teaches high school and has a full-time wedding ministry. Given a background and seeped activities such as these, Scott is very practical in seeing the beauty of the Christ message at “street level,” feet-on-the-ground. He speaks very clearly and to the point, and has a great way of reaching people as a genuine person they can admire.

Scott grew up in the Nazarene Church, and became active in the Missionary Alliance Church in Virginia, where he was studying for ordination and ministering as a youth minister and police chaplain. Scott says, “the judgment, guilt, and rigidity that I experienced, participated in, and to some degree perpetuated and which I came to realize caused myself and others a great deal of pain, motivated me to find a truer version of Christianity and launched my study of progressive Christianity.” Because our diocese seeks to find new ways of expression of the Good News, we applaud and welcome Scott’s adherence to this basic Catholic principal and then his translating it to practical measures to reach those he serves.

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Patricia Fuller
Orlando, FL 32817
(407) 615-2270
shadowrose54@gmail.com

Patricia (Patty) Fuller was ordained as a deacon by Bishop Burch in early 2009. She is very anxious to learn all she can about becoming an effective minister, and is studying theology online. She became ordained by a non-denominational Christian ministry, but felt that One Spirit Catholic suited her personal belief system perfectly. Patty grew up in the Friends Church. With a background as an EMT and a police officer, she returned to college and received her BA after she turned forty.

Patty volunteered as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) in Ohio. She taught Special Education, but retired after an injury. She felt called to the ministry and began studying theology online on her own. Currently, she volunteers with a free health care clinic as her ministry, and is working with a non-profit organization to set up a battered women’s home in the Orlando area. Patty has one daughter and writes freelance articles and novels.

-One Spirit-

Michael Charles Richards
West Virginia
Work: (304) 295-4896
Home: (304) 295-7431
drmichaelrichards@yahoo.com

Michael (Mike) Charles Richard is currently an ordained Methodist minister and pastor of three small churches in West Virginia, and has been a pastor in the United Methodist Church for nineteen years, and is honored there for his preaching and teaching. He knows how to take scholarly observations and to make them palatable and exciting for congregations. In this, he conveys a wholesome and positive affirmation of the goodness of life.

Mike was also ordained a Catholic priest for the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit on May 12, 2009, agreeing with our diocese that there is no reason a person cannot minister in two or more spiritual areas where he/she agrees with the basic principles of each. He has a M.Div. and a D.Min, a very progressive bent that gives him a feeling of “coming alive” in his faith, and a love for Catholic liturgical practice. He was a fellow at Duquesne University in their theological program, and has an extensive background in progressive Catholicism. Mike is the father of four teenagers.

-One Spirit-

John Chuchman
2343 Terrace Ave
Central Lake, MI 49622
Cell (231) 633-3464
poetman@torchlake.com

John Chuchman, a graduate of John Carroll University and successful Ford Motor Company executive (1959-1992), has been a Hospice volunteer since 1990. He has received Pastoral Bereavement Counselor certification and a Certificate in Spirituality (Kino Institute of Phoenix, Arizona.) In 2000, he was awarded a Master of Arts degree in Pastoral Ministries from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

In order to help grievers, caregivers or anyone on a spiritual quest, John shares his story, his experiences, his wisdom-discoveries in a series of workshops and seminars lasting anywhere from 45 minutes to a full day and especially on weekend retreats with his Sacred Quest Team. More and more, John’s workshops–by request–have centered on Spiritual Growth.

In addition to his workshops, John has been invited to speak at a number of state, national, and international conferences: Michigan Hospice Organization Symposium; National Association of Lay Ministry; Kings College Conference on Death and Bereavement–Canada; The Compassionate Friends; National Hospice and Paliative Care Organization; The Federation of Christian Ministries (FCM) and Call To Action (CTA).

John has written a number of books in free-form poetic style on his life experiences, spiritual discoveries, and frustrations with institutional church.

He also has been published in Spirituality magazine. His article “Forgiveness: A Key to Grief Healing” (based on his Master’s Thesis) has been published in Healing Ministry magazine. Signed copies of his recent books, shown below, can be ordered directly from John at poetman@torchlake.com or Amazon.com.

His website, Sacred Quest, is www.torchlake.com/poetman.
Some of John’s writings can be viewed on http://apoetman.blogspot.com and http://booktour.com/author/23995

-One Spirit-

 

Noah Panlilio
Suburban Chicago, IL
pstrnoah@comcast.net

Noah was ordained a Catholic priest within the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit by Bishop Richard Mickley.  He has served, and is currently still serving, as pastor of a United Methodist Church. Our diocese is delighted with this kind of mixture of Protestantism and Catholicism, in which people acknowledge their powerful heritage and open as well to new light.

Noah is a great example of a Protestant minister who exemplifies the best of Protestant theology with the best of Catholic theology and general Christian love of the poor. Noah leads charitable travels to the Philippines almost every year with members of his congregation who work with churches and the poor.  He has two daughters.

-One Spirit-

Dave Marvin Casto
157 N. Main Street
Woodstock, VA 22664
540-459-5347
dmc_pastor@yahoo.com

Dave was ordained a priest in the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit by Bishop Michael Carroll on January 14, 2012. He is in his second year as pastor of Liberty Brethren Church, has been a lay supply pastor in the United Methodist Church, preached in the Lutheran Church.  He has been a licensed funeral director for over 25 years as a profession, and, as such, has seen compassion first hand in people’s saddest moments.

In this capacity he has also been certified as a Mortuary Disaster Responder and a Mortuary Disaster Coordinator.  Dave is also experienced in law enforcement, having been deputy sheriff in Lancaster County (VA) for 12 years, and a police officer in the town of Kilmarnock, VA.  He presently serves as Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff and Chaplain with the Shenandoah County Sheriff’s office, and has served as such since 2006.

Previously, he had been a chaplain with the Bremerton Police Department in Bremerton, Washington and with the Newport News Fire and Rescue in Newport News, VA.  Dave has been trained in ICPC for Law Enforcement Chaplaincy, and has been trained as Auxiliary Deputy, Basic Crisis Negotiation, and Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force.  Dave is married to Janice Lee Casto, and they live in Woodstock, VA.

-One Spirit-

Antoinette Neally
2244 Wild Oak Crescent
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
757-620-4769
tneally1@verizon.net

Toni Neally was ordained a priest in the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit by Bishop Michael Carroll on January 14, 2012.  She just retired from her (first) life profession last year, so she considers herself fortunate to be able to devote all her time to ministry.  She started the first three years of her adult life as a Roman Catholic nun, which she describes as a life changing experience … being able to reflect and meditate on what she wanted to accomplish in this life.  This was the time she knew she was called to the priesthood, and views her current calling as the culmination of her life’s preparation.  For most of her professional life, Toni was a social worker, first in child protective services and foster care, then in mental health crisis counseling.

For two years in the late ‘90s, she was an executive recruiter, then returned to in-home counseling and as supervisor for a staff of 15 in-home counselors.  She has a B.A. in psychology and a MSW in social work. For many years she was a lector and commentator at her local parish, and 5 years as minister of religious education.  She was a Catholic deacon for 5 years preceding her ordination to the priesthood.  Today, Toni volunteers for state crisis intervention as a mental health counselor for first responders.  She is enthralled with healthy spirituality and sees constant growth in the CDOS environment.  Toni has three adult children and lives in Virginia Beach, VA.

-One Spirit-

Kenwin Benn
148 Danbury Street, SW
Washington, DC 20032
202-215-5945
brogenmore@hotmail.com

Kenwin found the calling to the priesthood percolating throughout his life, but really becoming impassioned when he and his wife Kayhoru (“Kay”) were married by Bishop Jim Burch in 2002, and he heard the spirituality of Jesus in a new way.  From then on, Kay would tell him, “We both know what will make you happy; you should just go do it.”  So he did.

Kenwin, who has an M.S. from American University in Information Sciences, came from a distinguished corporate background.  He spent formative years in IBM sales, then on to being a Director at Unisys (“Man of the Year” award), and up the corporate ladder:  Senior VP of Operations for Systems Engineering and Management Associates, Principle at KB & Associates, then on to his wife’s home country of Japan, where he was Adjunct Professor in the Business School of Anaheim University in Tokyo.

Returning from Tokyo, He was accepted   by The University of the West Indies School of Theology Codrington College and graduated with his M.A. in theology.  Kenwin is a Ph.D. candidate at Trinity Theological Seminary. He has been an accredited Lay Minister at the (Episcopal) National Cathedral in Washington, DC.  His concentration has been in pastoral care and counseling.  Kenwin has always had a belief that spirituality should be more than that just academic, magisterial and clerical, and he never misses a chance to challenge and get people thinking.  He was ordained a deacon in the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit on March 21, 2012, and he will be ordained a priest at the diocesan convocation at Myrtle Beach at the end of this summer.

-One Spirit-

[Incognita 1]
United States of America

The Catholic Diocese of One Spirit is honored to be able to encourage and validate the calling to priestly ministry of women. Among the most remarkable women alive today are thousands of Roman Catholic nuns, many of whom are called to ordination. Our “incognita” priest is a prominent Roman Catholic sister.

She has been ordained “in camera.” Just as Rome designates cardinals “in camera” and then is justified in denying their identities because of the grave danger of persecution if such designation becomes known, so too do we ordain current Roman Catholic nuns (others are in the pipeline) “in camera” and deny identifying them. Sadly, this is because of the real danger of rejection, ejection and homelessness which would befall them from their own church if such ordination were known. God bless these brave and dedicated women!