Location: Hanover AB 

Handout:

Social Media Panel

This panel of diocesan professionals will share their collective wisdom regarding their respective diocesan digital efforts and results. The panelists will also answer attendees’ digital media questions ranging from getting started to possible next steps.

Panelists:
Armando Cervantes
Director of Youth and Young Adults
Diocese of Orange, California

Cory Howat
Executive Director
Catholic Foundation
Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana

Scott Whitaker
Secretariat Director for Stewardship, Development and Communications
Diocese of Austin, Texas

Facilitator: Julie Kenny
Director of Member Services
ICSC
Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Armando M. Cervantes graduated from the University of California at Irvine with a bachelor’s degree in social sciences with an emphasis in public and community service. He also holds a master’s degree in pastoral theology from Loyola Marymount University. Recently, he completed an executive MBA from Chapman University in Orange, California. Mr. Cervantes has 16 years of professional experience in various ministries serving all age groups. Currently he is the director of the youth and young adult ministry for the Diocese of Orange and the co-founder of ChurchMediaSolution, a social media consulting company. He has been a youth minister, confirmation coordinator, young adult Bible study leader, teacher, retreat leader, and has led countless missionary and pilgrimage experiences. He is a national speaker and serves as a national consultant for dioceses and national groups especially in strategy, social media and intercultural competencies.

Cory Howat is the executive director of The Catholic Foundation for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. A native of New Orleans, Mr. Howat resides there with his wife and four children. He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Mississippi State University and a master’s degree in philanthropy and development from St. Mary’s University in Minnesota. Mr. Howat and an associate established the Smoothie King franchises in the Las Vegas valley, motivating him to take some of the entrepreneurial expectations of the business industry into the nonprofit sector. He served as the executive director for Boys Hope Girls Hope for over nine years, including the rebuilding of the organization following Hurricane Katrina. Cory has experience as a major gifts officer and as a director of institutional advancement. He served for three years as the director of stewardship for the Archdiocese of New Orleans before moving into the leadership development role of that office this past year. He also led an initiative to build an innovative parish curriculum, Encountering Christ, which guides parishes from discipleship into full Christian stewardship. Mr. Howat was a part of the team to create and launch #iGiveCatholic, the first-ever day of online Catholic giving in the United States.

Scott Whitaker began his fundraising career in 1995 as a student intern for the Texas A&M Foundation. He served as regional director for the National FFA Organization then began his faith-based fundraising career with the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis as the director of parish services. Currently, he serves as the secretariat director for stewardship, development and communications for the Diocese of Austin and executive director for the Catholic Foundation – Diocese of Austin. He raised nearly $200 million for the Diocese of Austin over the past fourteen years. Mr. Whitaker is an active volunteer at his parish. He has served as regional board representative to the ICSC board of directors and board president for Hand to Hold, a nonprofit that serves to educate the public about infant prematurity and infant loss. He currently serves on the Association of Former Yell Leaders board. He has degrees from Texas A&M University and Iowa

Location: Hanover E

Engaging alumni into the life of your Catholic school is important, but the approach has got to be more than helping with class reunions, hosting homecoming, selling raffle tickets, and asking for dollars in the annual fund drive. This presentation will offer different processes that have been effective in engaging alumni and connecting them back to their alma mater. Attendees will leave with specific to-dos they can take back to their Catholic school.

Speaker: Frank Donaldson
President
Institute for School and Parish Development
Pearl River, Louisiana

Moderator: Mary Campo
Director of Development
Saint John Neumann Catholic High School
Naples, Florida

Frank Donaldson is the president of the Institute of School and Parish Development (ISPD), a national development consulting firm created to serve Catholic schools, parishes and dioceses in the areas of planning, marketing, enrollment management and resource development. He is the author of Catholic School Publications: Unifying the Image, and 25 Lessons Learned in 25+ Years Frank Donaldson is the president of the Institute of School and Parish Development (ISPD), a national development consulting firm created to serve Catholic schools, parishes and dioceses in the areas of planning, marketing, enrollment management and resource development. He is the author of Catholic School Publications: Unifying the Image, and 25 Lessons Learned in 25+ Years .

Location: Learning Center

Conduciendo Campañas Capitales de Transformación en las Parroquias Hispanas / Conducting Transformation Capital Campaigns in Hispanic Parishes

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Involucrando Latinos en su Campaña de Capital

Siendo hispano-latinos aproximadamente el 35% de la población católica en los Estados Unidos, usted los querrá a bordo en su próxima campaña capital. Asista y aprenda acerca de esta comunidad, su cultura de generosidad para dar, y las mejores prácticas sobre cómo involucrar exitosamente a nuestros miembros hispano-latinos.

With about thirty five percent of the Catholic population in the United States being Hispanic/ Latino, you’ll want them on board for your next capital campaign. Come learn about this community, its giving culture, and best practices on how to successfully engage our Hispanic/ Latino members. English version is Session 48.

Speaker: Jose Piñones
Major Gift Officer
Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois

Moderator: Ana Juarez
Business Administrator
St. Alfred Parish
Taylor, Michigan

Originally from Dallas, Texas, Mr. Pinones graduated with a degree in marketing from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. For five years he served as the development director for St. Mary’s and St. John Paul the Great Campus Ministries in the Diocese of Tyler. He moved to Chicago to embark on the historic $415 million To Teach Who Christ Is campaign in 2014. In that time, he has conducted over 950 personal solicitations in English and Spanish. He is a constant advocate for the Hispanic Catholic community in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Mr. Pinones has served on the Nacogdoches Habitat for Humanity board as well as the Nacogdoches Junior Chamber board. In a volunteer capacity, he has raised money for The Big Shoulders Fund and Latinos Progresando. In his personal time he enjoys running and keeping up with current world events. He is an avid Dallas Cowboys fan and bought his first Chicago Cubs t-shirt last year.

Location: International South 

The church is not a business, but church leaders are responsible to be good stewards of the church’s resources. Getting a better grip on the needs, wants, and pulse of the parish can help increase Mass attendance, parish engagement, and stewardship. This session will look at various ways for church leaders to better gauge the needs of the parish by using surveying techniques and assessment tools.

Speaker: James Gallo
Center Director
Villanova University
Center for Church Management & Business Ethics
Villanova, Pennsylvania

Moderator: Debra LeSage
Business Manager/Development Director
Resurrection Parish
Green Bay, Wisconsin

Jim Gallo is the director of the Center for Church Management at Villanova University. He earned a master’s degree in higher education administration from Neumann University in Aston, Pennsylvania, and a bachelor’s degree in theology from Loyola University Maryland. He is currently a doctoral candidate in higher education administration at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, where he is researching assessment measures for mission at Catholic colleges and universities. Prior to working at Villanova, Mr. Gallo was director of student activities at Neumann University, director of student activities at Holy Cross High School in Delran, New Jersey, and pastoral associate for family life at a parish in New Jersey. He also volunteers his time to the church as a cantor and as a member of his parish’s school board.

Locatin: Hanover D

The explosion of #iGiveCatholic on #GivingTuesday has proven that innovation can engage donors throughout the universal Church. #iGiveCatholic is growing from a oneday campaign to a capacity building initiative for Catholic parishes, schools and ministries. Learn about survey data and stories from participants, as well as donors themselves, which challenge our current beliefs about Catholic generosity. From universities to rural parishes, learn how to join this bishop-led movement as we transform the Catholic charitable landscape.

Speaker: Josephine Everly
COO and Director of Gift Planning
The Catholic Foundation
Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana

Speaker: Cory Howat
Executive Director
Catholic Foundation
Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana

Moderator: Glenda Seipp
Annual Giving and Stewardship Services
Director Diocese of Helena, Montana

Josephine Everly is the director of gift planning and COO for the Catholic Foundation of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. During her two-year tenure, the foundation has established a 25-member professional advisors’ council, a 143-member Catholic women’s giving circle, and hosted #iGiveCatholic, a day of Catholic online giving. She is also an instructor in the philanthropy and development program at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Through 20 years of philanthropic advising, development, strategic planning, capital campaign, and disaster philanthropy experience, she has raised over $100 million for universities, hospitals, and community foundations. Ms. Everly has written and spoken frequently on topics including planned giving, fundraising, disaster philanthropy, and community development. Volunteer service includes serving as vice president of programs for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, New Orleans chapter. Ms. Everly holds a bachelor’s degree in technical writing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a master’s degree from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, and she is a chartered advisor in philanthropy candidate through the American College of Financial Services in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. A native New Orleanian, she and her husband, Josiah, have five children and are parishioners at Immaculate Conception Jesuit Church.

Cory Howat is the executive director of The Catholic Foundation for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. A native of New Orleans, Mr. Howat resides there with his wife and four children. He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Mississippi State University and a master’s degree in philanthropy and development from St. Mary’s University in Minnesota. Mr. Howat and an associate established the Smoothie King franchises in the Las Vegas valley, motivating him to take some of the entrepreneurial expectations of the business industry into the nonprofit sector. He served as the executive director for Boys Hope Girls Hope for over nine years, including the rebuilding of the organization following Hurricane Katrina. Cory has experience as a major gifts officer and as a director of institutional advancement. He served for three years as the director of stewardship for the Archdiocese of New Orleans before moving into the leadership development role of that office this past year. He also led an initiative to build an innovative parish curriculum, Encountering Christ, which guides parishes from discipleship into full Christian stewardship. Mr. Howat was a part of the team to create and launch #iGiveCatholic, the first-ever day of online Catholic giving in the United States.

Location: Regency VI 

This panel will discuss how stewardship has impacted their life, and in particular, their vocation as priest. They will also answer the questions of their peers in this session for clergy only.

Panelists:
Most Reverend Sylvester Ryan
Bishop Emeritus
Diocese of Monterey, California

Monsignor Stephen Churchwell, J.C.D.
Adjutant Judicial Vicar
Archdiocese of Atlanta

Reverend Joe Creedon
Pastor Emeritus
Christ the King Parish
Kingston, Rhode Island

Reverend Jan Schmidt
Pastor
Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains
Cincinnati, Ohio

Reverend John Weatherill
Pastor
St. John the Baptist
Purley, London, England

Moderator: Michael Murphy
Executive Director
ICSC
Dearborn, Michigan

Bishop Sylvester Ryan is bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Monterey, California. Following his priestly ordination in 1957 for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Bishop Ryan served as an associate at St. Agnes Parish in Los Angeles and St. Anthony Parish in Long Beach, and taught in their respective high schools. He served as principal of two other diocesan high schools, was a chaplain and instructor at Mt. St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes In Tujunga-Sunland and president/rector of the College Seminary in Camarillo. Bishop Ryan was ordained auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1990 and appointed Bishop of Monterey in 1992. He served on two committees of the U.S. bishops’ conference and for eight years served as the chairman of the stewardship subcommittee for the conference. For six years he was the president of the California Conference of Bishops. He retired in January 2007 and continues to serve the diocese, conducting retreats, workshops, and participating in the permanent deaconate formation program. He serves in local parishes as well when called upon. On occasion, Bishop Ryan conducts retreats and workshops in other dioceses and has been a frequent contributor to ICSC.

Monsignor Stephen Churchwell, JCD, is vicar for senior priests and chair of the priests’ retirement committee in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. A priest of the archdiocese for nearly 40 years, he also holds the role as adjutant judicial vicar of the metropolitan tribunal as well as parochial vicar at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Atlanta, for canonical status. Monsignor Churchwell holds a doctoral degree in ecclesiastical law, obtained at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He was previously chairman of the board of Greater Atlanta Catholic Federal Credit Union prior to its merger with Georgia Federal Credit Union, now Georgia United, in 2004. Since that time, he has served as the chairman of the Georgia United Catholic Advisory Board on Georgia United’s board of directors since 2007 and also on the board of The Catholic Foundation. In 2010 he was appointed vicar for senior priests in order to be an advocate for older priests and to assist in the development and implementation of programs designed to assist them, especially priests in or approaching retirement.

Reverend Joe Creedon is pastor emeritus of Christ the King Parish in Kingston, Rhode Island. He recently retired after 48 years of priestly ministry, 31 years as pastor of the parish.Author of 14 Advent and Lenten daily meditation booklets, Father Creedon has spoken on stewardship in the Archdiocese of Southwark in London, United Kingdom, the Dioceses of Hartford, Connecticut, Portland, Maine, San Diego, California, and Corner Brook in Newfoundland, Canada. He is a sought-after presenter of Advent and Lenten Parish Missions. Father Creedon was ordained in Louvain, Belgium, in 1968 for the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island. Along with his distinguished service as a pastor, his priestly ministry has included service as a part-time associate pastor, high school teacher and campus minister. In 1980 he spent a year-long sabbatical as a fellow in psychiatry and religion at the Menninger Clinic, then located in Topeka, Kansas. Father Creedon also served on the ICSC board of directors.

The Reverend Jan Schmidt is a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and currently serves in the Chancery office as the director of the department for pastoral life and evangelization and as pastor of the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains. Prior to entering the seminary Father Schmidt worked as an executive with the Taft Broadcasting Company in the theme park division in Cincinnati, Ohio, Richmond, Virginia and in Toronto, Canada and Sydney, Australia and with International Theme Park Services, Inc. Father Schmidt is a graduate of Archbishop McNicholas High School in Cincinnati and holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati and the Athenaeum of Ohio – Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West. He entered Mount St. Mary’s in the fall of 1985. In 1990 Father Schmidt was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk. In 2008, as Father Schmidt completed his  pastorate at Immaculate Heart of Mary, the parish received the ICSC Archbishop Thomas Murphy Award for the exemplary practice of stewardship in the United States.

Canon John Weatherill has been a priest for 20 years, having come to priesthood at 42 years of age after working for fifteen years in banking in the City of London and in Germany and Switzerland. He became a Catholic at age 20 while studying German at Magdalen College, Oxford. In addition to serving in parishes of the Archdiocese of Southwark (south London and the southeast corner of England) he has had a major role for the past 18 years in the diocesan finance office, supporting parishes with financial advice and guidance, most recently as episcopal vicar for finance. He has just been appointed pastor of Purley, a large (by English standards) suburban parish to the south of London. Together with Teresa Keogh, a member of the ICSC board of directors, Canon Weatherill has led the stewardship initiative in the Archdiocese of Southwark for several years. This will be his tenth ICSC annual conference. It is still his fervent hope to see the achievements and principles of Vatican II fully embraced and lived by the hierarchy of the Church and by the people in our parishes.

Location: Hanover E

The board’s role in advancement is critical to the success of fundraising, enrollment, marketing and much more. As both the chief development officer for a foundation that oversees Catholic education and the board chair of a Catholic elementary school, Jim will share his experiences of working with boards to leverage greater giving, finding new resources and bringing the full potential of a board to benefit the mission of your school.

Speaker: James Friend
Chief Development Officer
Faith in the Future Foundation
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Moderator: Karin Hurley
Stewardship and Development Coordinator
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Draper, Utah

Mr. James Friend – As the first chief development officer for the Faith in the Future Foundation (FIF), Jim Friend provides oversight and direction for all fundraising for FIF and for the development offices at the 17 Catholic high schools and four special education schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. By creating new resources, training programs and setting new standards at the central office, the high school system has doubled the fundraising results as a system and increased donor participation since 2012. In 2017 Mr. Friend began “Advancing Our Church”, a Catholic stewardship, leadership and advancement podcast featuring lay and religious leaders impacting the Church, (advancingourchurch.com). Mr. Friend began his career in parish ministry, served the Diocese of Allentown as secretary for stewardship and development, and was director of the church division at Ruotolo Associates. He has offered numerous training sessions for parishes, schools, dioceses, the National Catholic Education Association and ICSC on development, enrollment, stewardship, social media, board/committee training and much more. Mr. Friend graduated with a bachelor’s degree from West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and earned a master’s degree in English and publishing from Rosemont College in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. He and his wife Kristin and their three children live in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.

Location: Learning Center

Las Experiencias de la Corresponsabilidad en Nuestra Parroquia – Panel de Discusión / Our Parish Stewardship Experiences: A Panel Discussion

Los Panelistas darán un breve antecedente de cómo inició la corresponsabilidad en sus parroquias, y responderán las preguntas de los asistentes a la sesión sobre un amplio rango de temas de la corresponsabilidad, ya sean preguntas de origen básico o avanzado en la corresponsabilidad.

The panelists will give a brief background of how stewardship began in their parishes, and answer questions of the session attendees on a wide range of stewardship topics whether the questions are basic or advanced in nature.

Panelists:
Myrtha Diaz-Medina
Moderadora, Consejo Pastoral Parroquial
Espíritu Santo Catholic Church
Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Coni Perez
Parish Stewardship Consultant
ICSC
Houston, Texas

Reverend Victor Reyes
Pastor Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic Church
Canton, Georgia

Myrtha Diaz-Medina holds a degree in nursing from the Catholic University of Puerto Rico and a master’s degree in nursing and post-graduate certificate in gerontology from the University of Puerto Rico. She has practiced as a general duty nurse and as a faculty member at the University of Puerto Rico’s School of Nursing where she has also occupied various faculty and administrative positions. She has served as president of the Puerto Rico professional nursing organization. Since 1966 Ms. Diaz-Medina has been a member of the Espíritu Santo Parish in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Since 2005 she has been a member of the parish stewardship committee and in 2008 became a member of the Archdiocese of San Juan stewardship committee which promotes stewardship in the 142 parishes of the archdiocese. In 2012, she became a member of the ICSC board of directors representing Puerto Rico. She speaks on stewardship in her own parish as well as in the archdiocese.

Coni Perez, a long-term parishioner at St. Luke the Evangelist and former director of stewardship, actively worked in the parish helping to maintain stewardship awareness. During her years at St Luke, she has participated in many parish ministries and is always inviting others to become involved. St. Luke the Evangelist was honored in 2004 as the winner of the ICSC Archbishop Thomas J Murphy Award for its long-term commitment to stewardship as a way of life. After a career with General Motors, Coni has worked as a training and quality consultant in customer service skills with companies across the nation. Currently, she works with parishes and dioceses to establish or enhance their stewardship programs and speaks at stewardship conferences and webinars. She has served on the customer advisory panel on stewardship for Our Sunday Visitor, the stewardship networking group in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and on both the parish stewardship and education services and conference planning committees for ICSC.

Location: International South

These seasoned parish business administrators will answer lingering questions you brought with you to the conference, as well as any that popped up while you were here. Their experiences cover a wide range of parish demographics to ensure no one will leave with an unanswered question.

Facilitators:
Linda Maccarone
Stewardship Coordinator
St. Mary Catholic Church
Royal Oak, Michigan

Jim Mackey
Business Manager Emeritus
Richmond Catholic Community
Richmond, Indiana

Tony Oltremari
Parish Administrator
St. Laurence Catholic Church
Sugar Land, Texas

Moderator: Pat Joyce
Director of Administration
Holy Name of Mary Parish
San Dimas, California

Linda Maccarone is coordinator of stewardship at St. Mary Catholic Church in Royal Oak, Michigan. She has more than sixteen years work experience in parish administration and stewardship. Ms. Maccarone earned her master’s degree in church management from Villanova University in 2011 and also studied at Sacred Heart Major Seminary (SHMS) in Detroit. She is currently an adjunct professor at SHMS teaching parish leadership. Ms. Maccarone has served on the national advisory committee for the Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership Project for business managers and finance councils and is currently a member of the Tri-County Business Managers Association in the Archdiocese of Detroit. She also has served on the board of directors for the Shelby Community Foundation in Shelby Township, Michigan, the SHMS Alumni Association and Friends of Foster Kids. She serves as the Michigan director for the ICSC conference leadership team. She lives with her husband, Ralph, in Shelby Township, Michigan and has three children and one grandchild.

Jim Mackey was the director of stewardship and development and business manager for the Richmond Catholic Community for more than 19 years until his retirement this past June. Under his direction and Father Todd Riebe’s leadership, the Richmond Catholic Community, comprising the parishes of Holy Family, St. Andrew and St. Mary parishes opened Seton Catholic High School in 2001. His lifelong service to the church includes that of Confirmation catechist, lector, extraordinary minister of the Eucharist and pastoral council chairperson. Jim and his wife, June, have three grown sons and seven grandchildren.

Mr. Tony Oltremari – As parish administrator for St. Laurence Catholic Church in Sugar Land, Texas, a parish of over 7,500 families and more than 80 ministries, he understands the importance of the spiritual mission of the church and the need for the material resources for fulfilling that mission. He previously served seven years as director of stewardship and vice-chair of the evangelization commission for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Mr. Oltremari is a 1999 graduate of the ICSC Institute for Stewardship and Development. Through his efforts the archdiocese was awarded first place recognition by ICSC for excellence in materials promoting diocesan stewardship in 2001. After leaving the archdiocese, Mr. Oltremari was vice president for Cavan Corporation, conducting increased offertory initiatives and capital campaigns for Catholic parishes and diocesan annual appeals. He is actively involved with the stewardship networking group in the Houston area and is a member of the National Association of Church Business Administrators. Mr. Oltremari was born n Memphis, Tennessee but has lived in Houston since 1960 where he was educated at St. Anne’s Catholic School, St. Thomas High School and the University of Houston. He and his wife, Peggy, have four children and ten grandchildren.

Location: Regency VI

These panelists will discuss how stewardship, as outlined in the bishops’ pastoral letter, Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response, has impacted the Church, and is still forming parishioners in parishes around the globe…from the Philippines to the United Kingdom, and South America to Canada.

Panelists:
Rock Beharry
Director of Stewardship, Development and Pontifical Mission Societies
Diocese of Georgetown
Guyana, South America

Jose Clemente
Executive Director
Socio Pastoral Institute
Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines

Teresa Keogh
Advisor for Stewardship
Archdiocese of Southwark
United Kingdom

Michael Murphy
Executive Director
ICSC
Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Moderator: Vito Napoletano
President Emeritus, ICSC
Orlando, Florida

Rock Beharry has attended ten ICSC conferences, from 2007 to 2016, and has been diocesan director for stewardship and development in the Diocese of Georgetown, Guyana from 2007 to present. He is serving his second term on the ICSC board of directors representing the dioceses of the Antilles (Caribbean) Episcopal Conference (AEC). Although he began working with his home diocese in 2007, he has been active in parish and diocesan ministries for over 20 years. In addition to organizing stewardship within the wider AEC, Mr. Beharry is a member of the Antilles Canon Law Society and a diocesan director of Pontifical Mission Societies. Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Mr. Beharry holds an advanced diploma in project management, certificates in religious studies, and has recently completed studies for a graduate diploma in ecclesiastical administration.

Jose Clemente is the executive director of the Socio-Pastoral Institute (SPI), a faith-based organization founded by Catholic priests and religious from several religious congregations who came together to promote a renewal of Church and society in the Philippines. SPI is located in Quezon City, in metropolitan Manila. Among its many pastoral activities, SPI promotes the spirituality of stewardship and the building of disaster resilient communities in local churches as it addresses the issues of material and spiritual poverty in the Philippines. Mr. Clemente is also a filmmaker who has experience in the fields of documentary production and photography. He has produced over 50 video documentaries and has won several awards from prestigious awardgiving bodies in the Philippines. Mr. Clemente was formerly involved with Asian Rainbow, an organization that promoted cultural and religious dialogue among religious leaders in South and Southeast Asia. Today he is the treasurer of the Association of Christian Institutes for Social Action which trains young men and women working in the 40 ACISCA-affiliated Christian institutes around Asia to confront the critical and emerging issues of our times. Mr. Clemente is also a member of the ICSC board of directors.

Teresa Keogh is advisor for stewardship in the Archdiocese of Southwark in London, England and holds the ICSC board of directors seat for Region XX. Her diocesan responsibilities see her facilitating and running workshops across the diocese as well as sitting on the diocesan spirituality commission. The focus of her work is in encouraging parishioners to see stewardship as a spirituality and way of life; a role that is very much about changing hearts and minds. She also teaches part-time and is a senior examiner in English literature, for which she runs training internationally. In the past year she has travelled extensively in the Middle East and Far East as well as Europe. Previously she taught school for over 20 years, nine as deputy head teacher in a Catholic school of over 1,000 pupils. Ms. Keogh holds a master’s degree in Christian spirituality and wrote her dissertation on the interface between the Ignatian examen and stewardship. Nationally, she is a member of the Bishops’ Council of England and Wales Spirituality Committee.

Michael Murphy is the executive director of the International Catholic Stewardship Council. He has provided leadership in Christian stewardship formation and institutional Catholic philanthropy for more than 20 years. He established the development office for the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1994 and served as its director as well as that of the Archdiocese of Detroit Endowment Foundation until 2007. As a result of his own research and theological reflection on Christian stewardship, Mr. Murphy and his team developed a comprehensive manual for introducing parishes to stewardship. Now in its second printing, Called by Christ, Gifted by the Spirit, has enjoyed much success among parishes and dioceses in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and, in its Spanish-language version, in parts of Latin America. Mr. Murphy’s team assisted the archbishop of Detroit in securing funds, both for the archdiocese and for Catholic institutions internationally, in an aggregate amount of $645 million over a span of 14 years. This included a $100 million archdiocesan endowment fund, the largest of its kind in the mid-90s; a $27.4 million scholarship fund for inner-city Catholic school children; and $352.6 million in archdiocesan annual appeal funds. The appeal itself yielded an average $30.2 million per year in funding over a nine-year period. It remains the largest diocesan annual appeal in North America. A native Tennessean, Mr. Murphy was a practicing attorney who specialized in the areas of litigation, and probate and estate planning. He was an instructor in insurance law and decedent’s estates for those preparing to become certified life underwriters and financial planners at the American College of Insurance and Tax Institute in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He studied in the divinity program at the University of Notre Dame, where he also earned a master’s degree in systematic theology.