(OT) Open Track (Non-Certification)
10:15 am – 11:30 am

Fieldhouse: Side of Main Stage

Sister M. Johanna Paruch, FSGM, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George, holds a BA in theology and elementary education from St. Louis University, a pontifical catechetical diploma, an MA in religious education from the Angelicum, and a PhD in theology from Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, England. Sister Johanna has been involved in religious education for over 40 years. She currently serves as an associate professor of theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, specializing in catechetics. Her first publication, Mentors in the New Evangelization: Catechetical Saints of North America, became available in 2013.

(CT 1) Catechist Training
9:00 am – 10:15 am

JCWC: Fireside Lounge

Marc Cardaronella is director of the Office of Discipleship and Faith Formation for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri. He graduated from Franciscan University with a master’s degree in theology and catechetics and served for 12 years as a parish director of religious education. Marc is the author of Keep Your Kids Catholic: Sharing Your Faith and Making It Stick from Ave Maria Press. His articles have appeared in CATECHIST, The Catechetical Review, and numerous websites including Amazing Catechist, CatholicMom.com, The Big Pulpit, and National Catholic Register. Marc writes about evangelization, catechesis, and faith-parenting on his personal blog, MarcCardaronella.com.

(CT) Catechist Training
9:00 am – 10:15 am

JCWC: Gentile Gallery

Bill Keimig is the assistant director of the Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University. For 15 years, he served as DRE at St. Mary’s of Piscataway in Clinton, Maryland, and served for nine years as director of the Association for Catechumenal Ministry (ACM). He has served as a speaker in many settings in over 30 dioceses. Bill holds master’s degrees in public management from the University of Maryland and in theology from Franciscan University and is completing a doctorate at The Catholic University of America. He and his wife, Heather, have six children, Rose, William, Julianna, Theodore, Elizabeth, and Gregory.

(CS) Catholic Schools (Non-Certification)
9:00 am – 10:15 am

JCWC: St. Leo Room

Dr. Jem Sullivan has served on the adjunct faculty at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., for 17 years. In August 2017, Dr. Sullivan was appointed by Cardinal Donald Wuerl as secretary for Education in the Archdiocese of Washington. A featured guest on EWTN News Nightly discussing masterpieces of Christian art, Dr. Sullivan also hosted and wrote a one-hour documentary special on sacred art and evangelization for EWTN. She writes for a variety of Catholic publications, is the author of three books from Our Sunday Visitor, and has written and illustrated a children’s book on St. John Paul II. In addition, Dr. Sullivan has served as a docent at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. She holds a doctorate from The Catholic University of America.

(RCIA) Rite of Christian Initiation (Yr. 1 or Yr. 2)
9:00 am – 10:15 am

Fieldhouse: Baron Room

Scott Sollom is an assistant professor of theology at Franciscan University. He has conducted RCIA training workshops around the country and the world, including presentations with the Association for Catechumenal Ministry and Symbolon. He previously served as a DRE in Stillwater, Minnesota, and College Station, Texas, as well as a youth minister in Hudson, Wisconsin. Scott and his wife, Mary, have five children.

(YM) Youth Ministry (Yr. 1 or Yr. 2)
9:00 am – 10:15 am

Cosmas & Damian: Pugliese Auditorium

Jim Beckman serves as the executive director of Evangelization and Catechesis for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. A graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville in 1987, Jim has served in various roles of leadership for national, regional, and local ministry ever since. Jim also is the executive director of ImpactCenter, a nonprofit dedicated to leadership development in the Catholic Church and serves as an adjunct professor for the Augustine Institute, teaching on leadership and discipleship. He also serves as an ambassador for Franciscan University of Steubenville. He and his wife, Meg, live in Oklahoma City with their five children.

(OT) Open Track (Non-Certification)
9:00 am – 10:15 am

Fieldhouse: Performance Room, 2nd floor

Rania Saade has been handing on the faith in Catholic high schools for over 10 years.  After earning her MA in theology and Christian ministry with a specialization in catechetics from Franciscan University of Steubenville, she went on to teach at St. Pius X High School, a co-ed archdiocesan school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For the last six years, she has been teaching at Jesuit High School, an all-boys college preparatory school in Tampa, Florida. Rania has taught a variety of courses in theology and has taught students in every grade level of high school.

(OT) Open Track (Non-Certification)
9:00 am – 10:15 am

Fieldhouse: Aerobics Room, 2nd floor

Sister Ann Shields, SGL, is an internationally known evangelist, noted speaker, and author whose activities have taken her to Eastern Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Central America, Israel, the Philippines, and the British Isles. Based in Ann Arbor, she is a member of Servants of God’s Love, a Catholic charismatic religious community canonically established in the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan. She hosts the daily radio program Food for the Journey, heard on 35 U.S. and Canadian stations and the internet. Some of Sister Ann’s works include Deeper Conversion: Extraordinary Grace in Ordinary Times, Hope in the Midst of Suffering, and Yielding to the Power of God, as well as And Their Eyes Were Opened: Encountering Jesus in the Sacraments, co-authored with the late Father Michael Scanlan, TOR.

(CM) CAMPUS MINISTRY 
9:00 am – 10:15 am

St. Joseph Center: Totino Room

Michael Hall is the director of Ministry Training and Program Development for Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO), a university student movement dedicated to evangelization serving on campuses across Canada, and has been a missionary with CCO since 2003. Michael lives in Ottawa, Ontario, with his wife, Amy, and their four children.