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Ubicación: Galloway, Ohio, Estados Unidos

Married 42 years (04 June) to my beautiful, cradle Catholic wife and our two grown "boys", 41 (Critical Care RN - Stanford University and travel nurse) and 29 (Lab Tech Fellow, Trauma 1 Hospital - special needs college student). -----My Profession of Faith into the Church through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) from a family experience in Judaism, Quaker/Friends Church, Lutheran (ELCA, Missouri Synod), as well as my own faith journey in many other Protestant/Evangelical traditions has now been 37 years ago this past Easter. I was in active parish ministry in parishes working as a Parish Catechetical Leader and RCIA/Adult Faith Formation Leader for 30 years. I also am an experienced part-time teacher in middle school theology as well as some substitute teaching, and served as a Parish School Advisory Board Member and President. Served two parishes simultaneously in nearly all liturgical ministries and liturgy committees. Also served our local diocese as a Safe Environment program facilitator from 2002-2019 and our diocesan catechetical leader association. Was an active member of NCCL (National Conference of Catechetical Leaders) and associate member of NALM (National Assn of Lay Ministry) and still maintain contact with both organizations and many of their members. -----Prior to becoming a full time professional lay ecclesial minister, I spent over 20 years in business management positions in the advertising and industrial cutting tool industries after completing undergraduate studies at The Ohio State University in 1984. ----- I completed my graduate studies in Theology at Ohio Dominican University. ----- In response to our shared baptismal vocation, we are called to share the Good News of Jesus Christ to all we encounter, no matter where that encounter may occur. Jesus' encounters with the Woman at the Well or on the Road to Emmaus reminds us that in our life's journey, these encounters can occur anywhere at anytime. Much of our life's journey today occurs in the online world. Utilizing technology to evangelize and catechize is a wonderful example of meeting people where they are. I am committed to meet each of you where you are and am honored to be accompanying you here at VLCFF. -------"The Gospel is fiction when judged by the empire, but the empire is fiction when judged by the Gospel".....the late Walter Brueggemann ------"We need to witness and accompany people in order to change one's perspective on faith on the modern world. Far too often we see our faith and the Church through the lens of the world. We need to reorient people to see the world through the eyes of faith. Besides our witness, we have the two best tools as a starting point, Sacred Scripture and Sacred Liturgy.".....David Gruber (2019)