2015 annual report - RENEW International

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The Mission of
RENEW International
RENEW International fosters spiritual renewal in
the Catholic tradition by empowering individuals
and communities to encounter God in everyday life,
deepen and share faith, and connect faith with action.
La misión de
RENEW International
RENEW International promueve la renovación
espiritual enraizada en la tradición de la Iglesia
Católica, inspirando y preparando a comunidades y
creyentes para descubrir la presencia de Dios en lo
cotidiano, profundizar y compartir la fe, y expresarla
en sus actos.
La mission de
RENEW International
RENEW International favorise le ressourcement
spirituel selon la tradition catholique en favorisant
la rencontre de Dieu dans la vie de tous les jours.
Les participants et participantes approfondissent et
partagent leur foi, pour ensuite en inspirer leur action.
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Contents
From Our President 2
A Message from Our Board 3
What’s New from RENEW for the New Evangelization? 4
Be My Witness • RENEW Scripture Series • Living in the Sacred
Leading Prayer in Small Groups • Creation at the Crossroads
Pastoral Offerings ARISE Together in Christ
ARISE Inspires Celebration of Indigenous Cultures
Why Catholic? Journey Through the Catechism
RENEW: A Bishop’s Dream Come True
More Pastoral Offerings New Wine, New Wineskins • La justicia brota de la fe
At Prayer with Mary • Lenten Longings
• Advent Awakenings • Renewing the Priestly Heart
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Young Adult Ministry 13
Where RENEW Serves 14
RENEW Worldwide 16
Development Program 18
Financial Summary 20
Management and Operations 21
Donors 22
Board of Trustees 26
RENEW Staff 28
Connect with RENEW 29
Theology on Tap • Campus RENEW
South Africa • Latin America
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From Our President
Dear Friends of RENEW:
Thank you for supporting the mission of RENEW to revitalize the Church. By
helping parishes become centers of welcome and missionary activity, we empower
them to form parishioners as missionary disciples sent forth to bring God’s mercy
to their families, neighborhoods, and work places.
We are excited about responding to Pope Francis who urges us not to wait for
disaffected people to come back to church. Take the Gospel to them, he says, in
the places of their everyday lives, wherever that might be. He exhorts us to be
“bold and creative” in our pastoral initiatives that will empower parishes to move
“from the sacristy to the street.” Inspired by Pope Francis’ exhortation, The Joy
of the Gospel (Evangelii Gaudium), we are developing a new parish evangelization process. This new
program, entitled Be My Witness: Formation for the New Evangelization, is designed to help parishes
become more welcoming, more engaging, and, most importantly, more missionary.
Delivering this new innovative process—which incorporates extensive use of video, web-based
leader training, online resources, and a new interactive website—has required investing money,
time, and, other resources to increase our organizational capacity. We have already made strategic
changes to our staffing, cut spending in some areas, and increased spending in others to restructure
and reorient RENEW International to meet the challenges of today’s Church and return to financial
sustainability.
As we transition to a new ministry model, we are managing our deficit, and we are confident we
will balance our budget in 2017 with a stronger mission-focused organization, a retooled staff, and
improved efficiency and effectiveness. As we serve the mission of Jesus Christ, we will expand our
reach to more dioceses and, in a new way—directly to parishes—to have a greater positive impact
on parish life.
I am so grateful for your trust and support.
With warm regards,
Sr. Theresa Rickard, OP
President and Executive Director
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A Message from Our Board
Dear RENEW Supporters:
I am honored to be completing my first year as chair of the Board of Trustees of
RENEW International, a ministry that for nearly forty years has been the primary
agent for transforming parish life in North America and around the world.
It has been a year of achievement—as more and more people, sharing faith in
small groups, have been touched by RENEW’s resources and motivated to bring
their faith to life beyond the walls of their churches—to their families, schools,
workplaces, and communities.
It has also been a year of challenges as the leadership of RENEW, working closely
with the board and its Finance Committee, squarely faced the ongoing challenges of operating
in a tepid economic environment and the fiscal limitations that has presented. I am extremely
proud of the collaboration that took place between our dedicated board members and the RENEW
staff, which identified and initiated several strategic initiatives to best ensure RENEW’s ongoing
economic sustainability.
The future will be shaped in part by the development of new faith-sharing resources and a new
model in which RENEW’s traditional practice of enrolling whole dioceses in its programs will be
complemented by a direct-to-parish sales program. RENEW’s operations have also been made more
cost-efficient and effective by augmenting the pastoral services staff in Plainfield with staff who
live “in the field,” as it were, to deliver services in far-away regions such as Alaska and South Africa.
In addition, RENEW continues to employ up-to-date digital technology, including web-based
training of parish and small-group leaders, to efficiently deliver the pastoral support that has always
distinguished the RENEW ministry.
While RENEW’s founders were inspired by the Second Vatican Council, they were also anticipating
the call from Popes St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis for a “new evangelization,” a Gospelbased transformation of parishes and communities to be undertaken principally by the laity. My
sincere and heartfelt thanks to you for supporting RENEW International as it carries this mission
into the future.
Very respectfully,
Eric Dill
Chair, Board of Trustees
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What’s New from RENEW for
the New Evangelization?
Catholics across the globe are called to be agents of the New Evangelization, an effort to
inspire people to live each day in a way that brings the Gospel to family members, friends,
and neighbors. RENEW International is responding to this pastoral initiative in the Church
by developing fresh, innovative ways to help parishes engage parishioners on a deeper level.
RENEW’s pastoral offerings and resources provide opportunities for Catholics to encounter
Christ within small communities and share God’s love with others.
Be My Witness: Formation for the New Evangelization
Be My Witness: Formation for the New Evangelization is a Christ-centered, Spirit-led process to
transform parishes and form disciples for the New Evangelization. Be My
Witness and its Spanish counterpart, Sean mis testigos: Formación para la Nueva
Evangelización, will be launched in the diocese of San Angelo, Texas, in fall
2015 and the Diocese of Orange, California, in spring 2016.
Drawing its inspiration from The Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis’ landmark
document on evangelization, this process builds an ever-widening circle of
conversion and commitment in two phases:
• Phase 1 engages parish staff, leaders, and pastoral councils to lead change.
• Phase 2 engages and forms parishioners as missionary disciples.
In Phase 1, RENEW International guides parish leadership through the
transformation process with training, planning activities, best practices, and
consultation. The RENEW Parish Assessment tool helps parishes identify
opportunities to become more evangelizing. On-demand video-based learning
modules engage parish staff and leaders effectively and at their own pace in the
following key areas:
• Evangelization Matters: The Vision of an Evangelizing Parish
• Sunday Matters: The Most Evangelizing Day of the Week
• Welcome Matters: Points of Hospitality
• Belonging Matters: Building Parish Engagement
• Witness Matters: Telling Your Faith Story
• Mission Matters: Reaching Out to the Margins
In Phase 2, Be My Witness invites all parishioners to become partners in the New Evangelization
by joining small groups, a proven model to encounter Christ, reawaken faith, and make a
commitment to missionary outreach. Small-group members will explore key insights from The
Be My Witness features
on-demand video-based
learning modules.
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Joy of the Gospel and develop the attitudes and behaviors of missionary disciples. The 12-session
faith-sharing book, which is integrated with videos that present real-life Catholic witness
stories, is designed to deepen understanding of the call to be evangelizers. Scripture selections
and prayers offer a rich spiritual foundation, and recommended action steps encourage living
and reaching out as Christ’s missionary disciples. RENEW pastoral staff supports success in
each parish throughout the process with ongoing
In all its activities, the parish
consultation.
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encourages and trains its
members to be evangelizers.
It is a community of
communities … and a
center of constant
missionary outreach.
RENEW Scripture Series
The Church, in this age of “the new evangelization,”
relies more than ever on the laity to internalize the
Gospel and then to “preach” it through acts of
mercy, charity, and justice. The people of God have
been encouraged to take the Gospel to heart; now
they are commissioned to be the Gospel wherever
~ Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel, 28
life may take them.
The RENEW Scripture Series presents a special
opportunity for Catholics to engage the Bible. This series is being introduced
with Luke: My Spirit Rejoices! by Martin Lang, PhD. Created for individual
use as well as small groups, this resource enables men and women
to experience Luke’s account in its entirety; participants can
explore the Old Testament roots of the Gospel and Luke’s
unique presentation of “a world turned upside-down” by the
teaching and example of Jesus. Participants can reflect on
the human behavior described in the Gospel, share their own
experiences, and decide how to apply the teaching of Jesus to
everyday life at home, at work, and in the community.
Luke: My Spirit Rejoices! will be available in fall 2015.
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Living in the Sacred
Living in the Sacred is the second book in RENEW International’s two-part series
Spirituality for Everyday Life with Ronald Rolheiser. The first, Longing for
the Holy, is based on The Holy Longing, Fr. Rolheiser’s book on essential
discipleship.
Living in the Sacred is based on Sacred Fire, Fr. Rolheiser’s book on
mature discipleship. While happy, upbeat experiences can provide
some degree of change and learning, Fr. Rolheiser notes that the deepest
spiritual changes usually emerge from the fire of life’s struggles.
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Mature disciples become less concerned with our own little worlds and more concerned
with the world at large, asking ourselves, “What am I called to do to make the world a better
place?” We become more altruistic. We find ourselves being more generous. We call ourselves
to deeper levels of faithfulness and action. We become conscious of making and keeping
commitments that matter. In other words, we start giving away the “self” we have created
during the phase of essential discipleship.
Living in the Sacred will be available in fall 2015.
Leading Prayer in Small Groups
Leading others in prayer is a service of love—love of God and love of neighbor.
Pope Francis reminds us in his apostolic exhortation The Joy of the Gospel that all
Christians are called to reach beyond their zone of comfort and participate in
the missionary and evangelizing activity of the Church. Prayer leaders respond
to that call by helping others connect with God.
Leading Prayer in Small Groups, published in July 2015, provides prayer
leaders with skills and ideas for leading prayer more effectively in various
small-group settings, including small faith-sharing groups, parish council and
committee meetings, and other church-group gatherings. Along with Sowing
Seeds: Essentials for Small-Community Leaders, Leading Prayer in Small Groups is part of the
RENEW Small-Group Leader Series.
Creation at the Crossroads
RENEW International is collaborating with the Catholic Climate Covenant and
GreenFaith to produce a small-group faith-sharing resource in the spirit of Pope
Francis’ encyclical, On Care for Our Common Home (Laudato Si’).
Creation at the Crossroads will help Catholics internalize, and set as a priority
in their lives, the Church’s teaching on the care of creation and the impact
of environmental change on those who are poor and vulnerable. Through
Scripture, prayer, reflections, faith-sharing questions, and practical ideas
for protecting and caring for the environment and people, Creation at
the Crossroads will move Catholics to faith-based action. This project has
the potential to galvanize a wide audience—young adults and mature
Catholics, those who encounter God in prayer and ritual and those who
meet God in nature—and demonstrate how religious faith is relevant to
this cause.
Creation at the Crossroads will be published in late fall 2015 and in
Spanish as La Creación ante una encrucijada in early 2016.
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Pastoral Offerings
Six members of the St. Joseph Parish, South Bend, ARISE program created an initiative to benefit and assist those
struggling with homelessness in South Bend. This campaign, entitled “My Friends are Cold, #click2warm,” ran in
December 2014.
Photo courtesy of Today’s Catholic News, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend
ARISE Together in Christ
ARISE Together in Christ and its Spanish and French
counterparts—LEVÁNTATE. Unamonos en Cristo and
DEBOUT Ensemble dans le Christ—is a three-year diocesewide evangelization and spiritual-renewal process for the
entire parish. This process provides fertile ground for an
encounter with Christ and deepens spirituality through
faith sharing in small groups. Small-group participants
reflect on, experience, and witness to the presence of God
in their lives and gain confidence to become evangelizers.
ARISE provides a powerful and unifying spiritual experience that brings the parish together,
touches lives, and encourages faith-based action in the parish and beyond. The ARISE faith-sharing
books are offered in seven languages and in large print for the visually impaired, and the process
includes youth and family materials. We offer ongoing pastoral consultation, web resources, and
onsite and online leadership training workshops throughout the dioceses we serve.
Altogether, more than 25,000 parishioners at over 250 parishes are engaged in ARISE Together
in Christ, including seven dioceses in the United States and Canada: Lubbock, Texas; Monterey,
California; Lansing, Michigan; Scranton, Pennsylvania; San Jose, California; and Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario. Clusters of parishes are engaged in ARISE in Archdioceses of Galveston-Houston, Texas;
Atlanta, Georgia; Newark, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Dioceses of Trenton,
New Jersey; Cleveland, Ohio; Rockville Centre, New York; and San Diego, California.
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ARISE Inspires Celebration of Indigenous Cultures in Ontario
Faith-sharing in small groups in a diocese in Ontario
led to three celebrations of the indigenous cultures in
that part of Canada.
The celebrations were organized after English- and
French-speaking Catholics in the Diocese of Sault Ste.
Marie in Ontario completed the third season of ARISE
Together with Christ—known in French as DEBOUT
Ensemble dans le Christ.
Jeanne McHarg, coordinator of the Englishspeaking ARISE program in the diocese, said that after
the third season—which has a social-justice theme—
she and the French-speaking coordinator, Mijou
Pelletier, met with Bishop Jean-Louis Plouffe to discuss
how the ARISE participants might put their faith into
practice in the community.
“He said he would like us to do something with
the indigenous people,” Jeanne said.
That population includes First Nation and Métis
Verna Hardwick, elder, gives drumming
people and a small number of Inuit, some living on
instructions in front of an eagle feather staff—a
sacred symbol somewhat analogous to a national
“reserves” and others in the community at large.
flag—loaned to the diocese by the Sudbury
Jeanne said Bishop Plouffe also advised the leaders
Catholic District School Board.
to have elders (from the indigenous community) on
the planning committee from the outset, and that was a key factor in the success of the celebrations.
The elders explained the protocols of interacting with the indigenous community, and they gave
extensive explanations of the background of their ceremonies.
“I had attended many indigenous events in the past, but had never heard these explanations.
That’s what people appreciated the most,” Jeanne said.
Those attending the celebrations held in May in Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay, and Sudbury,
learned about medicine wheels and medicines, traditional ceremonies, drumming and making
drums, ancient wisdom and legends, and crafting of mini-rosaries.
They also sampled bannock, a pancake-like native food also known as fried bread or frybread,
prepared by the French Boy Scouts.
“A lot of people who helped us out were Catholics,’’ Jeanne said, “but they’re also in touch
with their indigenous spirituality. The
whole point was to understand each
other’s cultures.’’
She said there is a five-year plan to
continue the celebrations.
Elder Will Morin tells a spellbound
audience interactive stories of the
Seven Grandfather Teachings,
a tradition that imparts the
principles of good conduct.
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The Diocese of Anchorage participated in Why Catholic? / ¿Por qué ser católico? for the past two years. Pictured
here are parishioners who attended a workshop about the Church’s social teaching and Pope Francis’ apostolic
exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel (Evangelii Gaudium), led by Fr. Alejandro López-Cardinale.
Why Catholic? Journey Through the Catechism
Why Catholic? offers a response to today’s questions from a faith-filled point of view through
reflection and sharing on Sacred Scripture and on the themes of the Catechism of the Catholic
Church—prayer, the Creed, the sacraments, and Christian living. The resources help participants
connect the faith to daily life and encourage them to move to action as they journey together in
small Christian communities.
Why Catholic? also reaches out to everyone in the parish through faith-enrichment events and
bulletin inserts for personal reflection and intergenerational sharing.
During the past year, the process has been enhanced
As a parish, we have seen clearly
through the revision all the formation workshops,
emphasizing the New Evangelization. These changes
a greater interest in learning and
have begun to generate greater engagement on the part
sharing, and this includes small
groups who share as a family, those of new parish teams who have explored more creative
invitation strategies.
who share at the nursing home,
In addition to the Archdioceses of Miami, Florida
and those who participate using the and Boston, Massachusetts, the Dioceses of Amarillo,
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Texas; London, Ontario; and Fort Wayne/South Bend,
as well as in the regular design of Indiana are engaged in the Why Catholic? process.
Clusters of parishes in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
small Christian communities.
and the Diocese of Metuchen are also engaged in Why
~ Holy Name of Mary Parish,
Diocese of London, Ontario
Catholic?
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RENEW: A Bishop’s Dream Come True
For the bishop of a diocese of limited means, RENEW International’s Why Catholic? process of adult
faith formation wasn’t just a successful pastoral program: it was a “dream come true.’’
That was how Bishop Patrick Zurek of the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, summed up the experience
after forty-three parishes participated in the faith-sharing program—18 of them in the Spanishlanguage version, ¿Por qué ser católico?
RENEW International has always been committed to providing its pastoral services to dioceses
that want to participate; RENEW’s recent partnership with the Catholic Extension Service, which
funds pastoral initiatives in less economically-developed areas, made that possible in Amarillo.
“You made a bishop’s dream come true,’’ Bishop Zurek wrote to RENEW after parishes in his
diocese completed the four seasons of Why Catholic? “You acknowledged the hunger and thirst
of the people of a missionary diocese to participate in the same programs as parishes with greater
means. You help us to realize that we are not alone, but are part of the beautiful, loving, caring,
generous and evangelizing community known as the Universal Catholic Church.”
More than 575 small groups were formed in the diocese, comprising more than 5,500 men and
women who engaged in faith-sharing inspired by the four themes of the Catechism of the Catholic
Church: beliefs, sacraments, morality, and prayer.
The experience of sharing faith in small groups had a
tangible effect throughout the diocese as participants began
As adults we need to fully
to act on their faith in their daily lives. Parishes in Stratford,
know and understand
our Catholic faith in order Perryton, and Pampa, for example, reported that smallgroup members had become greeters, catechists, lectors, and
to show and teach the
extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist. The cathedral parish
children the beauty of our reported that Why Catholic? helped RCIA candidates grasp
faith! We come to Mass
“challenging concepts, such as the Holy Trinity’’; a group
to affirm our faith; we
member at a parish in Bovina reported that when she was
hospitalized during the process, members of
need the RENEW process
of Why Catholic? to learn her group rotated visits so that she was never
alone; and a parish in Amarillo reported that a
our faith.
participant reconciled with a family member
~ Why Catholic? coordinator at
after many years of estrangement.
Christ the King Parish, Sunray,
Diocese of Amarillo
“In my group,’’ wrote a woman from St.
Anne Parish in Bovina, “the participants
have grown in many areas:
spirituality, a sense of belonging to
the parish, and family life. The
Word of God has made us true
missionary disciples of Jesus.”
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Bishop Patrick Zurek of the Diocese of
Amarillo praised RENEW International
and Catholic Extension for bringing
Why Catholic?/ ¿Por qué ser católico?
to his mission diocese.
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More Pastoral Offerings
RENEW International offers resources
that help Catholics meeting in small
groups to deepen their Catholic faith
through scripture reading, faith sharing,
and prayer, and apply that faith in
everyday life. Many of these groups were
first formed when parishes participated
in one of our diocese-wide processes.
Our small-group resources enhance the
spiritual lives of parishioners and that,
in turn, contributes to the ongoing
vibrancy of their parish.
These resources, which can be
purchased on RENEW’s website, www.
renewintl.org, include faith-sharing
books, multimedia spiritual resources,
downloadable parish materials, smallgroup sets, and web-based training
Sr. Terry poses with young people at St. Augustine Parish, Bronx, NY,
for leaders of parish teams and small who used the small-group resource Lenten Longings.
groups. Many offerings are available in
a variety of languages as well as editions for the visually impaired.
New Wine, New Wineskins
New Wine, New Wineskins: A Faith-Sharing Resource for Restructuring Parishes provides
a pastoral approach to addressing the spiritual needs of parishioners in restructured,
merged, or clustered parishes. As participants view the transition through the lens of faith
they come to a deeper understanding of the meaning of Church beyond the structure
within which they worship.
La justicia brota de la fe
La justicia brota de la fe: Formación en la fe y en la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia
by Rev. Allan F. Deck, SJ, provides formation in the key tenets of Catholic
social doctrine in a way relevant to Hispanics. Prayer, scripture readings
and related meditations, personal reflections, sharing questions, and
examples of faith-based actions, combine to lead small-group participants
to more fervently embrace social action as an essential component in
the connection between their gospel faith and their lives as committed
disciples of Christ.
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At Prayer with Mary / No temas, María
Pope Francis has often urged us to call on the Virgin Mary for help and guidance,
saying that “like Jesus, she is with us, she walks with us, she is the Mother of our hope.’’
In this spirit, RENEW offers two resources to help Catholics deepen their relationship
with Mary—the English-language faith-sharing resource At Prayer with Mary and the
distinctive Spanish-language resource No temas, María. RENEW has partnered with
Holy Cross Family Ministries to offer with both resources the DVD Rosary Stars in which
two dozen entertainment and sports figures reflect on the mysteries of the rosary.
Lenten Longings / Reflexiones en Cuaresma /
Les soifs du Carême
RENEW provides faith-sharing resource in English,
Spanish, and French for each liturgical year to help
Catholics deepen their Lenten observance. Themes
of the sessions are drawn from the Sunday readings.
RENEW also offers a companion English music CD,
Music for Prayer and Faith Sharing During Lent, and a
Spanish music CD, Comunidad que canta: Himnos para
la Cuaresma.
Advent Awakenings / Reflexiones en Adviento
RENEW provides these English and Spanish faith-sharing resources,
one for each liturgical year, to help Catholic men and women
focus on the meaning of Advent amid the busyness and material
preoccupations of Christmas preparations. The faith-sharing books
also contain devotions that families can use at home. RENEW also
offers a companion CD, Advent Awakenings: Music for Prayer and Faith
Sharing During Advent.
Renewing the Priestly Heart
Renewing the Priestly Heart offers a pastoral process and resources for priests who
wish to revitalize their vocation and build fraternity among their fellow priests.
This renewal occurs through meaningful spiritual conversations in the context
of priest support groups using resource materials written specifically to address
priestly life.
Ebooks:
Many of the resources listed above, and others, are now
offered in ebook versions sold in the Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and
iTunes bookstores.
Scan to access the RENEW Fall 2015 Catalog.
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Young Adult Ministry
New Facebook group enables core community coordinators, members, and young
adult ministers to collaborate.
RENEW International’s Theology on Tap and Campus RENEW programs are
designed to meet young adults where they are at while inviting them to discover
the importance of faith in their lives.
Theology on Tap brings the faith in the form of interesting speakers to a
relaxed atmosphere, such as restaurants and bars. These fun and meaningful
gatherings, organized by teams in dioceses and parishes, are a means for dioceses
and parishes to reach out to young adults in a comfortable setting and connect
them to God and their Catholic faith.
Campus RENEW, a Lectionary-based series developed for campus ministry,
gathers college students in small groups to reflect on God’s word in this
formative period of their lives.
Social media play a crucial role in the New Evangelization and in RENEW’s
young adult ministries with many Theology on Tap groups reaching out to
attendees via Facebook. Our
RENEW Theology on Tap Facebook
A great way to attract young
page (Facebook.com/RenewTOT) is
adults in their environment, the
restaurant, bar, club, park, beach, an online gathering spot for groups
to post and spread event information. Scrolling
anywhere the young adults like
through the Facebook page, young adults and
to gather.
Theology on Tap teams can explore dozens of groups
posting intriguing ideas for topics and awe-inspiring
~ Delia Dee Kalaus,
St. Mary of the Assumption Parish
designs for posters.
Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
Our new “Theology on Tap Think Tank” Facebook
group for core community coordinators, members, and young adult ministers of licensed Theology
on Tap programs complements Theology on Tap groups’ use of Facebook to share best practices and
tips, facilitate community engagement, and organize and publicize their local events.
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Where RENEW Serves
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Process Locations*
ARISE/LEVÁNTATE/DEBOUT (red)
Why Catholic? (green)
RENEW Africa (purple)
Renewing the Priestly Heart (black)
La justicia brota de la fe (gray)
Jóvenes para Cristo (magenta)
Theology on Tap (brown)
Campus RENEW (orange)
*Does not include individual parish/small Christian community activity.
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New
Brunswick
Ontario
Manitoba
Quebec
Nova Scotia
ME
ND
VT
MN
NY
SD
WI
NE
NH
CT
MI
IA
PEI
MA
RI
PA
NJ
MD
A TLA N T I C
AFRICA
CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA
Caribbean Sea
Guatemala
El Salvador
Venezuela
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RENEW Worldwide
Children perform a Christian rap during the Archdiocese of Johannesburg’s three-day Life Expo event, which
highlighted the Church’s social teaching through an art contest, debates, and other presentations. Inspired by
RENEW Africa, the event featured exhibits from diocesan offices and agencies about their various ministries.
South Africa
RENEW Africa, which focuses on spiritual renewal of parishes, is built on the faith experiences of
Africans in their daily lives and centered on faith sharing within small Christian communities.
RENEW Africa invites communities to pray, reflect on Scripture, deepen communion with one
another and with Christ, and reach out in service to others as an essential expression of their faith.
Training sessions encourage the development of new lay leadership, which is essential if the Church
is to become truly self-sustaining.
RENEW Africa is designed to help participants experience the rhythm of a vibrant faith lifecycle—celebrating Sunday Eucharist, responding to the call to love and serve, gathering as small
communities reflecting on Scripture, and returning to Sunday Eucharist—enabling parishes to
become a communion of communities united in the Lord.
The Archdiocese of Pretoria has been preparing for RENEW Africa, and small communities will
begin meeting there in fall 2015. The Anglican Diocese of Table Bay completed Seasons III and IV
this past year. The Archdiocese of Johannesburg completed Season V of RENEW Africa and will begin
Why Catholic? in fall 2015. Why Catholic? for South Africa has been translated and enculturated in
Xhosa and Afrikaans. The archdiocese used Lenten Longings during Lent of 2015.
The Diocese of Port Elizabeth completed the LIVE: Christian Morality book of Why Catholic?
and will start ARISE, which is being translated and enculturated in Xhosa and Afrikaans, in fall 2015.
To provide ongoing support for the small communities established during RENEW Africa, the
African version of Forgiveness and Reconciliation was published for the Diocese of Port Elizabeth, and
At Prayer with Mary was published for the Archdiocese of Johannesburg.
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RENEW has been invited to the Diocese of Manzini in
Swaziland, which borders South Africa, to launch RENEW
Africa, and small communities will begin meeting in Fall 2016.
In the meantime, the diocese is going to use Forgiveness and
Reconciliation during Lent.
Since being invited to the Diocese of Port Elizabeth in 2007,
RENEW has worked towards establishing a permanent presence
in Port Elizabeth to serve the continent. Under the direction
of Fr. Jeremiah Browne, we now have a national office in Port
Elizabeth, which handles the publications and warehousing of
resources. Charmaine Woolard is responsible for receiving and
shipping orders, billing, and general customer, and bookkeeping
services. Sr. Áine Hughes, HC, presents formation workshops and
mentors diocesan core communities. As services are consolidated
in Port Elizabeth, this office will become less dependent on During the Life Expo event in the Archdiocese
of Johannesburg, a young man with
support from RENEW’s headquarters in the United States.
Latin America
disabilities gives testimony about the sense of
welcome created by the ease of access and
participation created by his parish.
RENEW International continues to expand and enrich the resources it provides for Catholics in
Central America and South America by adding new staff and innovative pastoral approaches that
meet the needs of this diverse and youthful region.
• The Diocese of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador, began Jóvenes para Cristo (Youth for Christ). The process
has been implemented in 20 parishes with more than 4,500 young people participating.
• In the Diocese of Sonsonate, El Salvador, more than 500 youth and young leaders completed
Jóvenes para Cristo with a 95-percent retention since the process started three years ago. These
young people moved into a new process, ACOMPAÑAR, strengthening the young adult core
team leaders in parishes.
• More than 2,000 people have joined small communities for faith sharing with ¿Por qué ser
católico? in the Archdiocese of Valencia, Venezuela. People have become more engaged in
their parish ministries. including catechists, lectors, and extraordinary ministers of holy
Communion. Other participants have focused their efforts on social justice apostolates in
their parishes as well as local and national institutions.
• We opened our RENEW Venezuela office at St.
Antonio Parish, in Prebo, Valencia, thanks to
the support of the Vollmer Foundation and the
Archdiocese of Valencia. Dr. Mariela Saravia
will lead our office in Venezuela, serving the
Archdiocese of Valencia and reaching out to
other dioceses.
• As required by Venezuelan law, we registered
Fundación RENEW International, as part of our
effort to establish a self-sustaining ministry.
• RENEW plans to expand into the Diocese of
Cabimas, Venezuela, visit new dioceses, and
print new seasonal resources for upcoming
Fr. Alejandro López-Cardinale, Dr. Mariela Saravia, Arq.,
seasons, such as: María, llena de gracia, as part
and Marifina López-Cardinale gather for the blessing of
the RENEW Venezuela Office.
of the ongoing support for small communities.
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Development
Adults perform at the Archdiocese of Johannesburg’s Life Expo event, which celebrated the Church’s social teaching
and was inspired by participation in RENEW Africa.
As a not-for-profit organization, our pastoral outreach is sustained in
Net Development Revenue
part from the sales of our publications and resources, and the stipends
Other
$11,779
we receive for the services provided to parishes and dioceses. However,
our priority is always to serve all parishes who desire to renew their faith
and build the Church, regardless of their economic situation. We have
been able to fulfill this mission not only in the inner cities and rural
Gala
Grants
$216,382
$163,150
areas in the United States but also in the developing world, especially
Latin America and Africa, thanks
Being a part of RENEW
to donations and charitable
Annual Appeal
International has challenged funding. RENEW’s Development
$149,692
and enabled my wife and me Team raised $541,003 for the
to be with and work for those 2014-2015 fiscal year.
In this past fiscal year RENEW secured $163,150 in grants
who are poor, imprisoned,
from charitable foundations. Grant money is frequently
homeless, ill, or ignorant. In
disbursed over a two-year period. Sources of grants during this
return we have been gifted
period and RENEW’s use of the funds are as follows:
with rich relationships that
• The Lavelle Fund for the Blind is supporting publication
have lasted decades. We
of large-print editions of Be My Witness and Sean mis
support RENEW because we
testigos.
• The Loyola Foundation provided computer equipment
have seen RENEW grow and
for RENEW’s office in South Africa.
literally bring the Catholic
• The Lynch Foundation continued its annual support of
faith to the world.
RENEW’s Why Catholic? process in the Archdiocese of
~ Marge and Bob Graham
Boston.
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From right to left,
Sr. Honora Nolty, OP, RENEW’s
development director;
gala honoree Tom Higgins;
and Sr. Terry Rickard, OP,
RENEW’s executive director.
Far right: Gala honorees
Mario Paredes and
Sr. Mary Flood, OP, MD.
• A foundation that requested anonymity provided support for the production of Spanishlanguage books and digital materials for Be My Witness and La justicia brota de la fe.
• The Raskob Foundation is supporting the training of small-group leaders who will facilitate
the use of Longing for the Holy, the first part in RENEW’s Spirituality for Everyday Life with Ronald
Rolheiser, in the Western Vicariate of the U.S. military.
Friend-raisers and fundraisers included the Tree of Life Mass in June and the All Souls’ Day
Mass in November, when RENEW remembered living and departed donors, especially those
memorialized in the Tree of Life Prayer Garden; Mass and brunch at Eagle Oaks Golf and Country
Club in Farmingdale, New Jersey, in August; and Shop for RENEW, our pre-Christmas sale at the “A
Remembrance of You” boutique.
Legacy Society Members
Monica Garofalo
Robert and Margaret Graham
Lynn Hull
Msgr. Tom Kleissler
Kevin Lawler
Jack and Kathy Norris
Mary Noel Page
The Msgr. Thomas A. Kleissler Legacy Society was founded
by a group of donors as a way to invite others to endow
RENEW International and its mission for the future.
Becoming a member is simple: name RENEW International
as the beneficiary of a planned gift. Such gifts may include a
bequest, appreciated securities, gifts of retirement accounts,
life insurance, property, and annuities.
Tree of Life Prayer Garden
The Tree of Life Prayer Garden at RENEW headquarters is a
beautiful peaceful place where loved ones, alive or deceased,
are remembered in etched pavers and teak benches. These
etchings are placed in the stones of a large cross surrounded
by flowers and foliage. In June and November, we celebrate
a Memorial Mass in the garden for all those specifically
named in the garden.
For more information
For information or a confidential conversation about either the Msgr. Thomas A. Kleissler Legacy
Society or the Tree of Life Garden, please call the Development Office at (908) 769-5400, ext. 162,
to speak with Sr. Honora Nolty, OP.
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Financial Summary
RENEW International is committed to long-term mission growth and to delivering new innovative
processes to meet pastoral parish ministry needs. This year RENEW has been challenged with fiscal
limitations, resulting in strategic changes in staffing, reduced and restructured operations coupled
with investment spending in technology to meet the needs of a new ministry model.
The changes implemented over the next 18 months are expected to return RENEW to financial
sustainability, while expanding our reach to more dioceses, and directly to parishes to positively
impact parish life. The following table and graphs contain key financial data for fiscal years ended
June 30, 2014 and 2015.
RENEW International Key Statistics
(dollars in thousands)
Full Year Ended June 30
2014
2015
Operating Revenue
$2,607
$2,108
Operating Expenses
$2,960
$2,947
Operating Loss
$(353)
$(839)
Endowment Income
$576
$105
TOTAL INCOME*
$223
$(734)
Assets (without Endowment)
$1,590
$1,976
Endowment
$4,842$3,597
Total Assets
$6,432
$5,573
Total Net Assets
$5,765
$4,954
Capital Spending
$41
$66
Ratio of Current Assets (with Endowment) to Current Liabilities
8.7x 7.9x
* excludes extraordinary items
RENEW International
Cost Allocation: (% by type, dollars in thousands)
$242
8.2%
$244
8.2%
$239
8%
$2,474
83.6%
20
$239
8%
$2,468
84%
FY 2014 Actual
Process Costs
RENEW International
Balance Sheet Components
June 30, 2015 (in thousands)
Development Costs
FY 2015 Actual
Operating &
Endowment
Cash
$4,245
Receivables
$289
Fixed Assets
$440
Other
$1,329
Inventory
$344
Other Assets
$256
Gen & Admin Costs
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Management & Operations
RENEW staff members pose with attendees at RENEW’s booth at Los Angeles Religious Education Conference in
March 2015.
RENEW International is a mission-driven organization. We focus on consistently meeting pastoral
needs and growing our organizational capacity in a financially sustainable way. We seek each year to
increase our mission impact to better serve the Church through innovative programs and resources.
Today’s parishes are time- and budget-constrained, trying to do more with less. This requires
RENEW to provide parishes with cost-effective choices and flexibility within our pastoral solutions.
RENEW’s management and staff have organized to meet these needs with efficient operations and
new expertise.
• We have restructured our staff to embrace the shift in how we do business, streamlined
strategic operational areas, and added staff to gain specific skill sets, such as digital
technology, video, design, and marketing.
• We have restructured our relationship with our warehouse to reduce expenses through
billing and storage structure.
• For focused projects, we use interns and service-hour volunteers with targeted skill sets.
Technology is now incorporated into every facet of our work both in the office and on the road.
Our staff is using new tools to create, shape, communicate, and deliver resources and services to our
RENEW parishes.
We have developed an extensive online pastoral training platform for our Be My Witness launch
in fall 2015, including
• Interactive website, web-based video training modules, parish assessment tools
• Live webinar tools (GoToTraining), project management tools (Basecamp), online
resources
We have upgraded our information technology infrastructure, including
• Upgraded servers
• Upgraded computer workstations with Office 365
We are more responsive to customer needs through
• On-demand custom parish merchandise fulfilled via third-party suppliers
• Automated returns authorization process to better serve customers
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Donors
PRESIDENT’S SOCIETY $20,000 and above
The Cushman Foundation, New York, NY
George and Patricia Erdman
First Data Corporation, New York, NY
James and Loretta Colotto Foundation, Inc., Hackensack, NJ
Lavelle Fund for the Blind, Inc., New York, NY
PATRONS OF RENEW $10,000 and above
American Bible Society, New York, NY
James and Virginia Collins
Raymond and Catherine Donovan
Martin Lang
William and Mary Noel Page
PARTNERS IN MISSION $5,000 and above
Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons, New York-Presbyterian Hospital,
New York, NY
Cushman & Wakefield, New York, NY
Patricia Dinneen and John Mooney, MD
Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, NY
Dolly and Floyd Donahue
James and Anne Flood
Joseph and Patricia Ann Franzetti
SPONSORS $1,000 and above
Katherine and Kenneth Abbott
Fr. Robert Beloin, The Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale University,
New Haven, CT
Anthony and Maggie Browne
Marylane Burry
Muriel and William Cagney
Frank and Maria Colangelo
William and Marilyn Cosgrove
James and Elizabeth Davidson
Robert Dempsey
Eric and Karen Dill
Livvy Dinneen
Brian Donovan
Bertrand and Milissa Else
Charles Engelhard Foundation, New York, NY
Friends of Saint Dominic’s Home, Blauvelt, NY
Archbishop Peter L. Gerety
Joseph and Carolyn Gugliandolo
Bernard Hartnett
Thomas and Meg Healey
James and Jackie Higgins
Stephen and Kate Howe
Douglas and Mary Hutchings
Dierdre James
R. Patrick and Sharon Kane
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The Lynch Foundation, Boston, MA
NewsAmerica Marketing, New York, NY
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities,
Wilmington, DE
Vollmer Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela
Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI
Robert Wager, Brookside Painting, Inc., Pelham, NY
Frank and Mimi Walsh, Sandy Hill Foundation,
Morristown, NJ
Robert and Carol Williams
Matthew Nolty, Greenway East USA, New Hyde Park, NY
Loyola Foundation, Fairfax, VA
Barbara Miller
John Mulderig
Jack Norris
Diocese of Metuchen, Piscataway, NJ
Les and Eileen Quick
Walter and Lynn Rickard
Michael and Mary Singer
Laurence Walsh
Msgr. Thomas Kleissler
Eileen Leonard and Dale Hagstrom
Kate and William Lund
Leslie and Brenda Maiman
Ronald and Barbara Marasco
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
John McDermott
Robert and Margaret McGovern
Edward and Ellen Miller
Patricia Murphy and John Kennelly
Madonna Nolty
Kevin and Jennifer Nolty
Sr. Honora Nolty, OP
Michael O’Connell
Mary Beth and Steven Oria
Carl and Jeanne Ellen Pursiano
Marcelo Ruoco, EcoSave, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Saint Dominic’s Home, Blauvelt, NY
James Sasso
Timothy and Joanne Collins Smee
Salsey and Thomas Sullivan
The Daniels Group, Inc., New Providence, NJ
Richard and Germaine Trabert
Michael and Ida Tropiano
Unity Electric, LLC, East Rutherford, NJ
Dominic and Kathy Volante
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Donors
FRIENDS $100 and above
Charles and Roseann Airel
Edwin and Ellen Alger
Thomas and Mary Anderson
The Archdiocesan Catechetical Office, Archdiocese of New York, NY
Angelica Barrera-Cruz
Patricia Becker
Jeffrey and Stacey Beer
Gregory Beuke
George and Donna Biagi
Lorrie Bove
Kathleen Brehm
Michael and Stephanie Brough
Vincent and Christina Budd
Msgr. James Burke
Ronald and Rosemary Bushwell
Joan Cappa
Cappio Landscaping, Scotch Plains, NJ
Susan and Vito Capurso
Daniel and Michele Castagna
Church of the Presentation, Upper Saddle River, NJ
Msgr. Edward Ciuba
Agnes Collins
Patricia and George Connell
Peter and Laura Connell
Msgr. Neil Connolly
Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, Province of USA/Canada
Dennis and Judith Crilly
Regina Crowley
Janice Cuttingham and Alfred Petit
John and Constance D’Angelo
Anne and Alex DeMesa
Jerry Dempsey
Joy Dempsey
Michael Dolan
Dominican Sisters of Amityville, NY
Dominican Sisters of Caldwell, NJ
Martin and Karen Doris
Susan Dyckman
Thomas and Carolyn Farley
Robert Farrell and Ellen Schultheis
Remy and Yvonne Ferrario
Mary Fischl
John and Judith Fitzgerald
Thomas Flammer
Paula Flynn
Patricia Ann Foley
Paul and Kathleen Foley
Monica Garofalo
Richard and Beth Garrigan
Kerry and Chris George
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Sr. Patricia Ginty, OP
Glenn’s Car and Truck Repair, Plainfield, NJ
Robert and Kathleen Gluck
Hazel Godbold
Robert and Margaret Graham
Barbara and Lester Gray
Marilyn Haggerty
Peter and Margaret Hark
Thomas and Mary Healey
Rev. Francis Heinen
Msgr. Owen Hendry
Catherine and Michael Hennessey
Paul and Dorothy Hennessey
Marina Herrera
Lynn Hull
IT Radix, Whippany, NJ
Msgr. Thomas Ivory
Marilee James
Jennifer Jehn
Jack and Mary Beth Kakolewski
Syna Kandarappallil
Thomas and Susan Kiernan
Elaine Susie Kimball
Carol King
Kingston’s Clam Bar, Sayville, NY
Richard and Suzanne Kinney
Edwin and Gertrude Kleissler
Robert Kleissler
Knights of Columbus, Council #6033,
Upper Saddle River, NJ
Eric and Elizabeth Koch
Bobby and Carol Williams shared their faith
journey in a video for Be My Witness. You can
hear their story at www.youtube.com/user/
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Donors
FRIENDS $100 and above (continued)
William and Mary Kreppein
Kat Kuo Design, Little Rock, AR
Joan Lalonde
Robert and Jean Lampert
Darlyne Lawson
John Lentinello
Todd and Grace Leong
Gary and Barbara Linn
Margaret and Charles Lockwood
Charles and Ann Londo
Rev. Thomas Looney, CSC
Lumen Center - Sisters of St. Dominic Caldwell, NJ
Richard and Deirdre Trabert Malacrea
John and Lynda Mamone
Rev. Jack Martin
Michael Martinez
Edward and Margaret McDermott
Jack and Carol McDermott
Patricia McDermott
Robert and Peggy McDevitt
John and Mary McEnerney
Lucy McGuirk
John and Margarete McNeice
Sr. Veronica Mendez, RCD
Richard and Janet Michalowski
Brenda and Pellegrino Migliaccio
Rick and Addie Moore
Peter and Patricia Nolty
Rev. Robert Norris
Thomas Norris
Zita O’Brian
Jennifer O’Campo
James and Margaret O’Donnell
William and Barbara O’Sullivan
Dorothy Ott
James Ott
Catherine Overton
Charles and Patricia Paolino
George and Mary Parisi
Pathcom, Inc., Malvern, PA
Joan Patton
Paul and Grace Pedretti
Thomas and Theresa Potenza
Micki Proud and Cas Pouderoyen
Barbara Prince
Edward and Catherine Quigley
Elizabeth Anita Quinlan
Joseph Quinlan
Michael and Patricia Ramella
Rev. Charles Reinbold
Joseph and Maureen Rickard
Sr. Theresa Rickard, OP
Margaret and Scott Rubinacci
Lavinia Ruby
Thomas Ryan
Anne Scanlan
Sandra and Matthew Schroyer
Peter and Carolyn Seibel
Sam Severino
Thomas and Ruth Sharkey
Bartholomew and Mary Sheehan
Patricia Sheehan
Richard and Anna Spalckhaver
Anthony and Flora Spera
Francis and Cornelia Stein
Wendy Lane Stevens
Vincent and Mary Lucille Sweeney
Michael and Geraldine Tama
Hannemann Funeral Home, Nyack, NY
Edward and Patricia Thomas
John and Patricia Tierney
Robert McGill, TLCO, Inc., Garden City, NY
Renee Trabert and William Heinbokel
Kathy and Jessica Turlick
Nicholas Vander Plaat
Robert and Mary VerNooy
Lisa Meehan and Grey Warner
Donald and Elizabeth Whittam
Patricia Wiley
Judith Winter
Sr. Alice Yohe, SSJ
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Donors
SUPPORTERS up to $99
Mary Louise and Frank Angone
Mark Balzarotti
Walter and Tecla Barber
Jeanette and Richard Battel
Robert and Kathryn Begley
Jennifer Blanco
Rosalie Bluger-Buzzi
Domingo and Maria Bracero
Chris and Traci Burns
Linda and James Burns
John and Lee Bursley
Samuel and Laura Byrnes
Robert and Mary Callander
S. J. Cerniglia
Sr. Maureen Colleary, FSP
Catherine and Thomas Concepcion
Loretta and Thomas Conniff
Sr. Joan Correia, OP
Sr. Marie Cooper, SJC
Susan Davis
Alicia Defrange
Martha Desloge
Maura Dickerson
Patricia Donius
Robert and Patricia Donnelly
Ronald and Denise Dower
Sr. Mary Thomas Downing, SSJ
Joseph Duggan
Claire Fallon
Mary and Gene Febbo
Sonia and Alejandro Fernandez-Colmenarez
Hyacinth Findlay
Catherine and Paul Fluta
Janet Frigerio
Linda Garvey
Guy and Marion Gaudenzi
Thomas Giblin
Anthony Gilkes
Peter and Patricia Glen
Rafael and Rose Gomez
Maria Granda
Richard and Marie Heaslip
Adrienne Hennessy
Manuel and Lucila Hernandez
Shelley Hull
John and Ann James
Eartha and Stanley Johnson
Julia and Edward Jones
Patricia Kent
Althea Klein
Alice Kokasch
Patricia Kreppein
Zeljka Kulusic
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Ester and John LaCroix
Jan Lacy
Agnes Laub
Eileen Linehan
John and Rita Linehan
Manuel Lopez and Yenitza Olmo
Carol Lynch
Jeremiah and Joan Lynch
Fr. James MacNew, Jr.
John and Patricia Magovern
Richard and Kelly Maltagliati
Pamela Martorana
Santa Matarazzo
George and Ann Mayer
Alois and Rosemary Meidenbauer
Roseann and Joseph Miller
Kathleen Mitchell
Anna and John Monti
Patrick Mullen
Beatrice Murday
Sr. Margaret Murphy, OP
Michael and Barbara Murphy
Linda Nash
Thomas and Heather O’Connell
Rev. Abraham Orapankal
Flavio Ortega
William O’Sullivan
Christine Page
Candyce Parrington
John and Patricia Plunkett
Anthony and Sylvia Priolo
Joan Radigan
Joseph and Eileen Reardon
C. William Reilly
Linda Rutter
William and Marilyn Saydah
Pamela Schwitter
Gwendolyn Scott
Gloria Secchia
Carl and Carol Seim
Denise Simeone
Mark and Laura Smith
John and Myong Ok Stocker
John Bedo and Maria Sullivan
Mary Lou Thompson
John and Kathleen Toolan
Frances and Patrick Tumblety
Gary and Lynda Urban
Susan and Mark Velten
Antony and Mary Ann Visocchi
Richard and Mary Von Stamwitz
Brandon Willitts
Will and Carolyn Winchester
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Board of Trustees
Trustees gather at the RENEW Gala on June 4, 2015.
Front row: Deirdre James, Livvy Dineen, Patricia Murphy, Joseph Franzetti, and Barbara Miller.
Back row: Fr. Abraham Orapankal, Robert McGovern, Michael Singer, Martin Garofalo, Walter Rickard, Eric Dill, chair;
Donald Whittam, Michael Tropiano, and Sr. Terry Rickard, OP.
President and Executive Director
Sr. Theresa Rickard, OP President and Executive
Director of RENEW International; Dominican Sister
of Blauvelt, NY
Chair
Eric Dill Vice President, Human Resources at
the American Arbitration Association; previously
Director of the Office of Human Resources, Diocese
of Metuchen, NJ
Secretary
Patricia A. Murphy Partner in the law firm of
Murphy & James, LLC
Treasurer
Leslie T. Maiman, Jr., D.Min. Chief Operating
Officer and Chancellor, Archdiocese of Anchorage;
permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Anchorage
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Angelica Barrera-Cruz Primary School Educator
in Half Moon Bay, CA; former Associate Director,
Office of Youth & Young Adults, Diocese of
Metuchen
Jane P. Devlin Civil Lawyer; member of Canon
Law Society of America
Livvy Dinneen Director of Counseling and faculty
member, Immaculate Conception Seminary,
Seton Hall University; private practitioner in
psychotherapy
Raymond J. Donovan Retired President, Schiavone
Construction Company; former U.S. Secretary of
Labor
Alejandro Fernández-Colmenárez Vice President,
Corporate Development & Communications for
Brenntag Latin America; Former President of the
MIT Club of South Texas.
RENEW International
John Mulderig Media reviewer, Office
for Film and Broadcasting, United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops
Reverend Abraham Orapankal A native of
the Indian state of Kerala; currently pastor
of St. John Neumann Parish, Califon, NJ;
former member of RENEW International’s
Pastoral Services Team
Walter I. Rickard Former Chairman of the
Board and CEO, LSSi Corp; former NYNEX
executive
Eric Dill, chair of RENEW’s Board of Trustees, poses with
co-founder Msgr. Thomas Kleissler at the RENEW Gala.
Joseph Franzetti Senior Vice President at Berkadia
Commercial Mortgage, LLC; past Chair of RENEW’s
Board of Trustees
Martin Garofalo Chief Executive Officer, News
America Marketing
Dierdre James Partner in the law firm of Murphy &
James, LLC
Jennifer Jehn President and CEO, Keep America
Beautiful; hospice care grief counselor
Robert P. “Pat” Kane Managing Partner, Star
Strategies Group, LLC, Alexandria, VA
Michael Singer AVP – Threat Management,
AT&T Business Solutions
Michael Tropiano Chief Financial Officer of
Par Pharmaceutical Inc.; Director of Men’s
Spirituality, Church of the Presentation,
Upper Saddle River, NJ
Donald Whittam Executive Vice President, Sales &
Merchandising, Divatex Home Fashions, New York,
NY; Ministry Leader, Church of the Presentation,
Upper Saddle River, NJ
RENEW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE
MEMBERS
Most Rev. John J. Myers, JCD, DD Archbishop of
Newark, Chairman
Rev. Thomas P. Looney, CSC, PhD Director of
Campus Ministry, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Members
Robert P. McGovern Retired executive in
mortgage-backed securities industry; Commissioner
of Avon by the Sea, NJ; Chair of Finance
Committee at St. Elizabeth Church, Avon by the
Sea, NJ
Rev. Msgr. Richard J. Arnhols Vicar for Pastoral
Life
Barbara Miller Retired Vice President, Continuing
Education, Workforce Development, Public Safety,
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA;
Director of Adult Faith Formation, Our Lady of
Mount Carmel Church, Doylestown , PA.
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Rev. Msgr. Michael A. Andreano Chancellor, Vicar
General, and Secretary to the Archbishop
Most Rev. Bernard A. Hebda Coadjutor
Archbishop of Newark
Rev. Msgr. Thomas P. Nydegger Vicar General and
Moderator of the Curia
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Staff Members
RENEW’s team, pictured here at the annual Staff Planning Days at Stella Maris Retreat Center in Elberon, New Jersey,
strives to be a professional ministerial community.
President and Executive
Director
Finance and Business
Operations
Sr. Theresa Rickard, OP, D.Min.
Susan Capurso, Executive Assistant
Mary Beth Oria, Director
Richard Michalowski, Controller
(retired)
Yvette Hutchins
Assistant Director
Sr. Honora Nolty, OP
Customer and Shared Business
Services
Human Resources and
Information Technology
Eartha Johnson, Manager
Regina Crowley
Martha Ann Hagedorn
Sterling Hardaway
Carolyn Newkirk
Patricia Wiley, Director
Sr. Eileen Carmody, PBVM, Human
Resources Administrator (retired)
Marketing and
Communications
Development
Deirdre Trabert Malacrea, Director
Jennifer Bober
Lynn Hull
Amy Reed
Sr. Honora Nolty, OP, Director
Dorothy Ott
Halie Burns (Intern)
Diocesan Sales and Services
Gregory Kremer, Director
Sr. Maureen Colleary, FSP
Rev. Alejandro López-Cardinale
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Pastoral Services
Dr. Laura Zane Kolmar, Director
Sr. Marie Cooper, SJC
Ana Maria Guadalupe
Manuel Hernandez
Rev. Alejandro López-Cardinale
Anne Scanlan
Dr. Joanne Cahoon
Sr. Marenid Fabre, OP
Brenda Maiman
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