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Fourteen to become commissioned ministers

	Related articles this week: • Commissioned grow in faith and their calling     Program helps train lay leaders to serve     in parishes in the diocese • Bishop to commission 14, ordain two deacons     Ceremonies planned Friday and Saturday • Two men to be ordained deacons May 19     Ordination at 10 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

Bp. David Zubik will commission 14 laypersons at a 7 p.m. Mass on Friday, May 18, in St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, 140 S. Monroe Ave., Green Bay.

The ceremony will mark the completion of the candidates' Commissioned Ministry Leadership Formation Program, a nationally accredited joint effort of the Green Bay Diocese and Silver Lake College in Manitowoc.

The Commissioned Ministry Leadership Formation Program is a three-step process involving personal and spiritual experiences, academic studies, and a supervised practice of ministry:

• deeper understanding of scripture and theology;

• learning skills to carry out ministry competently and professionally;

• integration of personal/communal prayer and theological reflection in the faith experience of being a disciple.

Throughout the formation process participants depend on the support and understanding of family, pastors, advisors and sponsors.

The Commissioned Ministry Leadership Formation Program provides preparation in five basic areas to assist the parish director/pastor:

• Pastoral Ministry Coordinator - pastoral care, RCIA, sacramental preparation, evangelization, and other spiritual needs and services.

• Liturgical Ministry Coordinator - providing prayerful worship experiences.

• Coordinator of Religious Education - promoting quality catechesis in a parish. The person may be responsible for all or a part of pre-K through grade 12, sacramental programs, youth ministry, and adult formation.

• Coordinator of Youth Ministry - providing resources to serve youth and their families.

• Parish Business Manager - providing stewardship of the personnel, financial and parish resources.

Those being commissioned on May 15 are:

Pastoral Ministry

Sr. Lisa Alexander, SSJ-TOSF, who professed her final vows with the Sisters of St. Joseph-Third Order of St. Francis in June 2006 at St. Matthew Church, Green Bay. She volunteers at St. Matthew as a cantor, choir member and Stephen/Befrienders Minister. Sr. Lisa works full-time at St. Mary's Hospital as a pre-surgical evaluation secretary and registrar and as a member services representative at St. Mary's Hospital Credit Union.

Lynn Beaumier works part-time in religious education for St. Anthony Parish, Oconto Falls, and St. Patrick Parish, Stiles. At St. Anthony, she is also a lector, extraordinary minister of holy Communion, sacristan, homebound, nursing home, and hospital visitor, and works with families from baptism through death. She has two children, as well as 10 step-children, 18 step-grandchildren, and four step-great-grandchildren by her deceased husband, Vilas.

William Guilbeault is the Social Justice Committee chair, co-facilitator of the JustFaith program and extraordinary minister of holy Communion at St. Bernard Parish, Appleton. He also is district president for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. He works as a human resource manager at Schenck Business Solutions. He and his wife, Nancy, have four children and one grandchild.

Paul Kerney is an extraordinary minister of holy Communion, music minister (drums), former parish pastoral council chairperson, co-chairperson for the Advancing the Mission Campaign at St. Pius X Parish in Appleton. He also served on the Area 7 parish planning committee in 2004/2005 and was part of a team leading a youth retreat to Estes Park, Colo. Kerney works full-time as an engineer for Voith Paper Inc. He and his wife, Nancy, have two children.

Marie Millsaps is a hospital visitor, extraordinary minister of holy Communion, Church Time School volunteer, and a reader in first grade classrooms at St. John the Baptist Parish in Howard. She first became involved in the Commissioned Ministry Leader Formation Program as a member of Ss. Mary and Hyacinth Parish in Antigo with Fr. Jeremiah Worman, pastor. She is a retired teacher/administrator with 39 years experience. She and her husband, Ernie, have two children and two grandchildren.

Christine Schmutzer is a member of the parish pastoral council, Chorale and Resurrection Choir and the Worship and Spiritual Life Committee at St. Bernard Parish in Appleton. She is also the volunteer nursery program coordinator, RCIA team member, General Intercessions writer, lector, extraordinary minister of holy Communion, Life in the Spirit and Care Ministry member, and does small group Bible study. She assists with parish picnic rummage sales, Crafty Ladies, funerals, as office receptionist, maintaining the rose garden and delivering flowers to the homebound. She is a substitute teacher for the Green Bay Diocese and Brillion School District and is a retired major in the United States Air Force Reserve.

Deborah Spielbauer is the full-time faith formation administrator for St. John the Baptist Parish and St. Mary Parish, Menasha. At St. John she is an extraordinary minister of holy Communion, lector, prayer leader and member of the church decoration committee, greeting card ministry committee and prayer chain. She was Children's activities leader for Advancing the Mission and is a music ministry substitute. She and her husband, Michael, have four children.

Mary Toppins, a member of St. Joseph Parish in Appleton, has been an Inter-parish religious education formation catechist for the past 14 years and for the last year has volunteered as a hospital visitor. She is retired.

Liturgy

Carol Kekula is a second grade teacher at Holy Family School and volunteers for St. Agnes Parish, both of Green Bay. She serves as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion, including bringing Communion to the homebound at Mason Manor, and is the leader for Children's Church. She writes a weekly bulletin reflection, and is weekend liturgy planner. She and her husband, Bob, have four children.

Joyce Martin is the part-time music director at St. Patrick Parish in Menasha and is active in Teens Encounter Christ (TEC), Marriage Encounter, Engaged Encounter and Cursillo, prison ministry. She has taken mission trips to Nicaragua and Honduras, and co-leads an annual pilgrimages to Europe. She has been an extraordinary minister of holy Communion, helped with parish picnics, done music ministry, and brought Communion to the homebound. She was also a member of the Family Ministry Committee, Liturgy Committee, and chaired the Renew Liturgy Committee. Joyce and her husband, Cal, have two children and eight grandchildren.

Anne Shelley is a full-time librarian at St. Mary Central High School/TCCES in Neenah/Menasha. At St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish in Neenah, she is an extraordinary minister of holy Communion, a lector and sacristan. She facilitates adult Bible studies, chairs social events at parish festivals and is a member of the Worship Committee. She also assists with the IMAJN Teen Mass, trains in various ministries and is a member of the Neenah/Menasha Adult Faith Formation team and the diocesan Adult Faith Formation Committee.

Religious Education

Tina DeJardin serves as a lector, extraordinary minister of holy Communion and parish council member. She will soon become the coordinator of religious education at St. Francis and St. Mary Parish in Brussels. She also works as an operations clerk for Wisconsin Public Service. Tina and her husband, Tom, have two children.

Jeanne Hansel is the full-time faith formation facilitator at Holy Trinity Parish in Oconto. She also is an extraordinary minister of holy Communion and helps with the parish's picnics, funeral dinners, youth group activities, Knights of Columbus fund raisers, and with other parish fund raisers. Jeanne and her husband, Michael, have three children and one grandchild.

Church Business

James Jauquet is the full-time business manager for Stella Maris Parish in Egg Harbor, serving northern Door County. There he volunteers as a sacristan, lector, extraordinary minister of holy Communion, an usher and greeter and in maintenance. He and his wife, Andrea, have seven children and 13 grandchildren.