Support Access
to Health Care?
Protect conscience rights.
Catholic Organizations Respond to HHS “Preventive Services” Mandate
We, the undersigned, strongly support access to life-affirming health care for all, and the ability of secular and
religious groups and individuals to provide and receive such care. That is why we have raised objections to a
rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services forcing almost all private health plans to
cover sterilization procedures and contraceptive drugs, including drugs that may cause an early abortion.
As written, the rule will force Catholic organizations that play a vital role in providing health care and other
needed services either to violate their conscience or severely curtail those services. This would harm both
religious freedom and access to health care.
The HHS mandate puts many faith-based organizations and individuals in an untenable position. But it also
harms society as a whole, by undermining a long American tradition of respect for religious liberty and
freedom of conscience. In a pluralistic society, our health care system should respect the religious and ethical
convictions of all. We ask Congress, the Administration, and our fellow Americans to acknowledge this truth
and work with us to reform the law accordingly.
Please note: This list of 434 leaders continues to expand as new names are received. {Thursday, December 22}
Jason Adkins
Carl A. Anderson
Jodi Atkinson
Sr. Ann Bartko, OSC
Executive Director
Minnesota Catholic Conference
Supreme Knight
Knights of Columbus
President/CEO
St. Andrews Health Center
Abbess
Poor Clares
Karl P. Adler, MD
Tony Aretz, PhD
Rev. Thomas Au
Shelly Bauer
Archbishop's Delegate for Health
Care
Archdiocese of New York
President
College of Mount St. Joseph
Superintendent
St. John the Baptist School
Principal
New Ulm Area Catholic Schools
Debbie Armstrong
Howard Avril
Rev. William Beauchamp,
CSC
Louis J. Agnese, Jr, PhD
President
University of the Incarnate Word
Robert B. Aguirre
President
Catholic Association
of Latino Leaders
Rev. Philip A. Altavilla, VG
National President
Slovak Catholic Federation
Aaron K. Alton
President/CEO
SMP Health Care System
Principal
St. Jude School
Rick Arnold
State Deputy
Knights of Columbus
Kay & Lonnie Arrington
Section Representatives
Equestrian Order of the Holy
Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Principal
St. Helen School
President
University of Portland
Sr. Marjorie Ann Baez, DC
Chairman of the Board, Visiatrix
Daughters of Charity Health
System
Andy Bagnall
President/CEO
St. Nicholas Hospital
Mercedes Arzu Wilson
Msgr. Liam Barr
President/Founder
Family of the Americas
Foundation
Superintendent
St. Joseph School
Rev. Michael Becker
Rector
St. John Vianney College
Seminary
Shawn Bender, FCCP
Co-Director
Holy Family Center for Life
Larry Bernhardt
Executive Director
Catholic Charities North Dakota
Patricia Berthiaume
Sr. Helen Jean Brinkman, FSE
Principal
St. James School
Local Superior
Franciscan Sisters of the
Eucharist
John Bertini
Chairman of Board of Directors
St. Joseph Medical Center
Prioress
Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel
Michael D. Connelly
President/CEO
Catholic Health Partners
Joe Connolly
Rev. Thomas Brouillette
Rev. James W. Bessert
Superintendent
St. Cecilia Junior and High
School, St. Michael School
Diocesan Chaplain
Knights of Columbus
Sr. Joanna Buckley, ISSM
F. DeKarlos Blackmon,
OblSB
Provincial Superior
Secular Institute of the
Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary
Supreme Knight/CEO
Knights of Peter Claver
Sr. Therese Buckley, ISSM
Bill Blanke, MD
Principal
John Ireland Catholic School
Family Physician and NFP
Medical Consultant
Integrity Family Physicians
Sr. Donna Marie Chartraw,
OSB
Mother Mary of the Angels
Bunty, SR
Arturo Chavez, PhD
President/CEO
Mexican American Catholic
College
President
Saint Albert Catholic School
Rev. Brian Connor
Rev. Michael Christensen
Superintendent
North American Martyrs School
Superintendent
St. Peter School
Lisa Cook, FCCP
Craig Christianson
Co-Director
Holy Family Center for Life
President/CEO
Sheyenne Care Center
Dr. Michael Coury
Joe Cieply
President
Pope John Paul II High School
Superior
Sisters of Reparation of the
Sacred Wounds of Jesus
National Director Men's Section
Support
Local Coordinator of Apostolate Ohio Valley Region
Regnum Christi
Timothy N. Burchill
Roxie Cieply
President/CEO
Ave Maria Village
Women's Section Leader
Regnum Christi
General Superior
Sisters of Saints Cyril and
Methodius
Rev. Msgr. Paul J.E. Burkard
Dr. Paul Cieslak
Pastor
Our Lady of Victory Shrine
Rev. Mark T. Cregan, CSC
Kol Bonna
President
Portland Guild of Catholic
Medical Association
Very Rev. John Byrnes, JCL
Trustee
Bishop Carroll Catholic High
School
Thomas Clark
Sr. Mary Christine Cremin
Rev. William R. Campbell, SJ
Richard Clements
Steven E. Bogus
Executive Director
Catholic Charities of Louisville,
Inc.
Sr. Linda Marie Bolinski,
SSCM
President
Catholic Charities of the
Archdiocese of GalvestonHouston
Rev. Kenneth Borowiak
Superintendent
St. Michael School
President
Cheverus High School
Regional President
Avera Queen of Peace Hospital
President
Serra Club
Davide M. Carbone, FACHE
Joan Coffman
Executive Director
Holy Cross Children's Services
CEO
St. Mary’s Medical Center
President/CEO
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lee Boyles
Jon Caron
Ray Cole
Adminstrator
Oakes Community Hospital
Principal
St. Michael's School
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
4842
William Brazier
Mother M. Jennifer Carroll
Br. Francis Boylan, CSC
Executive Director
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Detroit Council
Superior General
Daughters of Mary of the
Immaculate Conception
Steve Bresnahan
William Carroll, PhD
Executive Director
Catholic Charities - Diocese of St.
Cloud
President
Benedictine University
Rev. Gary Brethour
Executive Director
Virginia Catholic Conference
Superintendent
St. Patrick School
Joe Brettnacher
Principal
Central Catholic Junior-Senior
High School
Jeff Caruso
Rev. Gerald D. Coleman, SS
Vice President, Corporate Ethics
Daughters of Charity Health
System
International Regent
Daughters of Isabella
Provincial Superior
Sisters of St. Francis of the
Martyr St. George
William J. Cox
President/CEO
Alliance of Catholic Health Care
President
Stonehill College
Superior
Religious Sisters of Mercy of
Alma - Knoxville Community
Robert E. Crotty, Esq
President
The Guild of Catholic Lawyers of
the Archdiocese of New York
Christopher Dadlez
President/CEO
Saint Francis Hospital and
Medical Center
John Damiani, DO
President
Christus Medicus Foundation
Bruce Davidson
President/CEO
Rosewood on Broadway
Teresa S. Collett
Professor of Law, University of
St. Thomas School of Law
Director, Prolife Center at the
University of St. Thomas (MN)
Barbara Q. Decker
President
Mercy College of Health Sciences
Dr. Jerry Deegan
Sr. Therese Collison, SSND
Christiane Chagnon
Mother M. Regina Pacis
Coury, FSGM
Principal
John Ireland Catholic School
President
Dowling Catholic High School
Faye Deich
Tom Conklin
Executive Director
Catholic Family Services –
Saginaw
Interim President/CEO
Sacred Heart Hospital
Rev. Patrick D. Delahanty
Rev. Thomas Dunavan
Scott Foss
Robert Genelin
Executive Director
Catholic Conference of Kentucky
Superintendent
St. Andrew School
Administrator
Benedictine Living Center of
Garrison
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
1509
Gordon C. DeMarais
Sr. Diana Lynn Eckel, OSF
Founder & Executive Director
Saint Paul's Outreach
Congregational Minister
Sisters of St. Francis of the
Congregation of Our Lady of
Lourdes
Donald Fournier
Michael Gerard
Principal
St. Dominic Academy
Principal
St. Thomas Catholic School
Pauline Economon, RN, MSN
Matthew Fox
Sheila Gilbert
Executive Director
FirstChoice Clinic
President/CEO
Alexian Village of Tennessee
President
National Council of the U.S.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Sue Ek
Sr. Donna Franklin, DC
Executive Director
Billings Ovulation Method
Association - USA
Diocesan Director
Catholic Charities
Ambassador Mary Ann
Glendon
Jon Frantsvog
Learned Hand Professor of Law
Harvard University
Rev. Douglas Dietrich
Superintendent
St. Mary School
Rev. Domenico DiRaimondo,
MSPS
Provincial Superior
Missionaries of the Holy Spirit
Sr. Mary Jo Diviney, APB
President
American Federation of the
Sisters Adorers of the Precious
Blood
James F. Ennis
Mariann Doeling, RN
Robert Erickson
Executive Director
National Catholic Rural Life
Conference
Administrator/CEO
St. Benedict’s Health Center &
Benedict Court
Larry Glugosh
Supreme President
Slovak Catholic Sokol
Rev. Al Fritsch, SJ
Director
Earth Healing Inc.
Administrator
Carrington Health Center
President/CEO
St. Francis Health Center
Sr. Jacquelyn Doepker, OSF
Marianne Evans Mount,
PhD
Principal
Our Lady of the Snows School
President
Catholic Distance University
Rose Fuller
Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Charities of
Southwestern Ohio
Amy Falk
Executive Director
Northwest Family Services
Executive Director
Caritas Clinics, Inc.
Karen Gabbert
Mother Agnes Mary
Donovan, SV
Kirby Farek
Community Minister
Sisters of Saint Francis
Kathleen Donnellan
Christopher Godfrey, JD
President
Life Athletes, Inc.
Tim Fuetsch
Assistant Diocesan Deputy –
Victoria
Knights of Columbus
Administrator
St. Gerard’s Community Nursing
Home
Sheila Gomez
Executive Director
Catholic Charities - Palm Beach
Rev. Christopher Goodwin
Superintendent
St. John Nepomucene
Sr. Andrea Marie Graham,
OP
Br. James Gaffney
Superior
Oak Ridge Dominican
Community
Dr. Angela Farmer
President
Lewis University
Director
St. Mary School System
Diocese of Owensboro
John Grahm
Abbess
Franciscan Poor Clare Nuns
Joseph Gallant
President/CEO
St. Mary’s of Michigan
Donald Drake
Nancy Farnham
Principal
All Saints School
Sr. Maria Fidelis Gray, OP
Superior General
Sisters of Life
Sr. Dianne Doughty, OSC
Lieutenant, Northern
Lieutenancy
Equestrian Order of the Holy
Sepulchre of Jerusalem
David Dries, MD
Assistant Medical Director,
Professor of Surgery &
Anesthesiology
HealthPartners Medical Group
Rev. Peter J. Drilling, ThD
President/Rector
Christ the King Seminary
Abbot Gregory Duerr, OSB
Abbot
Benedictine Monks
Sr. Karin Dufault, SP
Provincial Superior
Sisters of Providence
CEO
Maryhill Manor
Lawrence M. Fehrenbach
President
Catholic Kolping Society
Cincinnati
Pietro Ferrari
Executive Director
Catholic Charities
Dr. Joseph Finley, Jr.
Principal
St. Mark School
Ambassador Raymond Flynn
Former Mayor of Boston
Thomas Flynn, PhD
President
Alvernia University
Michael Galligan-Stierle,
PhD
Principal
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School
President /CEO
Association of Catholic Colleges
and Universities
Sr. Kathy Green, RSM
Mary Gangelhoff
Eric A. Gregory
Principal
St. Mary Elementary School
President
St. Thomas More Society of
the Diocese of Richmond
President
Sisters of Mercy
Sr. Marcella Marie Garus,
CSSF
Rev. Loras Grell
President
Villa Maria College
Superintendent
Sacred Heart School
John Garvey, JD
Steve Grinnell
President
The Catholic University
of America
CEO
Lourdes Hospital
Ken Groya
Director
Catholic Cemeteries
Dr. Ray Gruby
David A. Helmstetter
John J. Hurley
Michael P. Jones
President
Bismarck Catholic Physicians
Guild
State Deputy
Ohio Knights of Columbus
President
Canisius College
Vice President, General Manager
Ave Maria Radio
The Very Rev. Larry J.
Hemmelgarn, CPPS
Paul B. Hurley, Jr., PhD
Dr. James Joyce
John M. Haas, PhD, STL
President
National Catholic Bioethics
Center
Provincial Director
Missionaries of the Precious
Blood
President
Trocaire College
President
New Ulm Guild of the Catholic
Medical Association
Ken Hackett
Jan R. Hemstad, MD
President
St. Catharine College
President
Catholic Relief Services
President
Catholic Medical Association
Robert Issai
Lee Hall
Sr. Charlene Herinckx, SSMO
President
Legatus, Lexington Chapter
Superior General
Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon
Sr. Maureen Hall
Cheryl A. Hettman, PhD, RN
Community Director
Sisters of Charity of
Leavenworth, Kansas
President
National Association of Catholic
Nurses
Rose Anne Hallgren
Keith E. Heuser, FACHE,
CNHA, FACHCA
President
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic
Women
Administrator
Mercy Hospital of Valley City
Chaplain
Memorial Health Care System
J. Patrick Kearns
J.R. Hoffman, MD
Jerome Jensen
Barb Honeycutt
Superintendent
Rapid City Catholic School
System
Rev. Larry Hostetter
President
Brescia University
Richard Houck
President
Catholic Defense League
Director
Rhode Island Catholic
Conference
Andrew Houvouras
Kenneth Heinen
Br. John Howard, CFA
President
Lourdes University
Student Officer
University of Minnesota Medical
School - Catholic Medical
Association Student Group
Rev. Fausto Kauerenge
Tom Keaveny
Administrator
St. Peter Catholic Parish
Robert C. Helmer, JD, PhD
Evan W. James
President/CEO
St. Mary’s Hospital
President
University of Notre Dame
Rev. Matthew Hartley
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
13529
Director
St. Gianna’s Maternity Home
Director Newman Ministry
University of Southern Indiana
Family Physician and NFP
Medical Consultant
Jasper Family Physicians
Rev. Bernard A. Healey
Kevin Kast
Mary Pat Jahner
Executive Director
Our Sunday Visitor Institute
Christine Hoehn
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
1841
Principal
St. Thomas School
Rev. John Jenkins, CSC
Prioress
Sisters of St. Benedict
Steven Hauer
Donna Jacques
Regional President
Avera McKennan Hospital &
University Health Center
Jerome Kearns
Sr. Kristine Harpenau, OSB
Local Superior
The United States Province of
Priests and Brothers of the
Congregation of Holy Cross
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
1489
David Kapaska
Administrator
Manor St. Joseph
Administrator/CEO
Prince of Peace Care Center
Stephen Hasenohrl
Superintendent
Bishop Neumann Jr/ Sr High
School
Tammy A. Jangula
Rev. Richard Hockman, CSC
Faithful Navigator
Knights of Columbus Assembly
612
President/CEO
Daughters of Charity Health
System
Rev. Brian Kane
President
Legatus Northern Virginia
Chapter
Tony C. Hanson
Jack Harris
William D. Huston
Principal
St. Clare School
Community Director
Community of Alexian Brothers
David Huber
President
Catholic Order of Foresters
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus St. Francis
Council
Mary Ann S. Johanek
National President
First Catholic Slovak Ladies
Association
Rev. Lyle Johnson
Superintendent
St. John School
Director
Catholic Charities - Diocese of
New Ulm
Del Keller
President
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic
Women
Peter Kilpatrick
Dean
College of Engineering,
University of Notre Dame
James Kinyon
Patty Johnson
President
National Council
of Catholic Women
Executive Director
Catholic Social Services Rapid City
William Kirsch, MD, PC
Vince Johnson
President
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
Sr. Jane Marie Klein, OSF
Walter S. Johnson, MD
President
Fargo Guild of the Catholic
Medical Association
Jean Johnstone
Executive Director
Catholic Charities - Diocese of
Altoona-Johnstown
Chairperson of the Board
Franciscan Alliance, Inc.
Mark Klosterman
President/CEO
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Theresa Kluchinski
National President
Ladies Pennsylvania Slovak
Catholic Union
Sr. Evelyn Korenek, IWBS
General Superior
Sisters of the Incarnate Word
and Blessed Sacrament
Rev. Joseph Levesque,
CM, STD, LHD
President
Niagara University
Jan Lewis
President/CEO
Catholic Charities of Northeast
Kansas
Al Kresta
Paule Anne Lewis
Chairman, President/CEO
Ave Maria Radio
President
San José Clinic
Sr. Elise Kriss, OSF
Sr. Carol Lichtenberg,
SNDdeN
President
University of Saint Francis
Leslie Kuhlman
Executive Director
Ruah Woods/Theology of the
Body Center
Sr. Rose Marie Kujawa
President/CEO
Madonna University
Alvin Kulcak
Diocesan Deputy - Victoria
Knights of Columbus
Sr. Carol Jean Kuntz, SMP
Provincial
Sisters of Mary of the
Presentation
Linda Lambert
President
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women
Steven LaNasa
President
Donnelly College
John Lane, MD
President
Catholic Medical Association Winona
Rev. Randall Langhorst
Superintendent
St. Vincent de Paul School
Craig Larson
Minnesota State Deputy
Knights of Columbus
Rev. Patrick Lee, SJ
Provincial
Oregon Province of Jesuits
Sr. Joyce Lehman, CPPS
President
Sisters of the Precious Blood
Steve Letourneau
CEO
Catholic Charities Maine
Provincial Moderator
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur,
Ohio Province
Rev. Steven Major
James McNeany
Superintendent
St. Joseph School
Principal
All Saints School
Michael D. Manhart, PhD
Jeremy McNeil
Executive Director
Couple to Couple League
International
President
Catholic Professional
& Business Group
Curtis Martin
Sonia Mehta, MD
President
FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic
University Students)
President/CEO
HSHS Medical Group
Sr. Maureen Martin
Provincial
Apostles of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus
Sr. M. Angela Mellady, OSF
Provincial Superior
Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual
Adoration
Rev. James Meysenburg
The Very Rev. Phil Massetti,
OSJ
Superintendent
Pius X High School
Executive Director
Catholic Volunteer Network
Provincial Superior
Oblates of St. Joseph
Stephen L. Mikochik, JD
John P. Loes, MD
Claudette Massey
Medical Director
Anoka Area Family Medicine
Clinic
Jean Masterson, CSJ
James G. Lindsay
Principal
St. John's School Regional
Chair
National Catholic Partnership
on Disability
Daniel Miller
Carl Loesch
Congregation Leadership Team
Congregation of St. Joseph
President
St. Vincent de Paul, Diocese of
Evansville
Principal
Marian High School
James May
Gary P. Miller
Robert J. Looby
President/CEO
Mercy Health
President/CEO
St. Alexius Medical Center
Managing Partner
Looby Baumgarten, PC
John May
Sr. Nancy Miller, OSB
Rev. Jan Lundberg, OCD
CEO/Administrator
Villa St. Francis
Prioress
Annunciation Monastery
Superior
Carmelite House of Studies
Thomas McAneny
Sr. Sharon Miller, GHMS
Trustee
Bishop McCort Catholic High
School
President
Glenmary Sisters, Owensboro
Joseph Lundberg, OCD
President
Knights of Columbus Seminarian
Education Endowment Fund
Mary Elizabeth Miller, SCN
John McCabe
Rev. Thomas Lux
Administrator
CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital
Superintendent
All Saints School
Rev. Michael McCabe
Michael A. MacDowell
President
Misericordia University
President
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
Steve Minnis
Superintendent
Lourdes Central Catholic Schools
(K-12)
Sr. Mary McCarrick, OSF
Rev. Canon Thomas C.
Machalski
Diocesan Director
Catholic Charities
Rector/Chancellor
Saints Cyril & Methodius
Seminary
Joseph McDonald
President
Benedictine College
Very Rev. Msgr. Jeffrey M.
Monforton
Rector
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Dr. Frank Montecalvo
President/CEO
Catholic Health System
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
Ms. Dorothea A. McElduff
Armando Montes, Jr
Archdiocesan President- Ladies
of Charity
Grand Knight/ Faithful Navigator
Knights of Columbus Council
7079, Assembly 1075
Rev. Kevin E. Mackin, OFM
President
Mount Saint Mary College
Mary Maertens
Regional President
Avera Marshall
Mother Mary McGreevy,
RSM
Robert Montler
Superior General
Religious Sisters of Mercy of
Alma
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
Sr. Mary Margaret Mooney,
PBVM
President
Sisters of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Margaret Novak
Christopher Pascucci
Ann Plaster
State Regent
Catholic Daughters of the
Americas
Member of the Board
St. Francis Hospital
Executive Director
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Portland Council
Michael Pascucci
Randall Nyp
Rev. Michael Morin
Chairman of the Board
Telecare
Superintendent
Sacred Heart School
President/CEO
Providence Medical Center
& Saint Joseph Hospital
Sr. Rita Mary Morrissette,
OSM
The Very Rev. Bernard
O’Connor
Superior
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
– Knoxville Community
President
Council of Religious
President
DeSales University
Jeff Pederson
Robert Motley, MD
Christopher O’Connor
President
Friends of Fertility Care
President/CEO
Saint Raphael Healthcare System
Tom Mulhern
Michael O'Dea
Executive Director
Catholic Community Services
of Lane County
Sr. Anne Munley, IHM
President
Marywood University
Sister Albertine Paulus
James W. Pope
Founder/Executive Director
Christus Medicus Foundation
Trustee
Bishop McCort Catholic High
School
President/CEO
Sylvania Franciscan Health
Dr. Chris O'Hara
Barbara Pelletier
President
The Philadelphia Guild of the
Catholic Medical Association
Robert J. O'Hara, Jr.
Executive Director
Pennsylvania Catholic
Conference
Mark A. Myczkowiak
Sr. Therese O’Rourke, IHM
President
Congregation, Sisters Servants of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Lee Myles
Administrator/CEO
Benedictine Living Community
of St. Peter
Rev. Joseph Orr
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
Mary Ortwein
Executive Director
Ideals of Kentucky
Msgr. Joseph Nemec
Superintendent
St. Teresa School
Lois Nesci
CEO
Catholic Charities
Sr. Maureen Ouma
Superior
Missionary Congregation of the
Evangelizing Sisters of Mary Knoxville Community
Principal
St. Mary School, Sleepy Eye
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
2764
Therese Pandl
Sr. Mary Trinh Nguyen, MTG
Regional Superior
Adorers of the Holy Cross
President/CEO
St. Mary’s Hospital Medical
Center, St. Vincent Hospital
& St. Nicholas Hospital
Principal
Holy Savior School
President/CEO
Our Lady of Peace Hospital
Superintendent
Villa Marie School
Superior
Chattanooga Dominican
Community
Thomas Permetti
Mary Preston
Executive Director
Minnesota Catholic Education
Association
Administrator
CHRISTUS St. John Hospital
Principal
St. Joseph School
John F. Perry, MD
Andrea R. Price, FACHE
Chair of Trauma Surgery/
Professor of Surgery &
Anesthesiology
HealthPartners Medical Group
President/CEO
Mercy Hospital - Northern
Region
Patrick Perry
Rector
St. Anne's Shrine Basilica
Principal
St. Albert the Great Catholic
School
President/CEO
St. Francis Hospital
Michael Pfeifer
President/CEO
Presentation Medical Center
& Villa Maria
Angela Pfister
Associate Director
Notre Dame Center for Ethics &
Culture
Chairman of the Board
Divine Providence Health Center
Matthew Pinto
James S. Parobek
President
Ascension Press
President/CEO
Saint Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
Rev. James Price, CP
Audrey Prokosch
President
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women
Steve Przybilla
Administrator/CEO
St. Gabriel’s Community
Mary Beth Quick
Principal
All Saints School
Rev. Kevin P. Quinn, S.J.
President
University of Scranton
Eric Piepmeier
Mike Panka
Peter Noll
President/CEO
Avera
Sr. Mary Evelyn Potts, OP
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
4797
Jennifer Nolan
President
Our Lady of the Lake University
John T. Porter
Dan Perryman
Frederick Overman
Jerry Neubauer
President
Order of Malta, American
Association, USA
Rev. David Peles
Principal
St. Joan of Arc School
Linda Nelsen
Jack E. Pohrer, GCM
Tessa Martinez Pollack, PhD
Sr. Ellen Murphy
President/CEO
St. Mary's Health System
Supreme Secretary
Slovak Catholic Sokol
President/CEO
Villa Nazareth, Friendship Inc.
& Riverview Place
Msgr. John Perkinton
General Manager
G.L.S. Diocesan Reports Inc. /
The Catholic Weekly
Stephen M. Pogorelec, FIC
Patrick Raiber II
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
2029
Andrew M. Rajec, JD
National President
First Catholic Slovak Union of the
United States and Canada
James P. Reber
Sr. Pia Rottinghaus, OSB
Dr. Dennis Scanlon
Eileen Skinner
President/CEO
St. Rita’s Health Partners
Secretary of the Board of
Directors
Essentia Health Graceville
Board of Directors Member
Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy
President/CEO
Mercy Hospital
Tony Schapker
Emily Snipes
Family Life/Respect Life
Coordinator
Catholic Charities
Rev. Larry Snyder
President
Catholic Charities USA
Thomas Reed
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Charities of Southeast
Michigan
Peter Roufs
Principal
Cathedral High School
Deacon, MD
St. Mary's Physician Health
Group
Maryann Reese
Myriam Ruager
John Schlachter
President/CEO
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Msgr. James Reinert
Executive Director
Chester County Women’s
Services Medical
Superintendent
St. Joseph School
Lester Ruppersberger DO,
FACOOG, NFP
Reed E. Reyman
President
Philadelphia Natural Family
Planning Network
President/CEO
St. Joseph’s Hospital
and Health Center
Pamela J. Rezac
Regional President
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital
Austin Ruse
President
Catholic Family and Human
Rights Institute (C-Fam)
Rev. John J. Ryan, CSC
Peter Riccardo
Executive Director
Mother and Unborn Baby Care
President
King’s College
Cherie Sammis
President
Saint Joseph’s College
Vice President of Mission
Integration
St. Mary’s of Michigan
Karen M. Ristau, EdD
Sr. Celia Sanchez
President
National Catholic Educational
Association
F. Dennis Riegelnegg, EdD
Laura Jordan Roesch, MRC,
LSW, LPC
Executive Director
Catholic Social Services of
the Miami Valley
Msgr. Robert Roh
Pat Schommer
State Deputy
IL Knights of Columbus
Grand Knight
KC Council 8253
Greg Sprigg
Rev. Ragan Schriver
Executive Director
Catholic Charities of East
Tennessee
Mother Catherine Marie
Schuhmann, CP
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
7322
Mary Starmann-Harrison
President/CEO
Hospital Sisters Health System
(HSHS)
Rev. John Sullivan
Ray Sargent
Rev. Troy Schweiger
Executive Director
Kansas State Catholic
Conference
Administrator
St. Joseph’s Home
Superintendent
Blessed Sacrament School
Sr. Sharon Sullivan, OSU
State Deputy
Maine Knights of Columbus
Superintendent
St. Patrick School
Congregational Leader
Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint
Joseph, Maple Mount
Sr. Cecilia Sartorius, LSP
Peggy Sebastian
Joseph Swedish
Administrator
Little Sisters of the Poor
President/CEO
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mary Saunders
Barnabas Senecal, OSB
State Regent
Catholic Daughters of the
Americas
Abbot
St. Benedict's Abbey
Samuel Spence Saunders,
PhD
President
University of Mary
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
5841
Brenda Savage
Peter Rosario, MD
Former Chairman of Ethics
Executive Director
Birth Choice Pregnancy Resource
Center
Committee
St. Mary's Medical Center
Rev. Brian Saylor
State Deputy
Knights of Columbus - Kansas
State Council
Richard Spada
Michael Schuttloffel
Superintendent
Sacred Heart School (K-12)
Mark Roth
President
SS Luke & Gianna Medical Guild
Superior
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus "Ad Gentes" Chattanooga Community
Sr. Denise A. Roche, GNSH
President
D’Youville College
Grand Knight
KC Council 3134
Colleen Steele
Rev. Thomas E. Roach, SJ
Local Superior
Scranton Jesuit Community
James Soukup
A. Patrick Schneider II MD,
MPH
Superior/President
Passionist Nuns of Whitesville,
KY
Bob Ritz
President/CEO
St. John’s Hospital
Principal
Assumption Catholic School and
Blessed Sacrament Parish
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
Rev. James P. Shea
Geralyn C. Shelvin
Supreme Lady
Knights of Peter Claver
Ladies Auxiliary
Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Siffrin,
VG
Chairman
Conference of Slovak Clergy
President/CEO
Trinity Health
Sr. Margo Tafoya, MSSp
President
Mission Sisters of the Holy Spirit
Sr. Lucy Tardivo, DSMP
Facilities Director
Divine Providence Community
Home & Lake Villa Maria
Apartments
Robert Tereba
Executive Director
Catholic Charities - Diocese of
Winona
Robert Thomas
President of the Board
Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy
Diane Simowitz
National Advisory Board
Catholic Leadership Institute
Dale Thompson
President/CEO
Benedictine Health Systems Winsted
Brianne Thoreson
Chad Wable
Myrna Wong
Principal
Little Flower School
President/CEO
Saint Mary’s Hospital
President
Palm Beach Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women
Rev. Sean Timmerman
Rick Wagner
Superintendent
Aquinas Junior/Senior High
School, St. Mary School
Principal
St. Theodore Guerin High School
Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Charities
Regent for Court Prince Gallitzin
#2625
Vice Chair
Catholic Daughters of the
Americas
Gale Walker
Daniel J. Woods
CEO
Avera St. Benedict Health Center
President/CEO
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Helen Wamstad
Cynthia Zane, EdD
Administrator/CEO
St. Rose Care Center and
Rosewood Court
President
Hilbert College
Dennis Walczyk, CEO
Sharon Timmons
Interim President/CEO
St. Mary’s Hospital
Joanne Tomassi
National Regent
Catholic Daughters
of the Americas
Andree Tostevin
Principal
St. John's School
Rocky Zastoupil
Rev. Brian Wangler, OSB
Rev. Charles Townsend
Superintendent
St. Wenceslaus School
Abbot
Assumption Abbey
Superintendent
Cathedral of the Risen Christ
School
Rev. Julius Tvrdy
Superintendent
St. James School
Rev. David Tyson, CSC
President
Council of Catholic Women
Superior General
Franciscan Missionary Sisters of
Our Lady of Sorrows
Very Rev. Michael Weiler, SJ
Provincial
California Province, Society of
Jesus
Gayle Uebelhor
President
Saints Cosmas & Damian Guild of
Kansas City
Glenn Van Cura
Austin Welsh, MD
Christopher Lee Whitty
Executive Director
Catholic Charities
President
Bishop Manogue Catholic High
School
Sr. Vimala Vadakumpadan,
OP
Mark Wiener
Major Superior
Dominican Sisters of
Presentation of the Blessed
Virgin
Mother Shaun Vergauwen
Superior General
Franciscan Sisters of the
Eucharist
Michael Vinciguerra, PhD
President
University of St. Francis
Peter Vogel
Executive Director
Catholic Charities of Northern
Nevada
President
Saint Francis University
The Most Rev. José Gomez
Sr. Anne Marie Warren, OSF
Provincial Superior
The United States Province of
Priests and Brothers of the
Congregation of Holy Cross
Interim Director
Catholic Charities
President/CEO
St. Aloisius Medical Center
Rev. Gabriel Zeis, TOR
Linnea Warda
Msgr. Robert Tucker
Judy Wood
President/CEO
Community Mercy Health
Partners
Very Rev. David Wilton,
CPM
Superior General
Fathers of Mercy, Auburn
Douglas Wolf
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
John Wolf
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
Archbishop of Los Angeles
Chairman
Migration and Refugee Services
The Most Rev. Timothy
Dolan
Archbishop of New York
President
United States Conference
of Catholic Bishops