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 continues to expand as new names are received. {Thursday, January 26, 2012}
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
John Bertini
Lee Boyles
Joe Cieply
Chairman of Board of Directors
St. Joseph Medical Center
Adminstrator
Oakes Community Hospital
Rev. James W. Bessert
Sr. Joanna Buckley, ISSM
Diocesan Chaplain
Knights of Columbus
Provincial Superior
Secular Institute of the
Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary
National Director Men's Section
Support
Local Coordinator of Apostolate Ohio Valley Region
Regnum Christi
F. DeKarlos Blackmon,
OblSB
Supreme Knight/CEO
Knights of Peter Claver
Bill Blanke, MD
Family Physician and NFP
Medical Consultant
Integrity Family Physicians
Steven E. Bogus
Executive Director
Catholic Charities of Louisville,
Inc.
Sr. Linda Marie Bolinski,
SSCM
General Superior
Sisters of Saints Cyril and
Methodius
Kol Bonna
President
Catholic Charities of the
Archdiocese of GalvestonHouston
Rev. Kenneth Borowiak
Superintendent
St. Michael School
Br. Francis Boylan, CSC
Executive Director
Holy Cross Children's Services
William Brazier
Executive Director
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Detroit Council
Steve Bresnahan
Executive Director
Catholic Charities - Diocese of St.
Cloud
Rev. Gary Brethour
Superintendent
St. Patrick School
Joe Brettnacher
Principal
Central Catholic Junior-Senior
High School
Sr. Helen Jean Brinkman, FSE
Local Superior
Franciscan Sisters of the
Eucharist
Rev. Thomas Brouillette
Superintendent
St. Cecilia Junior and High
School, St. Michael School
Roxie Cieply
Mother M. Regina Pacis
Coury, FSGM
Provincial Superior
Sisters of St. Francis of the
Martyr St. George
Sr. Mary Christine Cremin
Sr. Therese Buckley, ISSM
Women's Section Leader
Regnum Christi
Superior
Religious Sisters of Mercy of
Alma - Knoxville Community
Principal
John Ireland Catholic School
Dr. Paul Cieslak
Robert E. Crotty, Esq
Mother Mary of the Angels
Bunty, SR
President
Portland Guild of Catholic
Medical Association
President
The Guild of Catholic Lawyers of
the Archdiocese of New York
Richard Clements
William J. Cox
President
Serra Club
President/CEO
Alliance of Catholic Health Care
Joan Coffman
Rev. Mark T. Cregan, CSC
President/CEO
St. Joseph’s Hospital
President
Stonehill College
Ray Cole
Christopher Dadlez
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
4842
President/CEO
Saint Francis Hospital and
Medical Center
Rev. Gerald D. Coleman, SS
John Damiani, DO
President
Christus Medicus Foundation
Davide M. Carbone, FACHE
Vice President, Corporate Ethics
Daughters of Charity Health
System
CEO
St. Mary’s Medical Center
Teresa S. Collett
Superior
Sisters of Reparation of the
Sacred Wounds of Jesus
Timothy N. Burchill
President/CEO
Ave Maria Village
Rev. Msgr. Paul J.E. Burkard
Pastor
Our Lady of Victory Shrine
Very Rev. John Byrnes, JCL
Trustee
Bishop Carroll Catholic High
School
Mother M. Jennifer Carroll
Superior General
Daughters of Mary of the
Immaculate Conception
William Carroll, PhD
President
Benedictine University
Professor of Law, University of
St. Thomas School of Law
Director, Prolife Center at the
University of St. Thomas (MN)
Sr. Therese Collison, SSND
Principal
John Ireland Catholic School
Bruce Davidson
President/CEO
Rosewood on Broadway
Barbara Q. Decker
President
Mercy College of Health Sciences
Dr. Jerry Deegan
President
Dowling Catholic High School
Tom Conklin
Executive Director
Catholic Family Services –
Saginaw
Faye Deich
International Regent
Daughters of Isabella
Tom Chapman
Michael D. Connelly
Rev. Patrick D. Delahanty
Executive Director
Iowa Catholic Conference
President/CEO
Catholic Health Partners
Executive Director
Catholic Conference of Kentucky
Sr. Donna Marie Chartraw,
OSB
Joe Connolly
Gordon C. DeMarais
Christiane Chagnon
Prioress
Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel
Arturo Chavez, PhD
President/CEO
Mexican American Catholic
College
President
Saint Albert Catholic School
Rev. Brian Connor
Superintendent
North American Martyrs School
Lisa Cook, FCCP
Rev. Michael Christensen
Co-Director
Holy Family Center for Life
Superintendent
St. Peter School
Dr. Michael Coury
Craig Christianson
President
Pope John Paul II High School
President/CEO
Sheyenne Care Center
Interim President/CEO
Sacred Heart Hospital
Founder & Executive Director
Saint Paul's Outreach
Rev. Douglas Dietrich
Superintendent
St. Mary School
Rev. Domenico DiRaimondo,
MSPS
Provincial Superior
Missionaries of the Holy Spirit
Mariann Doeling, RN
Administrator
Carrington Health Center
Sr. Jacquelyn Doepker, OSF
Karen Gabbert
John Grahm
President
Catholic Distance University
Administrator
St. Gerard’s Community Nursing
Home
President/CEO
St. Mary’s of Michigan
Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Charities of
Southwestern Ohio
Amy Falk
Br. James Gaffney
Executive Director
Caritas Clinics, Inc.
President
Lewis University
Mother Agnes Mary
Donovan, SV
Dr. Angela Farmer
Michael Galligan-Stierle,
PhD
President
Sisters of Mercy
President /CEO
Association of Catholic Colleges
and Universities
Eric A. Gregory
Community Minister
Sisters of Saint Francis
Marianne Evans Mount,
PhD
Kathleen Donnellan
Sr. Maria Fidelis Gray, OP
Principal
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School
Sr. Kathy Green, RSM
Superior General
Sisters of Life
Director
St. Mary School System
Diocese of Owensboro
Sr. Dianne Doughty, OSC
Nancy Farnham
Abbess
Franciscan Poor Clare Nuns
CEO
Maryhill Manor
Donald Drake
Lawrence M. Fehrenbach
Lieutenant, Northern
Lieutenancy
Equestrian Order of the Holy
Sepulchre of Jerusalem
President
Catholic Kolping Society
Cincinnati
David Dries, MD
Executive Director
Catholic Charities
Assistant Medical Director,
Professor of Surgery &
Anesthesiology
HealthPartners Medical Group
Pietro Ferrari
Mary Gangelhoff
President
St. Thomas More Society of
the Diocese of Richmond
Principal
St. Mary Elementary School
Rev. Loras Grell
Sr. Marcella Marie Garus,
CSSF
President
Villa Maria College
Superintendent
Sacred Heart School
Steve Grinnell
CEO
Lourdes Hospital
John Garvey, JD
Ken Groya
Dr. Joseph Finley, Jr.
President
The Catholic University
of America
Principal
St. Mark School
Robert Genelin
Dr. Ray Gruby
President
Bismarck Catholic Physicians
Guild
Director
Catholic Cemeteries
President/Rector
Christ the King Seminary
Ambassador Raymond Flynn
Former Mayor of Boston
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
1509
Abbot Gregory Duerr, OSB
Thomas Flynn, PhD
Michael Gerard
John M. Haas, PhD, STL
Abbot
Benedictine Monks
President
Alvernia University
Principal
St. Thomas Catholic School
President
National Catholic Bioethics
Center
Sr. Karin Dufault, SP
Scott Foss
Sheila Gilbert
Administrator
Benedictine Living Center of
Garrison
President
National Council of the U.S.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Lee Hall
Matthew Fox
Ambassador Mary Ann
Glendon
Sr. Maureen Hall
Rev. Peter J. Drilling, ThD
Provincial Superior
Sisters of Providence
Rev. Thomas Dunavan
Superintendent
St. Andrew School
Sr. Diana Lynn Eckel, OSF
Congregational Minister
Sisters of St. Francis of the
Congregation of Our Lady of
Lourdes
Pauline Economon, RN, MSN
Executive Director
FirstChoice Clinic
Sue Ek
Executive Director
Billings Ovulation Method
Association - USA
James F. Ennis
Executive Director
National Catholic Rural Life
Conference
Robert Erickson
President/CEO
St. Francis Health Center
President
Legatus, Lexington Chapter
Learned Hand Professor of Law
Harvard University
Community Director
Sisters of Charity of
Leavenworth, Kansas
Larry Glugosh
Ken Hackett
Supreme President
Slovak Catholic Sokol
President
Catholic Relief Services
Administrator/CEO
St. Benedict’s Health Center &
Benedict Court
Christopher Godfrey, JD
Rose Anne Hallgren
President
Life Athletes, Inc.
President
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic
Women
Rev. Al Fritsch, SJ
Sheila Gomez
Director
Earth Healing Inc.
Executive Director
Catholic Charities - Palm Beach
Tim Fuetsch
Rev. Christopher Goodwin
Principal
Our Lady of the Snows School
Superintendent
St. John Nepomucene
Rose Fuller
Sr. Andrea Marie Graham,
OP
Jack Harris
Superior
Oak Ridge Dominican
Community
Faithful Navigator
Knights of Columbus Assembly
612
President/CEO
Alexian Village of Tennessee
Sr. Donna Franklin, DC
Diocesan Director
Catholic Charities
Jon Frantsvog
Executive Director
Northwest Family Services
Tony C. Hanson
Administrator/CEO
Prince of Peace Care Center
Sr. Kristine Harpenau, OSB
Prioress
Sisters of St. Benedict
Rev. Matthew Hartley
Rev. Larry Hostetter
Patty Johnson
William Kirsch, MD, PC
Administrator
St. Peter Catholic Parish
President
Brescia University
President
National Council
of Catholic Women
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
Stephen Hasenohrl
Richard Houck
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
1489
President
Catholic Defense League
Vince Johnson
Sr. Jane Marie Klein, OSF
Chairperson of the Board
Franciscan Alliance, Inc.
Andrew Houvouras
President
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Principal
St. Clare School
Walter S. Johnson, MD
Steven Hauer
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
1841
Kenneth Heinen
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
13529
Robert C. Helmer, JD, PhD
President
Lourdes University
David A. Helmstetter
State Deputy
Ohio Knights of Columbus
The Very Rev. Larry J.
Hemmelgarn, CPPS
Provincial Director
Missionaries of the Precious
Blood
Jan R. Hemstad, MD
Br. John Howard, CFA
Community Director
Community of Alexian Brothers
John J. Hurley
Michael P. Jones
President
Canisius College
Vice President, General Manager
Ave Maria Radio
Paul B. Hurley, Jr., PhD
Dr. James Joyce
President
Trocaire College
William D. Huston
President
St. Catharine College
Robert Issai
Sr. Charlene Herinckx, SSMO
Mary Pat Jahner
President
National Association of Catholic
Nurses
Jean Johnstone
Executive Director
Catholic Charities - Diocese of
Altoona-Johnstown
President
Catholic Medical Association
Cheryl A. Hettman, PhD, RN
President
Fargo Guild of the Catholic
Medical Association
President
Catholic Order of Foresters
David Huber
President/CEO
Daughters of Charity Health
System
Superior General
Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon
Mark Klosterman
Director
St. Gianna’s Maternity Home
Evan W. James
Student Officer
University of Minnesota Medical
School - Catholic Medical
Association Student Group
President
New Ulm Guild of the Catholic
Medical Association
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
Al Kresta
Chairman, President/CEO
Ave Maria Radio
Sr. Elise Kriss, OSF
Rev. Brian Kane
President
University of Saint Francis
Superintendent
Bishop Neumann Jr/ Sr High
School
Sr. Rose Marie Kujawa
Kevin Kast
President/CEO
St. Mary’s Hospital
President/CEO
Madonna University
Leslie Kuhlman
Rev. Fausto Kauerenge
Executive Director
Ruah Woods/Theology of the
Body Center
Chaplain
Memorial Health Care System
Alvin Kulcak
J. Patrick Kearns
Diocesan Deputy - Victoria
Knights of Columbus
President
Legatus Northern Virginia
Chapter
Sr. Carol Jean Kuntz, SMP
Jerome Kearns
Provincial
Sisters of Mary of the
Presentation
Administrator
Mercy Hospital of Valley City
Administrator
Manor St. Joseph
Executive Director
Our Sunday Visitor Institute
Linda Lambert
Rev. Richard Hockman, CSC
Rev. John Jenkins, CSC
Tom Keaveny
Local Superior
The United States Province of
Priests and Brothers of the
Congregation of Holy Cross
President
University of Notre Dame
Keith E. Heuser, FACHE,
CNHA, FACHCA
Christine Hoehn
Director Newman Ministry
University of Southern Indiana
Tammy A. Jangula
Jerome Jensen
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus St. Francis
Council
Mary Ann S. Johanek
J.R. Hoffman, MD
Family Physician and NFP
Medical Consultant
Jasper Family Physicians
National President
First Catholic Slovak Ladies
Association
Rev. Lyle Johnson
Barb Honeycutt
Superintendent
Rapid City Catholic School
System
Superintendent
St. John School
Director
Catholic Charities - Diocese of
New Ulm
President
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women
Steven LaNasa
Del Keller
President
Donnelly College
President
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic
Women
John Lane, MD
Peter Kilpatrick
Dean
College of Engineering,
University of Notre Dame
President
Catholic Medical Association Winona
Rev. Randall Langhorst
Superintendent
St. Vincent de Paul School
James Kinyon
Executive Director
Catholic Social Services Rapid City
Craig Larson
Minnesota State Deputy
Knights of Columbus
Rev. Patrick Lee, SJ
Rev. Kevin E. Mackin, OFM
Ms. Dorothea A. McElduff
Dr. Frank Montecalvo
Provincial
Oregon Province of Jesuits
President
Mount Saint Mary College
Archdiocesan President- Ladies
of Charity
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
Sr. Joyce Lehman, CPPS
Mary Maertens
President
Sisters of the Precious Blood
Regional President
Avera Marshall
Mother Mary McGreevy,
RSM
Armando Montes, Jr
Rev. Joseph Levesque,
CM, STD, LHD
Rev. Steven Major
Superior General
Religious Sisters of Mercy of
Alma
Grand Knight/ Faithful Navigator
Knights of Columbus Council
7079, Assembly 1075
Superintendent
St. Joseph School
James McNeany
Robert Montler
Michael D. Manhart, PhD
Principal
All Saints School
Executive Director
Couple to Couple League
International
Jeremy McNeil
President
Niagara University
Jan Lewis
President/CEO
Catholic Charities of Northeast
Kansas
Paule Anne Lewis
President
San José Clinic
Sr. Carol Lichtenberg,
SNDdeN
Provincial Moderator
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur,
Ohio Province
James G. Lindsay
Curtis Martin
President
FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic
University Students)
Sr. Maureen Martin
Provincial
Apostles of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus
The Very Rev. Phil Massetti,
OSJ
President
Catholic Professional
& Business Group
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
Sr. Mary Margaret Mooney,
PBVM
Sonia Mehta, MD
President
Sisters of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
President/CEO
HSHS Medical Group
Rev. Michael Morin
Sr. M. Angela Mellady, OSF
Superintendent
Sacred Heart School
Provincial Superior
Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual
Adoration
Sr. Rita Mary Morrissette,
OSM
Rev. James Meysenburg
President
Council of Religious
Executive Director
Catholic Volunteer Network
Provincial Superior
Oblates of St. Joseph
Superintendent
Pius X High School
Robert Motley, MD
John P. Loes, MD
Jean Masterson, CSJ
Stephen L. Mikochik, JD
President
Friends of Fertility Care
Medical Director
Anoka Area Family Medicine
Clinic
Congregation Leadership Team
Congregation of St. Joseph
Chair
National Catholic Partnership
on Disability
Tessa Martinez Pollack, PhD
Carl Loesch
Principal
Marian High School
Robert J. Looby
Managing Partner
Looby Baumgarten, PC
Rev. Jan Lundberg, OCD
Superior
Carmelite House of Studies
Joseph Lundberg, OCD
President
Knights of Columbus Seminarian
Education Endowment Fund
Rev. Thomas Lux
Superintendent
All Saints School
Michael A. MacDowell
President
Our Lady of the Lake University
Daniel Miller
James May
President
St. Vincent de Paul, Diocese of
Evansville
President/CEO
Mercy Health
Gary P. Miller
John May
President/CEO
St. Alexius Medical Center
CEO/Administrator
Villa St. Francis
Sr. Nancy Miller, OSB
Thomas McAneny
Prioress
Annunciation Monastery
Trustee
Bishop McCort Catholic High
School
John McCabe
Administrator
CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital
Rev. Michael McCabe
Sr. Sharon Miller, GHMS
President
Glenmary Sisters, Owensboro
Mary Elizabeth Miller, SCN
President
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
President
Misericordia University
Superintendent
Lourdes Central Catholic Schools
(K-12)
Steve Minnis
Rev. Canon Thomas C.
Machalski
Sr. Mary McCarrick, OSF
Very Rev. Msgr. Jeffrey M.
Monforton
Rector/Chancellor
Saints Cyril & Methodius
Seminary
Diocesan Director
Catholic Charities
Joseph McDonald
President/CEO
Catholic Health System
President
Benedictine College
Rector
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Tom Mulhern
Executive Director
Catholic Community Services
of Lane County
Sr. Anne Munley, IHM
President
Marywood University
Sr. Ellen Murphy
Principal
St. Joan of Arc School
Mark A. Myczkowiak
General Manager
G.L.S. Diocesan Reports Inc. /
The Catholic Weekly
Linda Nelsen
Administrator/CEO
Benedictine Living Community
of St. Peter
Msgr. Joseph Nemec
Superintendent
St. Teresa School
Lois Nesci
CEO
Catholic Charities
Jerry Neubauer
Principal
St. Mary School, Sleepy Eye
Sr. Mary Trinh Nguyen, MTG
Therese Pandl
Matthew Pinto
Maryann Reese
Regional Superior
Adorers of the Holy Cross
President/CEO
St. Mary’s Hospital Medical
Center, St. Vincent Hospital
& St. Nicholas Hospital
President
Ascension Press
President/CEO
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Ann Plaster
Msgr. James Reinert
Executive Director
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Portland Council
Superintendent
St. Joseph School
Jennifer Nolan
President/CEO
Our Lady of Peace Hospital
Mike Panka
Peter Noll
Chairman of the Board
Divine Providence Health Center
Executive Director
Minnesota Catholic Education
Association
Peter Riccardo
Stephen M. Pogorelec, FIC
James S. Parobek
President/CEO
Saint Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
Margaret Novak
Supreme Secretary
Slovak Catholic Sokol
Executive Director
Mother and Unborn Baby Care
Reed E. Reyman
Jack E. Pohrer, GCM
State Regent
Catholic Daughters of the
Americas
Christopher Pascucci
Member of the Board
St. Francis Hospital
President
Order of Malta, American
Association, U.S.A.
Randall Nyp
Michael Pascucci
James W. Pope
President/CEO
Providence Medical Center
& Saint Joseph Hospital
Chairman of the Board
Telecare
President/CEO
Sylvania Franciscan Health
Jeff Pederson
Sr. Mary Evelyn Potts, OP
President/CEO
Villa Nazareth, Friendship Inc.
& Riverview Place
Superior
Chattanooga Dominican
Community
Rev. David Peles
Mary Preston
President/CEO
Saint Raphael Healthcare System
Trustee
Bishop McCort Catholic High
School
Principal
St. Joseph School
Michael O'Dea
Msgr. John Perkinton
Founder/Executive Director
Christus Medicus Foundation
Superintendent
Villa Marie School
President/CEO
Mercy Hospital - Northern
Region
Dr. Chris O'Hara
Thomas Permetti
Rev. James Price, CP
President
The Philadelphia Guild of the
Catholic Medical Association
Administrator
CHRISTUS St. John Hospital
Rector
St. Anne's Shrine Basilica
John F. Perry, MD
Audrey Prokosch
President/CEO
St. Joseph’s Hospital
and Health Center
F. Dennis Riegelnegg, EdD
The Very Rev. Bernard
O’Connor
President
DeSales University
Christopher O’Connor
Karen M. Ristau, EdD
Sr. Therese O’Rourke, IHM
Patrick Perry
President
Congregation, Sisters Servants of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Principal
St. Albert the Great Catholic
School
Administrator/CEO
St. Gabriel’s Community
Rev. Joseph Orr
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
Mary Ortwein
Executive Director
Ideals of Kentucky
Sr. Denise A. Roche, GNSH
President
D’Youville College
Laura Jordan Roesch, MRC,
LSW, LPC
Executive Director
Catholic Social Services of
the Miami Valley
Msgr. Robert Roh
Steve Przybilla
Superintendent
Sacred Heart School (K-12)
Peter Rosario, MD
Former Chairman of Ethics
Dan Perryman
Principal
All Saints School
Committee
St. Mary's Medical Center
President/CEO
St. Francis Hospital
Rev. Kevin P. Quinn, S.J.
Mark Roth
Michael Pfeifer
President
University of Scranton
State Deputy
Knights of Columbus - Kansas
State Council
President/CEO
Presentation Medical Center
& Villa Maria
Angela Pfister
Superior
Missionary Congregation of the
Evangelizing Sisters of Mary Knoxville Community
Associate Director
Notre Dame Center for Ethics &
Culture
Patrick Raiber II
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
2029
James P. Reber
President/CEO
St. Rita’s Health Partners
Eric Piepmeier
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
2764
Local Superior
Scranton Jesuit Community
Mary Beth Quick
Sr. Maureen Ouma
Frederick Overman
President/CEO
St. John’s Hospital
Rev. Thomas E. Roach, SJ
Andrea R. Price, FACHE
Chair of Trauma Surgery/
Professor of Surgery &
Anesthesiology
HealthPartners Medical Group
Executive Director
Pennsylvania Catholic
Conference
President
National Catholic Educational
Association
Bob Ritz
President
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women
Robert J. O'Hara, Jr.
President
Saint Joseph’s College
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
4797
Thomas Reed
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Charities of Southeast
Michigan
Sr. Pia Rottinghaus, OSB
Secretary of the Board of
Directors
Essentia Health Graceville
Peter Roufs
Principal
Cathedral High School
Myriam Ruager
Executive Director
Chester County Women’s
Services Medical
Lester Ruppersberger DO,
FACOOG, NFP
President
Philadelphia Natural Family
Planning Network
Austin Ruse
President
Catholic Family and Human
Rights Institute (C-Fam)
Pat Schommer
Sr. Sharon Sullivan, OSU
Rev. Julius Tvrdy
Grand Knight
KC Council 8253
Congregational Leader
Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint
Joseph, Maple Mount
Superintendent
St. James School
Rev. Ragan Schriver
Executive Director
Catholic Charities of East
Tennessee
Mother Catherine Marie
Schuhmann, C.P.
Mary Starmann-Harrison
President/CEO
Hospital Sisters Health System
(HSHS)
Provincial Superior
The United States Province of
Priests and Brothers of the
Congregation of Holy Cross
Colleen Steele
Gayle Uebelhor
President
King’s College
Superior/President
Passionist Nuns of Whitesville,
KY
Administrator
St. Joseph’s Home
Cherie Sammis
Michael Schuttloffel
President/CEO
Trinity Health
Rev. John J. Ryan, CSC
Vice President of Mission
Integration
St. Mary’s of Michigan
Sr. Celia Sanchez
Superior
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus "Ad Gentes" Chattanooga Community
Sr. Cecilia Sartorius, LSP
Administrator
Little Sisters of the Poor
Mary Saunders
State Regent
Catholic Daughters of the
Americas
Samuel Spence Saunders,
PhD
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
5841
Executive Director
Kansas State Catholic
Conference
Rev. Troy Schweiger
Superintendent
St. Patrick School
Peggy Sebastian
President/CEO
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Barnabas Senecal, OSB
John Schlachter
Principal
Assumption Catholic School and
Blessed Sacrament Parish
A. Patrick Schneider II MD,
MPH
President
SS Luke & Gianna Medical Guild
Robert Tereba
Mother Shaun Vergauwen
Superior General
Franciscan Sisters of the
Eucharist
President of the Board
Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy
Peter Vogel
Dale Thompson
Executive Director
Catholic Charities of Northern
Nevada
President
University of Mary
Geralyn C. Shelvin
Supreme Lady
Knights of Peter Claver
Ladies Auxiliary
Family Life/Respect Life
Coordinator
Catholic Charities
Rev. Larry Snyder
Deacon, MD
St. Mary's Physician Health
Group
Facilities Director
Divine Providence Community
Home & Lake Villa Maria
Apartments
Major Superior
Dominican Sisters of
Presentation of the Blessed
Virgin
President
University of St. Francis
Emily Snipes
Tony Schapker
Sr. Lucy Tardivo, DSMP
Sr. Vimala Vadakumpadan,
OP
Robert Thomas
National Advisory Board
Catholic Leadership Institute
Board of Directors Member
Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy
President
Mission Sisters of the Holy Spirit
Executive Director
Catholic Charities
Rev. James P. Shea
Executive Director
Birth Choice Pregnancy Resource
Center
Dr. Dennis Scanlon
Sr. Margo Tafoya, MSSp
Glenn Van Cura
Executive Director
Catholic Charities - Diocese of
Winona
Diane Simowitz
Trustee
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High
School
Joseph Swedish
Interim Director
Catholic Charities
Abbot
St. Benedict's Abbey
Brenda Savage
Rev. Brian Saylor
Rev. David Tyson, CSC
President
Catholic Charities USA
President/CEO
Benedictine Health Systems Winsted
President/CEO
Saint Mary’s Hospital
Principal
Little Flower School
Rick Wagner
Rev. Sean Timmerman
Principal
St. Theodore Guerin High School
Superintendent
Aquinas Junior/Senior High
School, St. Mary School
Sharon Timmons
Interim President/CEO
St. Mary’s Hospital
Joanne Tomassi
Grand Knight
KC Council 3134
National Regent
Catholic Daughters
of the Americas
Richard Spada
Rev. Charles Townsend
Superintendent
St. Wenceslaus School
Greg Sprigg
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus Council
7322
Rev. John Sullivan
Superintendent
Blessed Sacrament School
Chad Wable
Brianne Thoreson
James Soukup
State Deputy
IL Knights of Columbus
Michael Vinciguerra, PhD
Msgr. Robert Tucker
Superintendent
Cathedral of the Risen Christ
School
Dennis Walczyk, CEO
Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Charities
Helen Wamstad
Administrator/CEO
St. Rose Care Center and
Rosewood Court
Rev. Brian Wangler, OSB
Abbot
Assumption Abbey
Linnea Warda
President
Council of Catholic Women
Sr. Anne Marie Warren, OSF
Superior General
Franciscan Missionary Sisters of
Our Lady of Sorrows
Very Rev. Michael Weiler, SJ
Provincial
California Province, Society of
Jesus
Austin Welsh, MD
The Most Rev. Timothy
Dolan
Archbishop of New York
President
United States Conference
of Catholic Bishops
President
Saints Cosmas & Damian Guild of
Kansas City
Christopher Lee Whitty
President
Bishop Manogue Catholic High
School
Mark Wiener
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
Myrna Wong
President
Palm Beach Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women
Judy Wood
Regent for Court Prince Gallitzin
#2625
Vice Chair
Catholic Daughters of the
Americas
Daniel J. Woods
President/CEO
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Cynthia Zane, EdD
President
Hilbert College
Rocky Zastoupil
President/CEO
St. Aloisius Medical Center
Rev. Gabriel Zeis, TOR
President
Saint Francis University
The Most Rev. José Gomez
Archbishop of Los Angeles
Chairman
Migration and Refugee Services
Jenkins, CSC
Johnson
Kast
Kearns
Kinyon
Klein, OSF
Klosterman
President
President
President/CEO
Executive Director
Executive Director
Chairperson of the Board
President/CEO