Advisory Board

The Catholics on Call Advisory Board has currently nineteen members including Donald Senior, president of CTU, and Sheila McLaughlin, director of the Cardinal Bernardin Center. It meets three times a year to assess the programs and overall development of Catholics on Call and to plan for the future of the program.  The board is currently chaired by Angie Appleby-Purcell, Spirituality Program Director for the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association.

Advisory Board members are:

Ms. Angela Appleby-Purcell - Spirituality Program Director, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Rev. Steve Bevans, SVD – Faculty Moderator, Catholics on Call, Chicago, IL

Ms. Pam Coster - Executive Director, Charis Ministries, Chicago, IL

Dr. Kate DeVries - Associate Director, Young Adult Ministry Office for the Archdiocese of Chicago

Ms. Darcy Hidek – Catholics on Call Alumna, Chicago, IL

Mr. Paul Jarzembowski - Executive Director, National Catholic Young Adult Ministry Association, Joliet, IL

Rev. John Kartje – Chaplain & Director, Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Mr. Mark Laboe - Associate Vice President of University Ministry/Student Affairs at DePaul University (Co-Sponsor)

Sr. Teresa Marron, O.P. – Vocation Director, Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL

Ms. Sheila McLaughlin – Director, The Bernardin Center at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL

Dr. Claire Noonan – Director, Siena Center, Dominican University, Chicago, IL

Ms. Birgit Oberhofer - Program Coordinator, Catholics on Call, Chicago, IL

Ms. Jayne Pickett – Bernardin Scholar, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL

Mr. Joe Quane – Catholics on Call Alumnus, Chicago, IL

Rev. Don Senior, CP – President, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL

Ms. Anne-Marie Tirpak – Director of Development, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL

Ms. Marie Tobin – University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Mr. Len Uhal - National Vocation Director, Divine Word Missionaries, Divine Word College Seminary, Epworth, IA

Ms. Lisa Wittig – Program Director, Amate House, Chicago, IL