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Robin Ryan, C.P.

Director, Catholics On Call vocation program
Adjunct Professor in Systematic Theology at CTU
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Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Robin Ryan joined the Passionist community while in college. His first stay at Catholic Theological Union was during the early 1980s, when he studied for his master of divinity and master of arts in theology degrees (1981-84). He recalls, “One of the highlights of my study was participating in the Fall Israel Study Program. Fr. Carroll Stuhlmueller led the program that year.”

Since ordination in 1984, Professor Ryan’s ministry has been divided between retreat ministry and teaching theology, along with responsibilities for ministerial formation. As director of Catholics On Call, Professor Ryan brings his teaching, formation, and retreat leadership experience to a generation hungry for guidance and direction in discerning their personal call from God.

“I particularly enjoyed directing the program of lay formation in Boston run by St. John’s Seminary,” he says. “I love to teach and am convinced that teaching is a ministry in itself. And, last but not least, I love the Boston Red Sox!”

JoEllen Windau

Associate Director, Catholics On Call
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JoEllen Windau comes to Catholics on Call from Georgetown University where she worked in Campus Ministry as a resident chaplain and at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) while pursuing a master’s degree. Before her graduate studies, JoEllen volunteered with the Catholic Charities Volunteer Corps in Minneapolis-St. Paul and worked at several social service agencies in public relations and volunteer management. In addition, she was the Shared Ministry Coordinator for a Catholic parish working to expand parishioner involvement in parish activities and other volunteer opportunities in the community. JoEllen has a bachelor of arts in public relations from Ohio Dominican University, and an M.A. in liberal studies, with a concentration in Islam/Muslim-Christian Relations from Georgetown University.