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Past Projects
GRANTS HISTORY, Stevens Point Deanery
1990-1991 Bishop's Education Endowment Grant $4,500.
1991-1992 Library $500.
1992-1995 Grants from Harris Foundation for youth ministry $4,000.
1995-1996 Catechist Networking $1,000.
1998-1999 Deanery Library Catalogue $500; Jubilee Saturdays $1,000; Young Adult $2,000.
2000-2001 Library $500.
2001-2002 Rural Parishes Youth Ministry $2,759; Hearts Burning Within Us - Series for Catechists and Other Adults $1,000; Assessing Quality of Marriage Preparation Programs $300; Deanery-Wide Vacation Bible School II $750.
2002-2003 Hearts Burning Within Us $300; Deanery Participation in Diocesan Convocation $750; Golden Gifts - A Service Corps $900; Marriage Preparation Program $1,000.
2003-2004 Serving in Faith (Witness in World) $400; Vacation Bible-School $350.
2004-2005 Training for Parish Stewardship Teams $800; Separated and Divorced Ministry $600; Summer Catechist Training $500; Tell Me a Story - Intergenerational Catechesis $400; Family Life Committees Common Meetings $300; Justice & Peace Committees Common Meetings $300; World Youth Day 2005 Promotion $300; Catholic Library Network $102; Vacation Bible School $750.
2005-2006 Pope John Paul II Study Center $1,000; Daytime Religious Certification Program $600; Witness to Faith Youth Rally $800.
2006-2007 Junior High Youth Rally $1,000; Welcome Home Evangelization Campaign $550; Dorothy Day Celebration $100.
2007-2008 Catholics Coming Home $1,000; Youth Leadership Grants $1,065; Summer Certification Courses $1,500
Workshop Topics
A SAMPLING of experience to share online and  in person in a variety of contexts from a 15 minute pop quiz, 1 to 2 hour talk, workshop, or semester seminar:
 
Appreciative Inquiry - building on strengths
   Catechist Formation  (all courses in diocesan curriculum)
Laity as Leaders in the Marketplace and Public Square
   Evangelization and New Evangelization Strategies
Lector Tuneup
   Church and Community Library Systems
READ: Reflecting on Experience, Acting on Deliberation
  Stewardship for Finance Councils
Mentoring into Confirmation
   Children's Liturgy of the Word
Practical Theology and Reflective Education
   The Call and Challenge of Collaboration
Catechism of the Catholic Church
   Parish Interactions and Communications
Philosophy and Religious Studies (cf. Viterbo courses)
   Parish Mission and Organizational Development
Formation Networks for New Parents
   Adult Learning Principles and Practices 
RCIA as a model for Catechesis
  Renewing the Vision for Youth Ministry
The Road Ahead - promising patterns in pastoral planning
   Second Vatican Council - then and now
Ministry with the Wisdom Generation
   Greening of the Church - voices for the environment
Synectics -- a thinking process for creative groups
  
 
... With 40 years of adult learning and ministry experience
I am at your service as a teacher, coach, facilitator, or consultant to address some of your interests and concerns.