ICHA Board Members 2024
Cacchione, Patrick
Executive Director, ICHA
Halstead, John L.
AMITA Health
Keen, Dr. Mary
Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and Clinics
Kelsey-Davis, Debra
Nourish For Caregivers, Ltd.
Mayer, Dawn
Franciscan Ministries
McCormick, Br. Daniel
Sponsor, Ascension Health Ministries
Merdian, Msgr. Mark – chair
Diocese of Peoria
Paprocki, Bishop Thomas John
Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Roach, Steve
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Springfield
Rutherford, Theresa
St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur
Sehring, Robert
OSF Healthcare
Sifuentes, James
St. Anthony Hospital, Chicago
Trstensky, Sr. Jomary
Sponsor, Hospital Sisters Health System
Tylka, Bishop Louis
Diocese of Joliet
Chaplain Education Program
6 NACC CEUs
Catholic News
- Focolare Movement reelects leader (CWN)The Focolare Movement‘s general assembly reelected Margaret Karram, its leader since 2021, to a second five-year term as president.
- Polish priests leave Belarus in 'very painful' forced departure (Forum 18)Two Polish priests who have ministered in Belarus for over a decade have left the country after the government refused to permit their continued ministry in the nation. Bishop Antoni Dziemianko of Pinsk described the “forced departure” of Fathers Paweł Kruczek and Adam Straczyński as “very painful.” Belarus, an Eastern European nation of 9.5 million […]
- Leading exorcists meet with Pontiff, discuss their ministry (Associazione Internazionale Esorcisti;)Pope Leo XIV received Msgr. Karel Orlita and Father Francesco Bamonte, I.C.M.S., the president and vice president of the International Association of Exorcists, in a half-hour audience on March 13. The exorcists, according to a statement issued by the association, discussed “the painful and increasingly widespread situation of people seriously disturbed by the extraordinary action […]
- Amid Iran war, Masses suspended in Qatar, continue in Bahrain, Kuwait (Fides)Amid the Iran war, Masses have been suspended in Qatar, and all pastoral activities except for Masses have been suspended in Bahrain and Kuwait. “There is also concern about Holy Week,” Bishop Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T., the vicar apostolic of Northern Arabia, told Agenzia Fides, the news agency of the Pontifical Mission Societies. “We have not […]