ICHA Board Members 2020
Brennan, Megan
Franciscan Ministries
Cacchione, Patrick
Executive Director, ICHA
Jenky, Bishop Daniel
Diocese of Peoria
Maltby, Sr. Teresa
Corporate Member, Presence Health Ministries
Mayer, Dawn
Franciscan Ministries
McCormick, Br. Daniel
Sponsor, Ascension Health Ministries
Merdian, Msgr. Mark
Diocese of Peoria
Paprocki, Bishop Thomas John
Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Roach, Steve
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Springfield
Rutherford, Theresa – Chair
St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital
Sehring, Robert
OSF Healthcare
Trstensky, Sr. Jomary
Sponsor – Hospital Sisters Health System
Walsh, Sr. Sharon Ann
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Chaplain Education Program
6 NACC CEUs
Catholic News
- Catholic Boy Scout councils not affected by bankruptcy case, chairman says (CNS)The Boy Scouts of America have filed for bankruptcy because of abuse lawsuits.
- Ivory Coast bishops meet with president, discuss national reconciliation (Fides)Côte d’Ivoire, a West African nation of 26.9 million (map), is 44% Muslim, 18% Catholic, and 16% Protestant, with 22% adhering to ethnic religions. President Alassane Ouattara, 78, assumed office in 2010; he has jailed opposition leaders and announced he will seek an unconstitutional third term.
- German defense minister calls for women deacons (National Catholic Reporter)“And I am for the abolition of celibacy,” added Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who also leads the Christian Democratic Union, the nation’s largest political party. “It would help to make more people enthusiastic to serve the Church.”
- Decrying right-wing extremism, Cardinal Marx condemns Hanau shootings (DBK (German))Eleven people died, and five were injured, in a shooting spree targeting hookah bars in a German city of 96,000. Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, the president of the German Bishops’ Conference, said that “aggressive nationalism and racism cannot be justified from a Christian perspective.”