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
- Pope names 2 Synod undersecretaries; Sister Becquart's term ends (General Secretariat of the Synod)Pope Leo XIV appointed two undersecretaries of the General Secretariat of the Synod, which remains under the leadership of its secretary general, Cardinal Mario Grech. Father Giacomo Costa, S.J., the special secretary of the synods on youth (2018) and synodality (2021-2024), succeeds Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A., who was appointed prefect of the […]
- Albania's bishops meet with Pontiff (CNA.al)The bishops of Albania met with Pope Leo XIV on October 30 for over an hour. The prelates, who were in Rome for their ad limina visit, “presented the Holy Father with the icon of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Patroness of the Albanian People, skillfully crafted by an Albanian artist, while renewing the invitation […]
- Cardinal Becciu 'nervous' after appeal trial postponed until January (AdVaticanum)At a brief hearing on October 29, Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, the president of the Vatican City State’s Court of Appeal and dean of the Roman Rota, postponed until January 26 the appeal trial of Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, former prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. “We are nervous,” the prelate said […]
- Cardinal Reina speaks on 'Church of Rome, Missionary Church' (Fides)Cardinal Baldassare Reina, vicar general of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome and Archpriest of the Lateran Basilica, delivered the inaugural lecture of the Pontifical Urban University’s new academic year. In his October 29 lecture, “Church of Rome, Missionary Church,” Cardinal Reina discussed aspects of the Diocese of Rome’s “missionary exemplarity.” Founded in 1627, […]