Guest Directors

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Eleanor Ash

Eleanor has been an educator in the humanities for many years. She has been involved in various ministries at the parish and diocesan levels, including the teaching of Scripture. She holds Master’s Degrees in English Education and Theology and is presently working on her doctoral degree in Theology from Fordham University.

Cynthia Donnelly

Cynthia is a member of Madonna House Apostolate in Comberemere, Ontario. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in acting and directing from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI and has worked professionally for the Indiana Repertory Company and the Hartford Stage Company. In 1979, she had a conversion after having been away from the Catholic Church for thirteen years. She visited Madonna House that summer and joined the community in 1980.

Andre Fuelner, SSJ

Andre is a Sister of St. Joseph from Erie, PA and. Her ministerial background includes education, formation, leadership and spirituality. She has served at Columbiere Center in Michigan, the Jesuit Retreat House in Cleveland and the Institute for Religious Formation. She has spent 15 years doing a camping retreat with Barb Becnel, OSU

Diane Hardick

Diane is a vibrant, enthusiastic and creative DRE at St. Barnabas, Northfield, OH She is a consultant for Silver Burdett Ginn Religion Division and is a presenter for diocesan workshops, the Ohio Catholic Education Association, and national workshops for Silver Burdett Ginn.

Sr. Judith Marie Kubicki CSSF

Sister is a Felician Sister from Buffalo, New York. She has a Bachelor of Art in Music, a Master of Art in English, a Master of Liturgical Music and a Ph.D. from the Catholic University of America in Religion and Religious Education with a specialization in liturgical studies. As part of her research for her dissertation on Taizé music, Sister spent a week at Taizé in the spring of 1996.

Sr. Marie Ellen Kuhel, OSU Top

Sister has had extensive experience as a DRE and parish minister. She has made presentations in liturgy, music, prayer, and family for schools, parishes, and religious education faculties. Sister is president of the Cleveland Organization of Religious Education Directors. She has co-authored two resource books for prayer and worship for children, families, and those who pray with them.

Carol Mullins

Carol is a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Lake View, New York, where she directs the Contemporary Music Ministry. She is a graduate of the Catholic Biblical School of Buffalo, and has recently produced a teaching tape of musical meditations on scripture, which features her own original music. As a teacher, and as an inspirational speaker, Carol's focus is on getting to know God by reading God's word and applying biblical principles to our everyday lives.

Rev. James Ruddick Top

James Ruddick, SJ is Associate Vicar for Religious of the Diocese of Buffalo, New York. Ordained to the priesthood for the New York Province of Jesuits in 1955, he taught physics and geology at Canisius College from 1957 to 1994. He has been actively involved in retreat ministry and spiritual direction for over 20 years. His retreats are both preached and directed. In recent years he has given retreats at Manresa in Pickering, Ont., at the Jesuit Retreat House in Auriesville, NY, at Mount St. Alphonsus in Esopus, NY and at the St. Columban Center.