MUNDELEIN SEMINARY - Key Persons

Deacon Patrick Quagliana, M.A. Assistant Dean of Formation; Formation Advisor pquagliana@usml.edu (847) 970-4858 B.A. Psychology, St. Peter's College; M.A. Pastoral Ministry with concentration in spirituality, Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall; M.A. in Christian Spirituality, Creighton University; Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Director and Retreats, Creighton University. Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University. 15 years parish ministry, campus ministry and seminary formation, as Assistant to the Rector at St. Andrew College Seminary. Adjunct Faculty members for the Institute for Priestly Formation Seminary Program (Omaha) and the Spiritual Directors Training Program (Mundelein)

DeAnne Besetzny

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Circulation Manager

Devona Sewell

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Director of Registration and Records

Dr. Brian Schmisek

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Member of the Development Committee
Ex Officio Board Member, Provost

Dr. Gerald M. Casey

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Lay Board Member / Retired Physician

Dr. Peter Madden

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Lay Board Member

Elaine LaMarre

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Event Planner

Graciela Contreras

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Associate Director - Instituto

Holly Gibout

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Vice President of Development

Jeffrey Kendrick

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Technical Support

Jessica Szadziewicz

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Prospect Research Manager

Jillian Mortillaro

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Manager of Fundraising and Stewardship Events

Jim Heinen - COO

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Chief Operating Officer

Jim Jarocki

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Director of Development Operations

John (Jack) J. Wall

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Sending Bishop Member / Bishop of Grand Rapids, MI / Reverend John ( Jack ) J. Wall

John Huinker

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Director of Public Safety

John Lehocky

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Senior Vice President of Financial Operations

Juliana Vazquez

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Assistant Professor in the Department of Dogmatic Theology and Pre - Theology

Karen Hopkins

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Administrative Assistant / Coord of Student Services - Liturgical Institute

Karen Porten

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Accounting Manager

Katarzyna Kasiarz

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Associate Director - Diaconal Studies

Kathy Szamocki

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Program Coordinator, Institute for Pastoral Leadership

Kevin D. Magas

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Assistant Professor
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Kevin D. Magas: M.T.S., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame. Assistant Professor in the Department of Dogmatic Theology; Director of the Liturgical Institute. Former Department Chair of Theology and Ministry at Holy Family College, Manitowoc, WI. Research interests include modern liturgical history, especially the 19th and 20th century Liturgical Movements, biblical and patristic ressourcement, and liturgical theology. His articles and reviews hav e appeared in Worship, Antiphon, and Adoremus Bulletin. Member of Societas Liturgica, and the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. Board member of the Society for Catholic Liturgy.

Lay Ecclesial Ministry

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Director and Coordinator Certification

Linda Couri

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Assistant Professor
Director

Linda Couri, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., D.Min. Director of the Institute for Pastoral Leadership; Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling lcouri@usml.edu (847) 837-4555 B.A. (English Literature) Drake University, M.S.W. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, L.C.S.W., State of Illinois, D.Min. University of Saint Mary of the Lake. Former appointments included Director of Students, Institute for Lay Formation; Associate Director, Lay Ministry Formation Program; Youth Minister, Saint Philip the Apostle Parish, Northfield; Residence Life Director, The Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, Lake Forest; Clinical Social Work Practice. As a licensed clinical social worker, additional studies in counseling at the Victor Frankl Institute for Logotherapy, and in theology at Loyola University Chicago and the Catholic Theological Union. Appointed member of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Sub-Committee on Ecclesial Ministry and Service. Professional memberships include, the National Association of Graduate Schools in Ministry, and the National Association of Lay Ministry.

Linda M. Cerabona

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Director of Music

Lois Guebert

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Technical Services Librarian

Maria Barga

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Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

B.A., classical archeology, French and Spanish, Mercer University, Macon, GA; Ph.D., M.Phil. and M.A., Biblical Studies, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Prior appointments include assistant professor at the Pontifical College Josephinum, lecturer at Bowie State University, and affiliate faculty at Loyola University Maryland. As a graduate student, she taught in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America. Recent works include "Redeeming Zechariah: Silence as Mercy in Luke 1 and Q. 3 and Q. 19" in Routledge's Reading the Bible in Islamic Context and a co-authored chapter ("My/Our Servant Job: Creation and Temptation as a Guide to Understanding Job as God's Servant") in Brill's Companion to Comparative Theology.