"The message that Jesus brought was never a condemning one... rather, a message of individual freedom, of each of us being a manifestation of Divinity..."

 
 
Ordained Members                  (email addresses are not case sensitive)

The following roster is complete as of February 16, 2010. Corrections, updates, and comments can be sent via the contact page.


 

James H. Burch
 Coordinating Bishop
13419 Cavalier Woods Drive
Clifton, VA 20124
Phone: (571) 224-4975
Fax: (703) 991-2678
 www.weddingceremony.org
Jim.Burch@OneSpiritCatholic.org

James (Jim) H. Burch, bishop of the diocese, officiates at more than 150 weddings, 80 funerals and 35 baptisms annually, and typically speaks before more than 30,000 people each year. He also runs a nationwide wedding referral service, in which 500+ priests and ministers accept weddings around the country.

A former real estate developer, Jim was also a political consultant on multiple campaigns for individuals running for governor, senator, congressman, president, and was a former Press Secretary to Vice-President Joe Biden when he was a U.S. Senator. Jim was the founding chairman of the World Trade Center, Washington, D.C., and is married to Patty Burch, with whom he has 5 children and 10 grandchildren.

 

 


 

Arturo Ang
Jesus Christ in the 21st Century Global Ministries
225-160 Itaewon 2-dong, Yongsan-Gu
Seoul, South Korea 140-857
Cell phone no. 019-803-8628
Phone no. (0822) 3785-2225
 Arturo.Ang@OneSpiritCatholic.org

 

Arturo (Archie) Ang was raised as a Roman Catholic in Manila, Philippines, Arturo (“Archie”) became deeply involved in Christianity in his late twenties.  He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from the Lyceum of the Philippines.   In 1996 Archie  traveled to Greece where he was involved with various Christian churches, leaving to become a missionary in Korea in 1998. 

Arturo was received into Street Bishops by Lance Orndorff in 2002, and was introduced to the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit by Lance.  He was ordained a Catholic priest by Bishop Jim Burch on February 5, 2005.  Archie volunteers in an orphanage in South Korea, teaching English and Bible to orphans, and supports native missionaries in India through his work teaching English at the Prime English Academy in Korea.  He remains a citizen of the Philippines, and chooses to be single for his work.

 

 

Fr. Zaragoza
 SugarLand, TX 77479
Mobile: (713) 449-1188

Fr. Zaragoza and his wife live near Houston, TX, where they have just moved from their home country of Mexico. They were married in 1999, and he was or-dained a Catholic priest in 2003 in México City. Both have a B. A. in Divinity. He has a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and an MBA, plays and teaches piano, singing and composition. He was a professor of Computer Science at the Na-tional Autonomous University of Mexico, and also taught at the Jesuit Iberoamerican University (Comparative Religions, Financial Mathematics, Thesis seminar, Administrative research), and also taught Comparative Religions at the Study Centre of Human Values (CEVHAC).

He is the author of a textbook “Lo-gics for you, Logics for me” and a booklet “Notes On Ethics”. He speaks five lan-guages: Spanish, English, German, Italian and Hebrew; reads Latin; and knows some French, and Greek. He has been a member of the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), the Circle of Philosophy professors and the Mexican So-ciety for the Study of Religions. His real passion is ecumenism and interreligious dialogue. He has been member of the Ecumenical Group of Mexico since 1977 and of the Interreligious Council of Mexico from 2001 to 2008.

In 1977, he founded the Ecumenical Community of the Holy Mary Mother of God. For 30 years at this community, he has taught more than 60 different courses in the fol-lowing areas: Bible, Spirituality, Liturgy, Moral Theology, and Ecumenism. He was the host of the TV program “Ecumenism” at Claravisión (today Mariavisión) for 8 months. His pastoral work involved visiting the sick, working with juvenile offenders in jails. Now that he has moved to Houston, he is working with a community that was abandoned by other Churches and trying to offer all the services needed such as sacraments.

 


 

Jonathan P. Connor
1622 S. Tremont Street
 San Diego, CA 92054
Home: (760) 458-4503
Mobile: (760) 458-4503
 Jonathan.Connor@OneSpiritCatholic.org
  

Jonathan (Jon) P. O'Connor was business manager of St. Patrick Church 1987-1991, while simultaneously teaching in universities. Ordained a Roman Catholic deacon in 1991, he then served as Pastoral Associate at Christ the King Church until 1997.   Ordained a Catholic priest by the Free Catholic Church in 1999, he provides services through One Spirit Catholic Ministries outside the church structure in many sacramental capacities.  He has been an assistant professor at the University of Redlands and the University of Phoenix. 

Jonathan previously taught at Xavier University in New Orleans, and at the University of San Diego.  Jon has a PhD in Organizational Psychology, a Doctorate in Ministry, an M.A. in Ethnic and Urban Studies, and many other educational accreditations.  He has served in many governmental consultant capacities because of his expertise in urban and ethnic issues, and is well published in the areas of industrial psychology, religion and social justice.  He is married to Shannon Connor and has four adult children.

 

 

Timothy Patrick Harrington
2665 North Indian Ridge Drive
Tucson, AZ 85715
Home: (520) 721-1378
Office: (520) 290-5721
 Timothy.Harrington@OneSpiritCatholic.org

Timothy (Tim ) Patrick Harrington was ordained by Bishop Philip Zimmerman for the Reformed Catholic Church on August 1, 2004. He has found our perspective on spirituality to be consistent with his, and has joined our diocese. Tim holds special Eucharistic services 3 to 4 times a year, and devotes his special ministry - with his wife, Sherril - to teaching 16 month relationship courses to several married couples at a time, at no charge, entitled "the Way of the Beloved."

Tim is a CPA, and runs a credit union consulting company (www.forteamresources.com) that takes him around the country on seminars and consulting jobs. Tim is a very level-headed, feet-to-the-ground person, with a dedicated spirituality that has, over the years, come to see an emptiness in overly-orchestrated and overly-institutionalized religion, and to see a consistent beauty in divinity revealed in all creation and all people. He is a seasoned person, with a ministerial gift that is very deep, rather than very widespread. He is a valued addition to the many talents and ministries of our diocese. He and his wife live in Tucson, AZ with their sons Adam (20) and Aron (16).

 

 

Helen C. Harrison
 155 Morris Street
Monroe, WA 98272
Home: (360) 282-2616
Mobile: (909) 519-8463
 Hellen.Harrison@OneSpiritCatholic.org 
 

Helen C.Harrison is expecting her PhD in Literature, Religion and Science from the University of California Riverside.  She received her MA in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1985 and her BA in Religion and Education from Seattle Pacific University in 1980, both Magna Cum Laude. She has taught religious studies and comparative literature and languages at the University of California since 2000. 

Helen has also taught Philosophy, World Religions, Religious Education, Ethics and Homiletics at Mt. San Jacinto College and Fuller Theological Seminary, both in California, and now teaches college level in Washington state.  She is recognized as a brilliant theologian, especially knowledgeable on the Early Church Fathers and the historical ties between early Christian ideas and ancient religions. 

Helen combines this spiritual wisdom with significant experience in the film industry.  Helen has extensive experience as a copy and scriptwriter and documentary producer. She has handled investor relations for a film and entertainment company, and worked closely with executives of Walt Disney Pictures and Television in all facets of scripts, story development and liaison with various film professionals.  She was ordained a Catholic priest in 2000, and is a bishop-elect.

 

 

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Edward J. Ingebretsen
 2000 16th Street, NW $103
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 687-7531
 Ed.Ingebretsen@OneSpiritCatholic.org 

 

Edward (Ed) J. Ingebretsen was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1981. Ed separated from the Society in 1999 over issues of speech and issues of justice (gay, lesbian, and women’s issues) in the Roman Church. He is a professional educator (PhD, DUKE, 1986 and M.A. from Loyola University) and currently Director of the American Studies Program and Associate Professor of English at Georgetown University.

Edward publishes widely in the area of religion and culture, issues in homosexuality and ecclesiology, and American popular culture.  His most recent book is At Stake: Monsters and a Rhetoric of Fear in American Culture (Chicago, 2001). He is the author of Maps of Heaven, Maps of Hell: Religious Terror as Memory from the Puritans to Stephen King and Robert Frost's Star in a Stone Boat: A Grammar of Belief.

He is currently working on the book "Sanctuary as Torture: Ecclesiology and the Diminishment of Human Rights." He continues in a variety of ministerial positions in DC, including pastoring with Dignity, hospital chaplaincy, and working with blessing ceremonies.  Ed also runs the Wellness program for Georgetown University and is the head trainer at Results The Gym.

 

 

Bob Tousey
(443) 949-3077
(443) 949-3078 fax
www.christianlifeevents.org
Bob.Tousey@OneSpiritCatholic.org

Bob was ordained an Deacon in July of 2001 by Bishop Thomas Charles Clary, whose linage is derived from Mathew and Vilatte, and as a Priest in July 2010. Bob has served as Chaplain for Howard County Fire and Rescue, and at an area nursing home. Bob is currently involved in an evangelical ministry reaching out to those who are in need of Jesus' love.

Prior to his ordination Bob received a Catholic education on Long Island and later served as a religious education teacher in the Archdiocese of Baltimore which included preparing students for the sacrament of confirmation. Bob expects to be ordained as a Priest this July. Bob holds a B.S. for the University of Maryland and J.D. from the University of Baltimore. He has served on the Executive Board of the then Maryland Division of the American Cancer Society and as International Vice President of Parents Without Partners. He is the father of 2 adult children and the proud grandfather of 3.

 

 

David L. James
24 Centerview Dr.
Shelton, CT 06484
Home: (203) 513-2604
Cell: (914) 584-8770
 www.myspiritualwedding.com  
 www.wedrev.com
David.James@OneSpiritCatholic.org

David L. James was rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and interim rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, and a tutor The General Seminary in New York City.  He is, or has previously been, a writer and author of 85 articles, consultant for the Episcopal Press, and editor at various newspaper positions.  He has his M.Div. from the General Theological Seminary in New York City, and M.A. in religious education, and CPE in Clinical Pastoral Education. 

David has a very learned and loving understanding of the value and human relationship with animals and pets.  In addition to his current wedding ministry, David is expanding his theological understanding of God’s presence in animals, and is developing new ways to use this on a practical, societal basis as a tool for humans to use as an opening to the loving presence of God in all that is.

 

 

Richard R. Mickley
 St. Aelred Monastery
The Order of St. Aelred (O.S.Ae.)
82-D Masikap Extension
Barangay Central, Quezon City
1100 Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel.: (632) 921 8273
Mobile: (63) 920 903 4909
 Visit his Website Here 
Richard.Mickley@OneSpiritCatholic.org 

Richard R. Mickley, O.S.Ae., Ph.D. (doctorate in clinical psychology), Abbot of the Order of St. Aelred in Manila, the Philippines, associate bishop of the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit, and bishop of the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit in the Philippines. He is a Korean War veteran. Originally ordained a Catholic priest in the United States, Richard went to New Zealand and then to the Philippines for missionary work, settling in the Philippines permanently. He was ordained a bishop in 2004 by Bishop Jim Burch.

Through the St. Aelred Monastery, the Gay Men’s Support Groups, the Same-sex Couple's Growth Groups, the Prayer Groups, the Seminary, the Counseling Hotline, and other works, the Order of St. Aelred (O.S.Ae.) strives to build a better world for its participants in a part of the world still emerging from ancient prejudices against homosexuality. Those who have reached the bottom, the pits of rejection or loneliness, can turn to the Order to experience the unconditional love of God. See his complete profile profile in LGBT Religious Archives here .

 

 

Natividad Menjivar Carabantes
1235 Springtide Place
Herndon, VA 20170
(954) 889-3468
 natividad.menjivar@onespiritcatholic.org  

Natividad (Naty) Menjivar Carabantes  was born in Honduras and ordained a Roman Catholic priest in La Entrada, Honduras in 1992 for the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copan, Natividad  served first as an assistant pastor, and then served for four years as pastor of Nostra Senora de los Remedio parish in the mountainous region of the country, with over two hundred and fifty base communities spread over areas up to 50 miles from the parish base, which he was only able to access by horse or by walking. 

Natividad came to the Untied States in 1998 and served in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Virginia for four years as assistant pastor of Christ the Redeemer parish in Sterling, with concentration in the Hispanic community.  Natividad took a sabbatical from the active priesthood in 2002, and has now returned to active ministry within the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit, to work in the Hispanic community in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC with pastoral work and with weddings to the larger community outside a local parish.

 

 

Matthew David Michaud
174 Bell Street, No. 2
Manchester, NH  03103
Office: (603) 396-7564
 www.northeastnuptials.com
 Matthew.Michaud@OneSpiritCatholic.org

Matthew David Michaud has been a paramedic in the Manchester, NH area for over ten years.  He was raised a Catholic, but as he grew older his curiosity led him to a knowledge and respect for other religions.  He was ordained a non-denominational minister several years ago because of his love for spirituality and his desire to share blessings with others, much of it an outgrowth of his years on the front lines of medical trauma. 

Matt recently came to appreciate contemporary Catholicism and has fed his compulsion to read contemporary theology books. Since recently earning a Bachelors of Theology, Matt is now working towards his Masters of Divinity.  Currently, his primary focus is in providing wedding services and support for the dying.  It was a special joy for Bishop Jim Burch to ordain this young man in his late twenties to the Catholic priesthood in our diocese on January 18, 2006.

 

 

Richard O'Brian
 6164 Wilson Blvd, No. 4
Arlington, VA 22205
(703) 533-3042
 Richard.OBrian@OneSpiritCatholic.org

Ricxhrd (Dick) O'Brian was ordained in Philadelphia in August 1992 for the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (CACINA), a branch of the Dom Duarte Costa Catholic Church in Brazil that has widespread following there.  Dick retired as a radio and TV sportscaster, and then as a special police officer.  After many years of ministry in assisted living homes for the elderly and infirm with CACINA, he joined our diocese and is now concentrating his ministry on weddings and visiting prisoners.  Dick is an energetic man of great dedication, humble and satisfied with little in the way of possessions, paying close attention to the poor and needy.

 

 

Timothy O'Connell
 Falls Church, VA
Home: (703) 532-9431
Cell: (571) 722-3721
 Timothy.OConnell@OneSpiritCatholic.org

Timothy O'Connell was ordained to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Newark NJ in 1966.  Immediately he began his journey for justice for all, first by writing a letter published in National Catholic Reporter that priests had every right to be married and/or to be women, which summarily brought a rebuke from his bishop.  After that he walked arm-in-arm with Martin Luther King, Jr. against the Vietnam War and was immediately confined by his bishop to New Jersey. 

Not long thereafter, Timothy was removed by the bishop of Newark from active ministry in the institutional Church in 1968, after signing a letter (with 27 other priests who were not removed) asking Pope Paul VI to change Humanae Vitae and to leave birth control decisions to the informed consciences of the couples involved.  All that did was to catapult Timothy into greater service to aggrieved humanity.  Timothy married, and was blessed with three "deeply Human" children, now 13 to 30 years old.  He is completing the work necessary to achieve "the permanent experience of The Complete Man (always and only a gift of the Divine) for the benefit of all and the realization of Humanity One." 

Timothy is a powerful teacher of "steadily shedding all constraints of dogma and ego belief while completing an internal journey across all the parameters of the Human psyche to find 'the Kingdom within.'  This is The Kingdom of which Jesus, the Christ, and all realized and enlightened Teachers and Masters speak and teach."  Timothy works as a health care facilitator in the public school system, and has an active wedding ministry.

 

 


 

Lance Orndorff, MS. Ed.
 149 N. Loudoun St. Suite 007
Winchester, VA
(703) 552-2726
 www.weddingsbylance.com 
Lance.Orndorff@OneSpiritCatholic.org


Lance Orndorff was raised in the Protestant and evangelical movements.  During college years, he was a member of the United Methodist Church, then later during a hiatus in graduate studies, he served as Youth Pastor at First Christian Church in Binghamton, NY.  Shortly thereafter, he was ordained as a protestant clergy by Faith Gospel Ministries.  Lance as served  at National Community Church in Washington, DC., and currently Director of Street Bishops International Ministries. 

Having felt a longtime and growing closeness to progressive Christianity and to Catholic tradition, Lance was ordained a priest within the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit in March of 2002 and as Bishop in July 2010. 

Professionally, Lance holds a Master of Science in Education, with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration. But his professional experience includes specialty areas such as Internet marketing,  computers and networking, fundraising and development, and business operations consulting.

He combines this with his active wedding ministry and his running of a multi-denominational organization, “Street Bishops,” which supports and engages over 900 individuals around the world in active ministry. He is also Director of Community Services Development Corporation, a 501(c)3 organization, and home to the American Heroes Return (www.CampHero.us) veterans' assistance program.

 

 

Ashley Jean Reynolds
 Berkeley, CA
(205) 613-1334
(510) 230-7714
 Ashley.Reynolds@OneSpiritCatholic.org

 

Ashley Jean Reynolds, of Birmingham, AL, was ordained to the diaconate in the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit November 11, 2006. Ashley has a sharp and incisive mind, and is well read on spirituality. She is a convert to the Catholic Church, immersing herself totally for three years, and then even deeper after that. She loves the essentials of Catholicism and is a strong proponent of living the faith without the encumbrances so often put forward by the institutional church.

Active in Women's Ordination Conference and social justice issues, she lives the Catholic Worker lifestyle and is a member of Anchorhold, Blessed by Default, a non-canonical, free-dedication religious order. Her special interest is in ministering to those suffering from psychological diseases. She often attends meeting of progressive Catholic organizations and demonstrations for equality and justice, especially on women's issues. Ashley is pursuing her studies and spiritual development toward ordination as a community priest within the Diocese.

 

 

 

Fred Ruof
 P.O. Box 12511
(584 Presstman Street)
Baltimore, MD 21217
(410) 462-3297
 Fred.Ruof@OneSpiritCatholic.org

 

Fred Ruof Ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1960, after having studied advanced language, management and human behavioral studies at Georgetown, Stanford and Catholic Universities. He was parish priest and teacher/administrator in diocese of Harrisburg, and charged with diocesan-wide domestic and foreign lay missions.   Following marriage in 1966, he administered social and health centered organizations, until he founded the National Emergency Medicine Association in 1982; he is now Chairman of the Board Emeritus, and lectures on emergency health systems. 

In 1999, Fred retired from health work and returned full time to active priestly ministry.  He concentrates on retreat work, especially on creation spirituality, and on ecumenical justice and peace issues, and runs a planetarium retreat center near York, PA.  Fred is married to Melissa Dougherty Ruof, a concert violinist, and he is the father of six and the grandfather of four.

 

 

Irene Scaramazza
Columbus, Ohio
(614) 471-7853
 Irene.Scaramazza@OneSpiritCatholic.org

 

Irene Scaramazza was a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Baden, PA for 21 years.  There, among other activities, she was a retreat director, principal of two high schools and of an elementary school.  When she left the convent, working and studying full time, she earned a doctor of ministry in spiritual counseling from Boston University.  She was a family therapist for seven years, until she returned to school full time to study computer science and earned another degree in that field.   She then ran her own computer consulting business for non-profits and small businesses.  For several years she has been senior manager with Action for Children.  Irene was ordained to the Catholic priesthood on February 2, 2006.

 

 

John M. Shea
11516 Rockfish River Road
Shipman, VA 22971
(434) 263-6347
 Jack.Shea@OneSpiritCatholic.org

 

John (Jack) M Shea was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in May, 1960.  After teaching Latin, Greek, English, and Religion at St. Charles College in Catonsville, Maryland, from 1960 to 1962, he became a member of the Society of St. Sulpice and studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, where he earned his doctorate in sacred theology.  In 1964 he translated and published: The Eternal Year, by Karl Rahner. 

From 1965 to 1969 he taught ecclesiology and liturgy at St. Thomas Seminary in Seattle, and at St. Mary’s, Baltimore, when he was asked to become the Executive Secretary of the International Committee on English in the Liturgy (ICEL).  In this role, he supervised the translation of many of the liturgical texts revised by Rome after Vatican II.   These translations became the official liturgical texts for use throughout the English-speaking world. 

In 1972 he left the canonical priesthood and pursued a career in technical and scientific writing, specializing in the areas of health research, patient education, and the application of social marketing principles to health communication programs.  Jack puts his writing skills to practical use for ministry, and he officiates at weddings.  He and his wife, Anne, live in the Charlottesville, Virginia area.

 

 

Robert S. Teszlewicz
 76 Locust Ct.
N. Muskegon, MI 49445
Home: (231) 288-1223
 Robert.Teszlewicz@OneSpiritCatholic.org

 

Robert S Teszlewicz trained for three years in the Christian Brothers formation program, after which he taught as a Christian Brother for eight years.  During his later years as a brother, Robert became a social worker as well, and began the first substance awareness program in the school.  He then spent 10 years intervening in child custody and visitation matters.  After that, Robert began his own agency, Criminal Justice Services, helping people who are in prison and/or on parole or probation to affect positive changes in their lives. 

Robert has a house for people to parole to, and the house maintains a chapel.  He presently has 3 children for whom he is in process of becoming legal guardian, because their mothers are in prison and the fathers in jail.  He has "adopted" another 15 year old boy, and is working with the boy's mother to be a positive male role model in his life.  Robert also runs an adult foster care home with 6 adult residents, and has worked as a counselor in juvenile prison.  He has an M.A. in social work.  Robert has chosen to live the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience because they work for him in his apostolate.

 

 

David Joseph Tetrault
 22501 Cypress Point Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Home: (804) 829-5693
Mobile: (757) 880-7346
 David.Tetrault@OneSpiritCatholic.org

 

David Joseph Tetrault was ordained in 1973 in the Episcopal Church. He is now a retired Episcopal priest in good standing of the Diocese of Southern Virginia. He served at St. Paul's Church, Capitol Square, Richmond, VA, and historic Bruton Parish in Williamsburg. David left active parish ministry in 1996 to expand the boundaries of his own faith and practice. He is a writer, university teacher, retreat leader, and professional keyboard musician/entertainer. Since 1994, he's been one of the two chaplains serving the three traveling units of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.  David and his wife Georgia Ann Prescott, MD, a pediatrician, are longtime residents of Williamsburg, VA. They have two adult daughters.

 

 

Penelope Ann Thoms
 Lovettsville, VA 20180
Office: (703) 777-7866
Mobile: (571) 263-5144
 www.penelopethoms.com
Penelope.Thoms@OneSpiritCatholic.org

 

Penelope Ann Thomas, M.Div. and M.A, Lovettsville, VA - Penny has her Master of Divinity and her Master of Arts in Spiritual Direction, both from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, plus a Certificate in Celtic Studies from the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO, and Certificate in Bioethics from the University of Washington Medical School. She is a member of the College of Chaplains, and served as resident hospital chaplain at Poudre Valley Hospital, CO, McKee Medical Center (CO), California Pacific Medical Center (San Francisco), and Santa Rosa Catholic Memorial Hospital (CA), Sonoma County Community Hospital (CA).

Penelope was also Campus Ministry Chaplain at Colorado State University. She has extensive writing background, and lived several years primarily in Ireland where she was an accomplished and published poet, and winner of the Golden Pen Award for Poetry (2002), the Boyle International Poetry Competition (2003), and the Scottish International Poetry Competition (2004). Penny is married to the Rev. Stephen Mead Johnson, an ordained Unitarian minister. She runs an online spiritual direction service through her web page, www.QuestPlace.com. Penny works full time as a chaplain in hospice.

 

 

Scott Ziegler
 2533 Archdale Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
(757) 495-2993
 www.abeachwedding.com
Scott.Ziegler@OneSpiritCatholic.org

 

Scott Ziegler was ordained a Catholic priest on October 26, 2008.  Scott lives in Virginia Beach with his wife Lisa and his five children.  He was a police chaplain for eight years, currently teaches high school and has a full-time wedding ministry.  Given a background and seeped activities such as these, Scott is very practical in seeing the beauty of the Christ message at "street level," feet-on-the-ground.  He speaks very clearly and to the point, and has a great way of reaching people as a genuine person they can admire. 

 

Scott grew up in the Nazarene Church, and became active in the Missionary Alliance Church in Virginia, where he was studying for ordination and ministering as a youth minister and police chaplain. Scott says, "the judgment, guilt, and rigidity that I experienced, participated in, and to some degree perpetuated and which I came to realize caused myself and others a great deal of pain, motivated me to find a truer version of Christianity and launched my study of progressive Christianity."  Because our diocese seeks to find new ways of expression of the Good News, we applaud and welcome Scott's adherence to this basic Catholic principal and then his translating it to practical measures to reach those he serves.

 

 

 

Patricia Fuller
Orlando, FL 32817

(407) 615-2270
 Patty.Fuller@OneSpiritCatholic.org

Patricia (Patty) Fuller was ordained as a deacon by Bishop Burch in early 2009.  She is very anxious to learn all she can about becoming an effective minister, and is studying theology online. She became ordained by a non-denominational Christian ministry, but felt that One Spirit Catholic suited her personal belief system perfectly. Patty grew up in the Friends Church. With a background as an EMT and a police officer, she returned to college and received her BA after she turned forty.  She volunteered as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) in Ohio. She taught Special Education, but retired after an injury. She felt called to the ministry and began studying theology online on her own.  Currently, she volunteers with a free health care clinic as her ministry, and is working with a non-profit organization to set up a battered women's home in the Orlando area. Patty has one daughter and writes freelance articles and novels.

 

 

Michael Charles Richards
West Virginia
Work: (304) 295-4896
Home: (304) 295-7431
 Mike.Richards@OneSpiritCatholic.org

Michael (Mike) Charles Richard is currently an ordained Methodist minister and pastor of three small churches in West Virginia, and has been a pastor in the United Methodist Church for nineteen years, and is honored there for his preaching and teaching. He knows how to take scholarly observations and to make them palatable and exciting for congregations. In this, he conveys a wholesome and positive affirmation of the goodness of life.

Mike was also ordained a Catholic priest for the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit on May 12, 2009, agreeing with our diocese that there is no reason a person cannot minister in two or more spiritual areas where he/she agrees with the basic principles of each. He has a M.Div. and a D.Min, a very progressive bent that gives him a feeling of “coming alive” in his faith, and a love for Catholic liturgical practice. He was a fellow at Duquesne University in their theological program, and has an extensive background in progressive Catholicism. Mike is the father of four teenagers.

 

 

[Incognito]
 Midwestern United States of America

 

There is another ordained Catholic priest within the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit, but he is not publicly listed because he has served, and is currently still serving, as a member of a Protestant church.  Our diocese has no problem with this kind of mixture of Protestantism and Catholicism, but feels that, at this time and because of the prejudices still existing as tensions within Christianity, it is better not to make this an issue.  When religious societies have evolved more toward the understanding of what is essential and what is not, we will be able to be more open about such ministry.

 

 

[Incognita]
 United States of America

The Catholic Diocese of One Spirit is honored to be able to encourage and validate the calling to priestly ministry of women. Among the most remarkable women alive today are thousands of Roman Catholic nuns, many of whom are called to ordination. Our "incognita" priest is a prominent Roman Catholic sister. She has been ordained "in camera." Just as Rome designates cardinals "in camera" and then is justified in denying their identities because of the grave danger of persecution if such designation becomes known, so too do we ordain current Roman Catholic nuns (others are in the pipeline) "in camera" and deny identifying them. Sadly, this is because of the real danger of rejection, ejection and homelessness which would befall them from their own church if such ordination were known. God bless these brave and dedicated women!

 

 

[Incognito No. 2]
United States of America

Incognito No. 2 is a priest whose identity is not made public for non-ministerial related reasons. He has both an M.A. in Divinity and a M.A. in Religious Studies. He was a Franciscan, ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1983, and active in bi-lingual parish work in California until he left the canonical priesthood in 1993. Loosely affiliated with the diocese since 2000, he joins us formally now, and is engaged primarily in marriage and wedding work.

 


 

In Memoriam

 

Michael K. Mitchell
 formerly of Anchorage, Alaska

The late Michael K. Mitchell was a priest in Anchorage, Alaska, and ran a church without walls – a wedding ministry to the greater Anchorage area.  He died in 2007.  Michael Mitchell studied for the Methodist ministry, and was assistant to the senior minister for the First Methodist Church in Anchorage, Alaska for four years.  He also took ministerial courses under Rev. Dr. Robert H. Schuller at the Crystal Cathedral in Southern California.  Following this, Dr. Schuller asked Michael to be his minister on site as he instituted his Hour of Power services on 35 mm film and showed them in cinemas in Alaska (movie house churches).  Michael’s PhD was in Interdisciplinary Studies from Texas A&M.  After years as a “closet Catholic,” studying Catholic theology, and participating in Catholic sacraments, he was ordained a Catholic priest by Bishop Jim Burch in March 2001, and continued his extraordinary schedule of wedding ministry in the Anchorage area, complimented by his wife, Nel, until his death.


 

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