Alvaro Pacheco
Executive Assistant
Religious Education
Office of Religious Education Vision Statement
Empowered by a living experience of Jesus Christ, we accompany and develop leaders to form Missionary Disciples transforming the diverse church and world.
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*Important: “COVID-19 Protocols for Parish Faith Formation/Religious Education Programs.” (PDF Version) Updated: October 11, 2021
*Importante: “Protocolos de COVID-19 para todo Programa Parroquial de Formación de Fe/Educación Religiosa” (Version PDF) Actualizado: 11 de octubre de 2021
Our Staff
Sr. Rosalia Meza, V.D.M.F.
Senior Director
Phone
(213) 637-7469
Administrative Staff to Senior Director
Associate Directors
Paulette Smith
Assoc Dir/Congress Event Coordinator
Giovanni Perez
Assoc Dir /Coord of Catechist Formation
Adult Ministry
Maria A Rivera
Coordinator of Bible Institute/Spanish
Ernesto Vega
Coord of Adult Faith Formation/Spanish
Jose Alejandro Moreno
Administrative Secretary
Advanced Catechetical Ministries & Catechist Formation
Flor de Maria Luna
Coordinator of Catechists Formation
Giovanni Perez
Assoc Dir /Coord of Catechist Formation
Elizabeth Argueta
Administrative Secretary
Elementary
Douglas Zuniga
Coordinator of Elementary Catechesis
Neira Sanchez-Garcia
Administrative Secretary
Ministry with Young Adults
Alberto Embry
Coord of Young Adult Ministry/Spanish
Karen Luna
Young Adult Coordinator/English
Maria Acosta
Administrative Secretary
Ministry with Young People (Confirmation/Junior High/ High School)
Jenny Jackson
Coordinator of Youth Ministry Events
Kelly McLoughlin
Coordinator of Youth Ministry
Dayrin Perez
Coordinator of Youth Ministry
Katie Zeigler
Coordinator of Youth Ministry
Neira Sanchez-Garcia
Administrative Secretary
Religious Education Congress
Paulette Smith
Assoc Dir/Congress Event Coordinator
Natalie Aviles
Admin Asst (Congress/City of Saints)
Jan Pedroza
Early Childhood/Congress Program Coordinator
Gilma Joanna Aguilar
Congress Admin Asst/Finan Records
Regional Offices
David Lara
Our Lady of Angels Regional Coordinator
Araceli Ramirez
Admin Sec, Our Lady of Angels Region
Juan Pablo Garcia
Santa Barbara Regional Coordinator
Dana Couso
San Fernando Regional Coordinator
Juan Garcia
Admin Secretary, San Fernando Region
Damaris Molina-Morales
San Gabriel Regional Coordinator
Veronica Hurtado
Admin Secretary, San Gabriel Region
Teresa (Terri) Palmer
San Pedro Regional Coordinator
Sarah (Sally) Peralta
Admin Secretary, San Pedro Region