Alvaro Pacheco
Executive Assistant
Religious Education
Telephone: (213) 637-7469
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.
Get to know our staff below and view our programs and resources made available to you and your ministries.
Religious Education Ministries:
Advanced Catechetical Ministry | Catholic Bible Institute (English) (Spanish)
Ministry Formation Centers | Regional Congress (English) (Spanish) | Youth Ministry
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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
Fr. Parker Sandoval
Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation
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 Guzman
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 Coord
Araceli Ramirez
Admin Sec, Our Lady of Angels Region
Teresa Duran
Santa Barbara Regional Coordinator
Dana Couso
San Fernando Regional Coordinator
Juan Garcia
Admin Secretary, San Fernando Region
Katie Tassinari
San Gabriel Regional Coordinator
Damaris Molina-Morales
Admin Secretary, San Gabriel Region
Teresa (Terri) Palmer
San Pedro Regional Coordinator
Sarah (Sally) Peralta
Admin Secretary, San Pedro Region
New Evangelization
Fr. James Clarke, Ph.D.
Director
Bobby Vidal
Associate Director, New Evangelization
Alicia Hernandez
Administrative Assistant
