313-596-7306

Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship

The Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship works toward the missionary conversion of the local church. The Department serves our Families of Parishes, clergy, ministers, families, and individuals as they enact the missionary call to conversion called for by Synod ’16 and in Archbishop Vigneron’s 2017 Pastoral Letter Unleash the Gospel by evangelizing our parishes and communities and providing formation and strategic support to ministers and the lay faithful in the Archdiocese of Detroit.

Contact Us

Nicole Joyce
Director of Missionary Identity and Accompaniment
Department of Parish Renewal

Mary Tomlinson
Administrative Support Coordinator
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
tomlinson.mary@aod.org
(313) 237-4683
Freeda Marable
Administrative Assistant: Offices of Discipleship Formation and Cultural Ministries
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
marable.freeda@aod.org
(313) 237-5904
Cultural Ministries
Vickie Figueroa
Director of Cultural Ministries and Coordinator of Black Catholic Ministry
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
figueroa.vickie@aod.org
(313) 596-7103
Brenda Hascall
Coordinator of Hispanic Ministry
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
hascall.brenda@aod.org
(313) 237-5852
Deacon Steve Morello
Missionary to the American Indian
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
morello.steve@aod.org
313-596-7328
Discipleship Formation
Laura Piccone-Hanchon
Associate Director for Discipleship Formation
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Katy Frederick
Coordinator of Small Groups and Youth Ministry Support
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Patrick Howard
Discipleship Support and Young Adult Ministry
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship

Family Ministry
Brooke Warren
Associate Director for Marriage, Family, and Life

David Grobbel
Marriage and Family Support Ministry Specialist
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
grobbel.david@aod.org
(313) 237-5894
Kathleen Wilson
Coordinator of Gospel of Life and Project Rachel Ministries
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
wilson.kathleen@aod.org
(313) 237-4691
Missionary Identity and Accompaniment
Nicole Joyce
Director of Missionary Identity and Accompaniment
Department of Parish Renewal

Antonio Guzman
Missionary Identity and Accompaniment Specialist
Department of Parish Renewal

Tara Stenger
Missionary Identity and Accompaniment Specialist
Department of Parish Renewal
stenger.tara@aod.org
(313) 237-6056
Sacred Worship
Sister Esther Mary Nickel, RSM
Associate Director for Sacred Worship
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Dr. Horst Buchholz
Director of Sacred Music
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
sacredmusic@aod.org
(313) 883-2861