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.
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Michael Chamberland
Director of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Darinka Spallone
Freeda Marable
Administrative Assistant: Offices of Discipleship Formation and Cultural Ministries
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Cultural Ministries
Vickie Figueroa
Director of Cultural Ministries and Coordinator of Black Catholic Ministry
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Brenda Hascall
Coordinator of Hispanic Ministry
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Deacon Steve Morello
Missionary to the American Indian
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
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
Deaf Ministry
Veronica Balcarcel
Associate Director of Deaf Ministry
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Paul Kuplicki
Deaf Ministry Coordinator
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Marriage, Family & Life
Brooke Warren
Associate Director for Marriage, Family, and Life
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
David Grobbel
Marriage and Family Support Ministry Specialist
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Kathleen Wilson
Coordinator of Gospel of Life and Project Rachel Ministries
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
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
Kathy Fech
Sacred Worship Coordinator
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Detroit Catholic Campus Ministry
Reverend Matthew Hood
Chaplain, Wayne State University and University of Michigan-Dearborn
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Anna Picasso
Director of Campus Ministry
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
Ruth Giroux
Campus Minister
Angelina Bojaj
Campus Minister
Department of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship
