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Sending forth ‘heralds of the Gospel’ Pastoral Ministry Formation Program celebrates second graduating class |
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The Pastoral Ministry Formation Program is designed to receive, nurture and send forth mature disciples, conscious of responding to their baptismal call, to be heralds of the Gospel in building up the Church of the Diocese of Dodge City. The program provides solid grounding in theology to empower the laity to become increasingly more responsible for the life and ministry of the Church. It strives to equip the participants for fulfilling the roles to which they are called by their baptism and for which the needs of the times challenge them. -- PMFP Mission Statement
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The Diocese of Dodge City Pastoral Ministry Formation Program celebrated its second graduation since the program began in 1998. Listed at right are the 10 people who received a diocesan diploma from Bishop RonaldGilmore at the graduation, Friday, June 30. To receive a diocesan diploma, one must take 30 college credit hours; 24 hours consist of core courses, and the remaining six hours are selected from a variety of courses chosen by the individual. Those attending the dinner and graduation ceremony at Bishop Gilmore’s invitation were the present graduates and their spouses and/or guests, past instructors and graduates, and past certificate recipients. Special guests were Father Robert Schremmer, Vicar General, Msgr. Brian Moore, Director, Sister Janice Grochowsky, Chancellor, and Sister Margaret Knoeber, first director of the program. To date, 33 people have received a Diocesan Diploma in the Pastoral Ministry Formation Program. For information, call Coleen Stein, at (620) 227-1538. ITV class locations: The courses are offered through interactive television and are transmitted to the following sites throughout the diocese: Dodge City — Room 26, Hennessy Hall, 240 San Jose Garden City — St. Mary Parish Center, 509 St. John Great Bend — Technical Bldg., T138, Barton County Community College Liberal — St. Anthony Center, 1510 N. Calhoun Marienthal — St. Mary School Pratt — Sacred Heart Church, 332 North Oak Sharon — St. Boniface Parish Center 406 Main Hutchinson — Trinity High School Ulysses — Pioneer Telephone, 120 West Kansas Ave.
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Diploma Recipients; Pastoral Ministry Formation Graduates: Patricia Briggs, St. Mary, Garden City Nancy Converse, Catholic Community of Great Bend Steve Dewell, St. Anthony, Fowler Larry Goodwin, St. Anne, Wichita Steve Hessman, Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dodge City Rev. Karen Lemon, All Saints Episcopal Church, Pratt and St. Marks Episcopal Church, Medicine Lodge David Ramski, Mary Queen of Peace, Ulysses Diane Seiler, Holy Rosary, Medicine Lodge Coleen Stein, Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dodge City Pamela Tesch, Church of the Holy Cross, Hutchinson
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