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Karen Eifler

Karen Eifler is a longtime lay collaborator with Holy Cross stationed in Portland, Oregon.

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Fr. Bill Dorwart CSC

Fr. Bill Dorwart CSC has literally sailed the seven seas throughout his long priesthood, serving multiple tours of duty as a US naval chaplain. He has also ministered to college students and faculty and to his Holy Cross confreres as Provincial Superior and as local superior at our Lady of Fatima House in Notre Dame IN, and Casa Santa Cruz in Phoenix, NM.

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Fr. Kevin Grove, CSC

Fr. Kevin Grove is a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, where his course for undergraduates and M.Div students are regularly touted as rigorous and life-changing. He is also assistant chaplain for faculty there, and maintains a very active scholarly agenda.

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Fr. Nik Guiney CSC

Fr. Nik Guiney was ordained in 2024 and serves in campus ministry and residence life at the University of Portland.

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Fr. Pat Hannon CSC

Fr. Pat Hannon is a beloved essayist, writing teacher and associate pastor at St. Andre Bessette Chapel in downtown Portland, Oregon, serving the unhoused and the marginalized.

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Fr. Randy Rentner CSC

Fr. Randy Rentner is pastor of St. Andre Bessette Chapel in downtown Portland, Oregon, serving the unhoused and marginalized of the city.

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Fr. Tyler Kreipke CSC

Fr. Tyler Kreipke was ordained in 2024 and teaches various engineering courses at the University of Portland

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Ken Hallenius, OP

Ken Hallenius, OP is Communications Director for the deNicola Center for Ethics & Culture at the University of Notre Dame.

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Lisa Kirkpatrick

Lisa Kirkpatrick has many units in her portfolio as VP for Student Affairs & Administration at St. Edwards University in Austin Texas, where she has served for more than two decades.

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Stacey and Josh Noem

Stacey and Josh Noem met at University of Notre Dame in a freshman seminar and have been together ever since, serving as avid lay collaborators in a variety of capacities alongside Holy Cross religious. Stacey directs the spiritual formation component of the M.Div program at Notre Dame, and Josh currently serves as an editorial director at Ave Maria Press. They have three children.

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