Staff Bios

Mary Mirrione

National Director

Mary was sent to explore the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in 1992 by her pastor, who had seen an atrium at another parish. Falling in love with the work, she began to build the environment with a small team of catechists. She discovered the joy with which the children received the announcement of the Gospel and saw a deep, unique relationship between God and the child. Read More

Rachel Faulman

Director of Development

Rachel became a catechist of the Good Shepherd in 2007 after serving for several years as a fourth-grade catechist at her parish, preparing children for the sacrament of Reconciliation. She desired for the children she worked with an experience of joy in discovery that she observed among the children at her daughter’s Montessori school, and after researching about CGS, soon registered for her first formation course. Read More

Karen Maxwell

Director of Formation

Karen became involved in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in 1990 as an assistant in a newly established Level I atrium when her oldest daughter was four years old. She quickly became immersed in helping to make materials for the atrium and in Level I training to become a catechist. She was moved by the spiritual depth offered to the youngest children and found this approach to faith formation to be personally enriching as well. Following her participation in each succeeding formation course (Levels II and III) over the next five years, she helped to begin an atrium for the children of her church, which was the first in Georgia to offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. She was a volunteer coordinator for CGS for seven years before being hired on staff for the same role in her church for another seven years. Read More

Sara Muriello

Administrator

Sara was introduced to the Catechesis in the summer of 1997, after she told her good friend that she wanted new work that was meaningful and non-stressful. Sara had also stipulated to her friend that she wasn’t going to look for such a position, but that it had to come to her. Within a few weeks her friend introduced Sara to Tina Lillig, who was looking for an administrator for the National Office of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. Her friend thought Sara and Tina would work together beautifully, and she was right – Sara and Tina would forge a deep and lasting friendship. This was the first time that Sara had heard about the Catechesis, and by October of that year Sara was hired. Coincidentally, the national office was renting space in Sara’s church, Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park, Illinois, where she and her family had begun attending that summer. Read More

Pat O’Neill Sauerman

Materials and Resources Coordinator

As Materials and Resources Coordinator, the development of the new Materials Manuals is Pat’s top priority. Pat has also been involved in the work of evaluating and rebuilding the technology support for our national association, so that the Materials Manuals would have an accessible, online home.

Marrey Picciotti

Course Coordinator

Marrey fell in love with Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in 2004 at the first session of her Level I course, and has gone on to complete all three levels of training. She is currently in the Master of Pastoral Studies program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

Lourdes Vázquez

Spanish Language Coordinator

Lourdes began her work in the Catechesis in 1991 as a volunteer with the Diocese of Phoenix. She completed a Level I formation course led by Maria Christlieb and Ines Gonzalez in 1996. She completed her Level II formation with Catherine Maresca in 1999. She completed a Level III formation course led by Mindy Longwell and Claudia Margarita Schmitt. Read More

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