![]() Presently, Maureen teaches high school English full-time. As a Christian feminist Maureen actively supports equality for women in the Roman Catholic Church and is a member of CTA, WOC, and the Women of Magdala. Maureen has been the Director of RCIA, a hospital chaplain, a retreat director, liturgist, and has lead workshops at the diocesan and national levels. Vincent DePaul society the call to priestly ordination was re-illuminated. ![]() Active in parish ministry as parish council president, a member of peace and justice, a musician and a member of the St. Maureen felt called to priesthood at an early age though she tended to dismiss the idea, for as a cradle Catholic it seemed an improbable path. In addition she holds a teaching credential in English and is working on her Ph.D. from the Jesuit School of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. She also offers spiritual direction, facilitates a weekly Centering Prayer Group, does volunteer work with the Beatitudes community and is commissioned to give the Centering Prayer introductory workshop. At present Jeannette is the Pastor serving the Catholic Church of the Beatitudes in Santa Barbara. Jeannette attended the University of Creation Spirituality founded by Matthew Fox in Oakland, CA where she received a Masters degree awarded by Naropa University in Boulder, CO. She was previously ordained in the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch (not under Rome) and served the Archbishops and the development of the Church for eleven years. During her years of study as a religious sister for nineteen years she has been trained in theology and in addition studied a year of theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington School of Theology in New Jersey. Jeannette Bertalan Love was ordained a deacon on and a Roman Catholic Womanpriest on September 12, 2010. Her current ministry is in Tucson, AZ, where she presides at a monthly gathering with the “Mary of Magdala Inclusive Catholic Community.” Contact: Love Priest 2010 as Director of Detention Ministry for the Diocese of Tucson. She continued as the Diocesan Director of Religious Education and as a Catholic Youth Worker at an Arizona detention center near Tucson and over 28 yrs. Degree in Theology and a Master’s Degrees in Religious Education with a focus on Christian Spirituality and Counseling. She has spent almost a lifetime of travel. Barb became involved in religious ed in 1967 when she began ministering in the military chapel youth program. ![]() Later, she married in 1962 and she and her husband entered the world of the United States Air Force, started their family with two wonderful and caring children, and lived mostly in the Western USA. Barb was ready to enter a religious community of sisters in 1959 but it just didn’t seem like the right ‘fit” so she delayed entering the convent. This desire only deepened through many years of questioning and longing for a relationship with Jesus. Her spiritual journey began at even a younger age through a profound attraction to the Liturgy and especially to the Eucharist. Barbara Mattus first heard the call to priesthood at age nine.
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