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Louise Eidsmoe is the
current committee chairperson. Louise works for the
Wilder Foundation and has 3 adult children and two
grandchildren. She enjoys her committee work because it
provides her an opportunity to get to know Christ in the
wider world. In her trip to Guatemala, she enjoyed
getting to know the people, the beauty, the mountains and
rainforests. Louise usually attends the 11 o'clock mass
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Joel Papa has a
company called Admark Group, Inc. that works with medium
sized companies doing marketing and communications work
and World Wide Web Consulting. My wife and I have four
grown children and one grandchild. We usually attend the
11:00 Mass. I'm interested in using my years of
experience to help our Sister Parish as well as the
Sister Parish Organization to aggressively move forward
in the work of education, ministry, peace and justice in
their communities and promote any commercial work that
will help Sister Parishes more easily attain their goals.
Joel can be reached at: jpapa@kdg.com.
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Vickie Hepler is a
past chair of the committee and has been a member since
its inception. |
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Alex Lape has also been
with the committee since the beginning and was a member
of the first delegation. She is a social worker for
Ramsey County and is most interested in political action
tasks in the committee. |
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Jeff Rholl is a high
school teacher who is married to Alex Lape. He is the
volunteer webmaster for SJA and the Sister Parish
portion. He and Alex have two young boys and attend 9
0'clock mass. Jeff can be reached at jeff@stjoan.com. |
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Carol Krush is a physician
and a relative newcomer to the committee. She is
presently in charge of the "Person of Jesus" bible
study(see Upcoming Events) that is concurrently running
at SJA and TNII. Carol is one of those flexible
parishioners who sometimes attends 9 o'clock and
sometimes 11 o'clock mass. |
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Mindy Ahler-Olmstead is
our committee's representative on the Sister Parish Inc.
Board of Directors. She serves as the Board secretary.
Mindy has also been a past committee chair and has
traveled to Guatemala on Delegations #2 and #3. Mindy and
her husband Kraig attend either the 9 or 11 mass. |
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Bob Heberle is a
retired Minneapolis school teacher with a long history in
peace and justice activism. He is also a member of the
Guatemalan Solidarity Committee and Veterans for Peace.
Bob sends political updates to committee members on a
regular basis and has never met an email address he
didn't like. He can be reached at Jean.A.Heberle-3@tc.umn.edu.
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Susan Sell and her
husband Jack have been members of St. Joan's since 1996.
They have 4 adult children and 5 grandchildren. Susan is
the coordinator for the Fall 2000 delegation from TNII.
Her other SJA activities include lay reader, Capital
Campaign Committee, and is in a Small Christian
Community. One of her favorite experiences at SJA was
hosting 2 delegates from Tierra Nueva Dos in her home
during the first delegation. Susan is serving as a Parish
Trustee for a 3 year term ending 2004. |
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Rick Nelson says,
"My interest in the Sister Parish matches many of my
personal interests; connecting with other people
culturallly and spiritually, social justice issues
(especially in Latin America), and getting more involved
in the St. Joan's commmunity. Traveling to our Sister
Parish has given reality and a face to the issues of
Central America and this often motivates me to be more
active in working on our common goals." |
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Tim Leone-Getten and his
wife Mary Beth were very instrumental in getting our
hermanamiento off the ground. Tim lived and taught in
Guatemala during the 1st years of the relationship and
were a liason in communication back to the committee
before email. He and Mary Beth are fluent in Spanish and
translate email from the TNII committee. Tim is an
English as a Second Language teacher in St. Paul. |
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Mary Beth Leone-Getten is
a professional writer/editor who works on a contract
basis. She and her husband, Tim(above), live in St. Paul.
PS. They have been recently blessed with a baby girl,
Sienna. |
