Celebrating 33 Years of Ministry in the LGBT Catholic Community!
The organization consists of a Board of Directors, an Advisory Board, professional program staff and volunteers.
Advisory Board
Board of Directors
Mary Byers
Frank O'Donnell is a Marianist brother who works as a Staff Attorney at the Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings in Baltimore, MD. He worked previously as a legislative aide of a Baltimore city delegate in the Maryland General Assembly and as Legislative Director for the Governor's Office for Children, Youth and Families and for the Department of Juvenile Services. Frank taught secondary school, was a principal, vocation director, and provincial assistant for his community.
Paul K. Thomas, a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, is the Board Chair. After years of parish work, he served on the marriage tribunal and as archdiocesan archivist. He has ministered with lesbian/gay Catholics since 1974 and was a chaplain to Dignity/Baltimore. A founding member of the Archdiocesan Gay/Lesbian Outreach (AGLO) in 1981, Paul is the primary author of Homosexuality: A Positive Catholic Perspective.
Anna Koop, SL, earned a Masters degree in Social Work from Catholic University of America. She served on the leadership team of the Loretto Community, as well as in outreach to new vowed members. Anna is a founding member of the Catholic Worker House in Denver, where she has lived for thirty years, as well as a founding member of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, for which she is a board member. With two women, for whom she witnessed a gay union, she began a retreat for “Lesbian, Bisexual and Questioning Women of Faith,” held at the Loretto Motherhouse.
Ordained in 1974, Fr. Joe Muth has served in six parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Currently he is Pastor of St. Matthew Church, a community of people from over 40 different countries. The Church established an Immigration Center in 2000 to assist people with political asylum, status adjustment, and family reunification. Fr. Joe traveled to Africa with Catholic Relief Services’ Global Fellows Program three times; in 1989, 1995, and 2006 and visited Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Rwanda.
Elizabeth Linehan is a Sister of Mercy of the South Central Community. Since 1976, Betsy has taught at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. Having chaired the Philosophy Department for fifteen years, she is currently an Associate Professor of Philosophy and co-chair of the Alliance, a committee that promotes welcome and inclusion of glbt members of the SJU community. For this work, she received the Deo Gratias Award from Dignity/ Philadelphia.
Paul K. Thomas
Frank O'Donnell, SM
Anna Koop, SL
Elizabeth Linnehan, RSM
Rev. Joseph Muth
Patricia McDermott, RSM, is a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and currently serves on its Institute Leadership Team. She has taught pastoral theology at the secondary, college and graduate levels and served on numerous healthcare and education boards. She also served as president of her home community, the Omaha Regional Community.
Patricia
McDermott, RSM
Cornelius Hubbuch, CFX, served as a high school teacher, principal, Provincial and Vicar General of the Xaverian Brothers. He chaired several boards of the Xaverian Brothers Sponsored Schools and was the Director of Formation for the schools. He was an Assistant Professor and co-director of the Institute for Spirituality and Worship at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and served on the staff at the Southdown Institute in Canada. He is currently on the Leadership Team of his province.
Cornelius
Hubbuch, CFX
Board of Directors and Advisors
New Ways Ministry - 4012 29th Street - Mount Rainier, Maryland 20712 - Telephone: (301) 277-5674
Contributions to New Ways Ministry are tax-deductible under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.