Catechists recognized for completing diocesan certificate program
June 13, 2025 at 1:15 p.m.
Priests of the Diocese concelebrate the June 12 Mass in St. Catherine of Siena Church. Mary Stadnyk photosTen women serving in catechetical ministry in their parish communities were honored for having completed the diocesan Parish Catechetical Leadership Program. A Mass was celebrated June 12 in St. Catherine of Siena Church, Farmingdale, by Msgr. Sam Sirianni, rector of St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold.
PHOTO GALLERY: Parish catechetical ministers honored
The two-year program, offered by the diocesan Department of Catechesis, provides adults with systematic training to acquire the needed skills for success as a parish catechetical leader.
Those receiving certificates were: Kerri Brambilla-Mezzatesta, St. Anselm, Wayside; Heather Kurilla, Visitation, Brick; Angela McEvoy, Nativity, Fair Haven; Kathleen McGrorry, St. Teresa of Calcutta, Bradley Beach; Ann Marie Nolan, St. Vincent de Paul, Yardville; Amanda Palaka, St. Martha, Point Pleasant; Suzanne Pfirrman, St. Mary, Middletown; Laura Randazzo, St. Catherine of Siena, Farmingdale; Elisa Schmidt, St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold; Cheryl Wegner, St. Veronica, Howell.
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Laura Randazzo, smiles after receiving her certificate for completing the diocesan Parish Catechetical Leadership Program.
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Priests of the Diocese concelebrate the June 12 Mass in St. Catherine of Siena Church. Mary Stadnyk photosTen women serving in catechetical ministry in their parish communities were honored for having completed the diocesan Parish Catechetical Leadership Program. A Mass was celebrated June 12 in St. Catherine of Siena Church, Farmingdale, by Msgr. Sam Sirianni, rector of St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold.
PHOTO GALLERY: Parish catechetical ministers honored
The two-year program, offered by the diocesan Department of Catechesis, provides adults with systematic training to acquire the needed skills for success as a parish catechetical leader.
Those receiving certificates were: Kerri Brambilla-Mezzatesta, St. Anselm, Wayside; Heather Kurilla, Visitation, Brick; Angela McEvoy, Nativity, Fair Haven; Kathleen McGrorry, St. Teresa of Calcutta, Bradley Beach; Ann Marie Nolan, St. Vincent de Paul, Yardville; Amanda Palaka, St. Martha, Point Pleasant; Suzanne Pfirrman, St. Mary, Middletown; Laura Randazzo, St. Catherine of Siena, Farmingdale; Elisa Schmidt, St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold; Cheryl Wegner, St. Veronica, Howell.
More to come on this story.
Laura Randazzo, smiles after receiving her certificate for completing the diocesan Parish Catechetical Leadership Program.