Ministry Resumé for Caryn Brady

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Ministry Background

July 2006 to January 2008: Coordinator of Youth Ministry, St. Martin of Tours Parish, San Jose, CA

August 2004 to July 2006, Coordinator of Youth Ministry,
Collaborative Ministry of St. Martin of Tours, San Jose, Ca. and
Saint Joseph of Cupertino, Cupertino, Ca.

Ministry included.

Deanery and diocesan wide collaborative events especially in Justice Ministry, included.

Previous Employment

1999 to 2004 Director of Youth and Catechetical Ministry, St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Palo Alto, Ca.
1998 to 2004, Director of Youth Ministry at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Palo Alto, Ca.

Ministries under this direction included.

Previous parish ministries:

• 1995-1998 Full time Youth Minister and Confirmation Coordinator, Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Fort Bragg, Diocese of Santa Rosa.

• 1990-1995 Part time Youth Minister, St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Ojai, Ca, Archdiocese of LA, Santa Barbara Pastoral Region. Included discipleship and morality training, monthly youth masses, annual Justice Immersions and service events, annual Passion Play and other theatrical productions and special events/

Other related work.

Educational and Training Background:

• Old Testament Studies at St. Joseph College of Maine's Graduate and Professional degree program in theology.

• Catechist Track, Institute for Leadership in Ministry, Diocese of San Jose, 2003-2004

• Generations of Faith Workshops, 2003-2004

• Beginnings and Beyond training in RCIA process with partial emphasis on children and youth, Summer 2001, Mercy Center, Burlingame.

• Beginnings Plus (6 day)training in RCIA process in Summer 2002, San Jose.

• Catechist certification. Faith Beyond 2000, summer 2000-2003, Echoes in Faith training sessions in deanery and diocese.

• Coordinators Foundational Training Series for Youth and Catechetical Ministry (Dioceses of San Jose, Oakland and Monterey), Summer 1999.

• Train the Trainers pilot program (Center for Youth Ministry Development YM training videos, parish cluster implementation and training), Santa Rosa Diocese.

• Several LA Religious Education Congresses with workshops in youth, children and other spirituality and ministries, as well as various other conference trainings and professional development series.

• National Certificate Program in Youth Ministry (in LA) training weekends in Principles of Youth Ministry, Multicultural Ministry, Prayer and Worship, Leadership Principles, and Justice and Service.

• Theater training at Ventura College, Ventura.

• 3 years Sociology and Fine Arts and graduate level classes in Education of Exceptional Children under Dr. Leo Buscalgia, at the University of Southern Cailifornia, Los Angeles.

• HTML/XHTML courses at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, Ca. 2007-8