Division of Education and Evangelization
Deacon James Trant
Director of the Diaconate
(602) 354-2011
Deacon Doug Bogart
Associate Director of Education and Formation
(602) 354-2012
Argelia Cortez
Office Manager
(602) 354-2013
Carmen Lomeli
Administrative Assistant 1/Formation and Continuing Education
602 354-2496
Mrs. MaryBeth Mueller
Superintendent
Margaret Hardy
Administrative Assistant
(602) 354-2344
Sr. Melita M. Penchalk OSBM
Assistant Superintendent
JoAnn Faix
Administrative Assistant
(602) 354-2340
Cecelia Frakes
Assistant Superintendent
Cynthia McCombs
Administrative Assistant
(602) 354-2345
Looking for Catholic School Opportunities?
Catholic Schools Office
The Diocese of Phoenix engages in the faith formation of the young through Catholic schools by integrating faith throughout an educational process that promotes academic excellence, moral values and lifelong service.
More: www.catholicschoolsphx.com
Family Catechesis
Parish Leadership Support
Faith begins in the family, the domestic church. Family Catechesis provides support, services and trainings to parishes, pastors, priests and leaders to enable them in the Church’s mission of evangelization and catechesis.
More: www.familycatechesisphx.org
Catequesis Familiar -español
Parish Leadership Support - Spanish
La Fe comienza en la familia, la Iglesia doméstica. Catequesis Familiar apoya esta misión asistiendo a las parroquias, familias y personas en la formación en la fe durante toda su vida.
More: www.Catequesisfamiliarphx.org
Marriage & Respect Life
Marriage and Family Life
The Marriage and Respect Life Office is tasked with clear teaching and promotion of the doctrines of the Catholic Church and with reaching our culture with the beauty, truth and goodness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
More: www.diocesephoenix.org/mfrl
John Paul II Resource Center
The John Paul II Resource Center for Theology of the Body and Culture was founded in the Diocese of Phoenix by Bishop Thomas Olmsted in 2006. The Resource Center's mission is to honor Pope John Paul II and to promulgate his “theology of the body” along with his reflections on culture, life issues, and human dignity in an enthusiastic and approachable way in order to transform lives and renew culture.
More: www.diocesephoenix.org/mfrl/jp2.html
Office of Natural Family Planning
The Office of Natural Family Planning is an organization of people dedicated to the instruction, support and promotion of Natural Family Planning, sexual morality education and related married and family life issues. We are committed to this mission because God's great gift of sexuality deeply affects every human person.
More: www.phxnfp.org
Kino Institute
Program for catechetical studies and adult leadership formation.
More: www.kinoinstitute.org
Kino Institute Library
The Kino Library was officially founded in 1978. Efforts were immediately begun to build an outstanding theological collection to meet the needs of Catholic adults in the Phoenix area. Since its beginning the library has expanded to provide theological and biblical resources for adults of many faiths in the southwest. Today the library has grown to over 25,000 English and Spanish resources.
More: www.kinoinstitute.org/library
