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Archive - Fall 2006 speaker bios
Rev. Msgr. John Duncan - speaking December 6
John Duncan was born in Kokomo, Indiana, in 1934, of a Catholic Mother and a Protestant Father. He was reared largely in the Catholic Faith but to some extent in Calvinist divisions of Protestantism. He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1960 for the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana. He was assigned to St. Paul Parish in Marion, Indiana, and in 1965 to St. Mary Parish, Anderson. He taught in the high schools the two parishes conducted at that time. In 1967 he was transferred to the Bishop’s Office, the Chancery, in Lafayette, where he worked until 1987. He served in the Tribunal as secretary and Presiding Judge, the Business Office and the Vocations Office and the Chancery as Vice-Chancellor and Vicar General. During this period he also performed parish duties at Blessed Sacrament Church, West Lafayette, St. Charles Church in Otterbein, St. Bridget Church in Barrydale, St. Anne Church in Lafayette, Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Goodland and St. Joseph Church in Covington. In 1987 he was transferred to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Carmel. He has studied philosophy and theology at St. Meinrad College and Seminary in St. Meinrad, Indiana, education at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, canon law at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. and marriage counseling at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Mr. Bob Teipen - speaking November 15
Five years ago Bob Teipen was fully absorbed in his accounting business, his church family and his wife Sharon, their children and grandchildren. And then he attended a retreat that was to change his life. During the retreat, Bob says, the Holy Spirit made known to him the Lord's will to bring Catholic radio to the state of Indiana. That was a tall order for someone not at all familiar with the communication field. Over the next five years Bob learned a great deal about the industry, met with several radio station owners in Indiana and began to build a group of interested Catholics who joined him in making this dream a reality. God knew what He was doing when he asked Bob Teipen to take this on. A solid, hard working and driving personality makes up the individual who is Bob Teipen. Only through his strength has this come about. Today, WSPM 89.1 FM is proudly broadcasting Catholic Radio of Indiana using the EWTN Radio satellite feed. Catholic Radio of Indiana has filled the hole that existed in the Midwest for Catholic radio broadcasts. Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois all had Catholic radio. Indiana stood out as the isolated state without a station. Many requests were made of EWTN to have broadcasted radio programs available in Indiana. Now, thanks to Bob, it is a reality.
Mr. Matthew Fox - speaking November 1
Matt Fox is a member of St Maria Goretti Parish in Westfield and visited Malawi in July with a group of 9 friends from St Brigid Parish in San Diego CA. Matt is a graduate of DePauw University and is currently a Vice President and Financial Planner with Morgan Stanley in Indianapolis. He will share a slide presentation of his recent trip to 20 Catholic Missions in the small central African country of Malawi. He will also discuss the many religious, social economic and political issues facing the local population and how their Catholic faith & their traditional tribal beliefs have been combined to form a unique “African” spirituality.
Fr. Shaun Whittington - speaking October 18
Fr. Shaun Whittington was born and raised in Brookville, IN. He attended undergradate at Christendom College in Virginia and major seminary at Mundelein in Chicago. He was ordained into the priesthood in June 2006. After spending a year as associate pastor of St. Monica's, Fr. Whittington moved to St. Lawrence parish in Lawrenceburg, and is also the chaplain of Fr. Michael Shawe Memorial High School in Madison. Fr. Whittington will speak on the Theological Virtues, a follow-up to his talk on the Cardinal Virtues last winter.
Bill Bickel - speaking October 4
Bill Bickel, the Director of Holy Family Shelter in Indianapolis was born and raised in South Bend and received his BA from Villanova University in Philadelphia, PA. He earned his Masters in Theological Studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. From 1987 to 1990, he worked in Peru, South America. From 1991 to 1996 he was a Case Manager at Holy Family Shelter and from 1996 to 2001 he was a Case Manager for for Clarian Health's Homeless Initiative Program. He became director of Holy Family Shelter in 2001. His wife of 15 years is Flor Bickel and they have one child, Susana, who is 14.
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