Father Gannon graduated from St. Anslem College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and the University of Maine with a Master of Arts degree in History. He graduated from the Gregorian University and St. Thomas Aquinas University in Rome with degrees in Theology and was ordained in 1997. After ordination, he was the parochial vicar and Director of Religious Education at St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Parish, Brookfield. He is also former Spiritual Director and teacher at Notre Dame High School, Fairfield. He currently is the pastor at Saint Theresa Parish, Trumbull.
Sacraments - Fr. Brian Gannon
Scripture - Fr. Peter Lynch
Fr. Lynch attended the North American College in Rome for his formation and was ordained in 1999. He is former Chaplain at St. Joseph High School in Trumbull and former Director of Vocations for the Diocese. Now he is the Parochial Vicar at Saint Catherine of Siena Parish, Trumbull.
Prayer - Dr. Dianne Traflet
Dr. Traflet is Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ. The founder and co-director of the Seminary’s new Institute for Christian Spirituality, Dr. Traflet received her BA from Montclair State University and her JD from Seton Hall University School of Law. She practiced law for four years while earning her MA in Catholic Theology and Pastoral Ministry from the Institute for Advanced Studies of Catholic Doctrine at St. John's University in New York. She then studied at St. Thomas Aquinas University (the Angelicum), Rome, where she earned a licentiate and a doctorate in Sacred Theology, focusing on the life and work of St. Edith Stein. She currently serves on the Theological Commission of the Diocese of Paterson, and the Newark Archdiocesan Advisory Committee for Continuing Education and Ongoing Formation of Priests.
Christian Living - Fr. Paul Murphy
Fr. Paul Murphy holds an S.T.B. and a degree in Sacred Moral Theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. He is former parochial vicar at St. Mary Parish, Ridgefield and former pastor at Holy Trinity Parish, Sherman. He is currently the pastor at Saint Thomas More Parish, Darien. He is also the Co-Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Diocese.
Creed - Fr. Donald Guglielmi
Fr. Guglielmi is the pastor of St. Mark Parish, Stratford. He is a faculty member of the Permanent Diaconate Program for the Diocese. He received his M. Div. from Seton Hall University, his MA in Catholic Theology and Apologetics from St. John's University and his Licentiate and Doctor of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University in Rome.
Seton Hall University: Master of Divinity (M.Div.) (1984)
St. John's University: Master of Arts (M.A.); Advanced Diploma in Catechetics and Religious Education (1992)
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Rome): Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) (1998); Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) (2003)
Methodology - Pam Arsenault
Pam Arsenault earned a Masters in Religious Studies from Sacred Heart University. Pam is presently the Director of Parish Education at St. Rose Parish in Newtown, CT. She has previously taught religion in the Catholic School system. She has facilitated catechist workshops on topics such as Learning and Teaching Styles, Methods of Teaching Faith, Multiple Intelligence Theory and Prayer, Grace and the Sacraments. Pam has led adult formation retreats and seminars on Our Mother Mary, Sacramentality of the Present Moment, Virtue and the Spiritual Life, and the Sacraments. Pam has also conducted parent workshops on Raising Children in a Faith-Filled Home and the Family as Domestic Church, the Grace of the Sacraments. Pam has been married for 35 years to her husband John and they have three grown children, Jaclyn, Craig, and Daniel and three grandchildren, Jack, Haley, & Kyle.
Teaching People with Developmental Disabilities - Dr. Linda Rammler
Dr. Rammler is co-founder and past Executive Director of the Autism Spectrum Differences Institute of New England. Linda maintains the private consulting practice she founded in 1982 and retains her strong commitment to person-centered and family-centered supports. Linda consults for the Diocese of Bridgeport and facilitates for students in parish Religious Education Programs. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1975, earned her Master of Education degree with a certificate in special education from the University of Hartford in 1982, and received her doctoral degree in developmental psychology from Yale University in 2000. She has consulted many individuals and their families, over 150 school districts in Connecticut and other states, and numerous adult support and governmental agencies.