Dan Cirucci: These Local 'Ambassadors' To Get Warm Sendoff!

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

These Local 'Ambassadors' To Get Warm Sendoff!

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will hold a special commissioning and send off ceremony for three parish ambassadors from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. They will be traveling to Malawi, Africa, as part of a humanitarian delegation in July.

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

2:00 p.m.

Catholic Relief Services

150 North Radnor Chester Road

Building 150, Suite F1250

Radnor, PA 19087 (Delaware County)

Mrs. Joanne Kratz, Mr. Jeff Wallace, and Ms. Mary Chollet will join other delegation members to visit various CRS programs located throughout Malawi and their mission will focus on raising awareness and encouraging advocacy for the country’s poor and vulnerable.

Those who are chosen as CRS parish ambassadors demonstrate an active passion for global solidarity. The ambassadors are given spiritual formation and leadership development, in order to help them strengthen the outreach ministry of their parishes and understand more fully the work and mission of CRS. Throughout the year, CRS ambassadors coordinate three global solidarity initiatives such as Rice Bowl and Helping Hands, and help to foster participation by their fellow parishioners.

Background on Mrs. Joanne Kratz

Mrs. Joanne Kratz is a Parish Ambassador Corps Animator and Capacity Building Specialist at Catholic Relief Services. She is the President of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Saint Maria Goretti Conference in Hatfield, PA and is a human rights advocate.

Background on Mr. Jeff Wallace

Mr. Wallace is a Relationship Manager for the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region of CNS. He was a volunteer with Rostro de Cristo in Guayaquil, Ecuador from 2010-2011, where he worked as a music and parish youth minister, in addition to being a coordinator for a Salesian after school program that works with at-risk youth.

Background on Ms. Mary Chollet

Ms. Chollet is a Parish Ambassador from Saint John Chrysostom Parish and the Director of Ministry and Communications for Saint John Chrysostom Catholic Church in Wallingford, PA.

Note: CRS started working in Malawi in 1997 after being invited to the country by the Episcopal Conference of Malawi. The first work that CRS did in Malawi was to focus on helping improve food security in the area, backed by food aid from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). CRS in Malawi later expanded its reach to include programs that address food security, emergency response, nutrition, WASH concerns, health, HIV and AIDS, economic empowerment, among other issues in the country. To learn more about CRS in Malawi, please visit https://www.crs.org/our-work-overseas/where-we-work/malawi.

No comments:

About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

Attributions & Terms Of Use

Unless explicitly attributed to others, the opinions and views expressed on this blog are my own, and do not represent the views of any employer or other organization.

By using this blog, you agree that all original content on this blog is copyright of Daniel A. Cirucci. You may quote from my posts provided that you clearly identify me as the author, link to the original post or home address of this blog, and do not charge for access to the website, publication or other media in which the quote appears.

I like to link to people who link to me.

Although comments are moderated, I accept no responsibility for what other people say, and I reserve the right to block or remove any comment for any reason or no reason.

Any e-mails sent to me are subject to publication, and any disputes regarding this site will be litigated exclusively in the jurisidiction in which I reside at the time of the dispute.

About Lijit Ads
We now have Lijit Ads on our web site. Please note that Lijit's Privacy Policy can be found here. Lijit collects only anonymous information unless a reader chooses to submit personal information to Lijit. Lijit permits readers to opt out of the collection of this anonymous site visit data by clicking here.