Name: Glenn Leach Job title: Volunteer with the Social Action and Immigration offices. Contact information: leach@davenportdiocese.org What is your role for the Chancery? Research, writing, editing, advocacy. What do you find most rewarding about your position? Social action and welcoming the stranger are the essence of our faith. It is following in the footsteps of Jesus. What do you find most challenging about your position? Trying to engage people in dialogue so we can find the common elements of our faith or beliefs. What question do people most often ask you? How do we oppose partisanship in a world where even religious leaders are partisan?
Name: Sarah Callahan Job title: Coordinator of Social Media and Webmaster Contact information: callahan@davenportdiocese.org
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What is your role for the Chancery? I maintain the social media pages and website for the Diocese of Davenport. I also research best practices of social media and am constantly looking for ways to improve and expand our reach. I also serve as a resource to parishes to help them brainstorm ideas for their social media pages. What do you find most rewarding about your position? I love the creative process, so when I get to collaborate with parishes and see them get excitement and new ideas for their own social media, it is deeply enriching and rewarding for me. I also love designing and curating content — it’s like piecing together a puzzle! What do you find most challenging about your position? It can be difficult to constantly be coming up with fresh ideas and creating output. When I feel like I’m in a creative slump, I have to remember that I need to get some input. I usually try to read articles, a few pages from a book, brainstorm with a colleague or explore a few model social media pages that I can look to for inspiration. What question do people most often ask you? I think since social media is such a vast topic that I don’t get asked the same thing too many times. Most questions that I am asked are specific to people’s local situation. I like answering these types of questions because one, I can tailor my answer to speak to the situation of that parish, school, etc., and two, since the answers are specific I feel like they can go a long way. Plus, I am able to build rapport with the person asking!
Job title: Faith Formation and Tribunal Administrative Assistant Contact information: 563-888-4233, lantzky@davenportdiocese.org What is your role for the Chancery? I work with processing annulments and marriage paperwork in the Tribunal department. I am the administrative assistant to our Faith Formation Department in whatever capacity needed. What do you find most rewarding about your position? I love that in the Tribunal we are always focused on the salvation of souls and bringing people closer to the sacraments, especially those who may have been away from them. What do you find most challenging about your position? Time management. What question do people most often ask you? “What do you do at the diocese?”
What is your role for the Chancery? I support parishes and schools in maintaining safe environment compliance in our communities as well as coordinating events the chancery offers for clergy, parish/school staff and other members of our communities. What do you find most rewarding about your position? Being able to empower our communities to grow and contribute to making our parishes and schools havens of support, looking out for each other. What do you find most challenging about your position? I love hosting guests at the variety of events we offer but sometimes it can be a “loaves and fishes” scenario when we have more guests participate, which is a wonderful problem to have, and no one ever leaves hungry! What question do people most often ask you? The most frequent questions I receive are regarding technical issues, either for our safe environment platform or for events, when the Zoom doesn’t always cooperate!
Contact information: 563-888-4220, Fax: 563-324-5842, schoel@davenportdiocese.org. What is your role for the Chancery? I manage the print room’s day-to-day projects and activities, oversee reception and coordinate volunteers, and provide key administrative support for the diocesan offices. What do you find most rewarding about your position? I find it most rewarding to be able to provide support for the chancery staff and for those who serve the Lord. What do you find most challenging about your position? Filling the shoes of my predecessor. What question do people most often ask you? Do we have any __________, or can this be added to the Mini Messenger?
Name: Tiara Hatfield Job title: Director of Human Resources and Risk Management Contact information: 563-888-4366 or hatfield@davenportdiocese.org What is your role for the Chancery? I oversee Human Resources, Safe Environment, Insurance, Benefits, and Risk Management for the entire Diocese of Davenport What do you find most rewarding about your position? Empowering employees, parishes and schools to complete their mission in the communities they serve. What do you find most challenging about your position? Helping employees, parishes and schools understand the legalities and compliance requirements. What question do people most often ask you? How do we help others understand why these procedures and requirements need to be followed?
Name: Patrick Schmadeke Job title: Director of Evangelization Contact information: 563-888-4394; schmadeke@davenportdiocese.org
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What is your role for the Chancery? My role is to collaborate with parish, school and chancery leaders to integrate evangelization into our efforts. What do you find most rewarding about your position? Working with people in parishes and schools to think creatively about how to bring the joy of relationship with Jesus into everyday life. The calling of the Holy Spirit is ever anew and it is exciting to walk with people around our diocese on this journey. What do you find most challenging about your position? The challenge has to do with the size of our diocese. This probably is a common reality in our country, but our diocese makes up the 22 counties of southeast Iowa. This is a large geography, within which there are many diverse needs. That variety is also part of what I find so rewarding about this role. What question do people most often ask you? I tend to get clarifying questions about what “evangelization” does or does not mean. The term has become more commonplace, but a fleshed out understanding and integration into daily life is still in progress. That is a creative journey that lasts a lifetime, so there really is no end to that exploration.
