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His Excellency, Archbishop
Timothy M. Dolan
Timothy Michael Dolan was named Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI on February 23, 2009. He was installed as Archbishop of New York on
April 15, 2009.
He had served as Archbishop of Milwaukee since he was named by Pope John Paul II on June 25, 2002.
He was installed as Milwaukee's 10th archbishop on August 28, 2002, at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. Archbishop
Gabriel Montalvo, papal nuncio to the United States, installed Archbishop Dolan.
Born February 6, 1950, Archbishop
Dolan was the first of five children born to Shirley Radcliffe Dolan and the late Robert Dolan. In 1964, he began his high
school seminary education at St. Louis Preparatory Seminary South in Shrewsbury, Mo. His seminary foundation continued at
Cardinal Glennon College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. He then completed his priestly formation
at the Pontifical North American College in Rome where he earned a License in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical University
of St. Thomas.
Archbishop Dolan was ordained to the priesthood on June 19, 1976. He then served as associate pastor
at Immacolata Parish in Richmond Heights, Mo., until 1979 when he began studies for a doctorate in American Church History
at the Catholic University of America. Before completing the doctorate, he spent a year researching the late Archbishop Edwin
O'Hara, a founder of the Catholic Biblical Association. Archbishop O'Hara's life and ministry was the subject
of the Archbishop's doctoral dissertation.
On his return to St. Louis, Archbishop Dolan served in parish ministry
from 1983-87, during which time he was also liaison for the late Archbishop John L. May in the restructuring of the college
and theology programs of the archdiocesan seminary system.
In 1987, Archbishop Dolan was appointed to a five-year
term as secretary to the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C. When he returned to St. Louis in 1992, he was appointed
vice rector of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, serving also as director of Spiritual Formation and professor of Church History.
He was also an adjunct professor of theology at Saint Louis University.
In 1994, he was appointed rector of the
Pontifical North American College in Rome where he served until June 2001. While in Rome, he also served as a visiting professor
of Church History at the Pontifical Gregorian University and as a faculty member in the Department of Ecumenical Theology
at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. The work of the Archbishop in the area of seminary education has influenced
the life and ministry of a great number of priests of the new millennium.
On June 19, 2001 – the 25th anniversary
of his ordination to the priesthood – then Fr. Dolan was named the Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis by Pope John Paul II.
The new Bishop Dolan chose for his Episcopal motto the profession of faith of St. Peter: Ad Quem Ibimus, "Lord to whom
shall we go?" (Jn 6:68).
He is currently the chairman of Catholic Relief Services and a member of the Board
of Trustees of The Catholic University of America.
On June 29, 2009, Archbishop Dolan received the pallium, a symbol
of his office as an archbishop, from His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, at St. Peter's Basilica.

Msgr. Robert Ritchie Msgr. Ritchie is the Rector of the Cathedral of St. Patrick.
He was ordained in the NY Archdiocese by Terrence Cardinal Cooke in 1971 and had his first parish experience in the Diocese
of Buga in Colombia. Prior to his ordination, he was sent to Ponce, Puerto Rico to learn Spanish, and did an internship
in Gualey, Dominican Republic. Upon returning to the U.S., he was assigned as an Assistant Pastor at St. Catherine of
Genoa in Washington Heights. During this time there, he was elected twice to Community School Board 6. He was
also appointed to Community Planning Board 9, and served as chairman for one year. In 1975, Cardinal Cooke appointed
him Director of Youth Ministry in the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO). In 1983, he was appointed by Cardinal Cooke to be the Pastor of St. Catherine of Genoa, where he served until 1999.
Msgr. Ritchie was then appointed by John Cardinal O’Connor to be the Pastor of Our Lady of Angels parish in the Bronx.
He has served on the Inter-Parish Finance Commission of the Archdiocese as has been a member of the Executive Board of the
Association of Catholic Schools. He was appointed by Edward Cardinal Egan to be the Regional Vicar of the North West
Bronx in 2002, and was appointed Rector of the Cathedral in 2006.

Fr. Joseph Koterski
Fr. Joseph W. Koterski is a priest of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus. He has been a member of the Philosophy Department of Fordham
University since 1992 and is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Philosophical Quarterly. In 2008, he was elected president of the Fellowship of Catholic
Scholars. Among his recent publications is An Introduction to Medieval Philosophy: Some Basic
Concepts (2009). On the Fordham campus he serves as Master of Queens
Court Residential College for Freshmen and has been given both the Dean's Award for Outstanding
Undergraduate Teaching and the Graduate Teacher of the Year Award. Ordained
in 1992, Fr. Koterski earned his Masters of Divinity and License of Sacred Theology from the Weston School of Theology in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received an H.A.B. in Classics from Xavier University and earned his Doctorate in Philosophy
from St. Louis University.


Fr.
Thomas Williams, LC
Fr. Thomas Williams, LC, ThD, is a Catholic priest and professor of theology and ethics.
Fr. Williams holds degrees in theology, philosophy
and business administration, as well as a diploma in languages and classical humanities. He is senior fellow of the Saint
Paul Center for Biblical Theology, and a member of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
He has appeared
on television as Vatican analyst and consultant on faith, ethics and religion, previously for NBC, and currently for CBS News.
He has also written many articles and several books, including Can
God Be Trusted? Fr. Williams teaches at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Atheneum, a university
run by the Legionaries of Christ, the religious congregation of which he is a member since 1985. He resides in Rome,
Italy.

Prior to his ordination to the priesthood
in 1996, Fr. Challman spent 14 years as a production manager and technical director for recording artists Neil Diamond, Whitney
Houston and Amy Grant. He also worked on many live televison productions including the Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award telecasts
and for clients ranging from Muppet and Sesame Street creator Jim Hensen to the Museum of Radio and Television. While
studying at St. Joseph's Seminary, Fr. Challman took on the task of restoring the mastertapes of chants and hymns recorded
by seminarians under the direction of Msgr. Curtin, from as far back as 50 years ago. Fr. Challman headed a trio of
technicians who re-mastered and digitized the recordings. The results of his efforts are available on the CD A Treasury of Sacred Music. Fr. Challman is currently parochial vicar at Holy Rosary R.C. Church on Staten Island.
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