Father Francis Bitterman is the Vice Rector and Dean of Formation at Mundelein Seminary. He was ordained in 2012 by Cardinal Francis George and was assigned as the Associate Pastor of St. Norbert Parish and as the Assistant Vocation Director for Vicariate II. In 2013, Cardinal George appointed Father Bitterman to serve as the Vocation…
Todd joined the USML Board of Advisors in 2024 and previously served as a member of the Rector’s Classic Golf Committee (2023-2024). Todd is proud that his great-uncle, Reverend George Helfrich, graduated from USML in the ordination class of 1954. Todd and his wife, Sarah Helfrich, have three daughters and reside in Lake Bluff, Illinois. …
Bishop Weisenburger attended Conception Seminary College in MO, graduating in 1983. He attended the American College Seminary at the Catholic University of Louvain in Leuven, Belgium, earning the Pontifical S.T.B. in Theology, an M.A. in Religious Studies, and a Masters in Moral and Religious Sciences. Ordained to the priesthood in 1987, Fr. Weisenburger earned a…
Father Wall was appointed by the Holy See as president of Catholic Extension in March 2007. In this role, Fr. Wall focuses his efforts on raising awareness and resources for the 86 dioceses that Catholic Extension supports. Prior to leading Catholic Extension, Fr. Wall served twenty-four years as pastor of Old St. Patrick’s Church, the…
Bishop Walkowiak was ordained to the priesthood June 9, 1979 by the late James Cardinal Hickey and was assigned as associate pastor to Saint Mary Parish in Lorain, Ohio. After his studies in canon law at The Catholic University of America, where he received the Licentiate degree in 1984 and the Doctorate degree in 1987,…
Bishop Tyson was born on October 16 in Moses Lake, Washington and at an early age moved to Seattle with his family. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1989. His degrees include a Bachelor of Arts in Russian and Eastern European Studies as well as Editorial Journalism from the University of Washington, a Masters…
Mike has served as a member of the USML Board of Advisors since August 2022. Mike Rigali is the director of Sales and Interior Design at Daprato Rigali Studios. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He is one of the 4th generation owners of Daprato Rigali Studios. Mike has 4 sons…
Jorge began his service as a member of the USML Board of Advisors in July 2021. A managing director at GCM Grosvenor, his work focuses on labor strategies and initiatives. Jorge is the former president of the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL), the third largest central labor council of the American Federation of Labor and…
Father Nevins has been a priest of the archdiocese since 1975. He has served in Hispanic parishes and the seminary system over the course of those 45 years. He served as associate pastor at St. Ann (Leavitt) and as pastor at St. Procopius, St. Francis of Assisi (Roosevelt Rd.) and presently at St. Agnes of…
Bishop McGovern, a Chicago native, attended the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1994. He has served as Pastor of St. Mary in Lake Forest and St. Raphael in Old Mill Creek, Illinois. Pope Francis appointed him the ninth Bishop of Belleville…
Pete has served as a member of the USML Board of Advisors since 2019. Pete is a physician in the intensive care unit at St. John Medical Center, a Catholic hospital in Tulsa. During Pete’s childhood, he came to Mundelein one week a summer to visit his uncle Monsignor Canary, a former rector. Peter and…
Meredith has served as a member of the USML Board of Advisors since 2019. Meredith is the CEO of NORDAM, an aerospace company. She is on the Board of Directors for SkyWest Airlines, the largest regional airline in the United States, and the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C. Meredith and Peter both…
Dan has served as a member of the USML Development Committee since 2020. Dan has been a member of St. Joseph Parish for the past 25 years where he is a Liturgy Coordinator, Sacristan, Bereavement Minister, EOM, and Tolton Teaching Parish team member. He has been married for 38 years, is the father of 5…
Julie has served as a member of the USML Board of Advisors since 2013. Julie received her BA in English and Economics from Lawrence University and a Masters of Management, Finance Accounting and Marketing from Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Previously she worked in lending and finance for Citicorp Commercial Lending and in market research…
Dr. Eileen Quinn Knight is a distinguished educator and active member of the Catholic community in Chicago. She serves as a Professor Emerita in the Education Department at St. Xavier University. Dr. Knight served on the Mercy Board of Higher Education and the Mother McAuley High School Board. She has also served on the Pastoral…