Background
Paulukonis, Mary Ann was born on September 7, 1945 in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Irwin John Frost and Rita Elizabeth Otting.
(Marriage sponsor couples (MSCs) facilitate a partnership ...)
Marriage sponsor couples (MSCs) facilitate a partnership between engaged couples and the Church, and serve as a model for the Christian vision of marriage. The author shares her experience as a diocesan family ministry director in this manual for training marriage sponsor couples. This book provides organizational tips, recruitment suggestions, presentational details, exercises and photocopy-ready handouts. The programme covers ministry theory, premarital assessment instrument use, communication skills and marital spirituality. The programme has a family perspective and a contemporary vision for lay formation. Part one explains theological, scriptural and ecclesiological foundations, as well as practical reasons for the MSC approach. It also describes how to organize the MSC strategy, how to recruit marriage sponsor couples for ministry, and how to develop leader couples to train and coordinate MSCs, so that the pastoral minister is freed for his or her own role as spiritual director and team leader. Part two lays out all the details for preparing MSCs for ministry, and part three provides photocopy-ready handouts for recruitment, training and follow-up.
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Paulukonis, Mary Ann was born on September 7, 1945 in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Irwin John Frost and Rita Elizabeth Otting.
Bachelor of science in nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 1969. Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry, St. Mary's University, Winona, Minnesota, 1993.
Nurse University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1966-1969. Instructor psychiatric nursing Evanston (Illinois) Hospital School Nursing, 1969-1970. Natural family planning coordinator Diocese Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1983-1986, director family ministry, 1986-1992.
Director family life Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1992—2008. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults director St. Gregory Parish, Clarks Green, Pennsylvania, 1992-1997. Strategic planning consultant Afa Gallery, Scranton, 1999.
Parish facilitator and consultant, Diocese of Scranton, since 2008. Adult faith formation director, St John Vianney Parish, Montdale PA, since 2010.
(Marriage sponsor couples (MSCs) facilitate a partnership ...)
Volunteer Alzheimer's Association. Member National Association Catholic Family Life Ministers (treasurer 1991-1992, director 1991-1992, 95-2001, conference coordinator, president-elect 1997-1999, president 1999-2001). Artists for Art, Scranton PA. Pocono Mountain Arts Council.
Married Joseph Thomas Paulukonis, April 26, 1969. Children: Michael Joseph, AnnMarie P Johnson.