Liturgy Staff

Kathy.

Asst. Director for Campus Ministry, Liturgy, Chapel Coordinator, Sacristan, Wedding Coordinator

Liberty Hall Room 211
937.229.2019
ksales1@udayton.edu

I am in my fourth year in Campus Ministry at UD, and I am a UD alum ’07.

As a wild woman of Grace, and I enjoy spending time with my family, watching all movies except for scary ones, biking and hanging out with my friends.

I have a couple of Master’s degrees in completely different fields than my undergraduate major, which was International Studies and Spanish. I have changed jobs several times by listening to the call of God.  I am also the advisor to a religious organization (Phi Lambda Iota).

I am blessed with a wonderful husband, Doug, and two great children, Rachel and Danny. 

Fr. Gerald Chinchar SM

Jerry.

Campus Minister for Catechetical Programs/Priest on Call

Liberty Hall Room 213
937.229.2725
GTC@udayton.edu

A Clevelander (and proud of it) who loves to polka and to cook. A liturgist, a catechist, a musician, a Marianist religious. Published in Sisters Today, Catechumenate Magazine, The Catechist, Liturgical Ministry, and edited the Third edition of “Liturgy with Style and Grace.” The UD University catechist: he directs our RCIA and Confirmation programs. A word-processing whiz-kid, and Web-Master for the Catholic Academy of Liturgy http://www.cal-liturgy.org

He handles student pastoral emergencies, priest-on-call 24/7.

Gerald T. Chinchar, S.M., D.Min., is a Marianist serving as University ofDayton campus minister for catechetical programs and priest-on-call. He is a liturgist by training, a composer of liturgical music for the Liturgy of the Hours (sometimes referred to as "chinchant" by his "friends"), and director of the University of Dayton's RCIA and Confirmation programs. He holds Masters Degrees from St. John's University, Collegeville MN, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, and the Doctor of Ministry from United Seminary in Dayton.

Jim Pera

Jim.

Campus Minister for Liturgical Music

Liberty Hall Room 210
937.229.2052
James.Pera@notes.udayton.edu

Jim Pera has an extensive background in pastoral music, having served as Director of Music and Director of Liturgy for too many years to count in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati before coming to UD in the summer of 2007. It's a calling that began in grade school when his piano teacher (Sr. Frederick Maria, SCN) started teaching him to the play the organ for weekday masses. The rest, as they say, is history.

In his capacity as chapel "Music Director", Jim leads the music for the 10:00 AM Mass as well as all the major feasts and public celebrations held on campus throughout the year.

Jim also supervises a group of students known as "UGMM's". What are UGGM's, you ask? Well, they are UnderGraduate Music Ministers, students with the talent and a love of the liturgy who lead the music for many of the masses in the chapel and the residence halls.

When not on campus or at home with the "girls" (two female cats), look for Jim in the orchestra pit of a local theater playing the piano!

Ellen Garmann

Ellen.

Graduate Assistant for Liturgy

Liberty Hall Room 207
937.229.3973
garmanne1@notes.udayton.edu

With over ten years of ministerial service to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ellen Garmann is excited to become a part of the UD community. With an undergraduate degree in organ performance from Ohio University, she is excited to pursue her MA in Theological Studies. Ellen currently sits on the Archdiocesan subcommittees for Music and the Implementation of the Revised Roman Missal, as well as the executive board for the Cincinnati chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. A fourth generation music minister, Ellen is excited to be able to experience liturgy from places other than the choir loft. In her free time, she enjoys watching (and quoting) movies, reading, photography, and spending time with her husband and two cats.