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Workshop Presenters
 Rev.
Melvin Blanchette,
a priest of the Society of St. Sulpice, is currently
the director of the Vatican II Institute of St.
Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, California. Prior to
this he served as director of the Center for
Continuing Formation at St. Mary’s Seminary &
University in Baltimore, Maryland. He has also served
as director of Formation and of Personnel Services for
the Society. Prior to this experience, Blanchette
chaired the pastoral-counseling department of Loyola
University in Columbia, Maryland, where he coordinated
the doctoral studies program. A licensed psychologist
in Maryland and the District of Columbia, his career
has centered on bridging the gap between theology,
spirituality, and psychology with a view to aiding
clergy and others to integrate their lives and
ministries more effectively. He is co-editor of
Pastoral Counseling,
Clinical Supervision,
Grace under Pressure,
and numerous other articles dealing with a variety of
topics.
 Father
Noah Casey, OSB,
is a Benedictine monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey.
Presently, he is engaged in a nation wide ministry to
priests as an outreach of St. Meinrad Archabbey. He
entered the Novitiate of St. Meinrad Archabbey in
1971, professed Solemn Vows in 1975 and
was ordained to the Priesthood in 1976. For eighteen
years, Father Noah worked in the Spiritual Formation
Program of St. Meinrad College, fourteen of which were
spent as the Director of the Program. He also taught a
variety of courses in theology, spirituality and
liturgy. His formal education includes a Master of
Divinity degree from St. Meinrad School of Theology, a
Master of Arts in Religious Studies from Indiana
University and a Doctor of Ministry degree in
Spiritual Direction from the Weston School of
Theology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He likes walking,
swimming, music and plays Euchre with a vengeance!
 Dr.
Christa R. Klein
is the Dean of the Center for Continuing Formation
(since 1996) and holds the position of the Associate
Professor of Church History (since 1999) at St. Mary’s
Seminary & University, Baltimore, Maryland. She
teaches courses on American Catholic
History and Pastoral Ministry in an Ecumenical and
Interfaith Environment. In 2001 she became a Consultor
to the NOCERCC Board of Directors. She also serves in
the capacity of Project Advisor to the National
Federation of Priests’ Councils’ Studies by Dean Hoge
on the Recently Ordained and Trends in the Attitudes
of Priests. She received her doctoral degree from the
University of Pennsylvania with the specialization in
American Church History. Married to Rev. Leonard R.
Klein, senior pastor at Christ Lutheran Church, York,
Pennsylvania. She is the mother of two daughters:
Maria Elizabeth and Renate Ruth Gabriella.
 Rev.
James P. Oberle, SS,
received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. He
later spent several years in Rome gaining an STL from
the Pontifical Institute of Spirituality. He lectured
at the University of Maryland, Mount Saint Mary’s
Seminary/University and Saint Mary’s College in Rome,
Italy. He currently holds the position of the Director
of Programs for the Continuing Formation of Priests at
St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore,
Maryland. Oberle also serves on the Executive Boards
of the American Society on Aging’s Forum on Religion,
Spirituality and Aging, and National Catholic
Committee on Scouting. He too serves on the Editorial
Board for the National Interfaith Coalition on Aging.
His recent publications include:
Forgiveness: Is it Possible?
(Aging and Spirituality, 2002),
Aging and the Meaning of Time
(Springer Publications, 2001),
Aging and the Rhythm of Time
(Aging and Spirituality, 1999).
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